58 y/o man gets 8 years for child pornography - New York
72 y/o man arrested for molesting an 8 y/o girl - Oklahoma
Woman sexually assaults her children age 6 and 3 - Alabama
48 y/o political consultant get 8 years for child porn - New Mexico
56 y/o indicted on 11 counts of molesting children in his care - W. Virginia
Man gets 22 years for dealing in child pornography - Oklahoma
77 y/o man convicted of 2 years of raping teen girl - New York
S. Carolina man get 30 years for internet sex extortion - Colorado
Man confesses to child sex abuse of 2 girls - New York
Edison man sentenced after admitting to distributing image of child sex abuse
BY AVALON ZOPPO, For NJ.com
NEWARK -- A 58-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for distributing an image of child sex abuse over the Internet, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
John Fricovsky, of Edison, pleaded guilty in March before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said.
Prosecutors in February said Fricovsky admitted to owning computers with at least 10 images of child sex abuse and to sending an email with an image of a child under the age of 12 being sexually abused. He was sentenced Tuesday to 94 months in prison, officials said.
According to court documents, investigators seized a laptop and multiple phones and tablets from Fricovsky's home in December 2015.
Judge Vazquez set the man's sentence on Tuesday in federal court in Newark.
Rogers County Man Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse
BY: NEWSON6.COM
BIG CABIN, Oklahoma - A 72-year-old Rogers County man was arrested for child sexual abuse. Larry Hull of Big Cabin touched an 8-year-old girl inappropriately, according to court records.
Gary Stansill, investigator for the District's Attorney's office, said the child told her mother that Hull rubbed her private parts when she was sitting on his lap.
Hull denied touching the victim inappropriately but did admit to sexually molesting a different victim 20 years ago, an affidavit states. He told authorities he touched that person's breasts while she was milking a cow, Stansill said.
The arrest warrant was filed June 23, 2017.
Boise man sentenced in child porn case; report says he had over 6,400 images and 900 videos
BOISE, ID - Ronald Lallatin, 60, of Boise, was sentenced Tuesday in United States District Court in Boise to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, and a $5,100 special assessment, for possession of child pornography.
Lallatin pleaded guilty on March 1.
According to the plea agreement, in June of last year, Department of Homeland Security agents served a search warrant on Lallatin’s home in Boise, based upon evidence that a computer there had accessed and downloaded a video containing child porn. Lallatin admitted to agents hey would find “child porn” on his computer, stating he had viewed images of child pornography for at least the past five years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office news release.
A laptop computer and nine electronic storage devices belonging to Lallatin were seized. “When agents examined the devices, they discovered 6,484 still images and 937 videos containing child pornography, including images of prepubescent minors, images showing sadistic and masochistic conduct with minors, and images of the sexual abuse or exploitation of an infant or toddler,” the release stated.
Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Lallatin to forfeit the computer and electronic storage devices used in the commission of the crimeand to pay a total of $6,000 in restitution to victims depicted in the images he possessed.
As a result of his conviction, Lallatin will be required to register as a sex offender.
The case was investigated by The Department of Homeland Security, and was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Alabama mother 'photographed incestuous sex acts with her two young children for boyfriend
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
A mother from Alabama has been accused of producing child pornography involving her own two children and sharing the images with a man in Florida.
Jennifer Lynne Weekley, of Bay Minette, was arrested on June 19 and charged with three criminal counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12, permitting or allowing a child to engage in production of obscene matter and production of obscene matter.
Her booking photo released by county officials shows the 37-year-old suspect with extensive scarring on her face, the cause of which is unclear.
During a bond hearing last Wednesday, Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney Matt Simpson told the court that Weekley exchanged text messages with a man in Florida describing the sexual acts that she was planning to perform on her daughter, aged six or seven, and son, who was three or four years old.
According to Simpson, the mother-of-two later sent the man photographs depicting multiple incestuous sexual acts, reported Gulf Coast News Today.
‘These are acts that she would perform on the children, the children would perform on her and the children would perform amongst themselves that she would encourage,’ Simpson said. ‘“She would photograph these at the request of this individual in Florida and send these images to this individual in Florida.’
When investigators interviewed Weekley's daughter, Simpson said the girl said her mother and younger brother used to play a game they called ‘Huckle Buckle,' during which their mom would sexually penetrate her own daughter, according to the prosecutor.
In the course of an extensive multi-agency investigation, local and federal authorities in Alabama and Florida seized cellphones from Weekley and her male acquaintance and questioned him about the content allegedly sent to him by the mother.
Baldwin County District Court Judge William Scully set Weekley's bond at $300,000, describing the charges filed against her as 'pretty horrific.'
The prosecutor requested that if Weekley posted bond, she will be fitted with a GPS tracker and be allowed no contact with her children, or any other minors.
Weekley has a past criminal record that included an arrest in 2001 on multiple counts of theft and another case involving a bank robbery in 2005.
Court records show that Weekley's ex-husband, Jeremy Lee Weekley, served six years for the 2005 bank heist, in which she drove the getaway car.
FBI: Jason Loera Sentenced To 97 Months For
Child Porn Conviction
by Carol A. Clark, FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney and Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division have announced that Jason Loera was sentenced this afternoon in federal court for his conviction on a child pornography charge.
Loera, 48, a former political consultant and resident of Albuquerque who recently resided in Los Angeles, Calif., until his remand into federal custody in Oct. 2016, was sentenced to 97 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for receiving a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Loera will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
The FBI arrested Loera in Los Angeles in June 2013, on an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The indictment charged Loera with two counts of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. According to the indictment, Loera committed these offenses in in Bernalillo County.
The indictment against Loera subsequently was superseded twice, most recently March 8, 2016. The six-count second superseding indictment charged Loera with three counts of receiving child pornography and three counts of possessing child pornography. It alleged that Loera received child pornography on three occasions between March 31, 2010 and April 15, 2010, and that he possessed child pornography on a laptop computer and two CDs Nov. 20, 2012.
“This case is another example of the law enforcement community’s commitment to identifying, locating and prosecuting predators who exploit children,” said Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney. “Prosecuting those who possess child pornography is crucial to destabilizing this black market and undermining the normalization of child sexual abuse.”
April 22, 2016, Loera entered a guilty plea to Count 3 of the second superseding indictment charging him with receiving child pornography April 15, 2010. In his plea agreement, Loera admitted using his laptop computer to download from the internet an electronic file that he knew contained child pornography. The file contained 45 images of a prepubescent girl, many of which showed the girl engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Loera also admitted that when the FBI searched his residence Nov. 20, 2012, he knowingly possessed child pornography on his laptop computer and two CDs. Loera admitted that he had more than 600 images of child pornography, some of which depicted violence.
The case was investigated by the Albuquerque Division of the FBI and the New Mexico Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristopher N. Houghton prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and DOJ’s Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.
Randolph grand jury indicts man for
11 counts sex abuse of children in care
TIM MACVEAN
Senior Staff Writer
ELKINS – A Randolph County man accused of having inappropriate contact with a juvenile female was one of seven individuals indicted by a Randolph County grand jury Tuesday as part of the second day of indictments being returned.
John Nicholas Ott, 56, of Elkins, was indicted on four felony counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, four felony counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child, one felony count of attempted sexual abuse in the first degree, one felony count of attempted sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child, and one felony count of possession of material depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court, on April 20, 2016, Sgt. A.J. Shingler, of the West Virginia State Police Crimes Against Children Unit, had been conducting an investigation into allegations of inappropriate physical and sexual behavior involving Ott.
On the same date, Shingler spoke with Ott and his wife. In the report, Shingler notes that Ott liked to play a game he referred to as “Vampire” with juvenile children, in which he would chase the children around and “physically suck” on their necks to “freeze” them.
Also during the interview it was disclosed that Ott’s wife had “certain rules” about children being around her husband. She recounted that, on one occasion, Ott had a young female sitting on his lap and when she entered the room she removed the child, revealing that Ott was aroused. She added that this incident was cause for contention between the two of them, according to the complaint.
Shingler was also told that Ott regularly viewed pornography and when asked if he ever viewed child pornography, he replied, “Define child pornography,” the complaint states. Later in the interview, Shingler asked Ott about an alleged incident where he reportedly masturbated to a photograph of a 10-year-old female.
It was reported, and later confirmed during an interview of the alleged victim at the Randolph-Tucker Child Advocacy Center on Jan. 24, 2015, that Ott had been traveling in a vehicle with the alleged victim, police said.
The alleged victim said Ott told her she was sexy and beautiful, as well as that she made him aroused, and he explained what that meant. He also told her he wanted to “bounce her on his lap,” according to the complaint.
The alleged victim said she believed that Ott meant he wanted to touch her inappropriately, causing her to feel uncomfortable and in fear before she screamed and slapped him. The alleged victim added that she told Ott’s wife about the incident, but his wife told her he did not want to have sex with her but “thought of her in a romantic way like a girlfriend,” the complaint states.
Shingler notes in the report that based on his training and experience, Ott’s behaviors showed a “clear and convincing pattern of befriending young children.” He added that his admission to masturbating to the picture of an under-aged girl indicated that he has “an attraction to juvenile females at the approximate age of 10 years.”
Oklahoma man sentenced to nearly 22 years for possessing and distributing child pornography
TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa man was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography
This sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Loretta Radford for the Northern District of Oklahoma. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Tulsa Police Department.
Clint Tirone Barger pleaded guilty to a two-count Information on March 30, 2017.
According to court documents, from November 2016 to Feb. 2, 2017, Barger knowingly possessed and distributed images of children under the age of 14 engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Barger used social media and internet file-sharing programs to entice minors to send him images of the sexually explicit conduct. Barger then distributed the images to others.
In addition to serving 262 months in federal prison, Barger must also serve eight years of supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Clinton J. Johnson and Shannon Cozzoni, Northern District of Oklhaoma, prosecuted this case.
This investigation was conducted under HSI’s Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 16,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the production and distribution of online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking of children. In fiscal year 2016, more than 2,600 child predators were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative and more than 800 victims identified or rescued.
HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. From outside the U.S. and Canada, callers should dial 802-872-6199. Hearing impaired users can call TTY 802-872-6196.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.
For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI’s Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page. HSI is a founding member of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse.
Suffolk DA: Coram Man Found Guilty Of
Rape And Sexual Abuse Of Female Teen
BY LONG ISLAND NEWS & PR
Coram, NY - A jury in Riverhead deliberated for approximately one hour this afternoon before convicting a 77 year old Coram man of rape, criminal sexual act, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said.
Felix Mora sexually abused and raped a teenage female from the summer of 2014 until September of last year when the police investigation began after the victim told a friend about her encounters with the defendant. Mora was arrested on September 27, 2016.
“Mora manipulated this young woman and used intimidation to control her during the years of abuse she endured,” DA Spota said. “The forensic analysis by the Suffolk County Crime Lab established a match between Mora’s DNA and evidence recovered from the victim’s underwear.”
Mora’s trial started June 13 in Riverhead. He was found guilty this afternoon of all six charges in the indictment; Rape in the second and third degree, Criminal Sexual Act in the second and third degree, Sexual Abuse in the second degree and one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Judge Barbara Kahn ordered Mora remanded to the county jail to await his sentencing on July 28.
District Attorney Spota said a sentencing recommendation of maximum upstate prison time will be made totaling 18 years behind bars.
South Carolina sex offender sentenced in Denver to 30 years in federal prison for coercing and enticing 6 Colorado teens into sending him explicit photographs
DENVER — A South Carolina man was sentenced last week to 30 years in federal prison for coercing an enticing six Colorado minors to produce child pornography.
This sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, District of Colorado. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Christopher George White, 38, of McCormick, South Carolina, must also serve a lifetime of supervised release for his conviction on six counts of coercing and enticing a minor.
White was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons following the hearing. He used social media, text and telephone calls to meet, entice and then threaten minors into taking off their clothing or committing sex acts for his own personal pleasure.
According to the stipulated facts contained in the plea agreement, between June 30 and Aug. 4, 2014, White targeted 13- to 14-year-old children by using Facebook profiles “Kent Noelle” and “Glenn Black.” White claimed to be a teenage boy; however, he was actually a 35-year-old man and previously convicted sex offender. He used those profiles to correspond with minor girls, including six girls from Colorado. White first befriended the children online; he then texted and even talked with the minors by phone. Later he began to use harassment, threats of physical harm and threats to post sexually explicit photographs of the children or their friends on social media. He used these tactics to coerce the teenagers to produce and send him child pornography of themselves.
Even after pleading guilty to the six counts in this case, but before his sentence was announced, White continued to contact other minor girls while he was in prison to harass them or engage in graphic phone sex with them. When White’s phone privileges were curtailed, he used another inmate’s access to continue contacting teenage girls from prison.
“This child exploitation case is an example of HSI’s commitment, in partnership with the Department of Justice, to track, investigate and prosecute child predators to the fullest extent of the law,” said John Eisert, acting special agent in charge of HSI Denver. “HSI has an active and ongoing Operation Predator program to identify criminals who prey on children. Operation Predator helps make our communities safer by bringing criminals to justice for their despicable exploitation of our children.”
“Both HSI and our prosecutors’ forensic skill at catching these predators is second to none,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer. “But the absolute best way to protect your kids from being preyed upon is to keep an eye on their behavior and phone and computer use.”
This case was investigated by HSI and the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina.
White is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Tonini and Gregory Holloway, District of Colorado.
This investigation was conducted under HSI’s Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 16,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the production and distribution of online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking of children. In fiscal year 2016, more than 2,600 child predators were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative and more than 800 victims identified or rescued.
HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. From outside the U.S. and Canada, callers should dial 802-872-6199. Hearing impaired users can call TTY 802-872-6196.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.
For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI’s Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page. HSI is a founding member of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse.
Man admits sexually assaulting children
By SCOTT DESMIT
BATAVIA NEWS
Dwayne A. Pearsall spoke clearly and politely in response to a judge’s questions during a proceeding in Genesee County Court Monday morning.
His demeanor changed abruptly, however, when it came time to answer the most important questions.
Pearsall hung his head and quietly admitted that he sexually assaulted two children, one in 2012 and the other in 2015 or 2016.
Pearsall of Batavia was indicted in April after a city police investigation into allegations that he assaulted a child under 14 in April 2012 and a child under 11 while in the city in 2015 or 2016.
The investigation lead to a five-count indictment against Pearsall in April, charging him with two counts of second-degree criminal sexual act, attempted second-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and attempted second-degree sexual abuse.
He had been scheduled for a suppression hearing Monday but negotiations by District Attorney Lawrence Friedman and defense attorney Michael Locicero led to the plea deal.
Pearsall pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual act and first-degree sexual abuse.
Friedman said the plea comes with no stipulation as to the sentence other than that the sentences be served concurrently. That means Pearsall faces up to seven years, along with 10 years of post-release supervision.
Judge Charles Zambito set sentencing for July 27. Pearsall remains in Genesee County Jail pending sentencing.
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