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'Serial Predator' From Boston Area Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's Sentence 'Serial Predator' From Boston Area Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's Sentence
'Serial Predator' From Boston Area Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's Sentence A registered sex offender from Massachusetts with a previous conviction will spend over a decade in prison after trying to pay who he thought was a child sex trafficker for sex with a 14-year-old girl, officials said. Middlesex County resident David Cannon of Lexington, age 61, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to pay for sex with a teenager, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday, April 9.  According to federal officials, in November 2022, Cannon replied to an online advertisement that offered commercial sex with two young gir…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Who Turned Runaway 15-Year-Old Girl Into Prostitute In Canton Gets 15 Years: Feds Man Who Turned Runaway 15-Year-Old Girl Into Prostitute In Canton Gets 15 Years: Feds
Man Who Turned Runaway 15-Year-Old Girl Into Prostitute In Canton Gets 15 Years: Feds A man in Canton will be sent to prison for 15 years for sex trafficking a missing minor in 2021, officials said. Keion Rowell, 24, was convicted by a federal jury in September 2023 on one count of sex trafficking a child, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts. A judge on Wednesday, Jan. 31, sentenced him to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release.  Related: Man Guilty In 'Gut Wrenching' Child Sex Trafficking Case In Canton Involving Girl, 15: Feds “Mr. Rowell inflicted severe trauma on a vulnerable young life,” Acting United States At…

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by Khier Casino
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Mass Sex Offender Admits To Having 5,000 Child Porn Files, Mutilated Dolls: Feds Mass Sex Offender Admits To Having 5,000 Child Porn Files, Mutilated Dolls: Feds
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 …

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by Josh Lanier
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Cambridge Man Gets 5 Years For Buying More Than 2,000 Sexual Images Of Kids Ages 2-12: Feds Cambridge Man Gets 5 Years For Buying More Than 2,000 Sexual Images Of Kids Ages 2-12: Feds
Cambridge Man Gets 5 Years For Buying More Than 2,000 Sexual Images Of Kids Ages 2-12: Feds A 29-year-old Cambridge man was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, Dec. 18, after he admitted to buying child sexual abuse material with cryptocurrency, authorities said.  David H. Chang pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography in September, the US Attorney General for Massachusetts said.  Police began investigating Chang in 2021 when they traced Bitcoin cryptocurrency that had been used to buy child sexual abuse material on the dark web back to him, the prosecutor said. Investigators found 1,700 images and 360 videos — some up to 50 minutes in length —…

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by Josh Lanier
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Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds
Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds A Salvadoran man, who was recently found guilty of possession of child sexual abuse material in Everett, has been arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston. The 41-year-old from El Salvador was first arrested in Everett in September 2021 after illegally entering the United States, federal officials said. In January 2023, the man was convicted in Malden District Court of felony child sexual abuse material possession, according to ERO Boston. He was required by state law to register as a sex offender. Related: Brazilian Fugitive Convicted Of Rape Nabbed In Malden Off…

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by Khier Casino
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Longtime Central Mass Magician Admits To Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds Longtime Central Mass Magician Admits To Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds
Longtime Central Mass Magician Admits To Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds A Massachusetts man who performed as a children's magician for two decades across New England admitted to having child sexual abuse material and traveling to another country to rape a child, federal authorities said.  Worcester County resident Scott Jameson, age 46, of Sutton, faces decades in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court to illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count of transportation of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Action Pour Les Enfants, a Cambodian child-protection group, contacted US federal investigators in Febr…

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by Josh Lanier
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Braintree Man Who Shared Child Porn On Tumblr Gets 5 Years In Prison: Feds Braintree Man Who Shared Child Porn On Tumblr Gets 5 Years In Prison: Feds
Braintree Man Who Shared Child Porn On Tumblr Gets 5 Years In Prison: Feds A 44-year-old Norfolk County man who pleaded guilty to sharing child sexual abuse material on social media will spend the next five years behind bars, authorities said.  Michael Martin, who admitted to one count each of possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography in August, was sentenced to federal prison last week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  The social media platform Tumblr reported Martin to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in March 2021 after they found suspected child pornography on his account, the prosec…

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by Josh Lanier
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Child Porn: Amesbury Man Made Plans To Rape Child, Feds Say Child Porn: Amesbury Man Made Plans To Rape Child, Feds Say
Child Porn: Amesbury Man Made Plans To Rape Child, Feds Say A 30-year-old man admitted to trading child sexual abuse material and speaking with a woman he met online about meeting up to have sex with a child she was babysitting, authorities said. And after he sued to earn bail after his arrest, police caught him trading sexual images of kids again.  Thomas Cross, of Amesbury, pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 18, to one count each of distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Monday. Police arrested Cross in 2018 after they searched his home a…

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by Josh Lanier
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12 Counts Of Rape: Lynn Sex Offender Convicted Of Abusing Children, DA Says 12 Counts Of Rape: Lynn Sex Offender Convicted Of Abusing Children, DA Says
12 Counts Of Rape: Lynn Sex Offender Convicted Of Abusing Children, DA Says A registered sex offender from Lynn has been convicted of a dozen counts of rape and sexually abusing multiple children, officials said. William Forbes, age 69, was convicted of 12 felony counts for raping and sexually abusing children on Tuesday, May 2, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office. He was indicted in 2021 on charges of abusing two victims in Lynn.  Forbes' charges included multiple counts of rape of a child, assault to rape, indecent assault and battery on a person under 14, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over.  Forbes w…

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by David Cifarelli
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Adopted Child Molested By Winthrop Dad; Kids Forced To Sleep On Floor, Not Shower: DA Adopted Child Molested By Winthrop Dad; Kids Forced To Sleep On Floor, Not Shower: DA
Adopted Child Molested By Winthrop Dad; Kids Forced To Sleep On Floor, Not Shower: DA Officials charged a Winthrop man this week with sexually assaulting one of three boys he adopted from Columbia over the summer, authorities said.  Kiyoshi Yu, 52, is charged with assault and battery on a child under 14, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered him held on $2,500 bail. Yu is not to have contact with the children and must forfeit his passport as part of his bail agreement, authorities said. Investigators said Yu adopted the three boys — ages 8, 9, and 13 — from Bogota last summer. One of the children said Yu repeatedly abused him in a…

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by Josh Lanier