'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison 'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison
'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY 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…
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…
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…
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…
CT Man Nabbed With Child Porn After Cyber Tip, Police Say CT Man Nabbed With Child Porn After Cyber Tip, Police Say
CT Man Nabbed With Child Porn After Cyber Tip, Police Say A Connecticut man was allegedly nabbed with child pornography after police received a cyber tip from the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. New Haven County resident Keith Civitello, age 39, of Milford, was taken into custody on Tuesday, May 9, following an investigation, said the Milford Police Department. The investigation into Civitello was initiated after the department received a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTip in January, police said.  The tip showed that Civitello had uploaded several images and videos that contained child pornograp…
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…
Child Porn: Officers Raid Wrong CT Apartment; Suspect Commits Suicide Child Porn: Officers Raid Wrong CT Apartment; Suspect Commits Suicide
Child Porn: Officers Raid Wrong CT Apartment; Suspect Commits Suicide Police are investigating after officers knocked on the wrong door and detained a woman in handcuffs as they searched for a suspect allegedly involved in child pornography in Connecticut. The incident took in New Haven County on Thursday, April 6 in New Haven on East Street. According to the New Haven Police Department Chief Karl Jacobson, officers were serving a search warrant for a suspected child pornographer when they went to the wrong apartment on the wrong floor and knocked in a door with a battering ram. Inside the apartment were a woman and her two children. The woman was handcuffe…
Child Porn: East Hartford Man Gets 22-Year Sentence For Video Recording Sexual Assault Child Porn: East Hartford Man Gets 22-Year Sentence For Video Recording Sexual Assault
Child Porn: East Hartford Man Gets 22-Year Sentence For Video Recording Sexual Assault A Connecticut resident has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 12 for more than two years and video recording the crimes. Saeed Mustapha Moussa, age 33, a citizen of Ghana last residing in East Hartford, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 8 after pleading guilty to the production of child pornography, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, in September 2020, East Hartford Police received a report that Moussa’s cell phone contained videos of Moussa engag…