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Virginia Sex Offender Headed To Fed Pen For Conspiring To Live-Stream Child Sex Abuse Virginia Sex Offender Headed To Fed Pen For Conspiring To Live-Stream Child Sex Abuse
Virginia Sex Offender Headed To Fed Pen For Conspiring To Live-Stream Child Sex Abuse A registered northern Virginia sexual offender was sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison for conspiring to live stream sexual abuse of children online with a child sex trafficker in the Philippines, federal officials said. Michael Anthony Baxter, 50, of Sterling, and the man conspired to use children some as young as three years old to produce more than 30 live-streaming webcam shows showing the sexual abuse of children, said Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Baxter, a registered sex offender convicted in Prince William County Circuit…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Death Of Pregnant Dance Teacher Stuns Loudoun County Community Death Of Pregnant Dance Teacher Stuns Loudoun County Community
Death Of Pregnant Dance Teacher Stuns Loudoun County Community A Loudoun County dance community is mourning the unexpected loss of one of its teachers and her unborn child. Maria Castillo, a cherished teacher at both Tiny Toes Dance LLC and Arthur Murry in Ashburn, died unexpectedly over the weekend, the studios announced on Facebook.  Her unborn baby, Corrine, died as well. A cause of death was not announced. More than $12,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Ms. Maria's husband and two daughters. It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Maria Castillo and her unborn child, Corinne. Maria... Posted by Arthur Murray …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police
Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police A US Marine sergeant awarded the Purple Heart was being held in the Rappahanock County Jail on drug and DWI charges for a Stafford crash that sent two 14-year-olds to the hospital via medevac, authorities confirmed. Beth Ellen Abbott is being held on a $6,000 bond for two counts of DWI with serious injury and drug possession, according to jail records. Abbott's photo had been removed from the Marine Corps website as of Friday, June 2. Deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, and officers from the Aquia Harbour Police Department responded to the 2100 block of Aquia Drive for a re…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Former State Department Employee Sentenced For Illicit Conduct With Minors In The Phillipines Former State Department Employee Sentenced For Illicit Conduct With Minors In The Phillipines
Former State Department Employee Sentenced For Illicit Conduct With Minors In The Phillipines A former member of the US Department of State will spend more than a decade behind bars for allegedly sexually abusing minors while he was serving in the Philippines, federal authorities announced. Dean Edward Cheves, 63, who served at the US Embassy in the Philippines between 2017 and 2021, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, according to the Department of Justice. Prosecutors say that between December 2020 and March 2021, Cheves used a messaging app installed on his phone to chat with a Philippine minor who he paid to create …

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by Zak Failla
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Feds: NJ Dad Admits Making, Sharing Child Rape Livestreams, Videos Feds: NJ Dad Admits Making, Sharing Child Rape Livestreams, Videos
Feds: NJ Dad Admits Making, Sharing Child Rape Livestreams, Videos UPDATE: A New Jersey father of three admitted producing and sharing live streams and videos of children being sexually assaulted – some of them by him, federal authorities said. Homeland Security agents seized Antonio Del Prado, 61, during an October 2020 raid of his Millburn home after learning that he’d uploaded some of the images to a cloud, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. These included 56 images and 18 videos of child sexual abuse, according to a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. A judge kept Del Prado detained, and investigators learned that he'd “had a woma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Former State Department Employee Admits To Sexual Conduct With Philippine Minors: DOJ Former State Department Employee Admits To Sexual Conduct With Philippine Minors: DOJ
Former State Department Employee Admits To Sexual Conduct With Philippine Minors: DOJ A former state department employee admitted in court to having sexual conduct with Philippine minors, authorities said. Dean Edward Cheves, 63, pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place on Monday, Oct. 24, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Cheves met multiple minors over the Internet while serving at the US Embassy in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021, federal officials said. From Dec. 2020 to March 2021, the man communicated online with a then 15 to 16-year-old Philippine juvenile, who he paid …

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by Nicole Acosta