Tag Archives: child porn

Grand Rapids’ ABC affiliate reports: Daniel Byron DeVries, of Fruitport Township, originally faced six felony counts of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and three counts of using a computer to commit a crime. This week, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child sexually abusive material and one count of using a computer to commit a …

Michigan Live reports: Zachary Joseph Radcliff, 29, was arraigned on two charges of aggravated “child sexually abusive activity,” two charges child sexually abusive activity and six charges of using the internet to communicate with another to commit a crime. He is facing up to 25 years in prison. Radcliff is a church leader at Oakwood Church, confirmed Victoria Burton-Harris, Washtenaw …

The Wichita Falls Times-Record reports: The city manager of Waurika, Oklahoma, has been arrested on child sex-related charges. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a press release that Charles Kyote Dunn, 30, is charged with possession and manufacture of child sexual abuse material and loitering around residence to watch occupants. Dunn, who was also a Waurika reserve police …

The Los Angeles Times reports: After a lengthy investigation by San José police and the FBI, a former staffer at a private San Jose Christian high school now faces federal charges for allegedly soliciting pornography and dirty underwear from teen students. According to the San Jose Police Department, detectives with the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received …

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports: An Arkansas pastor has now been arrested for his involvement in the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials. According to reports, on September 25, a search warrant was executed by Arkansas State Police after they received two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that were made on both …

Abilene’s CBS affiliate reports: An Abilene preschool employee has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. Mark Eichorn pleading guilty to Production of Child Pornography in Federal court Tuesday morning. He will be sentenced for the crime after a pre-sentencing investigation. Court documents state Eichorn was acting as a “sugar daddy” for children in another state, paying them to send the …

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports: Law enforcement authorities have arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography a man who was a Brite Divinity School professor and theological librarian when police allege he obtained illicit images. Charles Bellinger, 62, was taken into custody on Oct. 2 after Fort Worth police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit detectives, Texas Christian University police …

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports: The youth director of a Denton church has been arrested after a parent and their child accused him of inappropriate behavior with teenagers, police say. According to police, the suspect, 63-year-old Craig Stone, was charged with indecency with a child and possession of child pornography, both felonies. Stone is listed as the youth director and president …

From the Justice Department: James H. Swanson, age 59, of Rome, New York, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo, New York Field Office. As part of his earlier guilty plea, Swanson …

Kansas City’s CBS affiliate reports: 29-year-old Andrew Lovisone of Greenwood, Missouri, was arrested on Sept. 17, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office reported. A video on First Baptist Church Peculiar’s Facebook page shows Lovisone’s ordination service there back in July. He was called as an associate pastor. He is charged with two counts of first-degree promoting child pornography, which is a …

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports: A pastor from a small town in Arkansas has now been arrested and charged for his involvement with child sexual abuse materials. On Monday, the prosecuting attorney’s office in Bradley County filed charges against 86-year-old Rocky Goodwin, who is the lead pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Warren, Arkansas. Goodwin was charged with distributing, possessing, …

The Batavia Daily News reports: A former youth pastor who took secret videos of a girl changing out of a bathing suit will serve seven years in prison. Nathan L. Rogers, 39, of East Aurora was sentenced Thursday in federal court for the incident that occurred in 2019 at Six Flags Darien Lake. Rogers was arrested shortly afterward. He was …

NBC News reports: Before Telegram’s CEO was arrested in France, the app had gained a reputation for ignoring advocacy groups fighting child exploitation. Three of those groups, the U.S.-based National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and the U.K.-based Internet Watch Foundation, all told NBC News that their outreach to Telegram about child …

USA Today reports: U.S. Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea and was taken into custody there, will plead guilty to five charges, including desertion, while taking responsibility for his conduct, his lawyer said in a statement on Monday. The U.S. Army charged King with crimes ranging from desertion for running into North Korea in July …

Columbia’s NBC affiliate reports: According to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, Matt Vereen, 28, was arrested on Wednesday and taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Vereen was charged with three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor: two counts in the second degree and another count in the third degree. Arrest warrants state that child …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: A man who was studying to become a Catholic priest at a Mount Washington seminary has admitted possessing multiple images and videos of children being sexually abused. Broderick Witt, a former seminarian at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology, pleaded guilty Thursday to eight counts of possessing child sexually abusive material. The images and …

CBS News reports: A Twin Cities day care worker is accused of taking nude photographs of some of the young children in his care. Wednesday, prosecutors charged 39-year-old Eric Allen with having pornography on his computer and phone. Allen worked at Mount Carmel Child Care Center in northeast Minneapolis. The day care center is part of Mount Carmel Lutheran Church. …

FITS News reports: Federal agents conducting an ongoing investigation involving a sitting member of the South Carolina General Assembly are probing allegations related to “child exploitation” – specifically allegations tied to child sex abuse materials (or “CSAM”), more commonly known as child pornography. These allegations – confirmed by multiple sources familiar with the status of the investigation – served as …

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: A pastor and teacher at Liberty Christian School in Anderson, who also serves as the baseball coach, has been arrested after police investigators found child pornography on his phone, according to court documents. Claud “Tab” Greenlee II, 56, is charged with two counts of child exploitation, a Level 4 felony, along with three counts of possession …

The Guardian reports: A popular former New Orleans-area Catholic priest who was dismissed as pastor from St. Anthony of Padua in Luling last year has been arrested and charged with illegally possessing child abuse imagery depicting unclothed children. Anthony Odiong was arrested Tuesday as he was leaving his home in Ave Maria, Florida. According to sworn statements in support of …