CSEM - Child Sex Exploitation Material
Former deputy receives 25 years for child sex crimes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — A former deputy has been sentenced in a child exploitation case that occurred in multiple states, including South Carolina.
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina reported that 27-year-old Johnathan Nathaniel Allen, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material.
The investigation revealed that Allen caused eight children from across the country to produce child sexual abuse material by posing as a child on social media and enticing the children to engage in sex acts on video.
He did so while serving as a sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee, where he has worked since 2021.
The investigation began when a father in South Carolina found concerning text messages on his 13-year-old daughter’s cell phone and called the police.
The York County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI determined that Allen was posing as a 14-year-old boy named “Josh” on internet-based accounts, which he used to exploit minors.
Allen used the social media platforms Instagram and Reddit, the messaging platform TextMe, and the gaming platform Roblox to target, recruit, and exploit children by causing them to produce and share child sexual abuse material.
Investigators said the defendant posed as a child, pressured minors to produce sexually explicit material, and threatened to share the intimate images of one child if she refused to communicate with him.
Allen manipulated his minor victims by telling them he loved them, that they were beautiful, that he was proud of them, and that he would never do anything to harm them.
It was reported that one minor rejected his request for sexual content eight times, but Allen persisted and caused the minor to speak with him on the phone using a virtual number on the TextMe platform.
During that call, he pressured the child into producing child sexual abuse material.
Allen asked one minor to engage in sex acts with a dog, and Allen attempted to recruit the minor’s cousins, friends and family to engage in sex acts with the minor. The minor described Allen “begging” for sexual content, and one minor was in tears during the production because she did not want to produce the content.
Allen told the minor he was proud of her and that he had taught her something new. He then directed the minor to delete content so that no one else would see it. One father recovered deleted content and provided it to law enforcement.
Agents searched Allen’s home and recovered his phone, which had Reddit, TextMe, the fake “Josh” identity, and child sexual abuse material.
Agents also found communications on Allens’ phone with the South Carolina minor, including calls to the minor after York County had seized the minor’s phone. Agents found clothes in Allen’s bedroom that “Josh” was wearing in explicit images sent to a minor, and one of the pictures shared by “Josh” on Reddit was a picture of Allen when he was younger.
Allen was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to the victim, plus an additional $4,000 to a victim services fund.
He will be required to register as a sex offender.
Mount Vernon youth basketball coach pleads guilty to sexually abusing child
MOUNT VERNON – A prominent Mount Vernon youth basketball coach pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child under 13 over five months, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said.
Dwayne Murray, 63, of Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty Friday in Westchester County Court to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, a Class B violent felony.
Murray is expected to be sentenced Nov. 17 to 18 years in state prison followed by 20 years of post-release supervision. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors said Murray repeatedly subjected a girl under 13 to sexual conduct between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 1, 2024, in Mount Vernon, including at least one act of oral sexual conduct.
Murray was arrested May 14, 2025, after the District Attorney’s Office received a tip alleging child sexual abuse. The investigation included interviews with witnesses, the victim and Murray, as well as searches of electronic devices.
Authorities said sexually inappropriate text messages between Murray and the victim were found on the devices. Murray also admitted his involvement during an interview with investigators.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Kontos and Special Prosecutions Division Co-Chief Christine Hatfield.
Anyone with information about possible additional victims is encouraged to contact local police or the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office multilingual tips line at (914) 995-TIPS (8477).
In the 13 years I have been doing this blog, there is rarely a week, and never a month, that goes by where some male daycare worker isn't charged with child sex abuse involving the children he cares for. Men and teenage boys should never be involved in caring for other people's children. It should be made illegal.
Ex-Grand Rapids daycare worker arraigned, facing life in prison in child sexual abuse case
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Disclaimer: This article contains information that may be disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.
A former Grand Rapids daycare worker accused of sexually abusing more than 20 children in Kent and Ottawa Counties could spend life in prison and a lifetime of electronic monitoring.
Austin Hapner, 20, was previously arraigned on 20 charges, including aggravated child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime and animal-related sexual abuse.
Friday, Hapner appeared in court to be arraigned on 19 additional charges in a second case, which include:
- Nine counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct - punishable by 25 to life in prison
- Eight counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct - punishable by 15 years in prison
- One count of aggravated indecent exposure - punishable by two years in prison
- One count of sexually delinquent person - punishable by one day to life in prison
- Hapner was given two bonds: one set at $200,000 cash/surety and another that was denied, according to court records obtained by News Channel 3.
Investigation into Austin Hapner
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