Child Sex Abuse Defendant Sentenced To 14 Years
The Oregon Department of Justice announced this week that a Roseburg man has been sentenced to 14 years and 8 months in prison after pleading no contest to five counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. The case, investigated by the Oregon DOJ Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, centered on one of the largest collections of child sexual abuse material ever uncovered in the state – more than 740,000 files that the defendant had made available to anyone on a public file-sharing network.
“This is 740,000 instances of a child being exploited and that exploitation being spread,” said Attorney General Dan Rayfield. “This man didn’t just possess this material; he made it available to anyone who wanted it. This sentence reflects the severity of those choices, and I commend the dedicated investigators at SOCET and our ICAC Task Force who did the painstaking work to bring this case to justice.”
David Arthur Kelly, of Roseburg, entered his plea this week before Douglas County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Johnson. Kelly told the judge he had “made a mistake.” Judge Johnson pointed to the sheer volume of files and told Kelly that what he did “was not a mistake, it was a series of repeated decisions to exploit children.”
Between June 2023 and August 2024, investigators with the Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) made nineteen separate connections to Kelly’s computer and downloaded numerous CSAM files through a publicly accessible peer-to-peer file sharing network. The Oregon DOJ ICAC Task Force took over the investigation in October 2024, identified Kelly as the suspect, and executed search warrants at his Roseburg home. What investigators found on his laptop told the full story – a one-terabyte hard drive packed with more than 740,000 CSAM files, every one of them set to share freely over the internet.
The case was prosecuted by Sr. AAG Elijah Michalowski of the DOJ Criminal Justice Division, appointed as Special Prosecutor by Douglas County DA Richard Wesenberg. Kelly was indicted by a Douglas County Grand Jury on November 6, 2025, on ten counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. Under the terms of a stipulated sentence, he will serve 176 months – just under 15 years – in state prison.
176 months for 740,000 images is about 10 minutes jail time per image. With early release, make it 5 minutes per image. Pretty soft punishment for the damage he did to thousands of kids. Rayfield should appeal the sentence and put Kelly away for Life!
Ex-Manatee deputy sentenced decades after fleeing child sex case, records show
By Michael Moore Jr. May 27, 2026 10:45 AM
A former Manatee County sheriff’s deputy who fled after being charged with sexually abusing a child decades ago was sentenced after authorities found him using a stolen identity in Alaska. Joseph Keenan May, 72, originally faced a capital sexual battery charge after investigators accused him of repeatedly sexually abusing a girl younger than 12 between 1976 and 1977, according to an arrest report.
May pleaded no contest on May 18 to a reduced charge of lewd, lascivious or indecent assault or act upon or in the presence of a child in Manatee County Circuit Court. Judge Frederick Mercurio sentenced him to 13 years in prison, court records show. An attorney representing May did not immediately respond to the Bradenton Herald’s request for comment. Former Manatee deputy sentenced May, a former Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy, was first arrested in this case in 1990. Court records show a judge later reduced his bond from $25,000 to $5,000 before May posted bond and disappeared the following year. May failed to appear for a hearing in August 1991, prompting a judge to issue a bench warrant and order the forfeiture of his bond.
Investigators say May then spent more than two decades living as a fugitive. Federal prosecutors accused May of fleeing to Alaska and assuming the identity of his deceased stepbrother. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska, May used his stepbrother’s Social Security number to obtain an Alaska driver’s license, fraudulently collect unemployment benefits and apply for a federal firearms license while falsely claiming he was not a fugitive. An FBI tactical team arrested May at a home in Eagle River, Alaska in June 2014, according to court records. Decades on the run, feds say Federal investigators later said they discovered May possessed eight firearms, nine hand grenades and components used to create destructive devices. Authorities also found child sexual abuse material on his computer, according to an arrest report.
Investigators additionally recovered journals written by May that expressed hatred toward Muslims, the president of the United States and other groups while discussing violent actions against people he opposed, according to federal prosecutors. During May’s federal sentencing in Alaska in 2015, U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason described the writings as “disturbing” and said there was a “real possibility” May intended to commit violence. Gleason also described May’s interest in child sexual abuse material as “perverse,” according to federal prosecutors. May later pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple felony charges tied to identity theft, weapons violations and possession of child sexual abuse material, according to court records. Gleason sentenced him to 12 years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release. After serving his federal sentence, May was extradited back to Manatee County in 2024 to face the unresolved Florida case, court records show. Prosecutors eventually agreed to reduce the original capital sexual battery charge as part of a plea deal, according to court records.
In addition to the 13-year prison sentence, Mercurio ordered May to have no contact with the victim, submit a DNA sample and register as a sexual offender. He also received credit for 618 days already served in custody.
Child sex assault charges; Wisconsin martial arts instructor accused
RIVER HILLS, Wis. - Milwaukee County prosecutors charged a longtime martial arts instructor Tuesday with sexually assaulting a child for years during private lessons.
What we know:
David S.C. Kang, 66, is charged with repeated sexual assault of a child (three counts) and second-degree sexual assault of a child under age 16.
According to court filings, River Hills police met with a child and the child’s parents earlier this month. The child told police Kang sexually assaulted them for years during private taekwondo lessons and "could not go through another summer of abuse."
The filings say that while police were interviewing the victim, Kang showed up at the victim’s home and shot himself. Kang survived.
The backstory:
In 2009, FOX6 featured Kang in a story about him stopping a thief at his Fox Point studio.
State records show Kang incorporated a taekwondo studio in Wisconsin in 1991. For several years, the studio was located in a shopping center near Port Washington and Brown Deer roads in Fox Point.
State records show Kang dissolved the business in June 2023, around the same time court filings say he began giving private lessons to the victim.
What they're saying:
Dr. Melissa Bright, with the Center for Violence Prevention Research, studies child abuse in youth sports. Bright said abuse in sports is often underreported and can have lasting effects on victims.
"Even after coming forward, the trauma tends to continue on. It's not just sort of once you've disclosed and then it's all over, it goes on for a very long time," said Bright.
She said studies show child abuse in youth sports is not uncommon, though the exact scope is difficult to measure.
"But what we know is that it's somewhere between maybe 7 and 20%, which is a big range," Bright said.
Experts say abuse can happen when there is isolation, including one-on-one interactions in private, a power dynamic with a coach or authority figure, a culture of secrecy and an erosion of boundaries over time.
Bright said that while there is oversight through national governing bodies or voluntary participation in the U.S. Center for SafeSport, gaps in accountability remain.
Dig deeper:
State law requires people instructing children in martial arts to be permitted through the state. State records show Kang never held a permit.
Bright said parents should not assume someone is legitimate because of a slick website or reputation. She said parents should ask about safety policies, how those policies are enforced, educate children about what is appropriate and advocate for their children.
"And if the person isn't open to that, then you might just wash your hands and say, ‘This isn't for me,’" Bright said.
It is unclear whether Kang has an attorney in this case. He has not yet appeared in court.
Prosecutors seek death penalty for Lake County man indicted on 47 charges of child sexual abuse
Child recorded alleged abuse for proof
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Lake County man facing 47 charges for allegedly sexually abusing a child for years.
In March, Lake County deputies responded to a home in Leesburg after someone reported that a child disclosed she was being abused by 41-year-old Schubert Macarat. Macarat was arrested that same night.
The victim, a girl under 12 years old, told investigators she used her own cellphone to document the assault. State Attorney Bill Gladson said the child’s decision to record the abuse was deliberate.
“She recorded it because she knew that she would need it as evidence,” Gladson said.
Gladson said the abuse had been ongoing for years and that investigators found physical evidence that coincided with interviews the child gave.
“When I say ongoing, we’re talking years of abuse for this particular child,” he said. “Sexual devices that the child described that were used during the sexual assault, condoms, lubricant [were found].”
A grand jury has since indicted Macarat on 47 charges, including 12 counts of capital sexual assault, as well as possession of child pornography. Investigators say the evidence collected is extensive.
“[Searches] resulted in a four-terabyte external hard drive that has 3,000 videos, 700 of which are confirmed child sexual abuse material,” Gladson said. “Some of the videos had been shown to the child prior to, and sometimes during, assault.”
Because of the severity of the case and the volume of evidence, prosecutors say they believe Macarat abused the girl for at least three years, the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office has filed a notice that it intends to seek the death penalty.
“We are seeking to prematurely end this defendant’s life because the crimes he committed are so heinous that no other punishment is fitting,” Gladson said.
“In this state we protect our children, in this state we protect our vulnerable, in this state we have zero tolerance for child predators.”
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