Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
Man Who Preyed On Middle School-Aged Girls Using Social Media Gets Prison Time In DC: Feds
The 20-year-old District man who sexually abused four middle school-aged girls over an eight month period will have more than a decade behind bars to reconsider his actions. Social media doomed Luis Quevedo, of Northwest DC, who was sentenced by a judge to 12 years in prison for preying on young girls he met and terrorized over the Internet with bad intentions in mind. Prosecutors say that between August 2022 and April 2023, Quevedo "engaged in a pattern of behavior wherein he contacted middle school aged girls - strangers to him - via social media with the intention of luring the…
Arlington, VA
News
Former Swim Instructor In VA Preyed On Prepubescent Victims Online: Feds
Mark Black, the former board president of the Arlington Aquatic Club who found himself on the wrong side of the law, has admitted to conspiring to sexually exploit several children in Virginia, federal authorities announced. Black, 50, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to produce child pornography and coercion and enticement for his role in targeting children to exploit with others through the Internet. According to court documents, between January 2018 and October 2021, the Arlington resident was a member of two online groups dedicated to exploiting children. "The go…
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Stamford Man Charged With Sexually Abusing 16-Year-Old Boy He Met On Snapchat
A Fairfield County man is behind bars following his arrest on child exploitation charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy. Rick Marro, age 42, of Stamford was charged on Thursday, Jan. 18 following an investigation into the allegations made by the boy in August 2023, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Marro appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Dave Vatti in Bridgeport and was ordered detained, Avery said. As alleged in court documents, law enforcement began investigating Marro in August 2023 after a 16-year-old boy reported that he …
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Springfield Man Talked Foster Child Into Sex Trafficking Gets 18 Years: Feds
A Springfield man who talked a child into performing sex acts for money will spend the next 18 years in a federal prison, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 12. Carlos Casillas, 51, was convicted of sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl in July, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He will serve five years of probation after he is released from prison. Investigators said Casillas met the 13-year-old girl, who was living in a foster home, on Facebook and communicated through Facebook Messenger. He talked about her leaving the group home and "exchanging money for services," the pr…
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Cape May County Man Busted With Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A Cape May County man is facing charges after he's accused of having pictures and videos of child pornography, according to authorities. Patrick Grace, 35, of Middle Township, was arrested on Friday, Jan. 5, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced. Grace is charged with second- and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The second-degree charge is for distributing child sexual abuse materials and the third-degree charges is for possession. Investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of someone uploading pictu…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Wanted
: Bensalem Man Who Used Facebook To Solicit Sex From Child, Police Say
A man who used Facebook to try and get nudes and met for sex acts with a child is sought by Lower Southampton police. Lawrence W. Kramer is accused of soliciting explicit pictures and sex acts from a 13-year-old child through Facebook in November, the department detailed in the release. He initially cooperated with investigators but disappeared after a warrant was issued for his arrest, police explained. Kramer is wanted for a felony charge for the corruption of minors and a misdemeanor for harassment, according to his latest court docket. He has a lengthy crimi…
Greenburgh, NY
News
Man Tries To Rape Child, Meets With Undercover Agent Posing As Parent In Greenburgh: DA
A Northern Westchester man faces attempted rape charges after setting up a meeting with an undercover agent posing as the parent of a pre-school-aged child who he intended to engage in sexual conduct with, officials announced. New Castle resident Dustin Layme, age 26, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 14 after attempting to rape a child in Greenburgh, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Dec. 20. According to the DA's Office, Layme made online contact with an undercover law enforcement agent who had been posing as a young gir…
Towson, MD
News
Maryland Sex Offender Found With Beastiality Images Sentenced For Trying To Target Child: Feds
A predator from Maryland who already spent years behind bars for preying on minors through his computer is heading back to the Big House after being busted repeating the crime, federal officials announced on Wednesday. Samuel Charles Hardeman, 55, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for the attempted coercion and enticement of a minor after being busted by an undercover police officer, who purported to have a 10-year-old daughter the convict was interested in. Prosecutors say that in December 2022, Hardeman engaged in illicit conversations with an undercover agent, during …
Brentwood, NY
News
Long Island Pastor Exploited Kids At Church, Possessed Child Porn:
Usao
A pastor from a Long Island church has been indicted on charges including coercion of children after he allegedly told an undercover agent his “sweet spot” for molesting local kids was between the ages of 11 and 15. Twenty-eight-year-old Jose Saez, Jr., who worked as a pastor at a Brentwood church, was arraigned on Wednesday, Dec. 6, for his alleged crimes, including possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney’s Office announced. UPDATE: Jose Saez, Jr. has been convicted and sentenced. Click here to read our updated report. Saez, who himself is the father of th…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Child
SEX
Sting
: German 'Perv To Some Extent' Admits Flying Into NJ To Abuse Children
UPDATE: A German man admitted in federal court in Newark that he flew to New Jersey for what he thought would be sex with children as young as 10 years old. Christian Stefan Walther, 39, of Erfurt, communicated with what turned out to be two undercover New Jersey State Police detectives via email, phone, and an encrypted messaging app, authorities said. The officers had posed as members of a group of predators who had access to young children, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Walther, who called himself a "perv to some extent," expressed a "desire to engage in sexual …
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-NJ Boy Scout Camp Employee Headed To State Prison For Sexually Abusing Teen Camper
A North Jersey man already facing time in federal prison was sentenced to more time in State Prison for sexually abusing a teen Boy Scouts of America counselor in training nearly a decade ago. Colin Skeele, 37, of Florham Park, was sentenced to 18 months in New Jersey State Prison for the abuse, which occurred at the Boy Scouts Camp NoBeBoSco in Hardwick Township, when he was 26 years old, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said. Skeele engaged in various sex acts with the camper while working the medical tent and was later charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. In …
Bel Air, MD
News
Predator In Maryland Used Hidden Camera To Film Underage Girls In His Bathroom, Feds Say
A predator in Maryland will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to using a hidden camera in his bathroom to peep on underage girls. Charles Wheat III, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court to producing sexually explicit images of at least five minors while they used the bathroom in his Bel Air home, authorities announced. According to the plea, between April and November 2020, What used the hidden camera to produce sexually explicit imagery of five girls who used a bathroom in his home, while also cooperating with sex traffickers in the Philippines who he paid for videos of min…
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