'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited CT Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison 'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited CT Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison
'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited CT Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison A convicted sex trafficker will spend decades in prison for forcing underage girls into prostitution. New York resident Christopher Thomas, age 40, of Colonie in Albany County, was sentenced to 40 years behind bars Monday, Oct. 30, in Albany federal court. According to prosecutors, Thomas coerced numerous vulnerable children and young women, some as young as 16, to engage in sex work for his financial benefit between 2018 and 2020. His crimes spanned New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. In March 2023, following a 5-day trial, jurors convicted Thomas of 16 counts, including s…
Stamford Man Nabbed For Large Child Porn Downloads Including 520 Photos, Police Say Stamford Man Nabbed For Large Child Porn Downloads Including 520 Photos, Police Say
Stamford Man Nabbed For Large Child Porn Downloads Including 520 Photos, Police Say A 33-year-old Fairfield County man has been charged with possession of child pornography following a four-month-long investigation after authorities were alerted to his actions. Mehdi Jafri of Stamford was arrested on Friday, Oct. 20 by Stamford Police following the investigation conducted along with the Department of Homeland Security, and Westport Police after the department's investigators who investigate internet crimes against children received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. In August, investigators executed a search warrant at Jafri's apartment seizing num…
Danbury Man Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault, Child Porn Charges Danbury Man Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault, Child Porn Charges
Danbury Man Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault, Child Porn Charges A Fairfield County man has been found guilty of multiple sexual assault and child pornography charges by a jury. Kenneth Gardner, age 53, of Danbury, was found guilty of the crimes on Monday, Sept. 11 in Superior Court, said David R. Applegate, Danbury State’s Attorney. He was found guilty of: Three counts of sexual assault Five counts of illegal sexual contact Attempt to commit sexual assault Conspiracy to commit sexual assault Possession of child pornography Gardner was arrested in May 2022 following an investigation that began in September 2021 following a complaint in which a v…
Norwalk Man Accused Of Possessing Child Porn Norwalk Man Accused Of Possessing Child Porn
Norwalk Man Accused Of Possessing Child Porn A Fairfield County man has been charged with possession of child pornography following an extensive investigation. David M. Rosenfield, age 68, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at his Norwalk home. The arrest was the culmination of an extensive and detailed investigation into Rosenfield, by investigators from multiple law enforcement agencies, said Lt. Joe Dinho of the Norwalk Police.  During the investigation, evidence was collected via search and seizure warrants and thoroughly analyzed, leading to the issuance of an arrest warrant for Rosenfield.  Rosenfield is…
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…
CT Sex Offender Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say CT Sex Offender Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say
CT Sex Offender Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say A Connecticut registered sex offender on probation has been nabbed again with child pornography, police said. Litchfield County resident William Pirotta, age 32, of Harwinton, was arrested at his home on Wednesday, July 26 following a long investigation. A tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce received in April by a Winsted police detective was passed to the Connecticut State Police regarding a digital image, identified as suspected child pornography, along with the Internet Protocol address (IP) of the device allegedly used to upload the image. Based upon records ob…
Wallingford Man Who Tried To Buy Sex From 14-Year-Old Nabbed For Child Porn: Police Wallingford Man Who Tried To Buy Sex From 14-Year-Old Nabbed For Child Porn: Police
Wallingford Man Who Tried To Buy Sex From 14-Year-Old Nabbed For Child Porn: Police A Connecticut man was arrested for the second time this year, this time for child porn charges, officials say.  New Haven County resident Joseph Anthony Bird, of Wallingford, was arrested on Monday, July 10 for child porn charges only two months after he was arrested for attempting to pay to have sex with a 14-year-old, according to the Wallingford Police Department. Bird attempted to solicit sex from a 14-year-old in February of 2023 after an undercover police officer contacted Bird on an online chat application.  Bird steered the conversation with the undercover offic…
Former HS Teacher From Bethel Enticed Student To Engage In Sexual Activity: Feds Former HS Teacher From Bethel Enticed Student To Engage In Sexual Activity: Feds
Former HS Teacher From Bethel Enticed Student To Engage In Sexual Activity: Feds A former Westchester County high school teacher from Fairfield County faces more than a decade in prison after allegedly enticing one of her 16-year-old students to engage in sexual activity while making her believe they were in a romantic relationship, federal officials said. Bethel resident Sandy Carazas-Pinez, age 34, has been indicted on charges related to her alleged sexual exploitation of one of her students while she was employed at a school in Yonkers, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday, July 12.  According to federal officials…
Child Sexual Abuse: CT Man Sentenced For Recordings Of Girls As Young As 2 Child Sexual Abuse: CT Man Sentenced For Recordings Of Girls As Young As 2
Child Sexual Abuse: CT Man Sentenced For Recordings Of Girls As Young As 2 A Connecticut man who has been detained since 2021 was sentenced for crimes involving homemade videos featuring the sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Department of Justice.  Hartford County resident Mark Roman, of East Windsor, was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release after pleading guilty to charges relating to child pornography, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery said. Roman was arrested in November 2021 after a search of his home found devices containing over 1,000 images and vid…
Child Porn: Stamford Man Nabbed With Videos Of Minor Children, Police Say Child Porn: Stamford Man Nabbed With Videos Of Minor Children, Police Say
Child Porn: Stamford Man Nabbed With Videos Of Minor Children, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been busted with alleged child pornography following a lengthy investigation. David Boehm, age 73, of Stamford, was arrested on Thursday, June 8, when the Stamford Police Department executed a search warrant at his home on Pine Hill Terrace, said Captain Tom Barcello of the Stamford Police. Barcello said the search stemmed from a lengthy multi-jurisdictional case, which included the Stamford Police, Homeland Security, and the Westport Police Department. Investigators completed an extensive six-month child pornography investigation using softwa…
21-Year-Old Caught With Child Sex Videos, Photos, Police Say: Stratford Resident Charged 21-Year-Old Caught With Child Sex Videos, Photos, Police Say: Stratford Resident Charged
21-Year-Old Caught With Child Sex Videos, Photos, Police Say: Stratford Resident Charged A Fairfield County man has been charged with allegedly downloading more than 100 child-sex videos of underage girls. Joel Marquez, age 21, of Stratford, was arrested on Wednesday, April 19, and charged with possession of child pornography, said the Stratford Police on Facebook. Stratford detectives, who are members of the Internet Crimes Task Force, investigated Marquez’s actions which led to a search warrant for his electronic devices, police said. The warrant search revealed Marquez had downloaded 22 photos and 117 videos showing pubescent and prepubescent girls in sex acts, police said.…
Child Porn: CT Sex Offender Admits To Exploitation Charge Child Porn: CT Sex Offender Admits To Exploitation Charge
Child Porn: CT Sex Offender Admits To Exploitation Charge A 37-year-old registered sex offender in Connecticut admitted to having thousands of videos and images of child porn, many featuring infants, federal authorities said.  New Haven County resident Joseph Amadeo, of North Branford, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 19, to one count of receipt of child pornography, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. He was released on $100,000 bail pending sentencing, which is scheduled for July 12 in Hartford.  Related: CT Sex Offender Arrested On Child Porn Charges Federal agents began investigating Amadeo in 2020 after linking him to an o…