Tag Archives: Youth Pastor

The Rockville Herald reports: Former North Carolina police officer Erickson Douglas Lee showed up in York County court Friday on child sex charges a day late and still received a plea deal. The former church volunteer failed to appear Thursday for what was supposed to be a guilty plea for an eight-year sentence. On Friday, he received a sentence of …

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 …

Winston-Salem’s NBC affiliate reports: Detectives in High Point have arrested and charged a man after a months-long sexual assault investigation involving teen victims. High Point police report they arrested James R. Murphey, 44, of High Point early Thursday morning. Officers found him at a home in High Point. Murphey is charged with 30 counts of sexual battery. Detectives said the …

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A U.S. Army veteran and church youth group leader was arrested in Hillsborough County over a decade after sexually assaulting a teenager, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. A person came forward earlier this month and accused Derek Zitko, 52, of lewd or lascivious battery and molestation in 2013, according to HCSO. Detectives said …

The Roys Report reports: A pastor who led a “generation of youth” in Virginia has been charged with 19 counts of sexual abuse, including 10 counts of forcible sodomy and eight counts of indecent liberties with a child while in a custodial role. David Lawrence Schneider, of Farnham, Virginia was also charged on Aug. 9 with aggravated sexual battery, according …

Los Angeles’s CW affiliate reports: An Orange County church ministry volunteer was sentenced to over 120 years in prison for molesting young girls. Todd Christian Hartman, 41, of Newport Beach, was convicted of molesting several young minors and possessing hundreds of explicit images of children. Hartman had repeatedly molested a girl beginning when she was 6 years old, officials said. …

Pensacola’s CBS affiliate reports: The now-former principal of a private school in Holmes County has been arrested and faces sex charges in connection with inappropriate relations involving a student. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and county court filings, law enforcement officials received an initial case assignment on May 30 regarding alleged sexual misconduct between a juvenile and 28-year-old …

Birmingham’s ABC affiliate reports: A youth minister was in court for sex crimes Wednesday. Terry Murphree is charged with nearly 20 counts of sex crimes including rape and clergy having sex with a child and human trafficking. Not only is Murphree accused of raping a 13-year-old child, Blount County Investigators also say he sexually assaulted four more underage girls and …

Columbus’s CBS affiliate reports: On Tuesday, 39-year-old Terry Murphree of Oneonta was booked into the Blount County Jail on the following charges: first-degree rape, sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, nine counts of Clergy-sexual intercourse with a child, electronic solicitation, human trafficking, traveling to meet a child to perform a sexual act, three counts of first-degree …

From the Justice Department: A former teacher and volunteer leader of a youth ministry admitted to possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in federal court today and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for his crime. Christian Baumgarth, 27, of Atlanta and formerly of Macon, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography before U.S. District …

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports: A former North Texas youth pastor has been arrested for possessing child porn, and police are asking for possible victims to come forward in the case. The Frisco Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit says it received a cyber tip that 36-year-old Kyle Timothy Poff was possibly in possession of child pornography. During the investigation, …

The Rome News-Tribune reports: A former youth minister of a Floyd County church was sentenced Thursday to serve 15 years in prison on child molestation and possession of child pornography charges, alongside another 25 years on probation. When Austin Wray Perkins was arrested on March 9, 2022, as part of a sting targeting child pornography, police discovered he was also …

Quincy’s NBC affiliate reports: A Quincy man who was a youth leader at Hope Lutheran Church in Quincy was sentenced Friday to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Court records show that 22-year-old Isaiah Mikkelson was sentenced to 6 years each for two counts of criminal sexual abuse of a victim between 13 and 18 years old. Mikkelson …

Click On Detroit reports: A man serving as a youth leader at a Macomb County church has been charged with criminal sexual conduct due to alleged sexual contact with a minor who attends his church. Clinton Township man Luis Mendoza, 29, was arraigned Wednesday, Nov. 15 on multiple counts of criminal sex conduct, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office reports. Mendoza, …

Michigan Live reports: Convicted of assaulting young boys as a Little League coach in North Carolina, Jonathan S. Russell relocated to Saginaw Township. He’s now facing charges in two Michigan counties for allegedly assaulting numerous children by exploiting his position in a local church. In February, Michigan State Police troopers began investigating allegations Jonathan S. Russell had been abusing children …

Odessa, Texas’s CBS affiliate reports: Corey White, 33, a former youth pastor at Redeemer Midland was arrested on Oct. 23, and charged with Access with Intent to View Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM)/child pornographic materials. According to an email shared with CBS7, White was fired from the church following his arrest. The email also stated that the church would be …

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: An Acworth man who once had a leadership role at a popular Cobb County church has been arrested. Cobb Police have charged him with four counts of child molestation for his alleged encounters with a 15-year-old boy who attended the church. Cobb Police have arrested the 32-year-old former Worship in Wonders former director of operations Marcus …

The Decatur Daily reports: A former member of Grace River Community Church in Decatur said Tuesday that he left the church after one of its leaders was arrested and charged with electronic solicitation of a child and violating the Sex Offenders Registration and Community Notification Act. “It seems to me that a background check would’ve caught this,” said Josh Harris, …

Colorado Springs’ CBS affiliate reports: A former youth pastor is now staring down prison time after he was found guilty of sexually exploiting a child. As Fountain police reported last year, Jeffrey Williams was arrested in November of last year for allegedly sending sexually explicit material to one of the kids who attended his youth group. He was booked into …

The Pensacola News-Journal reports: The former Calvary Baptist Church youth director arrested for hiding a camera in the church bathroom to record people and possessing child pornography was sentenced to 50 years in state prison Friday after taking a plea agreement. David Nims, 40, was charged with 25 counts of child pornography possession and 16 counts of video voyeurism, and …