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Maryland Man Caught Soliciting PATeen On Snapchat: New Court Docs Maryland Man Caught Soliciting PATeen On Snapchat: New Court Docs
Maryland Man Caught Soliciting PATeen On Snapchat: New Court Docs A Maryland man accused of using Snapchat to solicit and exploit a 15-year-old York County girl is now facing trafficking and sexual assault charges, according to newly obtained court documents. Brady Alexander Knatz, 26, of Hampstead, allegedly initiated sexually explicit conversations with the teen, identified as S.C., in September 2024 using the username "scooby_snacs," police said. Despite learning her age, Knatz continued requesting explicit photos and describing graphic sexual acts, investigators allege. The communications were discovered by S.C.'s mother on Oct. 1, 2024, prompting the …
MD Man, 26, Wanted For Soliciting Explicit Photos From PA Teen: Affidavit MD Man, 26, Wanted For Soliciting Explicit Photos From PA Teen: Affidavit
MD Man, 26, Wanted For Soliciting Explicit Photos From PA Teen: Affidavit A Maryland man is waned for pressuring a 15-year-old girl to send explicit photos and describing violent sexual acts in Snapchat messages, York County Regional Police detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Nov. 21. Brady A. Knatz, 26, of Hampstead, MD, began communicating with the York County teen, identified as S.C., on Sept. 25, 2024, using the Snapchat username "scooby_snacs," according to the affidavit of probable cause. Knatz allegedly initiated the conversation by asking S.C. if she wanted a "sugar daddy" and revealed he was 24 years old, police said. S.C. to…
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse In Pennsylvania Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse In Pennsylvania
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse In Pennsylvania The father of a Pennsylvania woman who was accused of stealing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was convicted of sexually abusing a girl on Wednesday, Oct. 30 — just two days after the trial began, according to court documents and the Dauphin County District Attorney's office.  Rickey Williams, 55, — a security guard from Dauphin County — touched the girl when she was between the ages of 8 and 18. Judge William T. presided over the trial.  She came forward about the abuse within two weeks after police allegedly caught him soliciting a video of a 14-ye…
PA HS Teacher Who 'Catfished' Teen Girls Gets 30 Years In Prison: USDOJ PA HS Teacher Who 'Catfished' Teen Girls Gets 30 Years In Prison: USDOJ
PA HS Teacher Who 'Catfished' Teen Girls Gets 30 Years In Prison: Usdoj A Philadelphia teacher who posed as a student to get teenage girls to send him nudes has been sentenced to 30 years in prison the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11.  Jeremy Schobel, 33, of Philadelphia, was an English teacher at Harriton High School in Lower Merion Township and the High School of Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia when he created the Snapchat and Yubo accounts that he used to "entice young teenage girls, including one who was a student at his school," as stated in the USDOJ release.  For over three years Schobel posed as fictional…
Rapists Blame Hennessy After Victim Left Bleeding From Mouth: Cumberland County DA Rapists Blame Hennessy After Victim Left Bleeding From Mouth: Cumberland County DA
Rapists Blame Hennessy After Victim Left Bleeding From Mouth: Cumberland County DA Two Cumberland County men were convicted of sexually assaulting a woman after a night of drinking, authorities said. Chase Toombs and Taj Tucker blamed their behavior on Hennessy beer, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office. The victim complained of bleeding from the mouth and vagina after an attack by the two men, the DA said. Both men were found guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 27 of Sexual Assault, Conspiracy to Sexual Assault, Indecent Assault by Forcible Compulsion, Conspiracy to Indecent Assault, Simple Assault, and Conspiracy to Simple Assault, the DA said. These char…
Victims Speak Out At Sentencing Of PA Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Victims 2 To 12 Victims Speak Out At Sentencing Of PA Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Victims 2 To 12
Victims Speak Out At Sentencing Of PA Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Victims 2 To 12 A Bucks County man who pleaded guilty to recording the sexual assaults of three children and sharing the footage on social media has learned his fate. Brian Nathaniel Harris, 29, of Bristol, was sentenced to 18 to 42 years in the state correctional institution by Common Pleas Judge Gary B. Gilman, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Friday, Aug. 23. He was also sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to undergo sex offender treatment and a mental health evaluation.  Relatives of the victims packed a courtroom at the Criminal Justice Center on Friday wit…
Teacher, Scout Leader Snapchat Student Nude Selfie: PA State Police Teacher, Scout Leader Snapchat Student Nude Selfie: PA State Police
Teacher, Scout Leader Snapchat Student Nude Selfie: PA State Police A former teacher and Boy Scout leader has been charged with sending a child inappropriate messages to a former student on Snapchat, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  Ryan Gibbon Stewart, 47, Jonestown, Lebanon County, was a Boy Scout leader and father of four children who taught in both the Northern Lebanon and Susquehanna Township school districts, according to the Pennsylvania State Police and public records. The current Northern Lebanon School District student received a "dick pic"  — that turned out to be a full-frontal nude image —  from a for…
PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics
PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics Justin Best is on a hot streak. The 26-year-old American rower from Pennsylvania dropped down to one knee after winning the gold at Paris 2024, and proposed to his girlfriend of nine years, Lainey Duncan. Best was joined by his teammates, who helped score the team's first gold medal in 60 years, along with family members holding thousands of yellow roses, to pop the question Monday, Aug. 5. Click here for footage of the proposal from TODAY. According to PEOPLE, each of the 2,738 roses represented a day that the couple used Snapchat to communicate over the course of their nine-year relatio…
Chambersburg Man Sextorted Woman After Snapchat Hacks: USDOJ Chambersburg Man Sextorted Woman After Snapchat Hacks: USDOJ
Chambersburg Man Sextorted Woman After Snapchat Hacks: Usdoj  A 25-year-old Chambersburg man has been sentenced in connection with the hacking of women's Snapchat accounts and subsequent sextorting of them, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday, Aug. 1.  Reginald "Reggie" Adams was sentenced to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release by Senior United States District Court Judge Michael Baylson "for hacking into numerous social media accounts and circulating the victims’ private photographs," United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero detailed in the release. Adams had previously pleaded guilty to wir…
Elizabethtown School Staff Member Who Sent Students Nudes Gets Prison Time: DA Elizabethtown School Staff Member Who Sent Students Nudes Gets Prison Time: DA
Elizabethtown School Staff Member Who Sent Students Nudes Gets Prison Time: DA A 38-year-old former Elizabethtown school district employee has been sentenced in connection to sexual relationships with two middle school boys, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office told Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 30.  Megan Carlisle, of the first block of Greenleaf Lane, pleaded guilty before Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker for the following charges on Feb. 28, 2024:  Felony involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (two counts). Felony statutory sexual assault victim (two counts). Felony unlawful contact with a minor obscene or sexually explicit (two counts). Fe…
Adams Co. Man Collects Child Porn Working As School Bus Driver: Affidavit Adams Co. Man Collects Child Porn Working As School Bus Driver: Affidavit
Cody James Baker Charged For Child Porn On Snapchat A now-former school bus driver is accused of gathering child pornography from Snapchat, police detailed in an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice on May 8.  Police first learned about 33-year-old Cody James Baker's online activities after he uploaded a video to Snapchat, so the platform sent a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the affidavit. During the police investigation, two phones were seized from Baker which connected him to the Snapchat profile in question and contained "15 videos and multiple images of children engag…
Pottsville Snapchat Hacker Who Sold Woman's Nudes Gets Short Prison Stay Pottsville Snapchat Hacker Who Sold Woman's Nudes Gets Short Prison Stay
Pottsville Snapchat Hacker Who Sold Woman's Nudes Gets Short Prison Stay A Pottsville man will spend 18 months behind bars for hacking into social media accounts to steal and sell explicit photos of the victims, according to the US Attorney's Office.  Brandon Boyer, 34, will also spend two years on supervised release, prosecutors said.  Investigators said Boyer contacted the victims using an account that appeared to be Snapchat affiliated, then coaxed them to reset their passwords and send him the verification codes that were generated, a technique known as "phishing." Authorities said he stole photos from the private sections of the victims' accounts…
Florida Man Snapchatting With Pennsylvania Girl Caught In Sting, Police Say Florida Man Snapchatting With Pennsylvania Girl Caught In Sting, Police Say
Florida Man Snapchatting With Pennsylvania Girl Caught In Sting, Police Say A Florida man was caught in a police sting in Pennsylvania after local officers received a tip that he was having "inappropriate conversations" with a girl on Snapchat, according to a police release on Monday, Sept. 11.  The Camp Hill Police Department was informed about the Snapchat conversations between the 15-year-old girl and 21-year-old Ty Hunter Eaddy at 11 a.m. on Sept. 6th. The police "retrieved" the girl's phone and "began communicating with the 21-year-old" while impersonating the teen, according to a release by the police department.  During the conversation with the u…
Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say
Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say A former substitute teacher's aide who was convicted of calling threats into an elementary is in hot water again.  Naomi Shayanna Wenger is currently serving five years probation as part of a negotiated plea deal after calling in threats to Martic Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District around 2:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23.  Wenger is a 21-year-old mom with a 2-year-old daughter according to public records and social media posts.  She and her 18-year-old friend, Elena Katerine Zaharchuk, made a video of a 2-year-old child being given a vape pen, puttin…
PA School Staff Sends Nudes To Students Using Snapchat, Police Say PA School Staff Sends Nudes To Students Using Snapchat, Police Say
PA School Staff Sends Nudes To Students Using Snapchat, Police Say An Elizabethtown middle school paraprofessional working as an in-school suspension monitor allegedly used Snapchat to send an unknown number of students nude images and— started having sexual contact with a 15-year-old, police announced on Friday, May 26, 2023.  Megan Carlisle, 37, of Elizabethtown, sent the photos and images to numerous middle school students, Northwest Regional Police said.  She is also accused of having sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy who was a student in the classroom of the employee. "Carlisle had touched and caressed his genital area during…
Missing PA Girl Found With 22-Year-Old Sex Offender In Virginia, Police Say Missing PA Girl Found With 22-Year-Old Sex Offender In Virginia, Police Say
Missing PA Girl Found With 22-Year-Old Sex Offender In Virginia, Police Say A missing Pennsylvania girl was found on Tuesday, May 23 in Virginia with an Ohio sex offender, authorities said. Emily High, who disappeared out of Chambersburg, PA on May 15, was unharmed, while Jaret Wright was taken into custody, upon being located in Purceville, VA, Pennsylvania State Police said. Jaret, whose real name is Jaret John Wright, hails from Florida and allegedly met Emily on Instagram, PSP said on Friday, May 19. Originally, Daily Voice was told by the family and friends of the family that the missing Chambersburg girl had disappeared from Scotland Road in Chambe…
'PlugwalkJoe' Admits Unprecedented Twitter Hack That Included Musk, Kardashian, Biden: Feds 'PlugwalkJoe' Admits Unprecedented Twitter Hack That Included Musk, Kardashian, Biden: Feds
'PlugwalkJoe' Admits Unprecedented Twitter Hack That Included Musk, Kardashian, Biden: Feds A 23-year-old British citizen who hacked the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Bill Gates, among others, pleaded guilty in federal court to a host of related charges as part of a deal with the government. Joseph James O'Connor -- also known as "PlugwalkJoe" -- technically faces up to 77 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines but will likely get somewhere between 10 to 20 years when all is said and done. The Liverpudlian hacker admitted during a plea hearing in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 9, that he committed one of the largest high-pro…
Allegheny County Controller Employee Sent Nudes To 8th-Grade Boy Through Snapchat: Police Allegheny County Controller Employee Sent Nudes To 8th-Grade Boy Through Snapchat: Police
Allegheny County Controller Employee Sent Nudes To 8th-Grade Boy Through Snapchat: Police A 15-year-old boy was sent more than 25 nude images and videos by an Allegheny County Controller's office employee, police allege in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  While working as an accounting department employee for the Allegheny Controller's office, 25-year-old Cam Zmenkowski, sent "sexually explicit messages and sexual assaults occurred over the past several months," county officials stated in a release on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.  Allegheny County Police detectives and Indiana Township Police served a sealed search warrant at the residence of Zmenkowski, locat…
Carlisle Man Snatched York Girl From Bus Stop To Film Sex, Police Say Carlisle Man Snatched York Girl From Bus Stop To Film Sex, Police Say
Carlisle Man Snatched York Girl From Bus Stop To Film Sex, Police Say A Carlisle man took a 14-year-old girl straight from a school bus stop to his house to have sex, something he had done before at area hotels— and filmed it, the police graphically detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Brandon Allen Suchonick, 37, first met the young teen using Snapchat and sent the girl nude images of himself at the start of what appears to be a case of grooming, based on the affidavit.  The York County School of Technology student was first discovered missing by the school which alerted the police. The school security cameras saw her leave the bus a…
SnapChat Connects 'Papa Doug' To Sexual Assaults At EMS Station, PA State Police Say SnapChat Connects 'Papa Doug' To Sexual Assaults At EMS Station, PA State Police Say
SnapChat Connects 'Papa Doug' To Sexual Assaults At EMS Station, PA State Police Say A former president of an emergency medical services ambulance company in Cumberland County has been suspended after an old clock and a SnapChat conversation connected him to the sexual assault of a teenager at the station, court documents obtained by Daily Voice detail.  The 2019 Pennsylvania State Fireman's Association EMS Leadership Award recipient, 53-year-old Douglas Allen Shields of Mount Holly Springs has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, according to court records and the Yellow Breeches EMS, Inc.'s Facebook page.  Shields "has been suspended indefinitely from…
Pennsylvania Teacher Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 15-Year-Old Boy (UPDATE) Pennsylvania Teacher Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 15-Year-Old Boy (UPDATE)
Pennsylvania Teacher Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 15-Year-Old Boy (Update) An elementary teacher in Berks County is in police custody, after authorities say he sent explicit photos to a 15-year-old boy he had been grooming for years.   Ryan G. Blew, 24, of Sinking Spring, surrendered to county detectives on Wednesday, Nov. 16 after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said Berks District Attorney John T. Adams in a statement.  Blew is listed as a second-grade teacher at Spring Ridge Elementary School in Wyomissing on the Wilson School District website. His employment status as of Wednesday was not immediately clear.  Authorities said they began investigating Ble…
Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors
Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors A basketball coach at a Christian youth center in Pennsylvania was arrested after he allegedly raped a teenager and solicited sex and nude photos from other minors, authorities said. Ameer Sutton-Best, 31, of Parkesburg, who volunteered at the Parkesburg Point Youth Center this summer, has been charged with rape, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Sutton-Best began on Aug. 10, when the faith-based center contacted Parkesburg police, accusing him of having "sexual co…
Delco Pair Arrested On Child Porn Charges Delco Pair Arrested On Child Porn Charges
Delco Pair Arrested On Child Porn Charges A Delaware County pair was charged with making and uploading videos and photos of child pornography, authorities said. Matteo T. Arriaga, 20, of Ridley Park, was initially charged in January after posting 271 videos of lewd content, including a 23-second video clip recorded on his phone in a Snapchat message thread with a person identified as “Gia," Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said. Following that discovery, investigators seized four Apple iPhones, two laptop computers, a custom PC, and two external hard drives, they said. Further investigation led detectives t…
PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say
PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say A 36-year-old man on probation for promoting child pornography in Maryland two years ago was arrested again on similar offenses in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Eric Albitz, of Upper Pottsgrove, PA, had 37 pictures and videos of child pornography on his cell phone of girls as young as 8 years old, they said. Detectives with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office found the content during a warranted search of his Snyder Road home in Jan. 2022 after they had linked his IP address to a Snapchat account that had uploaded a video of suspected child abuse in Sept. 2021. The investiga…
YMCA Employee Made Child Porn Shared On Snapchat: PA State Police YMCA Employee Made Child Porn Shared On Snapchat: PA State Police
YMCA Employee Made Child Porn Shared On Snapchat: PA State Police A 21-year-old YCMA employee was found making and uploading  child pornography to Snapchat, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Snapchat reported that a video containing child pornography had been uploaded the company's server to the National Center For Missing And Exploited Children— who contacted Pennsylvania state police computer crimes unit, the release shows. The suspect was identified as Lamont Antonio Lovett Jr., of the 330 block of Lantern Lane in Chambersburg, police say. Child pornography was found during a search of Lovett's home conducted on Tuesday, Mar. 8…
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA A former college athlete pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 1 to sexually extorting and harassing 15 victims, including one Bensalem woman who later died by suicide, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, admitted that for four years he used anonymous Snapchat accounts to threaten and torment dozens of women and girls, some as young as 12, into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Pisarchuk was arrested on June 8, 2021, after police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual …
PA Dad Who Brought Gun To Fistfight Over Snapchat Post Heading To Prison: DA PA Dad Who Brought Gun To Fistfight Over Snapchat Post Heading To Prison: DA
PA Dad Who Brought Gun To Fistfight Over Snapchat Post Heading To Prison: DA A Pennsylvania father has been sentenced to serve up to seven years in prison for his role– of bring a gun to a fistfight, turned shooting– that all started as an argument on Snapchat, authorities announced on Friday. Mark Ivie Sr., 44, of Ephrata, pleaded nolo contendre, meaning he has accepted conviction but is not admitted guilt, to a felony charge of criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and a misdemeanor of simple assault in a negotiated guilty plea, leading to a three-and-a-half to seven-year sentence, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney’s office…
PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say
PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say A former high school teacher and registered sex offender has been caught chatting with children on Snapchat, according to a release by police. Andrew Eberhart, 24, of Lebanon, previously posed online as a woman with the user name "Jordynmatter" on Instagram in an attempt to gather sexually explicit photos of young boys, the Lebanon district attorney stated following a year's long investigation in 2020. Eberhart might be a year older, but apparently is no wiser as an investigation was started in December because he was thought to be back at it again, but this time he was using Snapchat. Leb…
PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police
PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police A central Pennsylvania high school football coach has been charged with corrupting a minor after drunk texting a 16-year-girl, according to a release by police. Hempfield High School football coach, Thomas "Tommy" James Walker, 25, of Marietta sent messages about being "drunk and horny" to the girl on the social media platform SnapChat on Oct. 7 around 10:30 p.m., according to the police. The West Hempfield Township police department began investigating the matter after receiving a complaint from the girl and her parent "that a teacher from Hempfield sent her inappropriate messages," as st…
Teen TikToker Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions Teen TikToker Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions
Teen TikToker Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions A teen social media star from Connecticut is outearning some of the most successful CEOs in the US by millions of dollars, according to new reports by Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. With 133 million TikToker followers, 17-year-old Fairfield County resident Charli D'Amelio, of Norwalk, who started posting to TikTok in 2019 -- has the video-sharing app's largest following, Forbes says. Last year, she brought in $17.5 million. The median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies in 2020 was $13.4 million, the WSJ reports. Darren Woods was the highest-earning CEO of 2020, brin…
PA Man Sentenced In July 4th Snapchat Shooting That Injured 4 PA Man Sentenced In July 4th Snapchat Shooting That Injured 4
PA Man Sentenced In July 4th Snapchat Shooting That Injured 4 A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 24 to 50 years behind bars for a Fourth of July shooting over a fight that began on Snapchat in 2020, authorities announced Thursday. Mark Ivie Jr., of Ephrata, was convicted of five counts of aggravated assault and multiple other charges after opening fire at a group of men with an AR-15 at his family's home on July 5, the Lancaster County DA said. Sentencing Judge Donald Totaro said he was not giving a “volume discount” due to there being multiple victims in the shooting, and ordered consecutive sentences for each victim.  A …