Undercover Sting Leads To Child Exploitation Charges For 4 In CT Undercover Sting Leads To Child Exploitation Charges For 4 In CT
Undercover Sting Leads To Child Exploitation Charges For 4 In CT Four men were charged for allegedly making deals with undercover police to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. The arrests occurred in Hartford County on Friday, April 19, at an undisclosed hotel in Hartford. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police, the Special Investigations Division conducted an undercover sting operation to target and combat child exploitation.  The operation was located at an undisclosed hotel within the City of Hartford. Undercover law enforcement personnel assumed the identity of a 15-year-old girl’s aunt on the internet and engaged in dia…
Creep Seeking Sex With Minor Makes 6th Arrest In Undercover Fairfax County Sting: Cops Creep Seeking Sex With Minor Makes 6th Arrest In Undercover Fairfax County Sting: Cops
Creep Seeking Sex With Minor Makes 6th Arrest In Undercover Fairfax County Sting: Cops A 26-year-old northern Virginia man has been arrested for trying to arrange sexual acts with a person whom he believed was a minor, authorities announced. Sattar Ahmed Khan was arrested at his Manassas home on Wednesday, April 17, by members of the Fairfax County Police Department's Child Exploitation Unit following their ongoing investigation in last month's traveler operation, police said. On April 3, police announced the arrests of five other men who came to Fairfax County looking for sex with a child they'd met online, but were instead greeted by police who swiftly took them into c…
19-Year-Old Charged In Hudson Valley Sex Crimes Case 19-Year-Old Charged In Hudson Valley Sex Crimes Case
19-Year-Old Charged In Hudson Valley Sex Crimes Case A 19-year-old man has been charged with allegedly inducing a child under 17 to perform sexual acts in the Hudson Valley. Daniel N. Montesdeoca, age 19, of New York City, was arrested on Thursday, April 11, in connection with a recent investigation into the sexual performance of a child. Montesdeoca was taken into custody after a month-long investigation by the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau.  At this time, he is accused of inducing a child less than 17 years old to perform sexual acts over the Internet, said Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Offi…
CT Man Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 13-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 13-Year-Old
CT Man Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 13-Year-Old A Connecticut man has been accused of sending explicit images to a girl in the Midwest. Detectives at the Jackson Police Department in Missouri determined Litchfield County resident Carter Denlinger, of Bridgewater, sent Snapchats to the 13-year-old in their jurisdiction. Connecticut State Police detectives then joined the investigation, and an arrest warrant was issued in Missouri. Denlinger, age 25, was located in Bridgewater on Friday, April 12, and taken into custody as an extradition arrest, state police said. He is being held on a $1 million dollar bond and is due to …
23-Year-Old Man Gets Decades In Prison For Sexual Offenses Against 3 Children In Westchester 23-Year-Old Man Gets Decades In Prison For Sexual Offenses Against 3 Children In Westchester
23-Year-Old Man Gets Decades In Prison For Sexual Offenses Against 3 Children In Westchester A 23-year-old Westchester man will spend decades in prison for engaging in sexual acts with three children whom he physically and psychologically abused over several years, officials said. New Rochelle resident Jason Ricketts was sentenced on Thursday, April 4 to 21 years in prison for sexual acts involving three children, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.  According to the DA's Office, Ricketts' crimes began in 2019, when he befriended children as young as 8 years old by going to locations where young people gathered and convincing them and their parent…
Five Men Seeking Sex With Children Arrested In Fairfax County: Police Five Men Seeking Sex With Children Arrested In Fairfax County: Police
Five Men Seeking Sex With Children Arrested In Fairfax County: Police Five men who came to Fairfax County looking for sex with a child they'd met online were greeted by police, who swiftly took them into custody. "The offenders came to Fairfax County with the intention of committing a sex act with the minor, only to discover Child Exploitation Unit (CEXU) detectives and Street Crimes detectives waiting for them," county police said in a release.  The five men ranged in age from 24-53 and were charged with a total of 12 felonies. They are: Steven Morales, 30, of Woodbridge: arrested and charged with Solicitation of a Minor and Attempted Indecent Libert…
Central Mass Kid's Magician Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds Central Mass Kid's Magician Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds
Central Mass Kid's Magician Gets 6 Years For Smuggling Child Porn Into US: Feds A Worcester County, Massachusetts, magician who has performed in the area for 20 years was sentenced Thursday, March 28, to six years behind bars for having child sexual abuse material in his luggage after returning from an overseas flight, authorities said.  Scott Jameson, age 47, of Sutton, pleaded guilty in November 2023 to illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count of transportation of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He had faced potentially decades in prison for the charges.  Action Pour Les Enfants, a Cambodian child-protection group, …
South Jersey Man Given More Charges For 'Manufacturing' Child Pornography: Prosecutors South Jersey Man Given More Charges For 'Manufacturing' Child Pornography: Prosecutors
South Jersey Man Given More Charges For 'Manufacturing' Child Pornography: Prosecutors A Middle Township man was given more charges after investigators found he had more than 1,000 items of child pornography, authorities said. Javish Roman, 21, of Rio Grande, was additionally charged on Thursday, Mar. 21 with manufacturing child pornography, endangering the welfare of a child (possession of child pornography), and endangering the welfare of a child. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said in a news release. Roman was arrested on Thursday, Mar. 14. He was previously charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child (distribu…
Missing Teen Found In Home Of Virginia Abductor Charged With Child Abuse Material: Police Missing Teen Found In Home Of Virginia Abductor Charged With Child Abuse Material: Police
Missing Teen Found In Home Of Virginia Abductor Charged With Child Abuse Material: Police A teen who has been housed in Virginia after going missing from New York has been reunited with her family, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. On Sunday, police say that detectives from the agency's Missing Person and Child Exploitation Unit were advised that a teen missing from New York may be in the county.  That tip led investigators to a home in the 7300 block of Sportsman Drive in McLean, where the minor was found with 20-year-old Muammer Steve Demir, who is accused of driving north in August last year and bringing the child back to Virginia. Demir was arrest…
'Fitness Guru' With 'Sex Slave Training Program' May Have More Victims In Philly Area: FBI 'Fitness Guru' With 'Sex Slave Training Program' May Have More Victims In Philly Area: FBI
'Fitness Guru' With 'Sex Slave Training Program' May Have More Victims In Philly Area: FBI A California man is facing federal charges out of the FBI's Philadelphia Field Office for a child exploitation scheme, and authorities believe he may have more victims in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. According to the FBI, John Douglas Burch, of Santa Monica, began praying on girls as early as 2014, and has been charged in an indictment with traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct and enticement of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and prostitution, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and FBI Philadelphia Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs said. …
South Jersey Man Shared Child Pornography Online: Prosecutors South Jersey Man Shared Child Pornography Online: Prosecutors
South Jersey Man Shared Child Pornography Online: Prosecutors A Middle Township man was accused of having child pornography and sharing it online, authorities said. Javish Roman, 21, of Rio Grande, was arrested on Thursday, Mar. 14, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said in a news release. The investigation started after a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Investigators said Roman used a third-party app to distribute pictures and videos of child sexual abuse. Police executed a search warrant on his South Second Avenue home and recovered evidence that will be analyzed. Roman was charged with second-degree&…
CT Doctor Accused Of Child Sex Exploitation Dies By Suicide, Officials Say CT Doctor Accused Of Child Sex Exploitation Dies By Suicide, Officials Say
CT Doctor Accused Of Child Sex Exploitation Dies By Suicide, Officials Say A Connecticut rheumatology chief arrested following a child exploitation investigation has died by suicide, according to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office. John Magaldi, age 61, address unknown, the chief of Hartford HealthCare rheumatology at the Bone & Joint Institute, died from a gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner's office confirmed on Friday, March 15.  Magaldi was charged in New Haven County by Meriden Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday, March 11 for allegedly seeking sexual activity with children, the Meriden Police said. The de…