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Ridgefield
News
Former HS Teacher From Ridgefield Admits Possessing Child Porn, Feds Say
A 44-year-old man who worked as a teacher at a Connecticut high school has admitted to possessing images and videos containing child pornography, federal officials said. Fairfield County resident Nicholas Skirkanich of Ridgefield pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 21 to a child pornography possession charge, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced. According to federal officials, in October 2022, an online service provider submitted a CyberTip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that indicated a TikTok video containing child sex abu…
Calvert
News
School Instructional Assistant Gets Prison Time For 'Sadistic, Masochistic' Child Porn In MD
A 30-year-old former school instructional assistant in Calvert County is heading to prison and will have to register as a sex offender after being busted with child porn, federal authorities announced. Huntingtown resident Tyler Edward Perkins has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possession and distribution of child pornography, according to officials. Perkins, who was an instructional assistant at a school for children requiring special education services, admitted to uploading files containing child pornography under various …
Yonkers
News
Police Officer From Yonkers Nabbed For Sexually Exploiting Child, Feds Say
A police officer from Westchester and his accomplice face criminal charges for sexually exploiting a child and having them send explicit videos and photos over the internet, federal officials announced. Angad Beharry, a 46-year-old New York City Police Officer from Yonkers, and Gisainet Cristina Chirinos Viloria, a 23-year-old Venezuelan citizen from Goshen, Indiana, were both arrested on Thursday, Jan 25 on sexual exploitation charges, the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York announced. According to federal officials, between Aug. 31, 2022, and Sept.…
Capital District
News
Niskayuna Man Admits Storing Child Porn On USB Flash Drive
A 40-year-old man from the region could spend decades behind bars for having child pornography. Schenectady County resident Aaron Griesche, of Niskayuna, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in Albany federal court on Thursday, Jan. 11. According to the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District, Griesche admitted to storing illicit images of children on a USB flash drive that was found in his home in July 2021. He confessed to purchasing the memory stick online and then transferring videos depicting child sex abuse from the internet to the device. The case was investigated b…
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
New Update: Man Raped Child He Knew At His Belmont Home Multiple Times: DA
Update: A judge on Monday, Dec. 4, ordered Rick Powell held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing set for Friday. Original: A 59-year-old Belmont has been arrested and charged with raping a child he knew, taking photos of the girl, and distributing them online, authorities said. He was arrested in the midst of a suicide attempt while trying to evade capture, reports said. Rickland Powell was charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, distributing obscene matter to a minor, four counts of aggravated rape of a child, four counts of rap…
South Orange
News
Child Porn Arrest: Goshen Man Traded Videos, Photos Online, DA Says
A Hudson Valley man has been accused of trading videos and photos of child pornography over the internet, officials announced. Orange County resident James Harris, of Goshen, age 71, was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 21 in connection with a child pornography investigation, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced. According to Hoovler's office, Harris traded online in child pornography, which included both videos and photos of children who were engaged in sexual activity with adults. This activity was then flagged by the DA's Office's Digital Forensics Unit, whic…
Fairfax
Police & Fire
Vienna Child Exploitation Investigation Takes Unexpected Turn Upon SWAT Team's Discovery: PD
What started as an investigation into a man having sexually explicit conversations online led to the seizure of an illegal machine gun in Virginia, police said. Craig Strasbourger, 31, of Vienna, became the center of an investigation following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Fairfax County police said. He was believed to have been "engaging in sexual communication" with a child from Kentucky, police said. Through their investigation, detectives determined Strasbourger lived in the 2100 block of Robin Way Court in Vienna. A SWAT team searc…
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes
A New Jersey man admitted posing as someone else to get a minor to pose naked online for him. Federal authorities had charged Sunil Vaid, 51, of North Brunswick with posing online as various people, including a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to meet underage victims. Rather than risk the outcome of a trial, Vaid took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to inducing one of them to engage in cybersex, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. U.S. District Court Judge Claire C. Cecchi scheduled sentencing for Feb…
Burlington
Police & Fire
Man Thought Detective Was 13-Year-Old Girl In Online Chat: Evesham PD
A 33-year-old man from Essex County was arrested after trying to arrange a sexual encounter with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, authorities said. Jonti Pizarro, of Irvington, was charged on Sept. 12 with attempted sexual assault, enticing a minor, child endangerment and attempted criminal sexual contact, according to Eveham police. Pizarro was being held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly pending a first appearance in Superior Court. The investigation began several months ago after Pizarro allegedly contacted a detective in an online chat room, police said. During …
Atlantic
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Sentenced For Sharing 700 Child Sex Abuse Videos: Prosecutor
A 22-year-old man from Atlantic County has been sentenced in connection with sharing 700 child sex abuse videos, authorities said. William Edson, of Mays Landing, was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison on Thursday, June 8, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. He must serve the entire five-year sentence before being released. In February 2022, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was notified of suspicious activities occurring on the KIK social media platform in December. Detectives linked approximate…
Ulster Sullivan
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed With Child Porn In Ulster County, Police Say
A man from the region has been charged with possession of obscene sexual performances by a child following an investigation into his online activity. Orange County resident James H. Knuth, age 71, of Pine Bush, was arrested on Monday, April 24. In February, detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into Knuth after it was alleged he had been in communication with a social media account pretending to be a juvenile girl for several months, said Sgt. Collin Reynolds, of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. The communication was sexually explicit in nature, R…
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Lynn Man Who Shared Child Porn Nabbed, Police Call His Crime 'Abhorrent'
A 58-year-old who shared child pornography online was caught red-handed when he shared images with undercover investigators as part of a months-long investigation, officials say. Michael Derosa, of Lynn, was the subject of a child pornography investigation that started in December 2022 and culminated on Wednesday, March 22, according to the Rowley Police Department. The investigation, carried out by the Rowley Police Cyber Crimes Unit, focused on an individual sharing child porn from an internet protocol address in Lynn. The person allegedly shared multiple images of child porno…
Montgomery MD
News
DC, VA Pimp Gets Decades In Federal Prison For Exploiting Women
A Virginia man who pimped out women in the region to line his own pockets with cash will spend decades in prison for running a sex trafficking operation, federal authorities announced. Norfolk resident Michael Jabaar Wilkins, 39, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on a federal conviction for his role in exploiting at least three women in Northwest DC for his own financial gain for most of the 2010s. According to federal prosecutors, between 2011 and 2019, Wilkins induced and coerced at least three women to travel from Virginia to DC to engage in sex acts, for which he was paid after h…
Yorktown
News
Yorktown Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison
A sex offender from Northern Westchester who was already on probation for another offense will spend years in prison after sharing child pornography on social media. Yorktown resident Dylan Rodriguez, age 31, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 7 to three to six years in state prison for sharing child pornography online, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced. Rodriguez, who was already on probation for another sex offense at the time of his arrest, uploaded a video of an approximately five-year-old female child engaged in sexual conduct to Kik, an onl…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Montco Man Charged With 100 Counts Of Child Porn Possession: DA
A Montgomery County man will answer more than 100 felony charges of child pornography possession, District Attorney Kevin Steele announced. Christopher Matton, 25, of Horsham, was arrested Thursday, March 2, and arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jay S. Friedenberg, the DA said. The charges follow an investigation that began last year, when social media site Reddit alerted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to suspicious activity from an account, Steele said. From there, county detectives traced the account's IP address to Matton's Easton Road h…
The Berkshires
Police & Fire
Lenox Man Thought He Sent Nudes To Teen, But They Went To Police
A 35-year-old Berkshire County man who thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl online got a rude awakening after he sent her several naked videos of himself, federal authorities said. Paul J. Bruzzi, of Lenox, is now charged with attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. In September, Bruzzi started a conversation with what he believed was a teenage girl on a social media app but was an undercover federal agent, the prosecutor said. Bruzzi allegedly sent them nine photos and videos where he displayed his genitals and pr…
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
'Can We Talk:' Revere Man Charged With Hoarding Child Porn, Authorities Say
Specialty task forces reaped the rewards of a covert online operation when they arrested a 24-year-old man for possessing and disseminating child porn. Sani Zuntu, of Revere, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 28 around 5:50 p.m. at 50 Park Plaza on charges of possession of child pornography, nudity, or sexual contact, and disseminating child pornography or nudity and sexual contact, according to the Boston Police Department. Leading the conversation with the text, "Hey, can we talk please," Zuntu shared child pornographic material with uncover investigators, Suffolk County District …
Ocean
News
Jersey Shore Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn At Work
A 42-year-old man from Ocean County was charged with possessing and sharing child pornography from his work address, authorities said. Joseph D. Tuzzio, Jr. of Jackson Township was charged on Monday, Dec. 19, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. This investigation was the result of three referrals from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The ICAC Task Force detected that an individual was uploading images of child pornography to the internet using the Kik Messenger App. An investigation by the Ocean Coun…
Cecil
Police & Fire
Internet Investigation Leads To Bust Of Elkton Man With Child Porn: State Police
A 43-year-old man is facing multiple charges after being busted with a host of child pornography files during an investigation in Maryland, state police authorities announced on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Cecil County resident Kevin Joseph Ardoin, of Elkton, was arrested and charged with eight counts of possession of child pornography following an investigation by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. In September, the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit launched an investigation into the possession of child pornography online, during which Ardoin …
Baltimore
News
Baltimore Man Sentenced For Posing As Teen Girl On Social Media To Entice Boys
A 25-year-old Maryland man who posed as a teenage girl on social media to exploit underage boys for illicit materials which he then sold for a profit has been sentenced to decades in prison. Baltimore resident Matthew K. Walsh, 25, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a minor in order to produce child pornography. Specifically, federal prosecutors say that Walsh created fictitious online profiles purporting to be a teenage girl to contact and induce underage boys between the ages of 12 and 17 to se…
Lebanon
News
Pennsylvania Man Admits To Luring Women Online To Handcuff, Rape Them: AG
A year after he was charged, a Patton Township man has admitted to raping and sexually assaulting six women that he met online, according to a release by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin P. Mullen has pleaded guilty to charges related to the rape and sexual assault of six women over a nine-year period, 2012 through March 2021. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS MIGHT BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS*** The 50-year-old man used social networking platforms to connect with his victims, advertising that he was looking for a “cleaner” or “someone t…
Lancaster
News
Lancaster Parole, Probation Officer Admits To Downloading Child Porn: DA
A Lancaster County Probation and Parole officer was arrested on child pornography-related charges on Friday, Oct. 28, the County District Attorney's office announced on Monday, Oct. 31. Deric Paul Lilly, 45, previously of the 300 block of W. Charlotte Street in Manor Township, but now living in Delaware, was charged with four felony counts of possessing child pornography and two felony counts of criminal use of a communication facility. Detectives in Lancaster County had received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding an account that was used…
Fort Lee
Police & Fire
Bergen County Man Shared Child Porn With Undercover Agent: Feds
A 34-year-old Bergen County man is facing federal charges for sharing child porn online — once with an undercover agent, authorities said. New Milford's Michael Kimmerle distributed videos of child sex abuse through a peer-to-peer file-sharing program from August 2021 through August 2022, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Friday, Oct. 7. An undercover agent conducted online session using the same program, during with a user shared multiple videos of child sex abuse from an IP address that traced back to Kimmerle's home, Sellinger said. A raid of Kimmerle's home turned up thumbnail ima…
Ulster Sullivan
News
Area Man Accused Of Raping 14-Year-Old He Met On Snapchat, Ulster Sheriff Says
A Hudson Valley man has been arrested after allegedly meeting a 14-year-old girl online and having sex with her on multiple occasions. Orange County resident Marco J. Rivera, age 22, of Washingtonville, was arrested by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, Sept. 21 for the incidents which took place in July 2020. According to the Sheriff's Office, in June detectives received information from the Village of Walden Police Department about an incident involving a 20-year-old male who had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old female in July 2020. Through investigation, it was …
Carroll
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Busted For Possessing And Distributing Child Porn: State Police
Maryland State Police investigators have apprehended a man linked to the possession and distribution of child pornography, according to state police. Allegany County resident Cledith Polson, 42, of Cumberland, is facing multiple charges following the investigation by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Specifically, Polson was charged with four counts of possession of child pornography and four counts of distribution of child pornography. He was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 25. In June 2022, troopers from the task force began an online investigation involv…
Cumberland
News
'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say
A 40-year-old man purchased human body parts from a woman in Arkansas using Facebook, police in Pennsylvania say. Jeremy Pauley has been under investigation by local police and the FBI since the East Pennsboro Township police first received a call of "suspicious activity" in the 200 block of North Enola Road around 7 a.m. on June 14, according to a release by the department. The local police worked with the FBI Harrisburg, FBI Scranton, FBI Arkansas, Arkansas State Police, Cumberland County Coroners office, Cumberland County Forensics Division, Bloomsburg Police Department,…
Putnam
News
Mahopac Man Charged With Promoting Sexual Performance By Child
A Hudson Valley man has been arrested for multiple counts of allegedly promoting a sexual performance by a child. He was arrested in Carmel on Wednesday, Aug. 10. In March, investigators assigned to the department's Bureau of Criminal Investigation received information from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that images and videos of child sexual abuse material were being shared online from a residence in the Town of Carmel, said Capt. Michael Grossi, of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. BCI Investigators executed a search warrant at the home on May 25, assisted by PCSO elec…
Stamford
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Resident Among 17 Men Arrested For Child Luring With Help From YouTubers
A total of 17 men, including one from Fairfield County, have been arrested for allegedly luring children in Atlantic City, New Jersey in a case involving an assist from concerned citizens who bust child predators online. The citizens were identified by BreakingAC as MrWEB and Predator Catcher PA. MrWEB recently posted a video called "JUSTICE- Thank You Atlantic County Police, Prosecutors, & Shafiq - 26 In 2 Weeks." It appears to be a montage of them confronting alleged predators. The YouTubers routinely record themselves meeting up with individuals who thought they'd been chatting…
Stamford
News
Fairfax Man Sentenced For Selling Meth On Darkweb: DOJ
A Virginia man was sentenced to 52 months in prison for his schemes to sell meth on the Darknet, officials reported. Tyler Pham, 39, of Fairfax, was charged after distributing between 15 and 45 kilograms of meth pills from May 2019 through December 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Pham, who was turned over to the US by Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, advertised the pills as peach-flavored Adderall under the online alias, “addy4cheap”, authorities said. Law enforcement agents investigating Pham bought 20 controlled purchases of 767 peach tablets from “addy4cheap” on two diff…
Cecil
Police & Fire
Maryland State Police Arrest Two Men On Child Porn Charges
Two child pornography suspects were taken into custody following a pair of separate investigations into the distribution and possession of illicit materials, state police announced. Cumberland residents Matthew Loren Sites, 23, and Roger Clayton Abe II, 38, were both arrested as a result of separate investigations conducted by the Maryland State Police / Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, officials announced on Friday, July 8. Specifically, Abe was charged with one out of the distribution of child pornography and seven counts of possession of child pornography. Sites was…
Loudoun
Police & Fire
Sterling Man, 31, Faces Multiple Child Porn Charges: Police
A 31-year-old Loudoun County man tricked people into sending him nude photos of themselves and then extorted them afterward, authorities said. A grand jury indicted Shane L. Pearson of Sterling this week following a lengthy investigation, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said. According to a report, two people said they sent nude photos of themselves to an unknown person they met on an app. That person was Pearson, who demanded they send more nude photos, money, or sexual favors, or he would put their photos online, the Sheriff's Offices said. Detectives said some of the vict…
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