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Internet Crimes Against Children

Suffolk NY
Police & Fire
Westhampton Man, 22, Caught With Child Porn: Police Westhampton Man, 22, Caught With Child Porn: Police
Westhampton Man, 22, Caught With Child Porn: Police Thanks to a cyber tip, police said they have arrested a Long Island man who was in possession of child pornography. Kevin Walsh, age 22, of Westhampton, was arrested by New York State Police on Wednesday, March 6. New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) were able to make an arrest following an investigation sparked by an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) cyber tip. Walsh has been charged with three counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child and an additional three counts of possession of sexual performance by a child, bo…

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by Sophie Grieser
Arlington
Police & Fire
Creep Who Sought Sex From 'Child' Online In VA Then Fled To Egypt Sentenced: Officials Creep Who Sought Sex From 'Child' Online In VA Then Fled To Egypt Sentenced: Officials
Creep Who Sought Sex From 'Child' Online In VA Then Fled To Egypt Sentenced: Officials A Maryland man was sentenced to 75 years in prison after soliciting sex from someone he thought was a minor online in Virginia before fleeing to Egypt, authorities said. John R. Raff, 42, of Perryville, MD, was arrested in Maryland in 2014 and extradited to Virginia for an ongoing NOVA-DC ICAC Task Force investigation, the Virginia State Police said. Raff had attempted to solicit a Virginia State Police agent whom he believed was a minor, a spokesman for the VSP said. Following his arrest in 2014, Raff posted bond and fled to the Arab Republic of Egypt, police said. The Rockingham Com…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lancaster
Police & Fire
New Holland Comcast User Caught On Kik With Child Porn: Police New Holland Comcast User Caught On Kik With Child Porn: Police
New Holland Comcast User Caught On Kik With Child Porn: Police A Lancaster County man was caught uploading child pornography police announced on Monday, Dec. 4.  Michael Edward Fine used his home internet connection to post child pornography onto the app KIK in October, local police found out from the Internet Crimes Against Children through a Cybertip, as explained in the police release. Through an investigation, the New Holland police learned that Fine "upload[ed] multiple videos containing child pornography" using his Comcast IP address, as stated in the release. A search warrant was issued and executed at Fine's home in the 100 block of East …

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by Jillian Pikora
Mercer
Police & Fire
Hamilton Man Shared Child Pornography, Sold Drugs: Prosecutor Hamilton Man Shared Child Pornography, Sold Drugs: Prosecutor
Hamilton Man Shared Child Pornography, Sold Drugs: Prosecutor A 31-year-old man from Mercer County has been charged with sharing child pornography and dealing drugs, authorities said. Nicholas Occhipinti, of Hamilton, is charged with distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography, possession with the intent to distribute child pornography, and three drug offenses including a first-degree possession with the intent to distribute charge, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Detectives with the prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit recently received information from the N…

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by Jon Craig
Ocean
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Had Online Sex With Minors, Then Shared It, US Homeland Security Agents Charge Jersey Shore Man Had Online Sex With Minors, Then Shared It, US Homeland Security Agents Charge
Jersey Shore Man Had Online Sex With Minors, Then Shared It, US Homeland Security Agents Charge UPDATE: Federal authorities have taken custody of an accused child porn trafficker from the Jersey Shore who they said had online sex with at least two minors he met on a social media app. Ocean County prosecutor’s detectives initially investigated Christopher Budelman, 36, of Brick, leading to an arrest in late September 2022. Following up on a referral from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the prosecutor's investigators learned that Budelman used the Kik Messenger App to upload and share images of child sexual abuse, authorities said at the time. F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Capital District
News
Troy Man Sexually Abuses Children, Sends Victims Pornography, Police Say Troy Man Sexually Abuses Children, Sends Victims Pornography, Police Say
Troy Man Sexually Abuses Children, Sends Victims Pornography, Police Say A man from the region is charged with multiple sex crimes after allegedly abusing two young children and sending them pornography. Rensselaer County resident Daniel Landfear, age 34, of Troy, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 29, by New York State Police. According to investigators, Landfear had sexual contact with a 10-year-old child and forcibly touched a 16-year-old. Both incidents reportedly occurred in Troy. Leandfear’s arrest came months after he was taken into custody in June 2023 for allegedly sending sexual images to a minor. Troopers with the New York State Police Internet Crimes Agai…

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by Michael Mashburn
Morris
Police & Fire
Former Fire Captain Who Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Station Gets 3 Year Sentence Former Fire Captain Who Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Station Gets 3 Year Sentence
Former Fire Captain Who Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Station Gets 3 Year Sentence A former fire department captain who uploaded child pornography at a Morris County station is heading to prison. Landing resident James T. Hess, 50, was sentenced on Friday, August 11 to three years in New Jersey State Prison for child endangerment and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll announced. Investigators — tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children — say Hess viewed and uploaded the videos on the Internet-based chat app Kik while at the Netcong Volunteer Fire Department, where he was a captain. He al…

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by Valerie Musson
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Child Porn: Hamilton Attorney Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Hundreds Of Images Child Porn: Hamilton Attorney Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Hundreds Of Images
Child Porn: Hamilton Attorney Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Hundreds Of Images A child pornography investigation culminated in the sentencing of a man who worked as an attorney, according to officials and reports.  William Searson, of Hamilton, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on Tuesday, June 27, and was sentenced to two and a half years in jail, with nine months served, followed by nine months of house arrest, according to the Hamilton Police Department.  Searson was discovered to have hundreds of images of child porn via a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children network. The tip said that an IP address in Hamilton was uploading and …

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by Morgan Gonzales
Hudson
Police & Fire
Man Made Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Hudson Prosecutor Man Made Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Hudson Prosecutor
Man Made Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Hudson Prosecutor A 31-year-old Hudson County man was arrested on various charges after authorities say he instructed a 13-year-old boy to sexually abuse a 4-year-old girl child and send him recordings of it. Joseph Suarez, of West New York, disseminated footage from the out-of-state boy over social media platform Discord, the Hudson County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on Jan. 10, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A search of Suarez's home turned up more than 1,000 files of child sex abuse material, the prosecutor said. He was charged with child endangerment, facilitating child sex abuse materia…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mercer
Police & Fire
Children’s Music Teacher Arrested For Viewing, Sharing Child Porn: Mercer County Prosecutor Children’s Music Teacher Arrested For Viewing, Sharing Child Porn: Mercer County Prosecutor
Children’s Music Teacher Arrested For Viewing, Sharing Child Porn: Mercer County Prosecutor A children’s music teacher in Mercer County was charged with viewing and uploading child pornography, authorities announced. Jose Sanchez, 58, of Monroe Township, was charged with possession and file sharing of child pornography, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a release with local officials on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Sanchez’s arrest is the result of a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office that someone in Mercer County was uploading the material. The follow-up investigation led to the execution of a search wa…

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by Valerie Musson
Warren Hunterdon
Police & Fire
Warren County Man, 63, Met Up For Sex With Undercover Cop Posing As Teen Girl: Prosecutor Warren County Man, 63, Met Up For Sex With Undercover Cop Posing As Teen Girl: Prosecutor
Warren County Man, 63, Met Up For Sex With Undercover Cop Posing As Teen Girl: Prosecutor A 63-year-old man from Warren County is facing numerous charges after investigators caught him meeting up for sex with an undercover cop he thought was a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. Paul Tedeschi, of Lee Avenue in Alpha, was charged with second-degree attempted luring, second-degree sexual assault, attempted child endangerment, and promoting prostitution, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release on Friday, Sept. 2. Police in Phillipsburg learned from a source on Sunday, Aug. 21 that Tedeschi was looking for an underage girl to have sex with, Pfeiffer said. A fol…

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by Valerie Musson
Ocean
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Downloading Child Porn Via Google Account: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Downloading Child Porn Via Google Account: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Downloading Child Porn Via Google Account: Prosecutor A 34-year-old man from Ocean County has been charged with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Jeremy Bradley-Forman, of Tuckerton, was charged on Thursday, Aug. 4, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. This investigation was the result of referrals from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The Task Force detected that a Google account user was downloading images of child pornography from the internet, Billhimer said.  An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit&nb…

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by Jon Craig
Morris
Police & Fire
North Jersey Man, 68, Sent And Possessed ‘Numerous’ Child Porn Files, Prosecutor Says North Jersey Man, 68, Sent And Possessed ‘Numerous’ Child Porn Files, Prosecutor Says
North Jersey Man, 68, Sent And Possessed ‘Numerous’ Child Porn Files, Prosecutor Says A 68-year-old North Jersey man has been charged for possessing and sending “numerous” videos and files depicting child pornography, authorities announced Monday. William Mickel was charged with both distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release alongside Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker and Jefferson Township Police Department Chief Paul Castimore. Mickel, of Lake Hopatcong, was found with “numerous” child sexual abuse videos and materials on Tuesday, Jan. 25, officials said. He is also accused of distributing t…

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by Valerie Musson
Cumberland Salem
News
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities Over 80 children worldwide— between the ages of six and 13-years-old— were groomed by a California man to produce child porn— including five children from New Jersey, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, posed as an 11-year-old girl called “Lizzy” to form online relationships with the children and convince them to perform and record sexual acts on other children in their lives, according to a report released by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. VIDEO PRESS RELEASE: Child Sexual Predator Suspect "Lizzy" Arrested Po…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster
News
PA Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities PA Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities
PA Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities Over 80 children worldwide— between the ages of six and 13-years-old— were groomed by a California man to produce child porn— including five children from Pennsylvania, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, posed as an 11-year-old girl called “Lizzy” to form online relationships with the children and convince them to perform and record sexual acts on other children in their lives, according to a report released by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. VIDEO PRESS RELEASE: Child Sexual Predator Suspect "Lizzy" Arrested …

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by Jillian Pikora
Burlington
Police & Fire
Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens
Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens A youth pastor who manufactured child porn. A 35-year-old man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. A 40-year-old man who secretly recorded a naked girl, then send out the material. These are only three men of the 15 busted on child porn and other more serious charges, in the second phase of a massive quarantine-driven operation in South Jersey, authorities said (scroll down for a complete rundown of each individual charged). The 15 arrests come are part of "Operation Safe Quarantine II," which ran from August 2020 through January 2021, and fueled by an increase of in threate…

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by Cecilia Levine
Essex NJ
News
Convicted Essex Pervert Gets 5-Year State Prison Minimum For Trafficking Child Rape Images Convicted Essex Pervert Gets 5-Year State Prison Minimum For Trafficking Child Rape Images
Convicted Essex Pervert Gets 5-Year State Prison Minimum For Trafficking Child Rape Images A Belleville convict must spend at least five years in state prison for trafficking a child rape video and similar pornography. Luis Felipe Pacheco-Loja, 33, was among 79 defendants nabbed in “Operation Safety Net,” a multi-agency child protection sweep led by State Police. Jurors earlier this year convicted him of distributing, storing, maintaining and possessing the images. Superior Court Judge Siobhan A. Teare sentenced Pacheco-Loja in Newark to six years in state prison, five years of which he must serve before becoming eligible for parole. He also must register as a sex offender under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Warren Hunterdon
News
Child Porn Gets Manville Man 3-Year Prison Term, Parole Supervision For Life Child Porn Gets Manville Man 3-Year Prison Term, Parole Supervision For Life
Child Porn Gets Manville Man 3-Year Prison Term, Parole Supervision For Life A Manville man who pleaded guilty to child porn charges was sentenced to three years in state prison with parole supervision for life, authorities said Friday. Brandon Heaton, 23, was arrested in March 2019 following a referral from the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) that he was distributing child porn, Acting Prosecutor Michael Williams. Heaton was indicted by a grand jury in June 2019, and pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of child porn, the prosecutor said. He was sentenced on Wednesday by Superior Court judge Angela Borkowski.

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by Cecilia Levine
Putnam
Police & Fire
Area Man Possessed, Uploaded Child Porn, State Police Say Area Man Possessed, Uploaded Child Porn, State Police Say
Area Man Possessed, Uploaded Child Porn, State Police Say A 67-year-old man was arrested for alleged internet crimes against children after an investigation found images of sexual performances by a child on his computer. Dutchess County resident Michael Terwillegar, of Hyde Park, was arrested and charged with possessing a sexual performance by a child on Tuesday, April 7, by New York State Police, said Trooper AJ Hicks. Hicks said Terwillegar is accused of possessing and uploading images consistent with child sexual exploitation via the internet. Terwillegar was issued an appearance ticket and released. He is scheduled to appear in court in May.…

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by Kathy Reakes
Warren Hunterdon
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Hunterdon County Man Had 45,000 Child Porn Photos, Videos Prosecutor: Hunterdon County Man Had 45,000 Child Porn Photos, Videos
Prosecutor: Hunterdon County Man Had 45,000 Child Porn Photos, Videos A Hunterdon County man was arrested by authorities who said he had nearly 45,000 photos and videos of child pornography. August Blew, 55, of High Bridge, was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child on Monday, Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael Williams said in a joint release with other law enforcement officials. Last April, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) regarding possible possession of child pornography, Williams said. An investigation found Blew had thousands of photos and videos …

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Indictment: Jersey Shore Officer Schedules Sex With Undercover Detective Posing As Girl, 15 Indictment: Jersey Shore Officer Schedules Sex With Undercover Detective Posing As Girl, 15
Indictment: Jersey Shore Officer Schedules Sex With Undercover Detective Posing As Girl, 15 A suspended Jersey Shore police officer seeking sex with a 15-year-old girl arranged a tryst with what turned out to be an undercover investigator, an indictment returned Wednesday charges. Richard C. Conte, 48, of Farmingdale, used his work phone at the Howell Township Police Department to chat with the investigator with the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Although the investigator “repeatedly indicated that ‘she’ was 15 years old,” Conte “continued to chat with her online and email her,” claiming that he was o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk
News
Northern Westchester Man Admits To Sending Indecent Material To Officer Posing As Teen Northern Westchester Man Admits To Sending Indecent Material To Officer Posing As Teen
Northern Westchester Man Admits To Sending Indecent Material To Officer Posing As Teen A 26-year-old man from Northern Westchester has admitted to sending child pornography and a weapons charge and will face time in prison after being busted by an undercover police officer posing as a teenager. Christopher Alessandro of Croton-on-Hudson pleaded guilty to attempted disseminating indecent material to minors and attempted criminal possession of a firearm, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced this week. On May 7, 2018, New York State Police, with an assist from Virginia State Police and the District Attorney’s Office High Technology Crime Bureau&nb…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant
News
Two Hudson Valley Men Charged In National Crackdown On Online Child Porn Two Hudson Valley Men Charged In National Crackdown On Online Child Porn
Two Hudson Valley Men Charged In National Crackdown On Online Child Porn Two Hudson Valley men were among nearly 2,500 charged throughout the country as part of Operation “Broken Heart,” which targeted online child sex offenders. The Department of Justice announced the arrest of more than 2,300 suspected online child sex offenders during a three-month, nationwide, operation conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. The task forces identified 195 offenders who either produced child pornography or committed child sexual abuse, and 383 children who suffered recent, ongoing, or historical sexual abuse or production of child pornography. Among…

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by Zak Failla