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Child Porn Arrest: LI School Therapist Coaxed Teen Into Sending Nudes, Feds Say Child Porn Arrest: LI School Therapist Coaxed Teen Into Sending Nudes, Feds Say
Child Porn Arrest: LI School Therapist Coaxed Teen Into Sending Nudes, Feds Say A recently retired high school therapist is facing federal charges after allegedly coaxing an underage teen into sending sexually explicit photos. Orange County resident Michael Meyers, age 62, of Port Jervis, was arraigned in White Plains federal court on Monday, Nov. 20. According to the criminal complaint, an FBI investigation found that Meyers communicated with a 16-year-old minor on the app Discord. During their conversation, he allegedly asked the victim to send him several sexually explicit images and the victim complied. Meyers worked as an occupational therapist at Oceanside High…

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Long Island Man, 64, Charged With Traveling Abroad For Sex Acts With Teen Long Island Man, 64, Charged With Traveling Abroad For Sex Acts With Teen
Long Island Man, 64, Charged With Traveling Abroad For Sex Acts With Teen A 64-year-old man has been accused of traveling abroad from New York to engage in sex acts with a minor. Following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the indictment filed with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York accuses Long Island resident Thomas Blaha, of Garden City, with going to the Philippines with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. "The defendant allegedly traveled halfway across the globe to sexually exploit a mino…

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Queens Man Indicted On Sexual Exploitation, Child Pornography Charges Queens Man Indicted On Sexual Exploitation, Child Pornography Charges
Queens Man Indicted On Sexual Exploitation, Child Pornography Charges A Queens man who allegedly documented his sexual abuse of more than a dozen children and infants over the course of a decade has been arrested and charged on sexual exploitation and child pornography charges. Orlando Lopez, 54, was arraigned on a 12-count indictment in Brooklyn federal court charging him with traveling across a state line with the intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse of a child, sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography.  It is alleged that between May 2010 and June 2018, Lopez produced thousands of explicit photos and videos of a female ch…

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by Zak Failla
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Ex-LI Racehorse Trainer Produced Child Porn For Decades, Authorities Say Ex-LI Racehorse Trainer Produced Child Porn For Decades, Authorities Say
Ex-LI Racehorse Trainer Produced Child Porn For Decades, Authorities Say An 80-year-old former racehorse trainer on Long Island produced and appeared in child pornography for more than 30 years, authorities say. Daniel Mullan is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Central Islip on Friday afternoon, Aug. 16 before United States Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson on an indictment charging him with sexual exploitation of a child, transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity and possession of child pornography.  Mullan was extradited to the United States from Ireland on Aug. 15. He has dual US-Irish c…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Woman Sentenced For Producing Child Porn In Case Involving Smithtown Man Woman Sentenced For Producing Child Porn In Case Involving Smithtown Man
Woman Sentenced For Producing Child Porn In Case Involving Smithtown Man A Ukrainian woman will spend decades behind bars, register as a sex offender and face deportation for producing child pornography involving a toddler with a Long Island man. Olena Kalichenko, 32, was sentenced in federal court in Central Islip to 20 years in prison following her 2016 guilty plea to conspiracy to sexually exploit a child, sexual exploitation of a child, production of child pornography for importation into the United States, and transportation of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that between April 2012 and November 2012, Kalichenko produced 46 custom-mad…

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by Zak Failla