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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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…