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Arlington
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District Man Busted With Toddler Torture Porn In Southeast Heading To Prison: Feds District Man Busted With Toddler Torture Porn In Southeast Heading To Prison: Feds
District Man Busted With Toddler Torture Porn In Southeast Heading To Prison: Feds A District man who collected images and videos of child porn - some of which depicted the rape and torture of children as young as toddlers - will spend years in prison, federal authorities announced. Southeast DC resident Donte Mintz, 30, has been sentenced to 72 months in prison after pleading guilty last summer to attempted receipt of child pornography, which was accepted by a judge on Tuesday, April 2.  According to court documents, Mintz possessed, received, and distributed child pornography in October 2020, which was flagged by an employee at Dropbox, who tipped off the…

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by Zak Failla
Calvert
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School Instructional Assistant Gets Prison Time For 'Sadistic, Masochistic' Child Porn In MD School Instructional Assistant Gets Prison Time For 'Sadistic, Masochistic' Child Porn In MD
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 …

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by Zak Failla
Anne Arundel
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Man Traded Pics Of Kids In Exchange For Child Porn In Anne Arundel County: State's Attorney Man Traded Pics Of Kids In Exchange For Child Porn In Anne Arundel County: State's Attorney
Man Traded Pics Of Kids In Exchange For Child Porn In Anne Arundel County: State's Attorney A man who traded photos of his neighbor’s daughters in exchange for child porn with a youth coach and colleague in Maryland is heading to prison, authorities announced. Adam James Jun, 41, of Linthicum, was sentenced to 80 years, with all but 18 months suspended, with five years of supervised probation in Anne Arundel, State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said. The investigation began in May 2022, when detectives received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) involving multiple files of child pornography discovered on Kik, a chat messenger site. The …

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by Daily Voice
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
Dauphin
Schools
'American Cultures' Hershey Teacher, Camp Hill Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik 'American Cultures' Hershey Teacher, Camp Hill Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik
'American Cultures' Hershey Teacher, Camp Hill Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik The former eighth-grade "American Cultures" teacher at Hershey Middle School, Arthur "Art" Neal Titzel has pleaded guilty and been sentenced after being caught uploading videos of child pornography to the social media app Kik, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  The 53-year-old from Camp Hill is "a teacher of American history interested in the many stories that tell us who we are and where we came from," according to one of his many social media accounts. Apparently, social media is what got him in trouble as the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office charged hi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Hampden
Police & Fire
Ludlow Man Who Shared Nude Images Of Kids As Young As 3 Gets 7 Years In Prison: Feds Ludlow Man Who Shared Nude Images Of Kids As Young As 3 Gets 7 Years In Prison: Feds
Ludlow Man Who Shared Nude Images Of Kids As Young As 3 Gets 7 Years In Prison: Feds A 42-year-old Hampden County man who admitted to sharing child sexual abuse material with an undercover officer was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 14, to seven years in federal prison, authorities said.  Robert Avrett, of Ludlow, was charged with distribution and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He'll serve five years of probation after he's released.  Investigators said Avrett shared photos and videos of child sexual abuse material over the social messaging app Kik, featuring children as young as 3 years old. He sent several videos to an…

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by Josh Lanier
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
Norwalk
Police & Fire
Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges
Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges A 26-year-old Fairfield County man has pleaded guilty to possessing images and videos depicting child sex abuse. Jake Scott Flewellyn, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court on Monday, July 31, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, in December 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from the smartphone messenger application Kik about a Kik user who was distributing videos of child pornography through its service. Kik deactivated the user’s acc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Worcester
Police & Fire
Child Porn: Worcester Man Who Tried To Meet Agent's Child For Sex Sentenced To Prison Child Porn: Worcester Man Who Tried To Meet Agent's Child For Sex Sentenced To Prison
Child Porn: Worcester Man Who Tried To Meet Agent's Child For Sex Sentenced To Prison A Worcester man who admitted to propositioning an undercover agent's underage daughter for sex will serve 12 years in prison, federal authorities announced on Monday, July 10.  Kenneth Gianatasio, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge sentenced him on Friday.  Gianatasio is alleged to have started a conversation with an undercover agent on the social messaging app Kik in August 2019. The agent was posing as a parent, and Gianatasio asked if he…

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by Josh Lanier
Atlantic
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Sentenced For Sharing 700 Child Sex Abuse Videos: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Sentenced For Sharing 700 Child Sex Abuse Videos: Prosecutor
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…

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by Jon Craig
Worcester
Police & Fire
Child Porn Conviction: Gardner Man Who Had 500 Videos, 1,000 Images Gets 10 Years Child Porn Conviction: Gardner Man Who Had 500 Videos, 1,000 Images Gets 10 Years
Child Porn Conviction: Gardner Man Who Had 500 Videos, 1,000 Images Gets 10 Years A 46-year-old Worcester County man who admitted to having hundreds of images and videos of child porn and using social media to solicit nudes from children will spend a decade behind bars, authorities said Michael Irons, 46, of Gardner, pleaded guilty in January to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison last week, the prosecutor announced on Tuesday, May 23.  Police searched Irons' home in July 2020 and found two cell phones in his bedroom that c…

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by Josh Lanier
Yorktown
News
Yorktown Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison Yorktown Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison
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…

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by Ben Crnic
New London
Police & Fire
Preston Man Shared Child Porn Over Instant Messaging App: Feds Preston Man Shared Child Porn Over Instant Messaging App: Feds
Preston Man Shared Child Porn Over Instant Messaging App: Feds A New London County man was arrested this week after police said he sent someone child porn over an instant messaging app last year.  Joel Huntsman, who also goes by the names Jay Huntsman, Joel Feser, and Jay Blackburn, 34, of Preston, is charged with distribution of child pornography following a monthslong investigation, the US Attorney for Connecticut said.  The FBI began investigating Huntsman in June 2022 after someone sent a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone — later identified as the Huntsman — was sharing child pornography throu…

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by Josh Lanier
Norfolk
Police & Fire
Quincy Man Busted With 500 Child Porn Images Gets 6 Years In Prison: Feds Quincy Man Busted With 500 Child Porn Images Gets 6 Years In Prison: Feds
Quincy Man Busted With 500 Child Porn Images Gets 6 Years In Prison: Feds A 29-year-old Quincy man who was caught with child pornography will spend the next six years behind bars, authorities said.  Andre Tilahun pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child porn in October, and a judge sentenced him on Thursday, Jan. 19, the US Attorney's Office said.  Investigators said they found 350 images of child porn on Tilahun's computer during a search of his home in 2021. They also found 230 more photos of the offending material on his phone. Police said Tilahun used the social media platform Kik to trade child porn in six separate chat rooms, authorities s…

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by Josh Lanier
Bridgeport
News
Bridgeport 63-Year-Old Posed As Teen, Sent Sexual Messages To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say Bridgeport 63-Year-Old Posed As Teen, Sent Sexual Messages To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say
Bridgeport 63-Year-Old Posed As Teen, Sent Sexual Messages To Undercover FBI Agent, Feds Say A man from Fairfield County faces prison time for child exploitation charges.  Bridgeport resident Michael Nastu, age 63, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 11 for posing as a young teen to an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and sending them sexually explicit messages, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  In March 2021, Nastu would use the Kik social media app to start a conversation with the agent while pretending to be a 14-year-old girl from Connecticut.  Between March 31 and June 25, 2021, Nastu sen…

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by Ben Crnic
Morris
Police & Fire
Fire Captain Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Fire Station: Prosecutor Fire Captain Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Fire Station: Prosecutor
Fire Captain Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Fire Station: Prosecutor A fire department captain in Netcong was arrested for distributing child pornography, authorities announced Tuesday, Jan 10. James T. Hess, 49, of Landing, was charged with second- and third-degree child endangerment for distribution and possession of child sexual abuse materials, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release. 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 is a captain. He also w…

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by Valerie Musson
Hampden
Police & Fire
Ludlow Man Busted Sending Child Porn To Undercover Agent: Feds Ludlow Man Busted Sending Child Porn To Undercover Agent: Feds
Ludlow Man Busted Sending Child Porn To Undercover Agent: Feds Police arrested a 41-year-old Ludlow this week after they said he shared several videos of child porn with an undercover officer, authorities said.  Robert Avrett was arrested on Monday after police searched his home, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Prosecutors charged him with one count of distributing child pornography.  Agents began investigating Avrett after he shared multiple videos of child pornography featuring children as young as 3 years old with an undercover office through the messaging app Kik, the prosecutor said. Avrett confessed to police that he was th…

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by Josh Lanier
Lancaster
News
Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate
Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate Two undercover agents caught a central Pennsylvania man using the social media app Kik to make child pornography, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. The sting operation began after the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip from the FBI that Sean Deemer, 54, of the 500 block of Golden Street, Lititz,'s IP address was linked to child porn and grooming on the app on May 3. Between the dates of May 6 and 12, 2021, the FBI posed as an 11-year-old girl Kik and had a conversation with Deemer. A subpoena served to Kik by the FBI revealed the I…

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by Jillian Pikora
Baltimore
News
Baltimore Man Sentenced For Posing As Teen Girl On Social Media To Entice Boys Baltimore Man Sentenced For Posing As Teen Girl On Social Media To Entice Boys
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…

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by Zak Failla
Cumberland Salem
Police & Fire
International Probe Leads To South Jersey Man's Arrest On Child Pornography Charges: Report International Probe Leads To South Jersey Man's Arrest On Child Pornography Charges: Report
International Probe Leads To South Jersey Man's Arrest On Child Pornography Charges: Report An investigation by Australian Federal Police led to the arrest of a South Jersey man on child porn charges, NJ Advance Media reports. Carlos A. Castro Jr., 37, of Vineland, allegedly shared sexually explicit images of a child on social media, the outlet said. An investigation involving the US Department of Homeland Security showed Castro uploaded photos of the victim to a group chat on instant messaging app Kik, the outlet said. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media. 

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by Jon Craig
Norfolk
Police & Fire
Quincy Man Traded Child Pornography On Social Media Messaging App: Feds Quincy Man Traded Child Pornography On Social Media Messaging App: Feds
Quincy Man Traded Child Pornography On Social Media Messaging App: Feds A 29-year-old Quincy man pleaded guilty this week to receiving child pornography in a federal court in Boston.  Andre Tilahun admitted to trading child sexual abuse material from his home computer through a Kik messaging chat room, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Federal agents began investigating Tilahun in early 2021, and they arrested him in May that year, authorities said.   Tilahun faces up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines when a judge sentences him in January. 

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by Josh Lanier
Bridgeport
News
Bridgeport Man Admits To Attempting To Transfer Obscene Materials To Minor Bridgeport Man Admits To Attempting To Transfer Obscene Materials To Minor
Bridgeport Man Admits To Attempting To Transfer Obscene Materials To Minor A 63-year-old Fairfield County man admitted to sending sexual messages, pictures, and videos to an FBI agent posing as a 14-year-old girl. Michael Nastu, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 22, to one count of attempted transfer of obscene materials to a minor, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. Nastu used the Kik social media application in March of 2021 to initiate a conversation with an FBI Online Covert Employee who was posing as a 14-year-old girl from Connecticut, the US Attorney's Office said. Between March 3…

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by Nicole Valinote
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Maine Man Admits He Drove To Georgetown To Have Sex With Child: Feds Maine Man Admits He Drove To Georgetown To Have Sex With Child: Feds
Maine Man Admits He Drove To Georgetown To Have Sex With Child: Feds A 30-year-old Maine man who man pleaded guilty last week to driving to Massachusetts to have sex with a 13-year-old girl could spend the rest of his life in prison, federal authorities said.  Patrick Plummer of Parsonsfield confessed to attempted enticement of a minor, intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a person under 18, and transportation of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston said on Thursday, Sept. 8.  Plummer began speaking with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in 2020 through various social media apps, federal authorities sa…

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by Josh Lanier
Bucks
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Busted With Child Porn In Sneaky Way: Report Bucks Man Busted With Child Porn In Sneaky Way: Report
Bucks Man Busted With Child Porn In Sneaky Way: Report A 38-year-old Bucks County man was arrested for uploading child porn onto a messaging app and saving it on his devices, LevittownNow reports. William Henry Brown III sent videos of child porn onto his Kik account in June, the outlet says. Local and federal authorities worked with Verizon to trace the user's account to a Bristol Township home where Brown lived. Multiple child porn files were recovered on Brown's cell phone and computer during a July 13 raid, according to the outlet. Click here for more from LevittownNow.

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by Nicole Acosta
Atlantic
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography
South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography A 41-year-old man from South Jersey is charged with sharing more than 1,000 images of child pornography on the internet. Stephen T. Costello, of Absecon, was arrested without incident and was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.  The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media file-sharing application KIK. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor Detectives to identify Costello and determine he distributed over 1000 videos an…

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by Jon Craig
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Ex Lynn Probation Officer Who Sexually Exploited 13-Year-Old Gets 17 Years In Prison: Feds Ex Lynn Probation Officer Who Sexually Exploited 13-Year-Old Gets 17 Years In Prison: Feds
Ex Lynn Probation Officer Who Sexually Exploited 13-Year-Old Gets 17 Years In Prison: Feds A 49-year-old former assistant chief probation officer in Lynn will spend the next 17 years in prison after a federal court found he sent sexually explicit photos and videos to a 13-year-old girl and coerced her to reciprocate, authorities said.  Brian Orlandella of Beverly was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child and sending obscene material to a minor in April, but a judge didn't impose a sentence until Friday, Aug. 5, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said.  Orlandella's relationship with the girl was uncovered in 2018 when the Texas teenager's mother found pho…

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by Josh Lanier
Hartford
News
Ex-Victim Advocate From Hartford County Sentenced For Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material Ex-Victim Advocate From Hartford County Sentenced For Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material
Ex-Victim Advocate From Hartford County Sentenced For Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material A Connecticut man who made his living supporting crime victims is heading to federal prison for further victimizing children who were sexually abused. Hartford County resident Robert Eccleston, age 58, of Canton, was sentenced to nine years behind bars Tuesday, Aug. 2 in federal court in Hartford for distributing images of child sex abuse. It followed his guilty plea in January 2022 to one count of distributing child pornography. Federal prosecutors said Eccleston, a Victim Services Advocate for the Hartford Superior Court, was arrested in December 2020 following an FBI investigation into …

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by Michael Mashburn
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
Repeat Arlington Child Porn Peddler, 27, Sent Sex Pics Of Toddlers: Prosecutors Repeat Arlington Child Porn Peddler, 27, Sent Sex Pics Of Toddlers: Prosecutors
Repeat Arlington Child Porn Peddler, 27, Sent Sex Pics Of Toddlers: Prosecutors A 27-year-old Arlington man with multiple convictions of sending and receiving child porn will spend the next decade in prison after he pleaded guilty to the charge in federal court, authorities said.  Mason Lister was arrested in 2020 after police found he had traded sexual images of children as young as toddlers through social media, the Department of Justice said. Authorities raided his home and found a tablet with 85 pictures and videos of child pornography, prosecutors said.  Lister pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography last month, and a judge sentenced him to 10 …

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by Josh Lanier
Atlantic
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Allegedly Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Allegedly Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Allegedly Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor A 21-year-old man from South Jersey is accused of sharing more than 1,000 child pornography images via social media, authorities said.. William K. Edson, of Mays Landing, was arrested on Monday, July 18, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media messaging and chat application identified as KIK. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor detectives to identify Edson and determine he distributed more than 1,000 images and videos of child sexu…

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by Jon Craig
Danbury
News
Danbury Man Sentenced To 22 Years For Sexual Acts With A Child Danbury Man Sentenced To 22 Years For Sexual Acts With A Child
Danbury Man Sentenced To 22 Years For Sexual Acts With A Child A Fairfield County man who met a 14-year-old girl online and traveled to another state to bring her to his home has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. Wayne Marcell, age 36, of Danbury, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12, to prison time, plus 10 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $30,000 fine, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court: In April 2021, a 14-year-old girl in Georgia met Robert Fyke, of Lubbock, Texas, on an online video/chat platform. Fyke and t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Ocean
Police & Fire
Atlantic County Man Sentenced For Luring 'Girl' For Sex Who Was An Undercover Agent: Prosecutor Atlantic County Man Sentenced For Luring 'Girl' For Sex Who Was An Undercover Agent: Prosecutor
Atlantic County Man Sentenced For Luring 'Girl' For Sex Who Was An Undercover Agent: Prosecutor A 27-year-old man from Atlantic County was sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison for luring a girl for sex — who actually was an undercover detective, authorities said. Richard Hoffman, of Mays Landing, was sentenced on Friday, July 8, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The charge was in connection with a series of events that occurred in Toms River in September 2018, Billhimer said. A judge also ordered Hoffman to register as a Megan’s Law Offender, and that he be subject to parole supervision for life.  Hoffman was arrested o…

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by Jon Craig