Four Arrested in Recent Separate Child Pornography Investigations
BATON ROUGE, Lousiana —Four men, including one who lived in Metairie, La. face various child pornography charges in separate investigations conducted by state law enforcement authorities.
State Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said three of the men were arrested Friday while another was arrested Monday. The investigations were conducted with help of the FBI, the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and Homeland Security Investigations.
James Aucoin, 30, was arrested Friday on 100 counts of possession child pornography. He lived on Rustling Oak in Prairieville and faces an additional single count of video voyeurism.
Justin Landry, 34, was arrested Friday on 15 counts of distributing child pornography. He most recently lived on Beech Street in Prairieville.
Brad Joseph Rivere, 32, was arrested on nine counts of distributing child pornography. He was being investigated after officials received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Officials said he most recently lived on Jolimar Street in Napoleonville.
Michael Timothy Buckel, 26, was arrested last Monday on a single count of possessing and distributing child pornography. He most recently lived on David Drive in Metairie.
Officials did not provide additional details about the investigations or the arrests. Each man faces up to 20 years in prison on each count of child pornography, the State Attorney General's Office said.
Anyone with information about the men or other suspected cases are asked to call the Attorney General's Cyber Crime Unit at 800-256-4506.
18 Year Old Girl Arrested for Child Pornography
Charly Haley
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| Kelliann Beals (Photo: Webster County Jail) |
Kelliann Beals allegedly created a fake social media account that portrayed the name and photographs of the victim, a Fort Dodge girl, according to a Fort Dodge Police news release.
Beals allegedly possessed several sexually explicit photos of the victim and then put the photos on the fake social media account, according to the news release.
The fake account has since been seized by the Fort Dodge/Webster County Cyber Crimes Unit.
Beals is charged with one count of possession of child pornography, an aggravated misdemeanor, and one count of disseminating child pornography, a class D felony, according to the news release.
She was booked Friday into the Webster County Jail.
Of course, this is not your typical child porn case. This is more like a sextortion case except it doesn't appear that Beals was extorting her victim but just punishing her for whatever reason. It's good to see police taking this kind of behavior seriously and I hope they send a message to kids that this is not acceptable.
PHOTOGRAPHER & KIDS RADIO SHOW VOLUNTEER FACING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia photographer who volunteered at a kids radio show is accused of taking sexually explicit images of children in public places in the city and surrounding areas.
Mark Wilkens, 57, was arrested on Friday morning and is charged with multiple charges including manufacturing child pornography and possession of child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Wilkens was working as a volunteer photographer for radio station WXPN when the incidents occurred between August 2010 and July 2015.
According to a news release issued Friday morning, Wilkens allegedly "photographed prepubescent children at public events to capture and attempt to capture sexually explicit images."
Wilkens had a role with the station's highly-regarded Kids Corner radio show where one online review called him the "trusted" Kids Corner photographer.
"He used his position with WXPN to have access to children and to photograph children at these Kids Corner children's events," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rotella.
The events were held at various locations such as Camden Children's Garden. Rotella says Wilkens focused on kids ages two to 10 years old.
"Some of these events involved water so the kids would be in bathing suits and the parents would change children's diapers or take their bathing suits off, and he would take these sexually explicit photographs," said Rotella.
WXPN released the following statement on Friday that reads in part:
"We are shocked and appalled to learn that a photographer who volunteered at WXPN from time to time has been charged with this crime."
The incidents allegedly happened on the following dates and locations:
Aug. 19, 2010: Morris Arboretum at 100 E. Northwestern Ave., Philadelphia
July 26, 2014: Camden Children's Garden, 3 Riverside Drive, Camden, New Jersey
Aug. 14, 2014: Morris Arboretum at 100 E. Northwestern Ave., Philadelphia
May 2, 2015: Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., Philadelphia
July 4, 2015: 6500 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia
If convicted on all six counts, Wilkens faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.
Nebraska Man Arrested In Child Pornography Case
By: 10/11 NewsLINCOLN, Neb. Lincoln Police say they arrested 31-year old Frank L. Tonini after they say they discovered more than 100 video files depicting child pornography on his home desktop computer.
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| Frank Tonini |
Police say they had a search warrant search warrant as part of an investigation of computers suspected of sharing sexually explicit files involving children.
Police arrested Tonini at his home at 330 N. 29th St. some time on Thursday morning, after police say they asked Tonini to leave his job at Embassy Suites and return home on Thursday.
During an interview with police, police say they found files depicting sexually explicit conduct involving children under the age of 18 years.
Police say Tonini was cited and lodged for possession of child pornography. He was released out of jail on Friday.
Police say this investigation was part of a joint investigation with the Nebraska Attorney General's Office.
Missouri Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges
Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison
U.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, MO—Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a prior sex offender in Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography.
Gary Thomas Sheldon, 52, of Springfield, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to the charge contained in a July 21, 2015, federal indictment.
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| Gary Sheldon |
According to court documents, law enforcement officers received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which had received the tip from an adult pornography Web site where Sheldon had uploaded an image of child pornography. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Sheldon’s residence on July 15, 2015. Sheldon’s desktop computer and cell phone were seized, and investigators discovered images of child pornography on both devices.
Under federal statutes, Sheldon is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 40 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250,000. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a pre-sentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by the FBI, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Southwest Missouri Cybercrime Task Force.
Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”
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