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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…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement
Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement An area school bus driver admitted to sexually soliciting a teenage girl who was a passenger on his route, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Bridgeport resident Jose Manuel Santos, 37, pleaded guilty in New Haven district court to enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity for his relationship with a 13-year-old girl.  At the time of his arrest, Santos was a bus and van driver in Connecticut who transported children going to and from a middle school in Wallingford. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that in October 2018, police received information that Santos was sexua…

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by Zak Failla
News
School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Soliciting Teenage Passenger School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Soliciting Teenage Passenger
School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Soliciting Teenage Passenger An area school bus driver is facing federal charges for allegedly sexually soliciting a teenage girl who was a passenger on his route, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Bridgeport resident Jose Manuel Santos, 36, has been arrested and charged with transferring obscene materials to a minor and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, for his relationship with a 13-year-old girl. According to the complaint that was released last week, police investigators received information that Santos was sexually soliciting the teen when her mother provided her cell phone to police. …

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger
Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger A school bus driver has been arrested on a federal complaint for sexually soliciting a 13-year-old passenger on his bus, according to the U.S Attorney's Office. Jose Manuel Santos, 36, was arrested Friday and charged with transfer of obscene materials to a minor, and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, said John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston. According to ICE officials, law enforcement received information that Santos, a school bus/van driver …

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by Kathy Reakes