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Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG
Former Police Officer Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Students: PA AG A former police officer assigned to protect students at a Pennsylvania high school has been convicted of sexually abusing them years ago, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. Stephen J. Carroll, 50, was found guilty of rape and 28 other offenses following a four-day trial in Lackawanna County, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Carroll served as a Scranton police officer and school resource officer at West Scranton High School when the abuse occurred in the late 2000s and early 2010s, as Daily Voice previously reported.  Testimony at trial…
Waldorf Man Who 'Shattered Child's Sense Of Safety' In Maryland Learns Prison Fate Waldorf Man Who 'Shattered Child's Sense Of Safety' In Maryland Learns Prison Fate
Waldorf Man Who 'Shattered Child's Sense Of Safety' In Maryland Learns Prison Fate A 40-year-old Maryland man received the max sentence after preying on a minor over the course of nearly two years.  Waldorf resident Terrod Lamar Branson has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, with 21 years to serve, for the sexual abuse of a minor that occurred between 2023 and 2025, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. The last reported incident of abuse occurred in July 2025, according to court documents. “Few crimes are more disturbing and devastating than the sexual abuse of a child. These offenses shatter a child’s sense of safety, betray their trust, an…
Disgraced LI Doc’s Sex Abuse Scandal Tops $1 Billion in Victim Settlements: Feds Disgraced LI Doc’s Sex Abuse Scandal Tops $1 Billion in Victim Settlements: Feds
Disgraced LI Doc’s Sex Abuse Scandal Tops $1 Billion in Victim Settlements: Feds A former Long Island doctor’s sexual abuse of young boys and men has led to more than $1 billion in settlement payouts, according to court documents filed Monday, July 27. Darius Paduch, 59, was sentenced to life in prison back in 2024, but federal investigators were still looking into Weill Cornell Medicine for failing to prevent or report Paduch’s abuse for more than a decade. Despite multiple complaints about Paduch’s behavior as a urologist at Weill Cornell from 2007 to 2019, he was able to transfer to Northwell Health on Long Island, where he worked from 2019 until 2023, according to f…
Convicted Sex Offender Gropes Woman Sitting In Car With Child In Westbury: Police Convicted Sex Offender Gropes Woman Sitting In Car With Child In Westbury: Police
Convicted Sex Offender Gropes Woman Sitting In Car With Child In Westbury: Police A previously convicted sex offender is accused of opening a woman's car door and forcibly touching her while she was sitting inside with her young daughter, Nassau County Police announced on Sunday, July 5. The incident happened near the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and South Grand Street at 9:23 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, police said. A 22-year-old woman was sitting in her parked vehicle with her daughter when a man allegedly opened the vehicle's door, forcibly touched her, and then ran from the scene on foot. Following an investigation, detectives arrested Mohammed Karimzada, 53, of West…
Smithville Shrink Admits To Prescribing Meds For Sex: Feds Smithville Shrink Admits To Prescribing Meds For Sex: Feds
Smithville Shrink Admits To Prescribing Meds For Sex: Feds A 73-year-old Cape May County man pleaded guilty to issuing invalid prescriptions for various drugs to his sexual partners and known drug addicts, authorities announced Wednesday, June 24. Louis Morelli pleaded guilty to 17 counts of causing, with the intent to defraud and mislead, prescription drugs to be dispensed without valid prescriptions after he prescribed drugs like Adderall, Vyvanse and Xanax, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazier said. While operating his own psychiatry practice in Smithville, Morelli issued the prescriptions to 17 different patients, outside of his professional pract…
‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Allentown Church Leader, Coach Who Kidnapped Girl To Mexico Found Dead ‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Allentown Church Leader, Coach Who Kidnapped Girl To Mexico Found Dead
‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Allentown Church Leader, Coach Who Kidnapped Girl To Mexico Found Dead Kevin Esterly — the Pennsylvania man who fled to Mexico with a teenage girl in 2018 and was later convicted of repeatedly raping her as a child — died by suicide while incarcerated at Lehigh County Jail, authorities announced on Monday, June 22. Esterly, 53, was pronounced dead at 2:16 a.m. in the emergency department at St. Luke's Hospital-Allentown Campus after being found unresponsive in his single cell at the jail, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. District Attorney Gavin Holihan said Esterly was found shortly before 1:30 a.m. hanging by a bedsheet tied to the top bun…
Child Sexual Abuse Allegation From 2013 Leads To Man's Arrest: NYSP Child Sexual Abuse Allegation From 2013 Leads To Man's Arrest: NYSP
Child Sexual Abuse Allegation From 2013 Leads To Man's Arrest: Nysp A child sexual abuse allegation dating back more than a decade has led to an arrest, New York State Police announced on Wednesday, June 17. Ricky M. Baker, 46, of Granville, was charged with Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree following an investigation into allegations involving a child, according to State Police. Troopers received information on June 1 indicating a past sexual assault of a child, police said. The investigation determined that in 2013, Baker allegedly had sexual contact with a child younger than 14 years old while in Granville, according to investigators. Baker surrendered…
CyberTip Leads To Grok AI-Generated Child Porn: Bucks County DA CyberTip Leads To Grok AI-Generated Child Porn: Bucks County DA
CyberTip Leads To Grok Ai-generated Child Porn: Bucks County DA A Pennsylvania man is accused of using artificial intelligence software to create child sexual abuse material, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, June 10. Harry Tiffany IV, 66, of New Britain Borough, was charged after investigators traced dozens of AI-generated child pornography files to his Grok account and electronic devices, according to Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan. The investigation began on May 20 after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children forwarded seven CyberTips received from X.AI LLC, authorities said. The reports flagged 37 unique image files that…
Nanjemoy Man Facing Nearly 1,500 Years Behind Bars In Child Porn Case Learns Prison Fate Nanjemoy Man Facing Nearly 1,500 Years Behind Bars In Child Porn Case Learns Prison Fate
Nanjemoy Man Facing Nearly 1,500 Years Behind Bars In Child Porn Case Learns Prison Fate A 66-year-old Maryland man who was facing more than 1,400 years in prison for hundreds of child porn offenses has learned his prison fate. Nanjemoy native Dennis Demoine Smith has been sentenced to 118 years in prison after being convicted at trial of 28 counts of use of a computer to depict minors in a sexual act and 237 counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office. Prosecutors say that between January and April 2023, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received 14 cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploite…
Torture-Murder Case: Woman Who Brutally Killed Partner In New Rochelle Learns Fate Torture-Murder Case: Woman Who Brutally Killed Partner In New Rochelle Learns Fate
Torture-Murder Case: Woman Who Brutally Killed Partner In New Rochelle Learns Fate A woman convicted in Westchester County’s first-ever torture-murder trial will spend the rest of her life in prison — without the possibility of parole.   Kenya Tilford, 43, was sentenced Thursday, April 23, in Westchester County Court by Judge George Fufidio following her conviction in March on first-degree murder under the state’s torture-murder statute, along with multiple other felonies, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced. The case marks the first time the torture-murder provision has been prosecuted in Westchester County. Prosecutors said Tilford sub…
Camera Found In Girls’ Changing Room Leads To Arrest Of Walter Johnson HS Employee: Police Camera Found In Girls’ Changing Room Leads To Arrest Of Walter Johnson HS Employee: Police
Camera Found In Girls’ Changing Room Leads To Arrest Of Walter Johnson HS Employee: Police An employee at a Maryland high school who was caught red-handed installing a camera in a girls' changing room is behind bars, police say. James Mulhern III, 43, a media services technician at Walter Johnson High School, was arrested following a weeklong investigation that led to some unsettling discoveries, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. On April 15, school officials notified police that on Tuesday, April 7, two students at Walter Johnson High School found a video camera in the control booth of the school’s theater.  Police say one of the students viewed…
Church Choir Director From Westbury Sexually Assaults Teen In Parking Lot: Cops Church Choir Director From Westbury Sexually Assaults Teen In Parking Lot: Cops
Church Choir Director From Westbury Sexually Assaults Teen In Parking Lot: Cops A church choir director has been arrested for sexually abusing a teenage girl in the church parking lot earlier this year on Long Island, authorities said. Selvin Bonilla Navarrete, 43, of Westbury, is charged with third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to Nassau County police. The incident happened on Sunday, Jan. 4 at approximately 12:30 p.m. at Iglesia Pentecostal Jesus Es Luz on East Meadow Avenue in East Meadow, police said. Detectives said Navarrete, who is a choir director at the church, drove a 14-year-old female victim who is a member of the ch…
Wife Finds iPad Video Of Brookhaven Stepfather Abusing Child: DA Wife Finds iPad Video Of Brookhaven Stepfather Abusing Child: DA
Wife Finds iPad Video Of Brookhaven Stepfather Abusing Child: DA A wife and mother's disturbing discovery on an iPad has lead to decades in prison for a New York stepfather, prosecutors announced on Thursday, March 19. A 37-year-old Brookhaven man was sentenced after admitting to abusing his two stepdaughters, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.  He pleaded guilty to two counts of course of sexual conduct against a child, authorities said.  His sentencing was held before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis, who ordered 30 years in prison followed by 20 years of post-release supervision, prosecutors said.…
Bay Shore Catholic Church Worker, School Bus Driver Charged In Child Sex Assaults Bay Shore Catholic Church Worker, School Bus Driver Charged In Child Sex Assaults
Bay Shore Catholic Church Worker, School Bus Driver Charged In Child Sex Assaults A man who works at a Catholic church and as a school bus driver is accused of sexually abusing two children years apart, Suffolk County police announced on Tuesday, March 10. Bernardo Amaya, 75, of North Bay Shore, was arrested at his home on Pine Grove Boulevard at approximately 5 p.m. after investigators determined he inappropriately touched an 8-year-old girl in August, according to Suffolk County Police. During the investigation, Special Victims Section detectives learned Amaya had also inappropriately touched a 22-year-old woman when she was 4 years old during incidents in May and Jun…
US Embassy Employee From Maryland Gets Life For Repeatedly Raping Teens In West Africa: DOJ US Embassy Employee From Maryland Gets Life For Repeatedly Raping Teens In West Africa: DOJ
US Embassy Employee From Maryland Gets Life For Repeatedly Raping Teens In West Africa: DOJ A former US Embassy employee who repeatedly raped two teenage girls while representing the country overseas will spend the rest of his life behind bars, a federal judge ruled in Maryland. Takoma Park native Fode Sitafa Mara, 41, was sentenced to life in prison in Greenbelt — followed by a lifetime of supervised release for good measure — for forcibly sexually assaulting two girls in Burkina Faso over the course of two years. The rapes were reported in 2022 and 2023 while he was stationed at the US Embassy in Ouagadougou. Prosecutors said Mara repeatedly raped the girls — who were…
Valley Stream Coach Admits Blackmailing Minors Into Sending Sexually Explicit Images Valley Stream Coach Admits Blackmailing Minors Into Sending Sexually Explicit Images
Valley Stream Coach Admits Blackmailing Minors Into Sending Sexually Explicit Images A former Long Island high school assistant coach admitted in federal court that he sexually exploited dozens of minors online, using threats and blackmail to coerce children into sending explicit images. Joseph Garofalo, 21, of Valley Stream, pleaded guilty in Central Islip Thursday, Feb. 5, to sexual exploitation of a child, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. At the time of the crimes, Garofalo was employed as an assistant lacrosse coach at Valley Stream Central High School. Investigators determined he used social media to contact minors and engage …
Man Accused Of Raping Child Under 13 In Yonkers, DA Says: 'Nothing Short Of Shocking' Man Accused Of Raping Child Under 13 In Yonkers, DA Says: 'Nothing Short Of Shocking'
Man Accused Of Raping Child Under 13 In Yonkers, DA Says: 'Nothing Short Of Shocking' A 40-year-old man has been indicted on multiple felony charges in connection with the alleged rape and sexual abuse of a young child in Westchester County, prosecutors announced.  Josue Samuel Cabrera, 40, of Yonkers, was arraigned on Tuesday, Jan. 20, on a six-count indictment charging him with two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child, two counts of first-degree rape, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, Jan. 21.  Prosecutors said the charges stem from allegations that Cabrera sexually…
Youth Leader Accused Of Exploiting Teen At Lancaster Church Waives Hearing: Prosecutors Youth Leader Accused Of Exploiting Teen At Lancaster Church Waives Hearing: Prosecutors
Youth Leader Accused Of Exploiting Teen At Lancaster Church Waives Hearing: Prosecutors A church youth leader accused of exploiting an underage girl will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing, authorities announced on Friday, Jan. 9. Kelvin Daniel Perez, 21, of Martic Township, waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 16, before Magisterial District Judge Joseph Stauffer on a single count of corruption of minors, according to court records. An affidavit obtained by Daily Voice states Perez used his position as a youth leader at Victory Church in Lancaster to cultivate a sexual relationship with a teenage girl who attended the church…
Convicted Child Predator Deported After Serving 18 Months Of 25-Year Sentence In Maryland: ICE Convicted Child Predator Deported After Serving 18 Months Of 25-Year Sentence In Maryland: ICE
Convicted Child Predator Deported After Serving 18 Months Of 25-Year Sentence In Maryland: ICE A convicted child predator from Honduras has been removed from the US after serving just 18 months of a 25-year sentence for sexually abusing a child, federal officials said. ICE Baltimore announced that Josue Munoz-Nunez, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, was arrested and removed after his conviction for sexually abusing a child in Montgomery County in 2022, the agency confirmed on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The removal was carried out by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore Field Office, according to the agency. Federal officials did not release additional details about the vic…
Predator Met 12-Year-Old Boy On Dating App Before Raping, Robbing Him At Amityville Home: DA Predator Met 12-Year-Old Boy On Dating App Before Raping, Robbing Him At Amityville Home: DA
Predator Met 12-Year-Old Boy On Dating App Before Raping, Robbing Him At Amityville Home: DA A Long Island man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly raping and robbing a 12-year-old boy he met online, prosecutors said. Marquise Utsey, 34, of Massapequa, was indicted on rape and related charges in Suffolk County Court Tuesday, Dec. 23, in connection with an alleged assault at an Amityville home earlier this month. Utsey connected with the child through a dating app before going to the boy’s home late in the evening on Saturday, Dec. 6, while the child’s parents were not home, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office. Once inside the residence, Utsey raped the boy and…
Sexual Abuse Of Child Lands Red Hook Man Felony Charge: NYSP Sexual Abuse Of Child Lands Red Hook Man Felony Charge: NYSP
Sexual Abuse Of Child Lands Red Hook Man Felony Charge: Nysp A man is accused of sexually abusing a child younger than 13, New York State Police announced on Sunday, Dec. 14. Julio Cesar Vargas Martinez, 30, of Red Hook, was arrested following an investigation into a reported sexual assault involving a child, according to the release. Investigators with the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Rhinebeck said they received information on Thursday, Dec. 11, about the alleged assault. The investigation determined Vargas Martinez engaged in sexual contact with a victim younger than 13 while being 21 or older, police said. Vargas Mar…
Glen Burnie Man Used Hidden Cameras To Film Underage Family Member, Sheriff Says Glen Burnie Man Used Hidden Cameras To Film Underage Family Member, Sheriff Says
Glen Burnie Man Used Hidden Cameras To Film Underage Family Member, Sheriff Says A Peeping Tom who used hidden cameras to illegally film an underage family member undressing in Maryland has been tracked down. Glen Burnie resident Joseph Glenn Kolbe Jr. is facing more than two dozen charges following an investigation into his "surreptitious recording of an underage family member in various states of undress," according to the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office. An investigation was first launched on Friday, Dec. 5, when the sheriff's office was advised by the Anne Arundel County Police Department that a new warrant had been issued for Kolbe's arrest after his videos we…
Hidden Bathroom Cameras Record Woman, Child In Shower Lead To Sex Abuse Charges: Lancaster DA Hidden Bathroom Cameras Record Woman, Child In Shower Lead To Sex Abuse Charges: Lancaster DA
Hidden Bathroom Cameras Record Woman, Child In Shower Lead To Sex Abuse Charges: Lancaster DA A man is accused of secretly recording a woman and a 10-year-old child in his bathroom, authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 21. Thomas Matthew Bradley, 42,  of West Hempfield Township, was charged after investigators uncovered nude images and videos of the victims at his home in the 3500 block of Marietta Avenue, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. The recordings showed the juvenile in the shower, authorities explained. Bradley was charged with photographing a sex act, two counts of sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a c…
Southeast Man, 23, Uploads Child Sexual Abuse Material Over Snapchat, Sheriff Says Southeast Man, 23, Uploads Child Sexual Abuse Material Over Snapchat, Sheriff Says
Southeast Man, 23, Uploads Child Sexual Abuse Material Over Snapchat, Sheriff Says A 23-year-old Putnam County man has been arrested following a months-long investigation into online child sexual exploitation, authorities said. John K. Solorzano-Guadalupe, a resident of Southeast, was arrested after investigators linked him to a Snapchat account that had uploaded images depicting the sexual exploitation of a prepubescent child, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday, Nov. 17. The case began on Friday, Sept. 5, when the Sheriff’s Office received a referral from the New York State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The referral was triggered…
Nanjemoy Man Faces Nearly 1,500 Years Behind Bars After Child Porn Conviction Nanjemoy Man Faces Nearly 1,500 Years Behind Bars After Child Porn Conviction
Nanjemoy Man Faces Nearly 1,500 Years Behind Bars After Child Porn Conviction A 66-year-old Maryland man is facing nearly 1,500 years in prison after being found guilty of hundreds of child porn offenses, authorities announced. Nanjemoy native Dennis Demoine Smith was convicted following a three-day trial of 28 counts of use of a computer to depict minors in a sexual act and 237 counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office. Prosecutors say that between January and April 2023, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office received 14 cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). …
'Necessary For Survival' Teenager Raped By Elderly Man In Manheim Township For Years: DA 'Necessary For Survival' Teenager Raped By Elderly Man In Manheim Township For Years: DA
'Necessary For Survival' Teenager Raped By Elderly Man In Manheim Township For Years: DA An elderly man accused of sexually abusing a teenager over several years in Manheim Township has waived his preliminary hearing, sending the case to county court, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Joseph Gerald Meyer, 71, of Luzerne Township, waived his hearing before Judge Courtney Monson on Sept. 26. He is facing 24 felony and misdemeanor charges, including four counts of rape, five counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, one count of statutory sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault, and three counts of aggravated indecent as…
Undercover Agent Solicited By Mount Joy Man Trying To Trade Child Sexual Abuse Material: AG Undercover Agent Solicited By Mount Joy Man Trying To Trade Child Sexual Abuse Material: AG
Undercover Agent Solicited By Mount Joy Man Trying To Trade Child Sexual Abuse Material: AG A man is accused of soliciting an undercover agent he believed was an 11-year-old girl and trading child sexual abuse material in online groups, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Geoffrey Ottens, 59, of Wood Street in Mount Joy, was charged with felony unlawful contact with a minor (rape of a child), felony unlawful contact with a minor (involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child), and multiple related felonies for disseminating and possessing over 100 files of child sexual abuse material, according to the Office of Attorney General. Ottens wa…
Trump Threatens To 'Test ABC' Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Return, Citing Earlier $16M Settlement Trump Threatens To 'Test ABC' Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Return, Citing Earlier $16M Settlement
Trump Threatens To 'Test ABC' Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Return, Citing Earlier $16M Settlement President Donald Trump is threatening to sue ABC over Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night, accusing the network of misleading the White House and blasting the host’s show. On Tuesday night, Sept. 23, just before "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was set to air again, Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his ‘talent’ was never there.  "Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who …
Retarded Children Association Driver Abused Jericho Passenger For 3 Years: Police Retarded Children Association Driver Abused Jericho Passenger For 3 Years: Police
Retarded Children Association Driver Abused Jericho Passenger For 3 Years: Police A Roosevelt man is accused of sexually abusing a disabled woman during van rides over three years in Jericho, Nassau County police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Steven Harrison, 62, of Powell Street, was employed as a van driver for the Association for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC), according to detectives. That beginning in March 2022, Harrison repeatedly stopped at the parking lot of the Home Depot at 86 Jericho Turnpike while transporting a 24-year-old woman home and engaged in sexual contact with her, police said. The victim, now 27, disclosed the abuse to a family member on T…
Man Gave 17-Year-Old Alcohol, Subjected Them To Sexual Conduct In Saugerties: Police Man Gave 17-Year-Old Alcohol, Subjected Them To Sexual Conduct In Saugerties: Police
Man Gave 17-Year-Old Alcohol, Subjected Them To Sexual Conduct In Saugerties: Police An Ulster County man faces multiple charges after an investigation into sexual misconduct with a minor led to a police raid, authorities said. The arrest happened on Wednesday, July 30, when New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Kingston took 42-year-old James M. Benson of Saugerties into custody, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 23.  According to investigators, the case began on Monday, July 28, after police received information that Benson had alleged sexual contact with a 17-year-old victim by forcible compulsion and gave the minor alcohol. …
Elon Musk's Father Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Own Children, New York Times Reports Elon Musk's Father Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Own Children, New York Times Reports
Elon Musk's Father Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Own Children, New York Times Reports A New York Times investigation published Tuesday, Sept. 23 alleges that Errol Musk — the 79-year-old father of billionaire Elon Musk — sexually abused five of his children and stepchildren beginning in the early 1990s. Errol Musk, who lives in South Africa, has been named in police and court records as well as family interviews, according to the scathing report. The earliest accusation dates back to 1993, when his then-4-year-old stepdaughter reportedly told relatives he touched her at the family’s home, The Times report says. Other family members later accused him of abusing two daughters a…