Herndon Mental Health Counselor Who Helped Teens, Families Secretly Exploited Children: Feds
He was supposed to help vulnerable people. Instead, a Virginia mental health counselor was secretly helping exploit children online, including a 10-year-old and a child with learning disabilities.
Herndon resident Christopher Neal Mishik, 36, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Thursday, Oct. 8, for participating in a child exploitation enterprise that targeted young girls through social media, according to federal prosecutors.
Mishik was a licensed professional counselor who provided telehealth services to adolescents, young adults, and families.
But behind the scenes, he was i…
Man Posed As Girl Online To Solicit Explicit Images From Boys In Lancaster County, Police Say
A 39-year-old Pennsylvania man posed as a juvenile girl online to persuade boys to send him sexually explicit images and videos, including images of a 13-year-old, police said.
Jared Michael Bauman, of New Holland, Lancaster County, was charged following an investigation that began on March 10, West Earl Township police announced in a release issued Monday, Oct. 5.
Police began investigating after receiving a report that Bauman had been soliciting inappropriate images from a boy who was under 18 at the time, investigators said.
During an interview, the boy told investigators that he believ…
Stafford Sheriff's Sergeant Secretly Bought Child Abuse Material On Telegram: FBI
A Virginia sheriff's sergeant is facing federal child sexual abuse material charges after investigators say he spent years using Telegram to buy and receive graphic images and videos depicting the abuse of children.
Justin Thomas Lee Forman, 37, of Fredericksburg, a sergeant with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, was arrested on Thursday, July 30, following an FBI investigation, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Monday, Aug. 3.
According to federal court documents, Forman allegedly used a Telegram account beginning as early as 2023 to solicit, purch…
NJ Convict, Repeat Sex Offender Secretly Filmed Woman, Sharing Child Porn Videos: PA AG
A registered sex offender is accused of sharing child sexual abuse material and secretly recording a woman without her consent, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, April 7.
Jason Sheasley, 40, of Philadelphia, was charged after an investigation by the Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Section, authorities said.
Agents determined Sheasley had been distributing dozens of child sexual abuse material videos online after opening the investigation in January, according to the release.
During the investigation, agents also uncovered evidence that Sheasley reco…
Convicted Poughkeepsie Sex Offender Caught In FBI Sting, Tried To Meet Girl, 14, For Sex: Feds
A Dutchess County man with a past sex offense conviction is accused of trying to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex in a Hudson Valley sting, federal officials said.
Poughkeepsie resident Louis K. West III, age 50, was arrested on Friday, March 27, and detained after appearing in White Plains federal court, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Authorities said West believed he was communicating online with a 14-year-old girl, but was actually speaking with undercover law enforcement. He allegedly arranged to meet the child in Orange County on Thursday, M…
