Convicted Sex Offender In Beltsville Gets Decades In Prison For Preying On Minors Online: Feds Convicted Sex Offender In Beltsville Gets Decades In Prison For Preying On Minors Online: Feds
Convicted Sex Offender In Beltsville Gets Decades In Prison For Preying On Minors Online: Feds A previously convicted sex offender in Maryland who targeted underage girls using online apps is going to spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced. Beltsville resident Brian Patrick Werth, 40, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison after being convicted by a jury at a three-day trial for producing child sexual abuse material. Werth was convicted of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and engaging with a minor as a registered sex offender. According to court documents, between January 2021 and June 2021, Werth communicated with unde…
New Charges For Alleged Stalker From Brandywine Who Shared Revenge Porn Of Ex: Feds New Charges For Alleged Stalker From Brandywine Who Shared Revenge Porn Of Ex: Feds
New Charges For Alleged Stalker From Brandywine Who Shared Revenge Porn Of Ex: Feds A Maryland man is facing years behind bars after being found guilty of stalking, threatening, and targeting his ex-girlfriends in a campaign of harassment that included shooting at one of their homes. Nahvarj Mills, 31, of Brandywine, was convicted this week in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on 24 counts, including: Cyberstalking; Unlawful publication of sexually explicit images; Assault with a dangerous weapon; Possession of a firearm during a crime of violence; Unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors said Mills targeted two women between November 2023 and Januar…
Twice-Convicted Sex Offender From Baltimore Gets Life For Exploiting 16 Children: Feds Twice-Convicted Sex Offender From Baltimore Gets Life For Exploiting 16 Children: Feds
Twice-Convicted Sex Offender From Baltimore Gets Life For Exploiting 16 Children: Feds A twice-convicted sex offender in Maryland who sexually abused more than a dozen minors is set to spend the rest of his life in prison, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. Gary Rocky Jones, 43, of Baltimore, was sentenced by a judge to life in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for the sexual exploitation of 16 minors.  According to prosecutors, two times between 2014 and 2015, Jones produced images and videos of a young boy - who was between the ages of 14 and 15 at the time - to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Additionally, as detail…
Wrestling Coach From Raritan Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor Wrestling Coach From Raritan Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor
Wrestling Coach From Raritan Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor A 52-year-old Raritan Borough resident and middle school wrestling coach was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Dec. 17, with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Nicholas Cringoli, who works as a paraprofessional with the Franklin Township school district as well as wrestling coach, uploaded images of child exploitation or abuse of a child, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Raritan Borough Chief of Police Thomas Fisher said. A seizure of Cringoli's electronic devices revealed&…
Lawrenceville OB-GYN's License Suspended Amid Sexual Abuse Accusations By Two Patients: AG Lawrenceville OB-GYN's License Suspended Amid Sexual Abuse Accusations By Two Patients: AG
Lawrenceville Ob-gyn's License Suspended Amid Sexual Abuse Accusations By Two Patients: AG A Mercer County OB-GYN had his medical license suspended after he was accused of sexually exploiting two longtime patients during routine exams, authorities said. The state Board of Medical Examiners has temporarily suspended the medical license of Dr. Bruce Pierce, Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the state Division of Consumer Affairs said in a news release on Monday, Dec. 2. Dr. Pierce worked at Delaware Valley OBGYN & Princeton Midwifery in Lawrenceville. His biography was removed from the practice's website as of press time. The doctor's suspension came after tw…
Child Sexual Predator Arrested After Vigilante Group Points Finger: Bensalem Police Child Sexual Predator Arrested After Vigilante Group Points Finger: Bensalem Police
Child Sexual Predator Arrested After Vigilante Group Points Finger: Bensalem Police A Bensalem man was arrested after a vigilante group that confronts alleged child predators on camera turned him in to authorities, police said. Keith Page, 67, of Byberry Road, Bensalem, was the target of a vigilante group called "Predator Poachers," that confronts alleged child predators on camera to promote their social media pages, according to the Bensalem Police Department.  The vigilantes reported their interaction with Page to police on Monday, Nov. 4, police said. A member of the group posed as an 11-year-old girl on Facebook when Page engaged with this persona via chat, accor…
Troy Man Nabbed For Child Porn After Cyber Tip Troy Man Nabbed For Child Porn After Cyber Tip
Troy Man Nabbed For Child Porn After Cyber Tip A Captial Region man was busted with child pornography after New York State Police received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Rensselaer County resident Andrew M. Squillari, age 26, of Troy, was charged on Wednesday, Oct. 23, following an investigation by the State Police and the US Department of Homeland Security. According to Trooper Stephanie O'Neil, Squillari is accused of promoting and possessing images consistent with child sexual exploitation.  His arrest followed an investigation and the execution of a search warrant at his residence…
Brooklyn Man Forced NJ Child Into Prostitution: Feds Brooklyn Man Forced NJ Child Into Prostitution: Feds
Brooklyn Man Forced NJ Child Into Prostitution: Feds A 30-year-old Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to forcing a New Jersey girl into prostitution on Tuesday, Oct. 22, authorities said. In 2019, Soauib Butcher brought the girl by train to New York City, where he instructed the victim to perform oral sex for money on a rooftop in Brooklyn, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said.  Several days later, Butcher brought the victim to Elizabeth where, from August 2019 to January 2020, the victim stayed with Butcher and another person in a series of motel rooms, Sellinger said. The conspirator posted advertisements depicting the victim on escor…
Former Prison Guard Sentenced For Child Exploitation, Child Porn Offenses In Virginia: Feds Former Prison Guard Sentenced For Child Exploitation, Child Porn Offenses In Virginia: Feds
Former Prison Guard Sentenced For Child Exploitation, Child Porn Offenses In Virginia: Feds A former prison officer at the Coffeewood Correctional Center in Virginia will spend decades in prison after paying a minor in exchange for multiple sexually explicit images and video, officials say. Davey Jonathan Sisk, 30, of Culpepper, pleaded guilty over the summer to federal charges in connection to child exploitation and child porn possession, authorities announced. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, prosecutors announced that Sisk has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. According to court documents, between June 2023 and February, Sisk used the social media app "Telegram" to coerce another pe…
Castleton On Hudson Man Nabbed With Child Pornography Castleton On Hudson Man Nabbed With Child Pornography
Castleton On Hudson Man Nabbed With Child Pornography A Capital Region man is behind bars after being nabbed with child pornography following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Rensselaer County resident Brayden P. Ayer, age 20, of Castleton on Hudson, was charged on Friday, Sept. 27, for promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual performance by a child. According to New York State Police Trooper Stephanie O'Neil, Ayer is accused of promoting and possessing images consistent with child sexual exploitation.  O'Neil said his arrest followed an investigation and the execution of a searc…
Nyack Man Nabbed In Undercover Online Predator Sting, Rockland DA Says Nyack Man Nabbed In Undercover Online Predator Sting, Rockland DA Says
Nyack Man Nabbed In Undercover Online Predator Sting, Rockland DA Says A man is facing multiple charges after an online predator sting in the region. From Tuesday, April 30, through Sunday, Sept. 1 of this year, Robert Fidler age 66, of Nyack engaged in internet chats and attempted to arrange meetings with what he thought were two teenage girls, the Rockland County District Attorney's Office said. An undercover officer of the DA Office's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force had assumed the personas of 13- and 14-year-old girls. During the conversations, Fidler described how he and the undercover officer would engage in sexual contact whe…
Mugshot Of PA Snapchatter Accused Of Luring Juvenile To Bergen County Hotel For Sex Released Mugshot Of PA Snapchatter Accused Of Luring Juvenile To Bergen County Hotel For Sex Released
Mugshot Of PA Snapchatter Accused Of Luring Juvenile To Bergen County Hotel For Sex Released Daily Voice has received the mugshot of a 37-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of arranging a sexual encounter with a child under 16 years old at a New Jersey hotel. Thomas G. Rutledge, of Green Lane (Montgomery County), PA began talking with the child over Snapchat, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Rutledge was a stranger to the child, and engaged in "sexually explicit" conversations, Musella said. Teaneck police were tipped off to an incident of luring within their jurisdiction on Monday, Feb. 19. An investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office und…