Find Your Daily Voice
45°
Mass Sex Offender Admits To Having 5,000 Child Porn Files, Mutilated Dolls: Feds
A Billerica registered sex offender has pleaded guilty to possessing more than 5,000 of child sexual abuse material that featured children as young as infants being abused, federal authorities said.
Eric Robert Johnson, 50, a lifetime Level 2 sex offender, admitted to one count of child porn possession Monday, Jan. 29, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison when he's sentenced in May.
Johnson was arrested in February 2022 after police searched his home and found 25 electronic devices, including laptops, hard drives, and other electronic …
Brockton Man Admits To Sexually Exploiting Children
A Brockton man has admitted in a Boston federal court that he coerced three minors to make child sexual abuse material.
Zaire Aquil Lodge, 46, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 17, to three counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of receipt of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts said.
Lodge was first indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2023, and his sentencing has been set for April 24.
Related: Brockton Man Coerced 3 Kids To Make Pornography: Feds
Lodge, on different dates throughout 2021, employed, used, persuaded, induc…
'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited MA 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…
Marlborough College Professor Indicted On Child Porn Charges: Feds
An American Sign Language professor from Middlesex County, who allegedly traded child pornography online featuring kids as young as 4, was indicted this week on multiple federal charges, authorities said.
Larry Stephen, 45, of Marlborough, is charged with one count of receipt of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Thursday, Aug. 17. Police arrested him in June.
Agents in Virginia began investigating Stephen in May after they found child porn being shared on an unnamed social med…
Child Porn: Quincy Man Admits To Having 'Numerous' Photos, Videos Of Abuse
A Quincy man is facing at least five years in federal prison and up to two decades after he admitted to receiving child porn on Thursday, July 20, authorities said.
Matthew Ormon, 51, who pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, will be sentenced on Oct. 18, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Police searched the home Ormon shares with his parents on April 5 and found multiple devices, including two custom-built computers, one of which contained a folder with "numerous" videos and photos of children being sexually assaulted, the federal prosecutor sa…
Child Porn: Female Daycare Worker Took Nude Photos Of Kids in Tyngsborough, Shared Them With Ex
A 38-year-old daycare worker in Tyngsborough was arrested Thursday morning, June 22, and charged with child exploitation and child pornography, federal authorities said.
Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire, is accused of taking nude photos of the children under her care and texting them to an ex-partner while employed at Creative Minds Early Learning Center, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Groves allegedly took the photos during bathroom breaks or when changing their diapers before naptime, the prosecutor said. A forensic audit of her cellphone showed s…
