Four Navy Petty Officers accused of
group sex with a minor, pornography
A group of petty officers assigned to a US submarine base have been charged with engaging in group sex with a girl younger than 16 and filming it. A criminal investigation was launched after an anonymous tip-off.
The incident, reported by the Navy Times on Friday, allegedly took place on September 17, 2017, and had not been made public up until now. According to the charge sheets, obtained by the publication, the four petty officers engaged in sexual acts with the girl in barracks at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington state. It’s unclear how the girl, said to be between 12 and 16 years old, was sneaked into the military base.
The orgy took place “with the door open, and with open recording of the group sex using photography and video equipment,” the charge sheets state. The crime was not carried out on the spur of the moment, with investigators saying that the four discussed it in a smoking area before heading for the barracks.
A criminal investigation was launched by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service after the base authorities received an anonymous tip-off several days later, on September 26.
It took the Navy a year to trawl through evidence and file charges against the suspects, with hearings on the case taking place this week. The hearing officer will decide whether the four men will be court-martialed or tried in a civilian court.
Two of the accused sailors are assigned to USS Nebraska, an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine. One of them is accused of failure to report a crime and engaging in a sexual act with a minor during a three-day period, between September 19 and September 21.
One defendant has been serving at USS Henry M. Jackson, another Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine. He faces charges of making child pornography.
The fourth officer is deployed to the Naval Submarine Support Center Bangor, a former marine base and now a part of the Kitsap-Bangor base.
The scene of the alleged crimes, Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, is the third largest US Navy base and features one of its four nuclear shipyards as well as one of two strategic nuclear weapons facilities. The base provides support for ballistic missile fleet and nuclear submarines, as well as surface ships.
Instances of sex crimes involving children are not uncommon among Navy officers. In August, a court-martial trial began for an officer who was accused of four counts of sexual assault of a child between 12 and 16 at Virginia’s Langley Air Force Base in September last year. Ensign Kevin Ortiz also faced the charge of attempting to molest a girl by sending her lewd text messages.
In August, USS Ronald Reagan sailor Gilbert Sandoval was convicted of attempted sexual assault on a child, attempted sexual abuse of a child, attempted production of pornography and related charges. Sandoval was sentenced to three years in jail.
In a recent report by the Pentagon’s RAND Corporation, Navy ships and training bases were named as carrying the highest risk of sexual misconduct, in particular, to young female service members.
Texas CPS Worker Arrested For Soliciting Sex
with 14-Year-Old Boy
BY KATIE PAULSON
Child Protection Services works to keep children safe from abuse and neglect. Workers help families and protect children from harmful environments. Generally, either CPS workers are hated and despised by families for separating parents from children, or they are loved for protecting children. Rarely do we hear of CPS workers breaking the law. However, a Texas CPS worker is in the news after his arrest for soliciting sex with an underage boy. Adrian Martinez, 44, was arrested as part of a sting done my multiple units in Tarrant County Texas.
Actually, Katie, it is not all that rare. There are, unfortunately, several stories on this blog about CPS workers abusing the very children they were responsible to protect. This is just how evil and insidious pedophilia is.
The online sting conducted by Tarrant County Sherriff’s office, Fort Worth Police, the Tarrant County Constable Precinct 2, and Texas DPS nabbed a total of 20 men. Officers posed as underage children online. Authorities say Martinez believed the boy he was speaking to was 14 years old.
Police arrested Martinez on Tuesday for soliciting sex from the minor child. Martinez was booked into Tarrant County Jail. His bail is set at $5,000. As of Friday, Martinez still remained in jail.
When his employer CPS found out about the charge, they made a statement regarding the arrest. CPS spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales confirmed Martinez’s employment with CPS. She confirmed his employment start date of May 2016.
Additionally, she wrote in a statement, “As soon as we became aware of the arrest of Adrian Martinez, he was removed from caseworker duties and placed on administrative leave. We are cooperating fully with law enforcement.”
Martinez working for CPS is a scary enough, but the statement also revealed he works as a conservator for children under state custody in Texas. His job entailed ensuring the children received proper care while under the state’s control.
Finally, CPS reassigned all of Martinez’s current cases to other workers.
Police say they arrested 13 other men. There are 6 arrest warrants that are still pending for the other men involved in the sting.
Tarrant County Sherriff Bill Waybourn told NBCDFW 5, “I shouldn’t be shocked at things but I do get shocked and surprised at the people who come in and the professions they represent. It’s scary and it’s very troubling at times that we have these folks out there who are child predators.”
Thankfully for this case, Martinez did not harm a child. However, due to his role within CPS, there is a potential for actual victims to come forward.
Tarrant Co., TX
Western Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy charged
with child sexual assault
By MIKE LONGAECKER | Forum News Service
Prosecutors on Friday charged a Pierce County sheriff’s office deputy with multiple counts of child sexual assault.
St. Croix County District Attorney Michael Nieskes, serving as special counsel in the case of Allen J. Wojcik, charged the 31-year-old with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and two related counts. All four charges are felonies.
The sheriff’s office this week placed Wojcik on paid administrative leave. The allegations did not occur during the course of his work with the department.
A criminal complaint filed in the case states St. Croix County’s child protective services department on Tuesday alerted investigators in that county about a sexual abuse report involving a Pierce County deputy. The case was handled by St. Croix County to avoid any conflict of interest.
According to the complaint:
An investigator spoke with the female victim, who said Wojcik had abused her in either November or December of 2017.
The victim, who knows Wojcik, told investigators he had touched her sexually and briefly placed her hand on his genitals.
The girl said Wojcik later tried apologizing to her and told her “we were both in the wrong,” the complaint states. He told her not to tell anyone about it, the girl reported.
The victim’s mother later learned about the incident and confronted Wojcik about it.
Investigators met with Wojcik on Wednesday in River Falls and apprised him of the allegations. He “adamantly” denied the allegations, the complaint states. He said he “would never have done anything like that,” according to the charging document.
An investigator asked him about a letter related to the allegations, at which point Wojcik requested an attorney.
No court date in the case has been set.
Colorado youth pastor sentenced to 7 years for
having sex with youth group members
Author: Janet Oravetz
PARKER — A former youth pastor at a Parker church will spend seven years in prison for using his position to have sexual relationships with girls in his youth group, according to a release from the district attorney's office.
Joshua Mark Clemons, 35, was sentenced last week to four years in the Colorado Department of Corrections followed by 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation in the Parker case. Clemons’ plea agreement calls for three years in a related Denver case.
Clemons lived in Denver when he was employed by the Crossroads Church on Twenty Mile Road in Parker between 2008 and 2015
During that time, he engaged in sex abuse with at least three of his students and inappropriate behavior with others, a 39-page arrest affidavit alleges.
One girl, who was 17 at the time, told Parker Police that Clemons used his position as youth pastor to manipulate her and get close to her, the DA's office said. The mother of another girl told police Clemons is “a master manipulator not only of students, but adults, as well.”
Clemons pleaded guilty July 23 in the Parker case to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, a Class 4 felony; and one count of attempted sex assault on a child by one in a position of trust, a Class 5 felony. Other charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Clemons will be sentenced in the Denver case next month. His 4-year sentence in the Parker case will run consecutively with the 3-year sentence he faces in Denver.
Virginia man found guilty of aggravated
sexual battery against child
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Newport News man Pernell Viney was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual battery against a victim under the age of 13.
He was also charged with sodomy, object sexual penetration, two counts of sexual assault and indecent liberties with a child. Those charges were dismissed.
In October 2017, police were called to a Newport News home where a woman said that her daughter told her that a man she knew had assaulted her.
Viney’s sentencing is scheduled for December 7 at 9 a.m. in Newport News Circuit Court.
New York man charged with sexual and physical abuse of infant
CARTHAGE, NY — State Police in Carthage arrested Javon M. Marshall, age 22, from Carthage, was charged by state police with for first-degree sex abuse (class “D” felony), second-degree assault (class “D” felony), and endangering the welfare of a child (class “A” misdemeanor).
On Sept. 27, 2018, Chief Reginald Huber from the Carthage Police Department requested assistance from state police with a reported sexual and physical abuse of a 16-month-old infant.
The infant was transported to SUNY Upstate Medical Center for a medical evaluation.
Marshall was arraigned in village of Carthage Court and remanded to the Jefferson County Jail on $30,000 cash bail/$60,000 bond.
Illinois man accused of sexual assault
of children during 1990s
By DAILY CHRONICLE
SYCAMORE – A Kirkland man is accused of multiple sex crimes against children in connection with assaults in the 1990s, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office officials said Friday.
Gregory N. Hay, 60, of the 200 block of North Sixth Street, Kirkland, is charged with five counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He is being held in the DeKalb County Jail on $100,000 bond, requiring him to post $10,000 bail to be released.
The most serious charge, aggravated criminal sexual assault, typically carries a sentence of six to 30 years in prison, and Hay could be sentenced to multiple prison terms if convicted of multiple counts.
According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, investigators learned Aug. 28 that a woman had reported to Kirkland police that she had been a victim of a sexual assault as a child between 1991 and ’97, when she was younger than 13. Another victim also was involved, the release shows.
Hay was arrested Friday at his home and questioned before being placed under arrest, police said. Police continue to investigate the incident, the release said.
