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Catonsville, MD
News
Repeat Catonsville Sex Offender Back In Prison After Child Porn Bust Days After Release: Feds
A convicted sex offender is heading back to prison after being busted — again — with child pornography in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being caught with a torrent of child sexual abuse material just one week after registering his new address. According to his plea agreement, Kelban had just returned to Maryland from Alabama on Nov. 20, 2023, following previous convictions for child porn offenses. He registered the very next day as a sex offender, using a Baltimore County add…
Catonsville, MD
News
Repeat Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn Days After Release In Maryland: DOJ
A convicted sex offender in Maryland is facing at least a decade behind bars after investigators say he was caught with a torrent of child sexual abuse material just one week after registering his new address, federal officials say. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, the US Attorney's Office announced this week. According to his plea agreement, Kelban had just returned to Maryland from Alabama on November 20, 2023, following a two prior convictions for child porn offenses. He registered the very next day as a sex offender…
Warrington-Jamison, PA
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Massive Child Abuse File Sharing Case Linked To Warrington Twp. Man: Police
A Bucks County man is facing child pornography charges after police uncovered over 400 explicit files during an intensive online sting, Warrington Township police announced on Thursday, Feb. 13. David Joseph Godfrey, 40, was charged with two counts of sexual abuse of children and one count of criminal use of a communication facility following a search at his Warrington home, police reported. The digital trail began on Aug. 8, 2024, when police detected a computer using BitTorrent to share child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Investigators connected with the suspect’s device multiple times be…
Manheim Township, PA
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Explicit Files Found On Lancaster Man's BitTorrent Sharing: Manheim Twp. Police
A Lancaster man is accused of possessing child pornography following an online investigation on the BitTorrent network, Manheim Township police announced on Thursday, Feb. 13. James Vincent Cosentino, 44, was charged with two counts of sexual abuse of children and three counts of criminal use of a communication facility after an investigation at his home on the 100 block of Knollwood Drive, police said. The investigation began on June 8, 2024, when a detective was conducting an online probe on the BitTorrent network related to the sharing of child pornography. The detective downloaded files…
Chalfont, PA
Police & Fire
Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At New Britain Car 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…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Gets Eight Years For Sharing 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor
A 65-year-old Morris County man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday, May 31, after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography, authorities said. John Green, of Washington Township, pleaded guilty in January to possession of child sexual abuse material, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Washington Township Police Chief Jeffrey Almer said. An investigation into Green began when prosecutors in Hunterdon County identified child sexual abuse material on a BitTorrent site in Morris County, authorities said.…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Mount Olive Man Shared 1000+ Images Of Child Porn: Police
A 60-year-old Mount Olive Township man was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 7 and charged with maintaining a peer to peer network that showcased child pornography and abuse, authorities said. Jose Louisa was discovered to have a BitTorrent sharing networking that featured sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Louisa had more than 1,000 items of child sexual abuse material available on the site, Carroll said alongside Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally and Mount Olive Township Police Chief Stephen Beecher. Louisa wa…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Shared Child Porn, Found With More Than 1K Images: Prosecutor
A 65-year-old Morris County man was arrested on child pornography offenses, authorities announced. John Green, of Washington Township, became the center of an investigation when the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office identified possible child sex abuse materials on a BitTorrent site — a peer-to-peer file sharing network — in Morris County, Morris County First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood said. The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office referred this information to the Morris County Prosecutor’s ICAC Task Force of the Sex Crimes / Child Endangerment Unit. Further investigatio…
Towson, MD
News
Ex-National Guardsman From MD Admits Having 12K Child Porn Files Some Of Infant Sadomasochism
A former police officer from Maryland and US Army National Guardsman confessed to having more than 12,000 child pornography files, some of sadomasochism and involving infants, authorities said. Daniel Morozewicz, 38, of Frederick, had been accused of distributing, possessing, and receiving the images on BitTorrent, a file sharing network from September 2020, to January 2021, according to the Department of Justice. Morozewicz was employed as both a National Guardsman and Rockville police officer at the time of the crimes. He used multiple electronic devices to house the images, repeate…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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South Jersey Man Gets 15 Years State Prison For Sharing Child Pornography Online: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old man from South Jersey has been sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey state prison for sharing child pornography on the Internet, authorities said. Robert Ferry of Margate was sentenced on Monday by Judge Donna Taylor, according to Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill. Ferry has received a mandatory 10-year period of parole ineligibility. Megan’s Law Registration and Parole Supervision for Life, Shill said. Ferry was found guilty on Sept. 23, 2021, on child pornography charges by an Atlantic County jury, Shill said. Ferry was charged on April 19, 2019, after a year…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
FBI Arrests Westchester Man On Child Porn Charges
A Westchester County man has been apprehended on child porn charges. The FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force says the man downloaded and distributed child pornography from a network used on the Dark Web. Agents arrested Michael J. Facelle on Tuesday, July 20, at his home in White Plains. Based on the criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, investigators allege Facelle used the peer-to-peer computer software called BitTorrent to download videos and photos of child pornography. If anyone has information about this investigation, they are asked to call…
York, PA
News
PD: Rape Of 6-Month-Old Found Among 500 Child Porn Pics. On Torrent Site Linked To York Co. Man
A man York County used the file sharing website BitTorrent to send and receive child pornography for years, according to police in York County. Darin Leroy Warren, 54, of the 600 block of Kise Mill Road in Newberry Township, was arrested on Thursday for 12 felony counts; 6 child pornography and 6 disseminating photos or film of child sex acts, after months of investigations by York Area Regional Police. A warrant to search Warren's home was issued in June. Newberry Township Police seized numerous electronic storage devices found in a basement recording studio, according to the criminal co…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds Raid Lodi Home, Bust Resident On Child Porn Charges
A Lodi man was ordered detained by a federal judge Tuesday after agents said they found him trafficking child pornography. Joseph Ganaro, 42, used BitTorrent to collect and share child sex-abuse images, which agents accessed, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They found 10 video files containing child pornography from an IP address assigned to Ganaro’s Avenue D near the state MVC office and charged him with distributing the images, the U.S. attorney said. Carpenito credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations New Jersey Division a…
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
Tri-State Area Tour Company Founder Indicted On Federal Child Porn Trafficking Charges
The founder of a nature tour company operating from the Jersey Shore north to Poughkeepsie and southern Connecticut was caught with 6,800 photos and 120 videos of child sexual abuse, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury alleges. Federal Homeland Security agents arrested Vaughn Tiedeman, 46, of Living Adventure Tours, in February on distributing child pornography charges. A grand jury in Newark added receiving and possession counts, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Thursday. Between July 2018 and January 2019, Tiedeman, of West Milford, “distributed at least 50 videos …
