Pennsylvania Predator Extorts NJ Child Into Sending $13,000, Self-Made Porn Pics, Feds Charge
An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man extorted nearly $13,000 from a New Jersey juvenile in exchange for not posting sexually explicit images that he'd convinced the victim to send him, federal authorities charged.
Diego Ramos, 19, of Blakeslee, PA used multiple Instagram accounts and other social media and messaging platforms to successfully coerce the Perth Amboy minor into send him sexually explicit images and videos beginning late this past May, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
He'd already gotten the victim to pay $12,982 to stop him from publicly releasing those images when he "threa…
Melville Man Sentenced After Months-Long Investigation Into Child Pornography, Coercion Crimes
A Long Island man was sentenced after a months-long investigation into child pornography and coercion crimes.
Bradley Garyn, age 29, of Melville, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 21, to an indeterminate prison term of five to 15 years, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced.
“This defendant exploited numerous young and impressionable teenagers in order to satisfy his own prurient and repugnant desires,” Tierney said. “The actions by this defendant will not be tolerated in Suffolk County, and the term of imprisonment he will serve for these crimes, as well as the o…
Former Coach In Hudson Valley Charged With Transporting Minors, Now Cops, To Engage In Sex Acts
A former diving coach in the Hudson Valley is facing federal charges, years after he allegedly transported teenagers across state lines for sex.
Victor Byrne, age 56, who formerly coached competitive divers in Rockland County, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Orlando, Florida.
Federal prosecutors said Byrne transported a 16-year-old victim from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Rockland County to engage in illegal sexual activity in July 2006.
In February 2008, he transported another 16-year-old from New Jersey to Rockland County, again to engage in illegal sex, prosecutors said.
Byrne worked…
DC Man Admits To Posing As Young Girl To Exploit 10-Year-Old Child: DOJ
A man from D.C. pled guilty to the sexual exploitation of a young child, officials said.
Christopher Young, 31, pretended to be a young girl and reached out to a 10-year-old in June 2019 to exploit her, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Young blackmailed the young girl as a way to sexually abuse her, and told her that if she did not engage in sexual acts with him, he would send embarrassing pictures of the victim to her family, officials said.
Law enforcement discovered pictures of Young's sexual abuse, that he took, on his email account, authorities said.
The 10-year-old bravely e…
