Maryland Sex Offender Out On Probation Cops To Producing, Distributing Child Porn: DOJ Maryland Sex Offender Out On Probation Cops To Producing, Distributing Child Porn: DOJ
Maryland Sex Offender Out On Probation Cops To Producing, Distributing Child Porn: DOJ A registered sex offender in Maryland will spend decades in prison after admitting to producing and distributing child pornography, federal prosecutors announced. Westminster resident Justin Michael Peterson, 27, pleaded guilty this week after being busted with child porn while out on probation for a previous conviction in 2016 in Carroll County. In February 2020, an investigation was launched into an individual using messaging apps and an email account to distribute child pornography over the Internet, leading police to identify Peterson as a suspect, prosecutors said. On Feb. 27, 2020, a…
DC Man Admits To Sexually Abusing His Sisters, Infant For Years: Feds DC Man Admits To Sexually Abusing His Sisters, Infant For Years: Feds
DC Man Admits To Sexually Abusing His Sisters, Infant For Years: Feds A DC man pleaded guilty to charges related to his sexual abuse of children for six years, officials said. Law enforcement's investigations revealed that Matthew Stitt-Johnson, 31, sexually abused three children, an 8-year-old, a 5-year-old, and an 8-month-old, between 2015 and 2020, according to the US Attorney's Office. Though the five-year-old and her sister reported the abuse to their mother, nothing was reported to the police at that time, authorities said. In 2021, after police received a tip about the suspect, they found videos depicting the sexual abuse of the five-year-old vic…
Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Two Minors To Produce Child Porn In Maryland: DOJ Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Two Minors To Produce Child Porn In Maryland: DOJ
Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Two Minors To Produce Child Porn In Maryland: DOJ A registered sex offender in Maryland is facing decades in prison after admitting to the sexual exploitation of two young girls to produce child pornography, federal officials said. Rocky Ridge resident Dennis James Harrison, 40, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography, related to the sexual exploitation of two minors who were between the ages of 10 and 12 at the time of the abuse. As part of his plea, Harrison admitted that between 2018 and 2021, he sexually exploited two minor girls beginning when the one victim was 12 years old and when another vict…
Maryland Man Busted For Possessing And Distributing Child Porn: State Police Maryland Man Busted For Possessing And Distributing Child Porn: State Police
Maryland Man Busted For Possessing And Distributing Child Porn: State Police Maryland State Police investigators have apprehended a man linked to the possession and distribution of child pornography, according to state police. Allegany County resident Cledith Polson, 42, of Cumberland, is facing multiple charges following the investigation by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Specifically, Polson was charged with four counts of possession of child pornography and four counts of distribution of child pornography. He was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 25. In June 2022, troopers from the task force began an online investigation involv…
Maryland Man Already Behind Bars For Drugs Gets More Time For Producing Child Porn Maryland Man Already Behind Bars For Drugs Gets More Time For Producing Child Porn
Maryland Man Already Behind Bars For Drugs Gets More Time For Producing Child Porn A Maryland man already in prison on a drug conviction is facing additional time behind bars and will have to continue registering as a sex offender upon his release after admitting to producing child pornography. Luis Rivera, 34, formerly of Elkton Maryland, was sentenced in US District Court to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, Judge George L. Russell, III announced. Russell ordered that the federal sentence be served consecutive to the 12-year state sentence Rivera is currently serving for a state drug conviction. Rivera was arrested on drug charges…
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex UPDATE: A now-former New Jersey child services worker who was busted on child porn charges at Newark Airport nearly a year ago also tried to traffic a minor for prostitution, federal authorities said they've learned. Trent Collier, a 56-year-old onetime "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last October when images of child pornography were found on his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "One image depicts a fully nude prepubescent boy and fully nude prepubescent girl on…
Maryland Man Sentenced For Posing As Teen Boy To Entice Minors To Send Photos, Videos: DOJ Maryland Man Sentenced For Posing As Teen Boy To Entice Minors To Send Photos, Videos: DOJ
Maryland Man Sentenced For Posing As Teen Boy To Entice Minors To Send Photos, Videos: DOJ A 37-year-old Maryland man will spend nearly two decades behind bars after being sentenced for posing as a teen boy to entice minors to send sexually illicit photos and videos to him online. Derrell Lamar Hooker Orange - also known simply as “Orange” has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison, followed by 12 years of supervised release for enticement of a minor to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography, the Department of Justice announced. US Attorney Erek Barron said that as part of his plea, Orange admitted to posing as a 16-year-old boy for several months in…
Maryland State Police Arrest Man On Child Pornography Charges In Prince George’s County Maryland State Police Arrest Man On Child Pornography Charges In Prince George’s County
Maryland State Police Arrest Man On Child Pornography Charges In Prince George’s County A Maryland man is facing a host of charges after being busted by state police and Homeland Security investigators with child porn on multiple devices in Prince George’s County, authorities announced. Hyattsville resident Erlyn Matta Jimenez was arrested by investigators, state police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 16, charging him with seven counts of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography. Jimenez’s arrest came following an investigation that was launched in July by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Beginning in …
Shamer Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography In Maryland: US Prosecutors Shamer Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography In Maryland: US Prosecutors
Shamer Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography In Maryland: US Prosecutors Federal prosecutors in Maryland have secured a guilty plea from an Anne Arundel County man with a fitting last name who admitted to possessing and sharing more than 1,000 images depicting child porn as part of a salacious online group, according to the Department of Justice. Pasadena resident Raymond Martin Shamer III, 21, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, admitting in the process that he also distributed child porn to others. As part of the plea, Shamer admitted that between July 7, 2019, and June 24, 2020, he used online accounts to communicate with othe…
Hospital Employee In Maryland Sentenced For Producing Child Porn Of An Unconscious Patient Hospital Employee In Maryland Sentenced For Producing Child Porn Of An Unconscious Patient
Hospital Employee In Maryland Sentenced For Producing Child Porn Of An Unconscious Patient A former hospital employee has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after sexually assaulting minor victims while they were unconscious, authorities say. Donald Benson, 42, of Nottingham, assaulted the 15-year-old girl back in 2016 and possessed child pornography dating back to 1999, according to the Department of Justice.  On Sept. 18, 2016, Benson, who was working as a patient sitter, assaulted the teenage girl while she was unconscious, prosecutors said. Benson took 13 pictures of the sexual assault and sent those pictures to his personal email account, using the birthdate o…
Former Private School Employee From Maryland Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Porn Former Private School Employee From Maryland Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Porn
Former Private School Employee From Maryland Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Porn A Maryland man who was a former employee at a Washington, DC private school has admitted to accessing the dark web from home and work computers to obtain child pornography, authorities announced. Crofton resident Jay Gordon, 55, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography after being identified as a suspect in the trafficking of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) during a nationwide investigation involving the receipt and distribution of porn. Prosecutors said that Gordon’s IP address was found to access dark websites.  A search warrant was executed at Gordon’s residence and la…
Maryland Man Admits To Posing As Women To Entice Boys, Threatening Families Maryland Man Admits To Posing As Women To Entice Boys, Threatening Families
Maryland Man Admits To Posing As Women To Entice Boys, Threatening Families A Baltimore man who pretended to be a young girl to lure boys into sending explicit content to him has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor, officials say. Matthew K. Walsh, 24, admitted that he created the fake profiles that he used to contact the boys from 2016 until 2021, according to the Department of Justice. The boys Walsh targeted ranged from 12 to 17 years old, they said. At least 40 victims have been identified as being abused by Walsh, and at least 30 of those had their content distributed to others. Walsh used several platforms to entice the boys to send the sexual i…