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Tip Lands Capital Region Man In Jail On Child Porn Charges, Police Say
A man from the region is facing child pornography charges following a cyber tip to police, authorities said.
Albany County resident Jason Sammon, age 39, of Bethlehem, was arrested Thursday, May 4, days after troopers searched his home, according to New York State Police.
During their search, troopers reportedly uncovered evidence that Sammon possessed images “consistent with child sexual exploitation,” police said.
The investigation came after the agency received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Sammon was arraigned at the Bethlehem Town Court on t…
Age-Progressed Images Released Of Mom, 2 Kids Who Went Missing In Northern Westchester
Police have released updated age-progressed images depicting a mother and her two children who went missing from their Northern Westchester home more than 45 years ago.
On Feb. 5, 1977, 29-year-old Leslie Guthrie and her two children, Julie, age 6, and Timothy, age 3, went missing from their residence in Katonah and have not been found since, according to the Bedford Police Department.
The three of them were last seen driving in a 1974 Ford Maverick with a white roof that bore New York license plate 636-WNA, police said.
The age-progressed images, released on Friday,…
Westchester Man Arrested For Allegedly Possessing Child Porn, DA Says
A Northern Westchester man is facing charges for allegedly possessing and promoting child pornography, the District Attorney’s Office announced.
Cortlandt Manor resident Christopher Lynch, 33, was arrested and charged with promoting child pornography through his computer, Westchester County DA Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced, following a lengthy investigation.
According to Scarpino, “child pornography investigations often start with a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is sent to the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children, manned by the…
NY, CT Residents Among Hundreds Charged In Takedown Of Largest Darknet Child Porn Website
Men from Connecticut and New York are among those charged in the takedown of the largest Darknet child pornography website.
Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted this week for his operation of Welcome To Video, the largest child exploitation market by volume of content, officials said. Son has also been charged and convicted in South Korea and is currently in custody serving his sentence in South Korea.
An additional 337 site users residing in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jers…
