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Feds: 82-Year-Old NJ Man Collected, Shared Hundreds Of Child Porn Vids, Pics
An 82-year-old Morris County man was charged with trafficking child porn after authorities said he shared videos with an undercover detective.
William Harbeson, 82, of Boonton, was released by a federal judge in Newark on $100,000 unsecured bond, with conditions, after being charged by agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations New Jersey Division.
Harberson “distributed videos of child sexual abuse via a publicly available online peer-to-peer file-sharing program,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
What Harberson did…
Ex-Youth Pastor In VA Busted With Child Porn While On Probation For Another Sex Crime: Feds
A former youth pastor in Virginia pled guilty to distributing child pornography, while he was on probation for a different sex offense, officials reported.
Deric Peacock, 39, of Highland Springs, used a messaging platform called "Wickr", to distribute the child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
He committed this crime while on probation for two previous convictions. Peacock allegedly solicited sex acts on the computer, from someone who was believed to be under 15 years old, authorities said.
When Peacock used "Wickr" to distribute the child pornography, …
DC Man Admits To Sexually Abusing His Sisters, Infant For Years: Feds
A DC man pleaded guilty to charges related to his sexual abuse of children for six years, officials said.
Law enforcement's investigations revealed that Matthew Stitt-Johnson, 31, sexually abused three children, an 8-year-old, a 5-year-old, and an 8-month-old, between 2015 and 2020, according to the US Attorney's Office.
Though the five-year-old and her sister reported the abuse to their mother, nothing was reported to the police at that time, authorities said.
In 2021, after police received a tip about the suspect, they found videos depicting the sexual abuse of the five-year-old vic…
