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67 Counts Of Sexual Acts Involving Children: 22-Year-Old Man Charged In Westchester 67 Counts Of Sexual Acts Involving Children: 22-Year-Old Man Charged In Westchester
67 Counts Of Sexual Acts Involving Children: 22-Year-Old Man Charged In Westchester A Westchester man has been charged with more than 60 counts of sexual activity involving children, as well as creating and possessing child pornography for several years, officials said. New Rochelle resident Jason Ricketts, age 22, was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned in court on Thursday, July 6 on 67 counts of physical sexual acts involving children, in addition to charges related to his possession and creation of child pornography, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office.  According to officials, in addition to his alleged sexual conduct with child…

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Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison In Northern Westchester Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison In Northern Westchester
Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison In Northern Westchester A sex offender from Northern Westchester who was already on probation for another offense will spend years in prison after sharing child pornography on social media.  Yorktown resident Dylan Rodriguez, age 31, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 7 to three to six years in state prison for sharing child pornography online, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.  Rodriguez, who was already on probation for another sex offense at the time of his arrest, uploaded a video of an approximately five-year-old female child engaged in sexual conduct to Kik, an onl…

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Victims Come Forward: Westchester Man Charged With Sex Offenses Against Children, DA Says Victims Come Forward: Westchester Man Charged With Sex Offenses Against Children, DA Says
Victims Come Forward: Westchester Man Charged With Sex Offenses Against Children, DA Says In the wake of a Westchester County man being charged with sex offenses against children, officials are asking any of his possible victims to come forward.  The announcement comes after 22-year-old New Rochelle resident Jason Ricketts was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 2, after an investigation prompted by a referral from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah said.  Since his arrest, Ricketts has been charged with the following felony sex offenses involving children:  First-degree course of sexual c…

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Ex-State Employee Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography Ex-State Employee Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography
Ex-State Employee Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography A former New York State employee is facing serious prison time after he was allegedly found with sexually explicit images of children. Albany County resident Scott Weinbloom, age 47, of Latham, was arrested Friday, May 20, on a federal charge of possessing child pornography, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the North District. The illegal images and videos were found on an encrypted thumb drive that was found in his home Wednesday, May 18, prosecutors said. He appeared in federal court in Albany, where a judge ordered him detained while he awaits trial. Weinbloom had worked a…

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Alert Issued For Hudson Valley Teen Missing More Than A Month Alert Issued For Hudson Valley Teen Missing More Than A Month
Alert Issued For Hudson Valley Teen Missing More Than A Month Seen him?  The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children issued an alert for a missing teenager in the Hudson Valley who has not been seen in more than a month. Javon Jackson, who turns 16 years old on Friday, Sept. 24, has been missing out of New Winsdor in Orange County since Sunday, Aug. 8, prompting multiple law enforcement and missing person agencies to team up in an effort to locate the teen. Jackson was described as being approximately 5-foot-7 weighing 138 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.  Anyone with information regarding Jackson's whereabouts has been …

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by Zak Failla
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FBI Seeking To ID Man In Connection To Sexual Exploitation Investigation FBI Seeking To ID Man In Connection To Sexual Exploitation Investigation
FBI Seeking To ID Man In Connection To Sexual Exploitation Investigation The FBI has released a new surveillance photo of an unknown man who may have information pertaining to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Law enforcement officials are seeking information regarding “John Doe 44” pictured above, who is believed to have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in a sexual exploitation investigation. The video showing the man is believed to have been produced before November 2018. Initial video of the man was first recorded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in February this year. FBI investigators described th…

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by Zak Failla