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Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At New Britain Car Repair Shop: DA Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At New Britain Car Repair Shop: DA
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…
Photo Of Nude Boy Was Wallpaper On Paterson Man's Phone, Sheriff Says Photo Of Nude Boy Was Wallpaper On Paterson Man's Phone, Sheriff Says
Photo Of Nude Boy Was Wallpaper On Paterson Man's Phone, Sheriff Says A 36-year-old Paterson man has been arrested on child pornography charges after detectives found a nude photo of a young boy had been set as the wallpaper of his cellphone, authorities said. An investigation into Darrel Dye began following a tip regarding illegal internet activity, Acting Passaic County Sheriff Gary Giardina said. "Specifically, the information indicated that an Internet user uploaded and kept numerous media files of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in an online photo sharing and cloud service account," Giardina said. Detectives identified Dye — who fills …
Waldorf Man Targeting Teen Girl Online Arrested For Sexual Solicitation Of Minor: State Police Waldorf Man Targeting Teen Girl Online Arrested For Sexual Solicitation Of Minor: State Police
Waldorf Man Targeting Teen Girl Online Arrested For Sexual Solicitation Of Minor: State Police A Waldorf man who allegedly preyed on minors online for months was busted by an undercover state police investigator and is behind bars in Anne Arundel County. Rafee Al-Mansur, 33, is facing charges after targeting a purported 13-year-old girl in an online chat over the course of several weeks, according to Maryland State Police investigators. In April, members of the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force launched a probe into the sexual solicitation of a minor over the Internet.  The investigation led to Al-Mansur being identified as a suspect, who believed he was…
Long Island 'Dance Instructor' Sought Sexual Photos From 10-Year-Old Girls, DA Says Long Island 'Dance Instructor' Sought Sexual Photos From 10-Year-Old Girls, DA Says
Long Island 'Dance Instructor' Sought Sexual Photos From 10-Year-Old Girls, DA Says A Long Island man is accused of posing as a dance instructor in order to solicit sexual photos from young girls. Taner Ocal, age 22, of Lindenhurst, was arraigned on 30 criminal counts, including possessing child pornography, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, July 11. According to prosecutors, Ocal contacted two 10-year-old girls in Texas on Instagram in June 2024 while pretending to be a dance instructor.  He allegedly asked them to film themselves dancing and later requested that they send him sexually explicit photos of themselves, prosecutors said. The children blocked his acc…
Waltham Man Who Offered $200 For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets 15 Years In Prison: Feds Waltham Man Who Offered $200 For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets 15 Years In Prison: Feds
Waltham Man Who Offered $200 For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets 15 Years In Prison: Feds A 38-year-old Waltham man who reached out to an online ad for sex with a child in an undercover sting will spend the next 15 years behind bars, authorities announced on Thursday, June 20.  Misael Fabian Medina was convicted of one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child and one count of attempted coercion and enticement, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Investigators said Medina responded to an online ad offering sex with two young girls in November 2022. In a text exchange with the people he believed were selling the children, Medina offered $200 to have sex wi…
Shelton Man Shares Photo Of Himself Sexually Abusing 2-Year-Old Over Internet, Police Say Shelton Man Shares Photo Of Himself Sexually Abusing 2-Year-Old Over Internet, Police Say
Shelton Man Shares Photo Of Himself Sexually Abusing 2-Year-Old Over Internet, Police Say A 53-year-old Connecticut man faces charges after investigators discovered that several files containing child pornography had been downloaded from his computer, including one image of him allegedly sexually abusing a young toddler, police said. Fairfield County resident Ross DeLibro of Shelton was taken into custody at his residence on Tuesday, June 11 following a child pornography investigation, Connecticut State Police announced on Wednesday, June 12.  According to authorities, the events leading up to DeLibro's arrest began in January 2024, when state police began an inve…
New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA
New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA A 62-year-old New York man was arrested on Thursday, May 30, in Berkshire County as he was on his way to meet a teenager he was speaking with online, authorities said.  David Stypa was charged with two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor and attempting to commit a crime, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. He was ordered held on a $100,000 bond.  Investigators said Stypa was speaking with the Pittsfield teen — who was younger than 16 — on multiple platforms.  Police are still investigating. The district attorney's office did not release any …
Greenwich Attorney Admits Possessing Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants Greenwich Attorney Admits Possessing Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants
Greenwich Attorney Admits Possessing Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants A 37-year-old attorney from Connecticut faces decades in prison after admitting to accessing and possessing child pornography, including images depicting the sexual abuse of infants.  New, updated report - Greenwich Attorney Possessed Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants: Here's His Sentence Fairfield County resident Christopher Bates, Jr. of Greenwich pleaded guilty to a child exploitation offense on Wednesday, Feb. 7, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  Earlier Report - Greenwich Man Charged With Child Porn Offenses, Includ…
Levittown Man Beheads Gov't Employee Dad On YouTube, Arrested In Fort Indiantown Gap: Affidavit Levittown Man Beheads Gov't Employee Dad On YouTube, Arrested In Fort Indiantown Gap: Affidavit
Levittown Man Beheads Gov't Employee Dad On YouTube, Arrested In Fort Indiantown Gap: Affidavit A 32-year-old Levittown man beheaded his dad and posted an approximately 14-minute-long video showing his dad's head on YouTube, authorities announced late Tuesday night.  Justin Mohn beheaded his government employee dad, 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn, in a bathroom at his parents' home in the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive, in Middletown Township, according to area police.  Authorities were called to the home when his mom, Denice Mohn, found the bloody body in the first-floor bathroom around 7 p.m. on Jan. 30, the police detailed in the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Da…
Ex-Foxborough Special Ed Teacher Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison On Child Porn Charge Ex-Foxborough Special Ed Teacher Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison On Child Porn Charge
Ex-Foxborough Special Ed Teacher Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison On Child Porn Charge A former Foxborough High School teacher was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to trading child sexual abuse material, federal authorities said.  Thomas Davis, 43, of Mansfield, was arrested in August 2021 after police raided his home and found sexual images of children as young as 12 years old, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Davis pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and receiving child pornography over the internet in February 2023.  Davis served as a special education teacher for three years at Foxborough High until FBI a…
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say Five Pennsylvania children were victims of a Florida man's international sextortion scam that started more than a decade ago, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.  Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 34, an Ecuadorian national most recently of Miami, Florida, was arrested at his home by PSP troopers in Miami with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, their Special Operations Team (SOT), and the Miami-Dade Police Department on Jan. 18, according to the release.  Police executed a search warrant of his home and seized num…
Morris County Man Uploaded Child Porn To Reddit: Prosecutor Morris County Man Uploaded Child Porn To Reddit: Prosecutor
Morris County Man Uploaded Child Porn To Reddit: Prosecutor A 37-year-old Morris County man was arrested earlier this month for uploading child pornography to a social media platform, authorities announced. Richard Ferrarie-Lofredo, of Dover, uploaded media files depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of minors, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The investigation began with a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) referencing the files, the prosecutor said alongside Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney and Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally. Ferrarie-Lofredo is bel…
Sex Offender From Region Nabbed For Failing To Register, Police Say Sex Offender From Region Nabbed For Failing To Register, Police Say
Sex Offender From Region Nabbed For Failing To Register, Police Say A sex offender from the region is behind bars after allegedly failing to register under state law. Sullivan County resident Pedro Correa, age 57, of the village of Liberty was charged on Monday, Dec. 11, during a routine check of sex offenders in the area.  Village of Liberty Police Chief Steven D'Agata said under the law all individuals designated as sex offenders as a result of a criminal conviction for a sex offense are required to register their physical address and certain internet accounts and identifiers. During the visit by officers to Correa's home, police found he …
Jersey Shore Man, 69, Had 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man, 69, Had 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man, 69, Had 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor A 69-year-old Ocean County man has been arrested after police say he was found with more than 1,000 child pornography images. Cesar Ortega-Zevallos, 69, of Brick Township, became the center of an investigation following a tip from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit identified an IP address associated with a Brick Township home as the location from which the individual was uploading the images to the internet. That …
Stamford Man Nabbed For Large Child Porn Downloads Including 520 Photos, Police Say Stamford Man Nabbed For Large Child Porn Downloads Including 520 Photos, Police Say
Stamford Man Nabbed For Large Child Porn Downloads Including 520 Photos, Police Say A 33-year-old Fairfield County man has been charged with possession of child pornography following a four-month-long investigation after authorities were alerted to his actions. Mehdi Jafri of Stamford was arrested on Friday, Oct. 20 by Stamford Police following the investigation conducted along with the Department of Homeland Security, and Westport Police after the department's investigators who investigate internet crimes against children received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. In August, investigators executed a search warrant at Jafri's apartment seizing num…
UPDATE: Ramifications Follow Arrests Of Tenafly Council President And Son On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: Ramifications Follow Arrests Of Tenafly Council President And Son On Child Porn Charges
Update: Ramifications Follow Arrests Of Tenafly Council President And Son On Child Porn Charges Shock waves spread from one corner of Bergen County to another with the arrests of Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son on child pornography charges following a raid Thursday at the family home. Jeff Grossman, 65, is a longtime elementary school teacher in Rochelle Park. Steven Grossman, 24, is a substitute teacher in the same district. Both men “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Their Oct. 11 arrests stem from an investigation …
South Jersey Man Caught Sharing Child Pornography: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Caught Sharing Child Pornography: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Caught Sharing Child Pornography: Prosecutor A 44-year-old man from South Jersey has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, authorities said. Mark Hacker, of Egg Harbor City, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 5, without incident and charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The Internet Crimes Against Children Unit at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office received a referral of inappropriate images and activity associated with the defendant’s social media accounts, the prosecutor sa…
Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds
Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds A 33-year-old man faces federal charges after sending bomb threats to over 150 school districts, synagogues, airports, hospitals, and malls in several states, including New York and Connecticut, officials announced. Peru resident Eddie Manuel Nunez Santos, age 33, was arrested by Peruvian authorities on Tuesday, Sept. 26 after allegedly placing a string of bomb threats in New York, Connecticut, Arizona, and Alaska in retaliation against teenage girls for them refusing to send him sexually explicit photos, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced.  A…
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A 22-year-old security guard from Teaneck was busted on Thursday for trafficking child porn, authorities said. Dashawn D. Hooks already had a record that included a fierce broad-daylight struggle with a female mugging victim in Englewood a few years ago. This time, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, Cyber Crimes Unit investigators found that Hooks “used the Internet to view, download, possess, distribute, and share items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children.” Hooks was charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, t…
Jersey Shore Man Caught With 1,000 Child Porn Images, Marijuana Plants: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Caught With 1,000 Child Porn Images, Marijuana Plants: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Caught With 1,000 Child Porn Images, Marijuana Plants: Prosecutor A 41-year-old Jersey Shore man has been arrested on child pornography charges and for possessing marijuana plants, authorities said. Michael Kozdron, of Little Egg Harbor Township, was charged on Tuesday, June 20 with possession and distribution of child pornography, and several drug offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit identified an IP address associated with a Little Egg Harbor Township residence as a location where an individual was uploading images of child p…
Jersey Shore Police Officer Had 100 Child Pornography Images: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Police Officer Had 100 Child Pornography Images: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Police Officer Had 100 Child Pornography Images: Prosecutor A 57-year-old police officer from Brick Township has been charged with possession of child pornography, authorities said. John Kisch was arrested on Tuesday, June 13, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The investigation was the result of a referral from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The ICAC Task Force received cyber-tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual was uploading images of child pornography to the internet, Billhimer said. An investigation by the Ocean County…
Shamer Sentenced For Sharing, Collecting Child Porn In MD Shamer Sentenced For Sharing, Collecting Child Porn In MD
Shamer Sentenced For Sharing, Collecting Child Porn In MD Officials say that a 21-year-old Pasadena man with peculiar sexual proclivities will spend years behind bars for collecting and discussing child porn depicting toddlers getting sexually abused. Raymond Martin Shamer III was sentenced to 50 months in prison, followed by 45 years of supervised release for the possession and distribution of child pornography over the course of several months while he was still a teenager. Shamer admitted that between July 2019 and late June 2020, he took to the Internet to talk about, distribute, and collect child porn, some of which showed adults sexually abu…
Mother Who Documented Sexual Abuse Of Infant In MD Gets 80 Years: Feds Mother Who Documented Sexual Abuse Of Infant In MD Gets 80 Years: Feds
Mother Who Documented Sexual Abuse Of Infant In MD Gets 80 Years: Feds A Cecil County child abuser will spend decades in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to sexually assault an infant over the course of nearly two years. The creepy case of Summer Nichole McCroskey, 25, has come to a close after she was sentenced to 80 years in prison on Thursday, May 18, for her participation in a chilling conspiracy to document the molestation of her child with another man, authorities announced. Prosecutors say that McCroskey and Elkton resident Lawrence Aquilla Colby IV began abusing the girl when she was 4 months old, and it continued through at least October 2…
Enticing Minors Online: Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Illegal Sexual Activity Enticing Minors Online: Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Illegal Sexual Activity
Enticing Minors Online: Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Illegal Sexual Activity A Hudson Valley man will spend decades in prison for using the internet to entice minors to engage in sexual activity, federal officials said.  Putnam County resident Marcelo Marin Vargas, age 45, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday, May 9 after pleading guilty to enticing minors to engage in illegal sexual activity over the internet, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.  According to federal officials, Vargas used a computer and the internet to persuade, entice, and coerce three underage girls to send him images and videos o…
Tip Lands Capital Region Man In Jail On Child Porn Charges, Police Say Tip Lands Capital Region Man In Jail On Child Porn Charges, Police Say
Tip Lands Capital Region Man In Jail On Child Porn Charges, Police Say A man from the region is facing child pornography charges following a cyber tip to police, authorities said. Albany County resident Jason Sammon, age 39, of Bethlehem, was arrested Thursday, May 4, days after troopers searched his home, according to New York State Police. During their search, troopers reportedly uncovered evidence that Sammon possessed images “consistent with child sexual exploitation,” police said. The investigation came after the agency received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Sammon was arraigned at the Bethlehem Town Court on t…
Montclair State Junior Who Collected Child Porn Got Kids To Send Sex Vids, Authorities Charge Montclair State Junior Who Collected Child Porn Got Kids To Send Sex Vids, Authorities Charge
Montclair State Junior Who Collected Child Porn Got Kids To Send Sex Vids, Authorities Charge Investigators who arrested a student at Montclair State University for collecting child porn made a frightening discovery after raiding his dorm room, authorities said. The MSU junior from Burlington County had contacted underage children online using a bogus identity, then engaged them in sexually explicit chats – and even had some send him videos of them pleasuring themselves, they said. Keyon Luff, 21, of Edgewater Park, was arrested by state Division of Criminal Justice detectives assisted by Montclair State police during a raid of his on-campus dorm room last week, New Jersey Attorney …
Construction Worker Living In Cliffside Park Busted For Child Porn Construction Worker Living In Cliffside Park Busted For Child Porn
Construction Worker Living In Cliffside Park Busted For Child Porn A married construction worker who lives in Cliffside Park was arrested by authorities who said he collected child porn. Valter M. Garcia Cordova, a 39-year-old Ecuadorian national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, April 27. He’d been arrested a day earlier, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, by members of his Cyber Crimes Unit who’d conducted a court-approved search of Cordova’s Longview Avenue home off Edgewater Road. Cordova “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the…
Convicted NJ Sex Offender Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Convicted NJ Sex Offender Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Convicted NJ Sex Offender Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A retired Marine from South Jersey who'd previously been convicted of having sex with an underage Pennsylvania girl was arrested by federal agents on child porn charges, authorities said. A U.S. District Court judge in Camden released Matthew Knapp, 38, of Lindenwold, on an unsecured bond following his arrest by Homeland Security Investigations agents last week, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Monday, Feb. 27. The agents found Knapp sharing the images from his home, the U.S. attorney said. A warranted search of the residence produced the seizure of, among other things, “a co…
Maryland Woman Admits To Documenting Sexual Abuse Of Infant: Feds Maryland Woman Admits To Documenting Sexual Abuse Of Infant: Feds
Maryland Woman Admits To Documenting Sexual Abuse Of Infant: Feds A Maryland mother will spend years behind bars after sexually abusing her infant until she became a toddler and sharing imagery of the molestation in Cecil County, the Department of Justice announced. Summer Nichole McCroskey, 25, of Elkton, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 2 to federal charges related to her participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child from the time she was approximately 4-months-old until she was 2-year-old, which was documented, produced, and distributed on the Internet. McCroskey admitted that she and a co-conspirator sexually abuse the child through at least…
Pharmacy Tech Busted With Prepubescent Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor Pharmacy Tech Busted With Prepubescent Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor
Pharmacy Tech Busted With Prepubescent Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor A 25-year-old pharmacy technician from Hackensack was arrested with prepubescent child pornography, authorities said. Gregory R. Donlan was charged with possessing child sexual abuse material, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love. On Thursday, Jan. 19, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit made a warranted search at Donlan's apartment, Musella said. The investigation allegedly revealed that Donlan used the …
‘Macho’ Man Who Shared Child Porn Through Phone On Gmail, Social Media Gets 8 Years: NJ Feds ‘Macho’ Man Who Shared Child Porn Through Phone On Gmail, Social Media Gets 8 Years: NJ Feds
‘Macho’ Man Who Shared Child Porn Through Phone On Gmail, Social Media Gets 8 Years: NJ Feds A South Jersey man must spend the next eight years in federal prison for trafficking child porn. Edwin “Macho” Torres, 39, of Bridgeton, must serve out the entire plea-bargained term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Unlike many of his kind, Torres didn’t operate on the dark web. Instead, he used his phone to upload more than 100 videos of child sexual abuse through a Gmail account to a social media app, investigators said. This led special agents of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in Newark and the bureau’s Atlantic City Resident Agency…