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PA Child Rapist Who Faced 121 Years In Prison, Sentenced, Here's How Long He Got PA Child Rapist Who Faced 121 Years In Prison, Sentenced, Here's How Long He Got
PA Child Rapist Who Faced 121 Years In Prison, Sentenced, Here's How Long He Got An Allentown man convicted of raping a child for years has been sentenced — but not to the 121 years in prison he was facing, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Taron Dortch, 44, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison, followed by six years of probation, for sexually abusing a girl at multiple locations across Lehigh County, including a home in Allentown and an apartment in South Whitehall Township. The abuse happened between 2019 and 2021, while Dortch was in a relationship with the girl’s mother. The victim was between 9 and 12 years o…
Middle School Librarian Shared Child Porn; Had Box Of Kids’ Items, Costumes: DOJ Middle School Librarian Shared Child Porn; Had Box Of Kids’ Items, Costumes: DOJ
Middle School Librarian Shared Child Porn; Had Box Of Kids’ Items, Costumes: DOJ Federal prosecutors say a Longmeadow Public Schools middle school librarian is facing child pornography charges after a months-long undercover investigation. Scott McGinley, 55, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, is accused of distributing child sexual abuse material in an online group called “Little boyz only.” Authorities say that during conversations with undercover officers posing as fellow users, McGinley allegedly disclosed his sexual preference for “boys age 2-12” and “especially 4-7.' The US Attorney for Massachusetts prosecutors say McGinley told the undercover officer he had “students” wh…
Child Porn Trader Caught With Disturbing Images Of Kids As Young As 4 In PA: Police Child Porn Trader Caught With Disturbing Images Of Kids As Young As 4 In PA: Police
Child Porn Trader Caught With Disturbing Images Of Kids As Young As 4 In PA: Police A Bensalem man is accused of operating social media accounts used to trade disturbing child porn images involving children as young as 4, police announced on Tuesday, July 16. John Breslin, 42, was arrested following a months-long investigation by the Bensalem Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division that began in late June. According to the department, investigators were tipped off by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), which flagged multiple accounts for sharing child sexual abuse materials. Among the dozens of files shared or received were graphic…
Child Abused By Mom's Live-In BF Lands NJ Man Decades In PA Prison: DA Child Abused By Mom's Live-In BF Lands NJ Man Decades In PA Prison: DA
Child Abused By Mom's Live-In BF Lands NJ Man Decades In PA Prison: DA A New Jersey man who sexually abused a 13-year-old Pennsylvania girl while living with her mother in Lehigh County has been sentenced to decades in state prison, authorities announced on Monday, April 22. Spartak A. Fedorovich, 38, of Phillipsburg, began sexually abusing the girl in Upper Saucon Township when she was 12, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office. At the time, he was living in the same household as the victim. Police were dispatched to the home for a report of suspicious activity on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, and the girl later disclosed she had been in a sexua…
PA Man Posed As Teen On Roblox To Solicit Nude Photos From Girls: Affidavit PA Man Posed As Teen On Roblox To Solicit Nude Photos From Girls: Affidavit
PA Man Posed As Teen On Roblox To Solicit Nude Photos From Girls: Affidavit A Bucks County man is accused of posing as a teenage boy on gaming and messaging apps to lure underage girls into sending him nude photos, Upper Southampton Township police announced on Tuesday, April 8. Alec James Magill, 31, surrendered to police on Thursday, March 20, after an investigation revealed he used chat applications to solicit and receive sexually explicit images of juvenile females, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Detectives say the FBI first discovered Magill’s activities in November 2024 after a Tennessee mother found her 13-year-old daughter communicati…
Ex-PA State Rep Candidate Who Ran ‘To Fight For The People’ Gets Decades For Child Porn: DA Ex-PA State Rep Candidate Who Ran ‘To Fight For The People’ Gets Decades For Child Porn: DA
Ex-PA State Rep Candidate Who Ran ‘To Fight For The People’ Gets Decades For Child Porn: DA A former Pennsylvania state representative candidate who once campaigned on "fighting for the people" has been sentenced to up to 50 years in state prison for collecting and distributing child sexual abuse material, authorities announced Tuesday, March 4. Matthew Christopher Schutter, 54, of South Whitehall Township (previously of Allentown and Jim Thorpe, according to his social media), was exposed as a predator after a months-long investigation that started when Google flagged videos of child rape linked to his email and reported him to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childre…
Multiple Infant Porn Videos Among 100+ Child Abuse Images Found In PA Multiple Infant Porn Videos Among 100+ Child Abuse Images Found In PA
Multiple Infant Porn Videos Among 100+ Child Abuse Images Found In PA A Philadelphia man was caught with over 100 images and videos of child sexual abuse material on his phone, Montgomery County authorities announced on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Anthony Carr-Pierce, 38, was arrested following an investigation by the Montgomery County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The probe began when the messaging app Kik flagged a user for uploading more than 60 suspected child abuse videos across three accounts, prosecutors said. Detectives traced the IP address to Carr-Pierce’s cellphone and obtained a search warrant on Feb. 10, officials said. A forensic examinat…
Child Pornography Found During Raid In South Central PA: Police Child Pornography Found During Raid In South Central PA: Police
Child Pornography Found During Raid In South Central PA: Police An Akron man is behind bars after investigators found child pornography on his electronic devices, West Earl Township police announced on Thursday, Feb. 6. Christopher Hammerstone, 30, was taken into custody following a months-long investigation into child exploitation, according to authorities. Police received a tip that child pornography was being downloaded from the internet, leading detectives to a home in Akron Borough. Officers obtained a court-approved search warrant and raided Hammerstone’s residence on Dec. 10, 2024, with assistance from the Lancaster County Digital Forensic Unit, …
Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At PA Auto Repair Shop: DA Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At PA Auto Repair Shop: DA
Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At PA Auto Repair Shop: DA A convicted sex offender and federal parolee from Bucks and Montgomery counties has been arrested on accusations he downloaded child pornography at the auto repair shop where he worked, police paperwork shows. A Bensalem police detective was running an undercover computer program trying to identify devices within the county that were using the BitTorrent Peer2Peer (P2P) file-sharing protocol to download and share child porn, when he connected with a device at 749 Butler Ave., in New Britain on June 20, according to a criminal complaint filed within the Bucks County DA's office. Dozens of fi…
Repeat PA Sex Offender Returned To Prison For Child Porn Charges: USDOJ Repeat PA Sex Offender Returned To Prison For Child Porn Charges: USDOJ
Repeat PA Sex Offender Returned To Prison For Child Porn Charges: Usdoj A repeat sex offender from Philadelphia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Christopher Daniels, 34, also was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Juan R. Sánchez to 15 years of supervised release for repeated child pornography and related offenses, U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Daniels was charged with those violations in an August 2023 superseding indictment, and in March of this year, a federal jury convicted the defendant of all six counts against him, including receiving child pornography as a s…