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Arlington Schools Employee Showed Porn To Three Children: Police
An Arlington Public Schools Extended Day employee is facing charges for showing pornography to three juveniles, police said. Matthew Pineda, 18, of Fairfax County, is charged with possession of child pornography and assault and battery. Police said he became the center of an investigation on April 19 and was being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Center. Anyone with information related to the investigation or past inappropriate encounters with Pineda is asked to contact Detective R. Munizza at rmunizza@arlingtonva.us or 703-228-4171. Information may also be p…
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Virginia Creep, 38, With Ties To Cheerleading Club Arrested For Reproducing Child Porn: Cops
A 38-year-old man with ties to Virginia has been arrested for generating and possessing child pornography, police said. Jason Robert Fragale, of Leesburg, VA and Kissimmee, FL, was arrested in February at a Florida airport, in an apparent attempt to flee the country, Virginia State Police said in a joint release with officials in Florida. He had been charged with 10 felony warrants out of Loudoun County: Five for possession of child porn and five for reproduction of child porn, Fragale is believed to have contacted children through messaging apps and may have victims in Florida.…
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Man With Videos Depicting Rape, 'Sadistic Sexual Abuse Of Prepubescent Girls' Convicted In DC
Google helped nab a District man who was busted attempting to scrub child porn files depicting the rape and sadistic sexual abuse of prepubescent girls from his computer who was found guilty on charge porn offenses, federal authorities announced. Stephen Rattley Johnson, 36, is facing years in federal prison after being found guilty on a host of child porn charges when investigators in DC made grisly discoveries on his devices. According to court documents, in September and October 2020, Johnson uploaded hundreds of child porn files to his Google Drive account, which was flagged …
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Convicted Sex Offender Admits To Planning Meet With Undercover Agent's Young 'Daughter' In DC
A previously convicted sex offender from Maryland admitted in DC District Court on Wednesday to distributing more than 20 videos depicting men sexually abusing toddlers and infants to an undercover officer, federal authorities announced. Harwood resident Raymon Edward Dandridge, 39, who was already serving a sentence out of Anne Arundel County for possession of child porn in 2022, admitted on April 10 to sharing the child sexual abuse materials, and will now face more than another decade in prison. According to court documents, Dandridge - also known as “D4ALL” and “Ray Gozeinu” - communica…
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VA Teacher Found With Child Porn Amid Investigation Into Sexual Relationship With Minor: Cops
A teacher from Virginia was found with child porn amid an investigation into a possible sexual relationship with a child, police said. William Riddell, 40, of Chantilly, was arrested in Kansas on March 30, the Fairfax County Police Department said. The investigation into Riddell began when detectives learned he may have had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a child in Fairfax County, police said. Riddell privately taught music in the Chantilly area and was employed with Loudoun County Public Schools between 2008 and 2013 as a part-time substitute teacher. In 2012, Riddell was a…
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Florida Man Caught Filming Women In American University Bathroom Busted With Child Porn: Feds
A Peeping Tom from Florida who was busted with more than 1,000 images of child after recording a woman in a bathroom at American University in DC has been sentenced. Orlando resident Kyle Blanco, 21, was sentenced on Wednesday to 71 months in prison for being caught with child porn after attempting to surreptitiously record women as they used bathroom stalls at the university, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors say that in March 2022, an American University student caught Blanco attempting to subtlety film her with his phone from an adjacent stall in a gender-neutral bathroom. …
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Five Men Seeking Sex With Children Arrested In Fairfax County: Police
Five men who came to Fairfax County looking for sex with a child they'd met online were greeted by police, who swiftly took them into custody. "The offenders came to Fairfax County with the intention of committing a sex act with the minor, only to discover Child Exploitation Unit (CEXU) detectives and Street Crimes detectives waiting for them," county police said in a release. The five men ranged in age from 24-53 and were charged with a total of 12 felonies. They are: Steven Morales, 30, of Woodbridge: arrested and charged with Solicitation of a Minor and Attempted Indecent Libert…
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District Man Busted With Toddler Torture Porn In Southeast Heading To Prison: Feds
A District man who collected images and videos of child porn - some of which depicted the rape and torture of children as young as toddlers - will spend years in prison, federal authorities announced. Southeast DC resident Donte Mintz, 30, has been sentenced to 72 months in prison after pleading guilty last summer to attempted receipt of child pornography, which was accepted by a judge on Tuesday, April 2. According to court documents, Mintz possessed, received, and distributed child pornography in October 2020, which was flagged by an employee at Dropbox, who tipped off the…
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Convicted Sex Offender Caught With 10,000 Child Porn Images On 10 Devices Gets 10 Years In DC
A previously convicted sex offender who collected a massive library of child porn using questionable alias' online is heading to prison for the next decade, federal authorities announced. District resident Morez King, 34, was sentenced to one year in prison for every thousand images of child porn he was caught with after being busted by investigators with 10,000 files on 10 different devices featuring illicit materials involving minors. According to court documents, King first made contact with an undercover agent with Homeland Security Investigations in January 2020. King, a/k/a “pervboi3…
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Virginia Man Behind Bars After Being Busted With Child Porn On His Devices: Police
A wide-ranging, "extensive" investigation involving multiple agencies led to the apprehension of a 42-year-old man in Virginia who is facing child porn charges. Leesburg resident Luke Mulligan, 42, was arrested on Thursday morning after being tied to illicit materials that were tracked back to his electronic devices by local, state, and federal investigators. On March 14, members of the Leesburg Police Department arrested Mulligan and executed a search warrant in the 600 block of Rockbridge Drive, SE, "which was obtained after a thorough investigation stemming from the discovery of sex…
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Virginia Man Studying Law In PA Busted Sharing Child Porn With Undercover Agent In DC: Feds
A Virginia man is facing federal charges in DC for allegedly distributing child porn while he was a law student in Pennsylvania, authorities say. Andrey Chun Sarmiento, 24, of Hallwood, has been indicted in DC on charges after he was busted by a member of the Metropolitan Police Department-FBI Child Exploitation Task Force who went undercover, according to the DOJ. The indictment states that on Tuesday, Feb. 13, Chun Sarmiento sent various video files depicting men engaging in sexually explicit conduct with minors through an encrypted instant messaging app. On that day, investiga…
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VA Man Arrested At Store Before Cops Raid Home In Child Internet Crimes Investigation: Police
A 34-year-old Virginia man is facing charges in Pennsylvania for chatting with juveniles online and soliciting explicit images from them, authorities said. The tips regarding Jesse Abercrombie, of Stafford, came in to the Stafford County Sheriff's Computer Crime Unit in October 2023, Sheriff David Decatur said. "The tips involved a possible Stafford man communicating with juveniles over social media in an attempt to solicit explicit images from them," Decatur said. "These tips continued into January 2024. Through their combined efforts, ICAC and Detective Martin were able to ide…
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Canadian National Charged In DC After Chatting With Undercover Agent Posing As Pedophile: Feds
A 31-year-old Canadian national was arrested in his Washington DC home this week and faces child pornography charges following an FBI investigation monitoring predators online, federal authorities announced. Matthew Norman Ballek, of Saskatchewan, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon following an indictment that charged him with the distribution of child pornography after he distributed video files of men engaging in sexually explicit conduct with minors. According to the indictment, on Jan. 23, a member of the Metropolitan Police Department's Child Exploitation Task Force was moni…
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Active-Duty Airman 'Routinely' Traveled Back To Virginia To Meet With Minors For Sex, Feds Say
More than two dozen underage girls were targeted by an active-duty servicemember on social media who preyed upon and sought to bring them to his hometown in Virginia, federal officials say. Brandon Tyler Lindsey, 27, now of Goldsboro, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for targeting minors in the Hampton Roads are and caused at least 29 victims to produce sexually explicit videos and photos. According to court documents, Lindsey, an active-duty servicemember attached to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base would "routinely travel to his hometown of Chesapeake…
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Former Swim Instructor In VA Preyed On Prepubescent Victims Online: Feds
Mark Black, the former board president of the Arlington Aquatic Club who found himself on the wrong side of the law, has admitted to conspiring to sexually exploit several children in Virginia, federal authorities announced. Black, 50, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to produce child pornography and coercion and enticement for his role in targeting children to exploit with others through the Internet. According to court documents, between January 2018 and October 2021, the Arlington resident was a member of two online groups dedicated to exploiting children. "The go…
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DC Woman Who Filmed Herself Sexually Assaulting Toddler Gets 20 Years In Prison: Feds
A 40-year-old District woman may spend decades behind bars after repeatedly uploading graphic imagery of the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers to like-minded predators, authorities announced. Tanisha Sadulski was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of children and the sexual abuse of children, according to federal officials. According to court documents, between Oct. 25, 2021, and April 28, 2022, Sadulski repeatedly uploaded graphic images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers to her Google account. Sadulski also took …
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Virginia Man Rearrested On New Child Porn Possession Charges: Police
A man who was hit with a child porn charge earlier this year in Loudoun County is back in custody after being re-arrested and charged with new offenses, the Leesburg Police Department announced on Thursday. Christopher Collins, 34, has been charged with four new counts of possession of child pornography following his arrest in September following an investigation into devices seized from his Leesburg home earlier this year. The initial arrest came from a cyber tip relating to child pornography, in which a Leesburg police detective assigned to the NOVA-DC Internet Crimes Against Children (IC…
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DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police
Police in Fairfax County are looking for additional victims after a DC man was arrested for soliciting a minor through social media. The Fairfax County Police Department received a report last week after a child was in touch with a grown man named "Alex" through Snapchat and received multiple illicit images from him as he attempted to convince the child to meet him at an area shopping center. Following that call, detectives from the department began investigating and reviewing digital evidence, officials said, which linked them to District resident Brian Dolan, whose identity was confirmed …
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Nine Counts Of Child Porn For Northern VA Man: Police
A Northern Virginia man has been arrested on child porn charges, police said. Police were called to Canal Road in Dumfries on Friday, Nov. 3, for a child porn investigation, Prince William County police said. There, they found Richard Lee Sauter of Stafford, who had child pornography on his cell phone, police said. Electronic devices were subsequently seized from his home. The 58-year-old man was charged with possession of child pornography and nine counts of possession of child pornography. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to contribute? Join the DMV All Incident…
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Teacher From Alexandria Who Exposed Himself To Multiple Victims Busted With Child Porn: Cops
A Virginia teacher who is accused of exposing himself to multiple victims near an elementary school was later found with child porn, authorities said. James William Nugent II, of Alexandria, a resource teacher at Groveton Elementary School, is facing charges of Taking Indecent Liberties with Child and 13 counts of Distribution of Child Pornography. Nugent was in a Toyota Siena when he allegedly approached a juvenile at Camden Street and Wittington Boulevard in Stratford Landing around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, Fairfax County police said. Nugent lured the victim to hi…
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Norfolk Reporter, NJ Man Facing Child Porn Charges
A South Jersey man who graduated from the University of Maryland and went on to work in TV journalism in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities announced. Cleve W. Bryan Jr. was charged Wednesday, Oct. 18 by police in Washington Township, Gloucester County with endangering the welfare of children by possessing child pornography, the department said. Byran, of the Sewell section of Washington, was taken to the Salem County Correctional Facility pending a court appearance. Bryan's X page bio reads: "Journalist, Storyteller, Father, Husband, Beli…
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District Man Who Enjoyed Watching Infant Porn With Other Likeminded Men Gets Prison Time: Feds
A 43-year-old District man who ran in some questionable circles online will spend years behind for his role in a community of likeminded parties who have a predilection for violent child porn. Raymond Glover has been sentenced to 97 months in prison, following by 15 years of supervised release after admitting to distributing, receiving, and possessing child porn, some of which depicted infants being abused. According to court documents, on Sept. 21, 2021, Homeland Security agents searched Glover’s DC home, during which, a video depicting child porn was playing in plain sight on his la…
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Reston Man Who Made Child Porn, Sexually Assaulted Juvenile May Have More Victims: Arlington PD
Police in Arlington arrested a 21-year-old man for sexually assaulting a juvenile in 2020, they said. Matthew Coble, of Reston, was charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a child and production of child porn, on Friday, Oct. 13. Coble became the center of an investigation on Sept. 18, and is being held in the Arlington County Detention Facility without bond. Based on the investigation, detectives believe there may be additional victims. Anyone with past inappropriate encounters with this suspect or who has additional information related to this investigation is ask…
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Registered Sex Offender In Maryland Busted By Undercover Agent Posing As Pedophile In DC: Feds
A repeat offender from Maryland is facing decades in prison after being busted by undercover FBI agents operating out of Washington, DC. Suitland resident Aaron Christopher Davis, 32, a registered sex offender with a history of running afoul of the law, is facing fresh charges for distributing child porn, federal authorities announced. In August, FBI agents went undercover while monitoring a dating app that they learned was being used by some who have sexual interest in children, at which point they came across Davis, who sent a message he believed was being delivered to a purported pedophi…
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Virginia Man Busted With Child Porn: Police
A 20-year-old northern Virginia man was arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Mario Esteman Alvarez Benitez, of Dumfries, became the focus of an investigation thanks to a tip from Fairfax County police in August, Prince William County police said. A search warrant at Benitez's home turned up child porn, and Benitez was charged with one count of possession of child porn and nine counts of possession of child porn as a second offense. While Benitez was charged as a second offense, authorities explain that the way the code section is written,"the initial charge of possessio…
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Predator Admits Photoshopping Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home
A Virginia man this week admitted to child porn offenses involving photoshop and underage females, federal officials said. James Andrew Whitney, 62, of Fairfax, used online peer-to-peer sharing service since April 2018 to seek out and download video and image files depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, Eastern VA US Attorney Jessica D. Aber said. Some of the images and videos depicted prepubescent minors and minors under the age of 12 years old, authorities said. Whitney apparently photoshopped prepubescent, naked girls into photographs around his home and narrate…
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Virginia Man Busted With Child Porn: Police
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on child porn charges in northern Virginia, authorities said. Christopher Collins, of Leesburg, has been charged with one count of possession of child pornography, and was arrested as his home Thursday morning, Sept. 7, on the 600 block of Constellation Square SE, local police said. The charge stems from a cyber tip relating to child pornography, in which a Leesburg police detective assigned to the NOVA-DC Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force conducted an investigation and determined that Christopher Collins was in possession of se…
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DC Sex Offender Uploaded Self-Made Child Porn To Google: Feds
A 41-year-old convicted sex offender from Washington DC was indicted after he was caught uploading footage of himself sexually abusing a young girl to Google, federal authorities said. Michael Humphrey was indicted Tuesday, Sept. 5, in U.S. District Court on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, first degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances, and transportation and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said. Google LLC told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that two Google accounts, later identified as Humphre…
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Former FBI Contractor From Arlington Had Teen Boys Send Nudes, Then Threatened Suicide: Feds
A former FBI contractor in Virginia has found himself on the wrong side of the law after allegedly grooming young boys online. Brett Janes, 26, has been charged with sexually exploiting at least a dozen children he contacted through Discord and Snapchat, then threatening suicide if the boys stopped talking to him, federal authorities say. The Arlington resident allegedly would advise the children that he worked for a US intelligence agency before making the threats and then enticing his underage victims to do his illicit bidding. Janes’ alleged victims include a 13-year-old boy he met on a…
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Manassas Man Who Engaged In 1,000 Sexual Video Chats With Children, Recorded Some, Sentenced
A 21-year-old man who posed as a teen while engaging in live video calls with upwards of 1,000 minors is heading to prison. Manassas resident Anthony Benton was sentenced on Wednesday to 16 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child sexual abuse material after preying on young girls online, federal authorities say. Prosecutors say that Benton came to their attention when he purchased child sexual abuse material, including videos of children possibly as young as 5 years old, over the Telegram app. A subsequent search of his home led to grisly results findi…
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DC Man Busted For Possessing, Distributing Child Porn For Years
Police say that a multi-agency investigation led to the apprehension of a Southeast DC man on multiple child pornography charges. The Metropolitan Police Department announced that Michael Humphrey, 41, was arrested by local and federal officers following an investigation into the distribution of child porn in the region. It is alleged that between August 2020 and the end of July this year, Humphrey transported, possessed, and distributed child pornography. He was arrested on a warrant in DC, police say, and he was charged with transportation of child pornography and possession of child por…
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