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August, 2001
Boston Herald, 8/4
A pedophile spreads child porn on the net, has over 1,000 image
library. Edwards said Dingle has a previous sex offense conviction
on his record.
AP, 8/3
A 79-year-old Milford man has been charged with 24 counts of
possession of child pornography obtained online. Lemere was
indicted last September on charges of trying to get two 10-year-old
boys to expose themselves, after which he allegedly threatened
to run them over with his car, but the case was dropped.
Kansas City Star, 8/4
A former elementary school principal will spend three years
on probation on child pornography charges after Internet downloading.
Dallas Morning News, 8/2
A former Catholic church day-care worker who authorities say
coerced numerous children into keeping his dark secrets pleaded
guilty Wednesday to 17 sexual molestation charges. Prosecutors
agreed not to charge Mr. Marcos with possession of child pornography.
Indianapolis Star, 8/2
A computer seized from the home of a suspended Indianapolis
police officer contained more than 1,000 images depicting young
boys in sex acts, the Marion County prosecutor said Wednesday.
Cooper secretly videotaped a 13-year-old boy masturbating and
allowed two other boys to view pornographic material. Police
also say Cooper exposed himself in front of a 14-year-old boy.
Hartford Courant, 8/1
A local man who told police he downloaded photographs of nude
children because he "just wanted to see" what was available
on the Internet.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/1
An 18-year-old janitor at Seven Mile Fair was charged Tuesday
with sexually assaulting a boy in the fair bathrooms. Child
porn discovered in his home.
UPI, 8/8
U.S. undercover agents have busted up what they describe as
the largest child pornography ring in American history, one
that has festered on the Internet for at least two years.
Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 8/8
A Hennepin County sheriff's deputy arrested Dale Robert Bach
of Minneapolis on charges that he sexually abused another boy,
a 13-year-old from Dakota County he met on the Internet.
City News Service of Los Angeles, 8/7
A man who represents a Toronto-based Christian ministry was
sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison for trying to
lure a 14- year-old girl to a Santa Monica park in hopes of
having sex with her. Saleh pleaded guilty in April to single
counts of possessing child pornography and using the Internet
to induce a minor to commit an unlawful sex act.
The Washington Post, 8/7
An Annandale man who distributed child pornography while under
court supervision for a similar offense has been sentenced in
federal court in Alexandria to six years in prison. Clifton
Talley, 51, pleaded guilty in May to distributing child pornography
after he used the Internet to send explicit pictures to an undercover
FBI agent posing as a 14-year-old boy.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 8/10 -- HAMBURG
When David Dye sold his old Packard Bell computer, police say,
he left remnants on the hard drive of a disturbing hobby that
he had kept secret for years -- collecting and producing child
pornography.
The Associated Press, 8/10 --Greely, Colorado.
Terry Iltzsch, 44, was arrested for failing to register as a
sex offender as he chatted with a 10-year-old on the Internet,
police said. Iltzsch, 44, was using the Internet at the James
A. Michener Library at the University of Northern Colorado when
police approached him, said UNC police Lt. Kathryn Lawley. A
library attendant had told police she saw Iltzsch looking at
child pornography on the library computers on Saturday.
The Associated Press, 8/10 --Florida.
A camp counselor was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison
for taking partially nude photographs of teen boys while they
slept and sending them through the Internet to a friend overseas.
Baltimore Sun, 8/10
A Frederick County drama teacher was indicted yesterday on federal
child pornography charges, the result of a sting operation conducted
by U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents.
Associated Press, UPI 8/10
Lax laws overseas lead to thriving child pornography trade in
Indonesia, Russia.
Associated Press, 8/9
Thomas and Janice Reedy lived in an upscale Fort Worth neighborhood
where neighbors say they threw all-night pool parties and where
luxury cars would pull into their half-moon driveway at all
hours of the night. They told neighbors they were in the computer
business, which was partly true: They sold access to child pornography
on Internet sites with names like ''Cyber Lolita'' and ''Child
Rape.'' Authorities say it was an international operation with
250,000 subscribers that grossed as much as $1.4 million a month.
National Journal, 8/7
A Pennsylvania bill that would attempt to hold Internet service
providers (ISPs) liable for having child pornography on their
networks has attracted criticism from at least one tech industry
group.
Information Week, 8/6
A new law in South Carolina holds IT professionals accountable
for reporting suspected child porn if they discover it stored
on computers they handle.
NY Post, 8/16
A crude, makeshift desk in a dank underground lair is where
accused cyberpervert James Warren did his dirty work. From the
moldy basement crash pad in Hampton Bays, L.I., he plotted the
brutal abduction of a 15-year-old girl, and even brought his
victim there, police said. Warren's ex-girlfriend, art teacher
Rickie Rodell, told The Post yesterday that she broke up with
him in March because he was obsessed with computers and porn.
"He had all kinds of porn - normal adult porn every man has,
but he also had this sickening kiddie porn and bestiality photos,"
Rodell said.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 8/15
David M. Dye's arrest Aug. 9 for allegedly possessing and producing
child pornography was just the beginning. On Tuesday he was
charged with two counts of rape. In a new arrest affidavit filed
Tuesday, Dye, 44, is accused of engaging in sexual activity
with a child under the age of 11 and forcing that same child
to engage in sexual activity with another child in his presence.
The Boston Herald, 8/18
A Fairhaven High School science teacher directed a 15-year-old
California girl to his private Web site for a 2 1-2-hour "cybersex"
encounter, but his bare-naked netcast was instead watched by
the teen's mom and two cops, investigators revealed yesterday.
The Montreal Gazette, 8/18
Child porn growing, report says: Gang crime spreading into smaller
cities.
Kansas City Star, 8/18
Shawnee man guilty of porn charge
AP, Portland, ME, 8/17
Former jail guard arrested in national child pornography sting
operation.
AP, Russelville, AL, 8/17
James Wesley Owens, 52, of Red Bay, found with 67 obscene photos
of girls between ages 5-14 were found in Owens' home on April
19. Owens told investigators that he got all the photos from
the Internet.
AP, Juneau, AK, 8/17
A convicted child molester got an extra two years in prison
for viewing Internet pornography. The state parole board on
Tuesday sent Jack Leck II back to prison through May 2003 for
downloading adult porn from a Juneau employment agency - a parole
violation. Leck was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in
1984 and 1985 after police searched his Anchorage home and found
pornographic photos of nude boys from Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Police later established Leck molested the boys.
AP, Atlanta, GA, 8/16
A Paulding County man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in
federal prison after arranging a sexual meeting with an undercover
FBI agent posing as a 14-year-old boy, authorities said. Robert
Shirley, 42, of Dallas was sentenced on one count of a federal
indictment that charged him with sending child pornography over
the Internet and enticing a child for sex.
San Antonio Express-News, 8/15
A prominent local orthopedic surgeon has admitted to sending
child pornography over the Internet under the chat room alias
of "BubbaMD327," according to court documents filed Tuesday.
The computers contained 213 pornographic pictures of what appeared
to be children, including a girl apparently between 6 and 8
years old, as well as transcripts of BubbaMD327's online chats
with people who said they were young girls.
AP, Bangor, ME, 8/14
A Newport man has pleaded innocent to federal charges linked
to what police characterized as a significant collection of
child pornography. Dorne M. Smith, 46, appeared Tuesday in U.S.
District Court to answer charges of possession and receipt of
child pornography. Smith received and possessed computer disks
and other material that contained pornographic images of children.
Officials said the alleged pornography came from U.S. and foreign
sources through the Internet.
The Nation (Thailand), August 23
Confessed paedophile and fugitive Eric Franklin Rosser attempted
to portray himself as reformed, and the victim of an attempt
by US officials to make an example of him. "I don't understand
why people see me to be a personification of evil. People have
their good points and bad points and I have admitted to mine,"
said Rosser. Rosser was on the FBI 10 Most Wanted List until
his apprehension this week.
The Associated Press, August 19
A man who police said went to the Internet to try to find someone
to kidnap, rape and torture his wife has been indicted on charges
of criminal solicitation and promotion of child pornography.
Joe Mack Clemens, 55, of Longview signed a statement 90 minutes
after his June 12 arrest, admitting to trafficking in child
pornography and that he sent an e-mail to a Yahoo! Chat room
in which he indicated "that I wanted my wife ... kidnapped,
gang-raped, tortured and humiliated. I also indicated in the
message that I was serious about this request and I only wanted
serious inquiries back."
The Morning Call (Allentown), August 18
Linda Ruth Ackerman of Easton drew a 3- to seven-year state
prison sentence in Delaware County on Thursday for using the
Internet last year to solicit a sexual encounter that she believed
would be with a young boy. She was accused of sending sexually
explicit pictures over the Internet to an undercover police
officer with the task force. She then made arrangements with
the officer, by computer and telephone, to meet with the agent's
7-year-old "son" for a sexual encounter.
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA.), August 22
A Baton Rouge man who admitted trading child pornography was
sentenced Tuesday to 46 months in prison and barred from logging
onto the Internet for three years after he gets out. John Leroy
Winn Jr., 23, must also serve three years supervised release,
register as a sex offender and receive counseling while in prison.
U.S. District Judge John V. Parker said the sentence handed
down was "harsh" for a first-time offender, but befitting of
the crime. "It's not something of a 'no victim' offense," Parker
said during a sentencing hearing Tuesday. "There are victims.
They are very small children."
The Salt Lake Tribune, August 22
The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law used to
convict two men of downloading child pornography from the Internet.
Gary Davis Peterson, 42, of Ogden had pleaded no contest to
one count of sexual exploitation of a minor after he was caught
downloading and printing nine images on a Weber State University
computer while attending the school in 1998. Raymond Dean Morrison,
37, of St. George had pleaded no contest to 20 counts of exploitation
after St. George police raided his home in 1999 and found thousands
of photographs he had downloaded on his home computer and printed.
The Associated Press, August 21
A former University of Tennessee law school official was sentenced
to one year in a halfway house for buying a child pornography
videotape off the Internet from government agents. Dennis Bernard
Pollard, 33, told U.S. District Judge James Jarvis on Monday
that he ordered the video "Fun With Daddy" out of "foolish curiosity
and reckless behavior that will not be repeated." The judge
ordered Pollard, a former assistant law dean, to serve five
years of probation with the first year in a halfway house. He
will have to pay a $4,000 fine and attend a sex offender treatment
program.
The Associated Press, August 21
A Lowell man was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison after pleading
guilty to stalking and raping a 14-year-old girl he met in an
Internet chat room. Jason A. Sterling, 30, admitted to three
counts of statutory rape of a child, seven counts of rape and
abuse of a child, possession of child pornography and disseminating
harmful materials to a minor. Prosecutor Jeff Beckerman described
Sterling as a "cyber predator of young girls" who can't control
himself and will re-offend when he is released. Prosecutors
said thousands of pornographic images of young girls were found
in his computer after his arrest. A pediatric criminal expert
who examined the images said the girls were 12 or 13.
Associated Press, August 20
James E. Taylor, accused rapist was found dead in his cell at
the Fond du Lac County Jail. He was found hanging in his cell
by the ripped out elastic of his orange jail pants. Taylor was
accused of abducting an 8-year-old Fond du Lac girl, draging
her to his car, sexually assaulting her in a field, then binding
the girl's arms, legs, nose, mouth and eyes with duct tape,
and leaves her in the field, police said. The girl chewed through
the tape and walked to a nearby house for help. She later gave
police a description of the assailant, which was used to create
a sketch. Several family members told Taylor he resembled the
man in a police sketch of the assailant. He became extremely
upset when his wife showed him a newspaper article about the
case. The family computer was used to visit an Internet pornography
site featuring girls, and Taylor often used the computer while
the family was sleeping, the criminal complaint said.
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL), August 23
Broward Sheriff's Office Detective Joe Vella took Mohamed Ghanie,
a 26-year-old salesman from Royal Palm Beach, into custody Tuesday.
The detective entered an America Online chat room on Aug. 8
pretending to be a 14-year-old girl and received an instant
message from someone using the screen name "MG21. On Monday,
"MG21" wrote the undercover detective again, suggesting they
get a motel room and promising he would "be gentle and use protection.
Ghanie was arrested at 1:20 p.m. and charged with one count
of soliciting sex with a minor over the Internet.
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside,CA), August 22
A sexual predator who fondled young girls during hugs, or a
man immersed in mere sexual fantasy fueled by pornography and
the Internet. Uva, arrested last year by Murrieta police in
an Internet sting , faces a life sentence if convicted of the
charges involving five underage girls. The Lake Elsinore man
has pleaded not guilty. "This man was heavily involved in a
world of fantasy. That's what looking at pictures is, that's
what going on the Internet is," Yaryan said. "Plenty of people
look at pornography and aren't child molesters." Police say
a search of Uva's home turned up child pornography on his home
computer and magazines depicting pre-teen nudity. After his
arrest, four other girls came forward.
The Associated Press, August 20
A Houston man has been charged with making and sending child
pornography on the Internet to a police investigator posing
as a teen-age girl. Jack Newton Tuller, 59, was arrested by
federal authorities on Aug. 15, Aiken County Lt. Michael Frank
said. An Aiken County investigator, who posed as 13-year-old
girl, made contact with Tuller in July in an Internet chat room,
Frank said. Tuller then engaged in sexually explicit conversation
and transmitted child pornography to the investigator.
National Journal's Technology Daily, August 20
A newly hired fourth-grade teacher was arrested by Secret Service
agents for allegedly using the Internet to lure young girls
into sexual encounters, reports AP. William Breen, 36, met "nycgirlie"
online in June.
The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 19
A Shawnee man has admitted that he ordered child pornography
videotapes from an Internet site, authorities said.Jeffrey L.
Redenbaugh, 47, pleaded guilty Friday to knowingly receiving
child pornography, U.S. Attorney Jim Flory said. Sentencing
is set for Oct. 29 in federal court in Kansas City.
The Associated Press, August 26--STILLWATER
An elementary school teacher has been arrested after police
found photographs in his computer of young boys having sex.
Computers seized during the search were submitted to the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation for analysis. Four pictures depicting
adolescent boys having sex with each other were discovered in
the computers, an affidavit says.
The Houston Chronicle, August 31-- Dickinson, TX
As many as five more Houston-area people are expected to be
arrested in connection with a child pornography ring uncovered
here this week, police said. Dickinson police and the FBI arrested
three men Wednesday who were indicted on federal charges of
child pornography. Raids at the men's homes turned up video
of two teen-age boys, 15 and 16, engaging in sex acts with one
another. Dickinson police said they received a tip in July about
a plot to construct a child pornography Web site and worked
with the FBI to gather information about the plot.
The Ledger (Lakeland, FL) , August 31 -- Bartow, FL
A Polk County jury deliberated about an hour Thursday morning
before convicting 22-year-old Jon Paul Burnett on 138 counts
of child pornography. Authorities alleged that they found 135
images of child pornography in Burnett's computer after executing
a search warrant on his home in March 2000. The jury also found
Burnett guilty on two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct
involving a child stemming from a videotape he made with boys
ages 9 and 12.
Chapel Hill Herald, August 30 -- Hillsborough, NC
A convicted child pornographer from Orange County is facing
additional charges from the state for allegedly raping and committing
other sexual offenses with a child and for a crime against nature
with a dog. Steven Dixon Prentice, 36, who lived in northern
Orange County, already is serving a 17-year federal sentence
for possession and production of child pornography. The new
warrants are for crimes allegedly discovered during Operation
Avalanche, an international investigation into a child pornography
ring that was centered around a Web site.
The Associated Press ,August 28 -- Tucson, AZ
A Tucson man who admitted having tried to arrange a sexual tryst
with someone he thought was a teen-age girl was sentenced to
lifetime probation on Monday. Thomas L. Henkels, 65, pleaded
guilty earlier to one count of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.
The U.S. Postal Service suspected that Henkels, who had a home
in Moline, Ill., as well as in Tucson, had been trying to trade
child pornography via the Internet.
Roanoke Times & World News, August 28--Roanoke, VA
A Roanoke nudist who played strip poker and watched X-rated
movies with an 11-year-old, and downloaded child pornography
from the Internet was sentenced Monday to serve four years in
prison. Walter Leroy Johnson pleaded guilty in March to taking
indecent liberties with a minor and reproducing child pornography.
Copley News Service, August 27 -- Los Angeles
A Rancho Palos Verdes anesthesiologist pleaded not guilty Monday
to charges connected to his sexually explicit Internet conversations
he had with an FBI agent pretending to be a 14-year-old girl.
Dr. Thomas Richard Bardolph, 49, was indicted last week on federal
charges of using the Internet to lure a minor into sexual activity,
child pornography and criminal forfeiture.
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, August 29 -- Atlanta,
GA
A federal grand jury indicted a former music teacher Tuesday
on charges he downloaded child pornography from the Internet,
federal officials said. Robert Stoskopf Sr., who lives near
the DeKalb-Gwinnett line in Doraville, was indicted on eight
counts of receiving child pornography through the Internet in
December. Stoskopf entered a guilty plea last month in Loudoun
County, Va., on a charge of attempting to contribute to the
delinquency of a minor.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 31-- Charlottesville,
VA
A former Albemarle County social worker has pleaded guilty to
distributing child pornography he downloaded from the Internet.
Patrick M. Quigley, 47, had been a child protective services
investigator with the county for nearly two years when he was
arrested in August 2000.
The Des Moines Register, August 30 Council Bluffs, IA
HEADLINE: Dateline Iowa A Council Bluffs man has been arrested
on federal child pornography charges in a global investigation
of a Russian Web site. David Peterson, 44, was arraigned Tuesday
on an indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography
and possession of child pornography.
Copley News Service, August 29, 2001 -- Peoria, IL
A man arrested in the midst of an investigation into the nation's
largest child pornography ring could spend the next five years
in prison. Scott L. Johnson, 59, was found guilty Wednesday
on three counts of possession of child pornography. Postal Inspector
Robert Williams said, "All child porn is visual evidence of
the sexual abuse of a child," he said. "Imagine if you are 35
and images of you were floating around from 20 or 30 years ago.
Imagine the embarrassment and the mental anguish."
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 28 -- Fayetteville,
AR
A Garfield man accused of using the Internet to order a videotape
from a federal agent posing as a child pornography dealer pleaded
innocent Monday to child pornography charges. Charles Eric Newman,
27, was indicted Aug. 8 in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville
on charges accusing him of possessing child pornography that
had been shipped across state lines and downloading child pornography
on his computer. Authorities began investigating Newman after
he responded to an Internet ad by an undercover inspector. The
ad placed on an Internet news bulletin board called "alt.sex.babies,"
offered videos showing "HOT ACTION of pre-teen and young teen
girls and boys." On April 28, Newman sent the inspector an e-mail
with child pornography attached, the affidavit says. Newman
agreed to trade a compact disc of illicit images of children
for a videotape showing a 13-year-old girl touching an adult
man sexually while an 11-year-old girl watches, the affidavit
says.
September, 2001
The Associated Press, September 1-- Little Rock, AR
A man convicted in Pulaski County Circuit Court last year and
sentenced to 50 years for raping a young girl, was given an
additional 7 1/2-year federal sentence Friday for distributing
pornographic pictures of children. Daniel Scott Chrobak, 36,
of Jacksonville plead guilty in federal court to possessing
and distributing child pornography by computer.
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA.), September 6 -- Slidell,
LA
An investigation of a Slidell-area man on allegations of sexual
molestation and juvenile pornography broadened in scope to encompass
as many as 10 victims, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. St. Tammany
Parish deputies said they confiscated numerous hidden cameras,
video equipment, photographs, videotapes and computer equipment
during a search of the home of Terry Hart, 33, who, may have
disseminated photographs of teen-agers on the World Wide Web.
The Charleston Gazette, September 04 -- Martinsburg, S.C.
A Martinsburg teen-ager has been charged with sexually assaulting
a 9-year-old boy. James W. Parkinson, 18, was arrested after
allegedly describing the sexual encounter in three different
locations on an Internet chat room. Parkinson, who is also charged
with one count of possession of child pornography, was being
held in the Potomac Highlands Regional Jail in Augusta Monday
on $ 70,000 bond.
Chicago Daily Herald, September 6, 2001 -- Chicago, IL
Kenneth PeBenito, who admitted in court proceedings to molesting
about 18 women and girls under his direct care at Chicago-area
hospitals was arrested in December on charges of ordering child
pornography over the Internet and possessing computer disks
with more than 200 such images.
The Associated Press, September 3, 2001 -- Mobile, AL
A Florida Department of Education employee was arrested after
a deputy posing as a 13-year-old boy on the Internet arranged
a rendezvous with him at an Escambia County, Ala., motel. Rodger
Dale Stamps, 52, of Monticello, Fla., was being held without
bond. Stamps faced a count of attempting to entice a minor to
engage in sexual activity and three counts of transporting child
pornography. Stamps used the screen name "Infernodad" and took
part Internet chats with Lt. Chuck McMullen for more than a
month, Hawsey said. He said Stamps sent McMullen nude pictures
of himself and of children and discussed having sex with the
fictional 13-year-old boy.
The Associated Press, September 7, 2001 -- Hackensack, N.J.
A former Old Tappan High School assistant principal has avoided
a jail term in a child porn case, but he told a judge his life
has been destroyed. James Lumley, 54, was sentenced Thursday
to three years of probation. He must also register as a sex
offender. Lumley was accused last year of visiting thousands
of child porn Web sites on his office computer. Assistant Bergen
County Prosecutor Patricia Baglivi said students peeked through
his office window to see what sites he was visiting. "Most of
the school knew about it," Baglivi said. "It kind of became
a joke among students." Detectives also found marijuana and
a pipe in Lumley's office.
The Times Union (Albany, NY), September 6 -- Clifton Park
A Clifton Park man who allegedly videotaped three teenage girls
for Internet pornography was indicted on 19 counts by a federal
grand jury. According to authorities, between August 1996 and
August 1997, 35-year-old John A. Parisi videotaped and photographed
three minors, ages 14, 15 and 17, and posted the images on a
for-fee Web site.
The Associated Press, September 5 -- Augusta, ME
A West Gardiner man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison
for sexually assaulting a young girl for several years, recording
some of the incidents on videotape. When he was arrested a year
ago, Wayne Peter Norton, 47, admitted that he had a sexual relationship
with the girl for 2 1/2 years. Norton said he saw her twice
a week and made five videotapes of the two of them. State police
searched Norton's residence and found the tapes depicting the
victim as well as adult pornographic videos, and adult pornography
on a computer, said Alan P. Kelley, deputy district attorney.
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, September 7-- Cheyenne, WY
Richard Duane Bassett, 43, was arrested at his home in Webster,
Texas. The investigation began Aug. 30 when Bassett allegedly
sent more than 50 child pornography images over the Internet
to a special agent of the DCI during an undercover operation
in Cheyenne, Miller said. Bassett apparently thought he was
"chatting" on the Internet with a 13-year-old girl and her mother,
Miller said. Bassett allegedly indicated that he wanted to come
to Cheyenne to meet the teenager and have sex with her, Miller
said.
News & Record (Greensboro, NC), September 7
A federal magistrate ordered that Tim Haynes must remain in
custody at the Forsyth County Detention Center while he awaits
trial on child pornography charges. Inspectors from the U.S.
Postal Service began investigating Haynes, a captain in the
High Point Fire Department and chief of the Horneytown Volunteer
Fire Department, in July when they discovered he was a registered
member of Internet child pornography sites. Haynes ordered two
pornographic CDs. He described the discs as depicting children
from ages 4 to 11 engaged in various sexual acts with each other
and adults.
The Associated Press, September 7, 2001 -- Bend,OR
John Charles Adams, 51, faces a maximum sentence of 68 years
in prison and a $340,000 fine, said Ron Brown, Crook County's
chief deputy district attorney. He was convicted Wednesday after
a two-day trial. He was caught in a sting that targeted child
pornography distributed through the mail and over the Internet.
Adam was arrested after he bought a videotape through the Internet.
The Associated Press, September 2, 2001 -- Green River,Wy
One of three Wyoming men arrested as part of nationwide child
pornography sting has been charged with more crimes. Donald
W. Lytle, 55, of Green River, was originally charged with 10
counts of child sexual exploitation. He was charged with 10
more counts in late July. After police found multiple images
of child porn loaded on his computer, Lytle admitted using the
Internet for pornography and said he was addicted to pornography
and child pornography, court documents said.
Associated Press, September 15, 2001 -- Odessa, Texas
The newly resigned Odessa police chief pleaded guilty Friday
to federal charges of possessing child pornography. James H.
Jenkins, 57, who stepped down as chief, faces up to five years
in prison and a $ 250,000 fine for knowingly possessing as many
as 15 photographs he downloaded into his home computer from
the Internet, officials said.
The Providence Journal-Bulletin, September 14-- Richmond,
RI
Richmond's newly hired town planner has been charged in his
hometown in Connecticut for possession of child pornography,
a felony. George Russell, 54, of 25 Ridgewood Drive, Vernon,
Conn., was arrested last Thursday after a months-long investigation
by Vernon police and Connecticut State Police turned up 179
sexually explicit images of children and hundreds of stories
of adults having sex with children.
Associated Press, September 12, 2001 --Harrisburg, Pa.
Authorities have arrested three men from across the state in
an undercover Internet child sex sting in suburban Harrisburg.
Attorney General Mike Fisher said Wednesday that James Pappas,
31, of Allentown, and James Lee Neal, 35, of Pottstown, responded
to ads or postings to the Internet placed by agents posing as
parents of preteen girls and a seven-year-old boy saying they
wanted to have sex with the children.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 21, 2001 -- St. Peters
Sentencing is set for Dec. 7 for Alois Larry Wolk, 60, of St.
Peters, for transporting and possessing child pornography obtained
from the Internet. A jury in federal court at St. Louis found
Wolk guilty Wednesday evening of one felony count of transporting
child porn and three counts of possessing the material. Officers
searched Wolk's home in November after he sent child pornography
to an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl, the U.S.
attorney's office said. Police said they found CDs containing
images of child porn.
The Providence Journal-Bulletin, September 20-- Lincoln,
RI
Johnston police working at a football game became suspicious
of a Lincoln resident because of the way he was taking photos
of cheerleaders. Marcel R. Lavallee, 49, of 368 Old River Rd.,
was found to be in possession of a substantial amount of pornography
depicting sexual conduct by children, Lincoln Deputy Police
Chief Russell R. Ridge said, after he was taken into custody
in Johnston, turned over to Lincoln police for questioning and
gave permission to search his house.
The Associated Press, September 19, 2001-- Binghampton, NY
James W. Harris Jr., 57, of Binghamton, pleaded guilty Tuesday
at his arraignment in U.S. District Court to one count of receiving
child pornography via the Internet, a felony, Assistant U.S.
District Attorney Miroslav Lovric said.
The Associated Press, September 19, 2001 -- Lewisburg, Pa.
A Winfield man has sentenced to at least four years in prison
after pleading guilty to three child pornography charges. Joseph
J. McDermott, 57, was sentenced Tuesday, six months after he
fled the state to avoid his original sentencing date. McDermott
was captured in Texas and returned to Pennsylvania in May.
The Associated Press, September 17, 2001 -- Kansas City,
MO
A self-employed piano teacher who said he was glad to be caught
in a nationwide child pornography sting was sentenced Monday
to two years and 11 months in federal prison. Bruce Leroy Kerr,
34, will not be eligible for parole during those nearly three
years in prison.
The Arizona Republic, September 20, 2001 -- Phoenix, AZ Lawrence
J. Pearce, 59, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor
and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. "I'm told this
is the largest collection of child pornography our agents here
have seen," Ed Hall, an FBI spokesman in Phoenix, said Tuesday.
Pearce posted tens of thousands of images on Web site bulletin
boards.A registered sex offender, Pearce was released from prison
in 1988 after he was convicted of child molestation in Mohave
County in 1980, Sandler said.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, September 20 Marmaduke, AR
A self-created profile on the Internet shows that a man police
say kidnapped a 13-year-old Marmaduke girl enjoys pornographic
Web sites and chat-room discussions. Police are searching for
Vincent P. Quinn Jr., 58, a plumber from Franklington, N.C.,
in the abduction of Danielle Shea Blair from a Marmaduke city
park Saturday afternoon. Danielle met Quinn on the Internet
earlier this summer in a Yahoo.com chat room
The Union Leader (Manchester NH), September 21 Atkinson,
N.H.
A man arrested for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he
met over the Internet is facing additional charges after police
discovered pictures of the assault on his home computer. Joshua
Roy, 29, of Westminster, Mass., apparently photographed the
sexual acts he performed on the girl along an Atkinson road
last month.
Associated Press, September, 21, 2001 -- St Peters, MO
Sentencing is set for Dec. 7 for Alois Larry Wolk, 60, of St.
Peters, for transporting and possessing child pornography obtained
from the Internet. Officers searched Wolk's home in November
after he sent child pornography to an undercover agent posing
as a 13-year-old girl. Police said they found CDs containing
images of child porn.
Associated Press, September 21, 2001 --Sanford, ME
A federal judge sentenced a Sanford man on Friday to five years
in prison for possession of child pornography. Timothy Stevens,
40, was indicted last summer after his girlfriend tipped police
about material she found in his computer. He pleaded guilty
in July in U.S. District Court. Police said Stevens had thousands
of pornographic pictures of children on computer disks.
AP, September 24, 2001 -- St. Paul, MN
A speech clinician in the Mounds View School District was sentenced
Monday to six months in jail for possessing child pornography.
Thomas A. Jones, 54, used a computer at Chippewa Middle School
to order pornographic videotapes in April.
The Times Union (Albany, NY) ,September 27 -- Albany, NY
Albany A Fort Edward man was sentenced to six months in jail
this week for admitting he downloaded pornographic material
at his Watervliet work place, a prosecutor said. David Hartman,
53, was a $75,000-a-year manager when arrested March 23, Assistant
District Attorney Holly Trexler said. "He downloaded thousands
upon thousands of pornography pictures, some of which was child
pornography," Trexler said.
October 2001
The Tennessean, Williamson County, Tenn., Oct. 6
Danny Pond, 31, a music teacher in the Franklin Special School
District has been charged with the sale of child pornography
on the Internet and in Williamson County. Police found pornographic
videos and several cameras at the school where Pond worked and
at his home.
The Detroit News, Oakland County, Mich., Oct. 5
Andrew Galen Collingwood, 19, of Troy, Mich., has been charged
with distributing child pornography from a Web site called "Country
Cooking." The site depicted nude "country" girls engaged in
sexual acts.
St. Petersburg Times, Citrus County, Fla., Oct. 5
Kevin Jalbert, 42, faces charges for soliciting an undercover
police officer to help him abduct, rape and murder a child.
Police found close to 40,000 pornographic images, many depicting
children, on Jalbert's computer.
A.P., Hauppauge, N.Y., Oct. 3
Kevin Matthew Dern, 29, a former music teacher, has plead guilty
to taking and posting on the Internet lewd pictures of Long
Island cheerleaders. The pictures featured views up cheerleaders'
skirts and down their blouses.
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 3
Kenneth B. PeBenito, a 29-year-old nurse, was apprehended by
postal inspectors after ordering a child pornography videotape
over the Internet. During questioning, PeBenito admitted to
sexually abusing 18 women under his care in Chicago-area hospitals.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Inc., Boston, Mass., Oct. 3
Thomas P. Fulton, 60, who was convicted earlier this year of
transmitting child pornography over the computer, has been sentenced
to spend one year at a halfway house and a second year in home
confinement. District court Judge Gorton imposed a probation
sentence based on Fulton's aberrant behavior and depression.
A.P., Syracuse, N.Y., Oct. 2
Michael Konseck, 30, faces up to 40 years in prison for running
a drug ring at after-hour clubs and up to a $2 million fine
for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
A.P., Martinsburg, W.Va., Oct. 2
James W. Parkinson, 18, has been charged with 21 counts of sexual
assault and possession of child pornography. Charges include
solicitation of sex with a 9-year-old boy in an Internet chat
room and 17 counts of first-degree sexual assault.
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 2
Patrick Ghilotti, 41, a serial rapist, violated the restrictions
governing his early release including a night-time curfew and
bans on Internet access. Ghilotti could be freed from a state
hospital without restrictions later this year.
The Columbian Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 6
Jim Washer, a 52-year-old employee of the Clark County Sheriff's
Office, may face charges for selling and trading (adult) pornographic
tapes on his work and home computers. Washer had a collection
of more than 400 pornographic videos and reportedly watched
the videos during lunch while at work.
The Associated Press, October 12, 2001 -- Missoula, MT
A Butte gynecologist pleaded innocent Thursday to felony child
sexual abuse for allegedly keeping pornographic images of children
in his house. Andrew D. Jamieson, 57, remains free on a $75,000
property bond. Prosecutors said Jamieson downloaded more than
140 pictures of child pornography from the Internet and arranged
them in an album for entertainment purposes.
Chicago Daily Herald, October 12, 2001, -- Chicago, IL
A trip to the hospital for a 14-year-old girl led Des Plaines
police on an extensive investigation into homemade child pornography
that could involve an untold number of children in the suburbs
and Chicago. Jeffery R. Lyczak, 30, 368 Inland Drive No. 2B,
Wheeling, and Frank Palminek, 67, 5926 Indian Road, Chicago,
are being held on $750,000 cash bond, facing multiple charges
of manufacturing and possessing child pornography, as well as
criminal sexual assault.
The New York Post, October 12, 2001 -- New York
A Long Island man has been sexually abusing his 4-year-old daughter
for almost her entire life - and recently offered to swap her
for another child via an Internet chat room called "Baby Sex,"
police charged yesterday. The accused man, who lives in Dix
Hills, was held in lieu of $1 million cash.
The Associated Press, October 11, 2001, St. Louis, MO
A St. Louis County man was sentenced Thursday to two years,
three months in prison on federal charges of possessing and
transporting child pornography. Timothy Laturno, 44, pleaded
guilty July 26 to the felony U.S. District Court counts.
The Providence Journal-Bulletin, October 11 -- Providence,
RI
The former school superintendent in Burrillville was indicted
yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of possessing child
pornography and sharing it with the former head of the local
Parent Teacher Organization. The indictment against Robert A.
Purcell alleges he traded sexually explicit images involving
children with Faith Fisher Broadbent using e-mail.
The Bergen Record, Bergen County, N.J., 10/28
Ron Skibin, coach of the St Joseph Regional High School's hockey
team, has pleaded guilty to ordering child pornography from
a Texas-based Internet mail-order business. USA Hockey is holding
a hearing to determine whether Skibin will be allowed to continue
his involvement with the organization.
AP, Honolulu, Hawaii, 10/27
A federal grand jury has indicted Jed Abregana, 31, for possession
of computer disks containing child pornography at his Hilo residence.
Jed Abregana's brother, Jay Abregana, also 31, was indicted
last month on similar charges.
Dayton Daily News, Marietta, Ohio, 10/27
On Oct. 26, two men were indicted for disseminating child pornography
from college computer networks. Eugene Robert Anderson, 51,
is an ex-Marietta College computer expert and Robert Lynn Sandford,
32, is a former Ohio University employee.
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., 10/26
On Oct. 25, deputies arrested Fonda Gay Burt, 36, and Joshua
Beddingfield, 17, on charges of creating child pornography.
Officers confiscated photographs and videos during their investigation
of the two.
AP, Montgomery, Ala., 10/26
On Oct. 25, a former emergency room doctor, Bradley Steiger,
40, was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for taking sexually
explicit photos of two young girls, including some photos that
depicted Steiger posed naked with the girls.
AP, Helena, Mont., 10/26
On Oct. 26, Cascade County Justice Michael Smartt asked the
Montana Supreme Court to delay a scheduled hearing that will
consider allegations against him of sex-related misconduct.
Judge Smartt contends that he surfed pornographic Web sites
to find humorous material for a birthday card for his wife.
AP, Hammonton, N.J., 10/26
On Oct. 26, a former school district superintendent, Eric L.
Johnson, 51, was arrested for engaging in sexually-explicit
conversations with a 13-year-old girl. Johnson allegedly instructed
the girl on how to perform various sex acts.
AP, Adel, Iowa, 10/25
A former Perry Middle School principal, Arthur Pixler, has been
charged with having child pornography on his computer. Technicians
for Cowden Computer and Electronics in Clive discovered hundreds
of pornographic pictures while repairing the computer.
AP, Providence, R.I., 10/23
A former Burriville school superintendent, Robert Purchell,
and his ex-lover, Faith Fisher Broadbent, have plead guilty
to child pornography charges. The two allegedly exchanged sexually
explicit pictures of children over the Internet during their
affair.
City News Service, Los Angeles, Calif., 10/23
Ernest Gonzales, 56, has been found guilty of placing an ad
to receive, exchange and distribute child pornography. Gonzales
was previously found guilty of possession of 525 images of child
pornography.
South Bend Tribune, Three Rivers, Mich., 10/19
On Oct. 25, David and Deborah Hallock, a couple wanted for distribution
of child pornography, surrendered to police. A computer they
used for the distribution of pornographic material was seized
from their residence.
Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla., 10/16
On Oct. 26, A former Sunday school teacher, John Perry Sanger,
55, was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for producing,
possessing and transporting child pornography. Sanger allegedly
induced children to engage in sexual acts for pornographic videos
and had them access and download child pornography from the
Internet.
November 2001
Chattanooga Times, Rome, Ga., 11/3
On Nov. 2, David Lynn Patterson, 41, was sentenced to 10 years
in a North Carolina prison for production and distribution of
child pornography. Patterson admitted to making and distributing
videotapes of scantily-clothed children under the age of 12
being beaten and fondled.
AP, Little Rock, Ark., 11/2
On Nov. 2, Christopher Shawn Deaton, 33, was convicted of possessing
child pornography on a computer. In the garage where Deaton
worked, police found a computer with images of children engaging
in sex with adults.
AP, Syracuse, N.Y., 11/1
On Nov. 1, James B. Cox, 51, was indicted for purchasing child
pornography online under his wife's name. Law enforcement officers
found at least 50 sexually explicit images of children on a
computer disk owned by Cox.
AP, Grand Rapids, Mich., 11/1
On Nov. 1, Michael Wayne Komejan, 27, plead guilty to running
a child-pornography Web site. For a monthly fee of $24.99, Komejan
gave viewers access to more than 2,000 sexually suggestive pictures
of children as young as 5 years old.
AP, Bloomington, Ind., 11/1
On Oct. 28, Russell L. Pitcher, 44, was arrested for downloading
child pornography at the Monroe County Public Library. The arrest
followed a library patron's complaint that Pitcher was accessing
sexually explicit images of children.
Baltimore Sun, Frederick County, Md., 11/1
On Oct. 30, Samuel O. Huffer, a 61-year-old schoolteacher, was
sentenced to 21 months of incarceration for purchasing child
pornography online.
Baltimore Sun, Sykesville, Md., 11/1
On Oct. 31, Randy A. Koontaz, 22, was sentenced to 33 months
of imprisonment for sending child pornography over the Internet.
Koontaz posted images of children on Internet "newsgroups" that
were accessed by interested parties.
Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 11/1
On Oct. 31, Bret Richard Abell, 19, was charged with downloading
more than 150 images of child pornography from the Internet.
Law enforcement found 124 images of child pornography on Abell's
laptop computer.
St. Petersburg Times, Inverness, Fla., 11/17
On Nov. 15, Inverness sheriffs arrested John Bernard Brudnock,
58, for possession of child pornography after a repair technician
found pornographic images on Brudnock's computer. Several pictures
depicted children, believed to be 3- to 4-year-olds, engaged
in sexual acts.
Chicago Daily Herald, Waukegan, Ill., 11/16
Scott Schuman, 26, an employee of the Waukegan school district,
has been suspended for soliciting sex online from an undercover
police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl. Schuman was arrested
at the restaurant where he had arranged to meet the girl.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Fayetteville, Ark., 11/14
On Nov. 13, Charles Eric Newman, 27, pleaded guilty for possessing
a videotape depicting children engaging in sexual conduct. In
exchange for the plea, prosecutors dismissed a charge against
Newman for possessing child pornography on his computer.
AP, Phoenix, Ariz., 11/13
Glendale Police Detective Steve Shropshire, 30, has been suspended
with pay as the department investigates his possession of child
pornography downloaded from the Internet. Shropshire is a four-year
employee of the department.
AP, Constable, N.Y., 11/13
A Malone Central School District bus driver, Shannon Timothy
Macauley, 36, was arrested on Nov. 12 on 13 counts of sodomy,
aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare
of a child. An investigation into child pornography led to Macauley's
arrest on the sex- related charges.
Los Angeles Times, Orange County, Calif., 11/13
Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald C. Kline was charged
last week with possessing child pornography. Authorities received
an anonymous e-mail tip that accused Kline of keeping illegal
photos on his home computer.
On Nov. 19, a chiropractor in Yuba City, Calif., was sentenced
to seven years in prison for filming disrobed female patients.
Haynes Richard Skower, 49, admitted to videotaping female patients
with hidden cameras in his X-ray examination room. In imposing
Skower's sentence, U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell stated,
"I can't imagine anything worse than the manner in which you
violated these women and children by abusing their trust in
you as a health care provider."
On Nov. 26, a carnival worker in Covington, Ohio, was arrested
and charged with possession of child pornography. Police found
more than 25 pictures of nude children on his home computer.
After being released on bail the next day, Larry Eugene Howell,
40, was shot twice later that night by a woman who police described
as an angry mother. The woman, who was found with a 9mm Smith
& Wesson, faces a first- degree assault charge.
On Nov. 28, 19 countries took part in a coordinated Internet
child pornography raid. The National Crime Squad, a British
crime unit, organized the raid. The unit targeted porn distributors
by monitoring images on 33 Internet bulletin boards over a period
of 16 days. Nine suspects were arrested in Britain and another
120 are listed for imminent arrest elsewhere.
On Nov. 30, a Northbridge, Mass. man plead guilty to downloading
thousands of images of child pornography onto his computer.
Raymond J. Courtemanche, 48, was turned in by a neighbor who
found the pornographic pictures while using Courtemanche's computer.
On Nov. 29, George E. Hamilton, a 41-year-old man from Brunswick,
Maine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for sending child
pornography over the Internet. Hamilton was discovered by an
undercover police officer that portrayed himself as a minor.
On Nov. 29, a Roanoke Virginia man was convicted in connection
with a child pornography case. John Marvin Damewood Jr., 42,
plead guilty to production and distribution of child pornography.
Police arrested Damewood after he sent pictures of young boys
to an undercover cop in an online club.
Los Angeles police confiscated material from the home of
Paul Reubens, the man who played Pee Wee Herman in the popular
80's kids show, after he was accused of collecting child pornography.
Police uncovered "vintage erotica, kitsch art and photography"
as well as some videos from the home of Reubens, age 49. No
charges have been filed.
December 2001
On Dec. 12, officers in Clinton, La. arrested a man and woman
on counts of child pornography and cruelty to children. Police
searched the home of Michael Dixon, 32, and Theresa Dixon, 28,
and seized two computers containing a large number of pornographic
files. The couple was charged with cruel treatment of their
2-year-old boy, who police found locked in a bedroom.
On Dec. 7, a federal judge sentenced a man from Colonial
Heights, Va. to four years in federal prison for downloading
and distributing child pornography from a computer. Turner Yager,
23, was arrested after a FBI agent in Tucson, Arizona found
an advertisement for the online trade of child pornography.
The advertisement was traced to Yager's home computer.
On Dec. 6, officers arrested a landscaper from Bay Shore,
N.Y. for videotaping himself engaged in sexual acts with at
least 20 boys as young as 11 years old. Paul Alexander, 39,
also ran a website containing sexually explicit pictures of
young boys between 11 and 17 years of age.
On Dec. 6, a man from Slatington, Pa. was charged with sexually
assaulting a 14-year-old-boy in New Jersey and a 15-year-old
boy in Northampton County, Pa. Police began investigating William
A. Conner, 44, after he was charged with aggravated sexual assault
in October. Investigators found child pornography on Connor's
computer and expanded the charges against him.
Under a plea agreement, a former mailroom worker may serve
17 years in federal prison for production of child pornography.
On Dec. 6, Paul Cieslowski, a 28-year-old Chicago man, plead
guilty to taking pornographic pictures of a 3-month-old girl.
The plea agreement is awaiting approval by Illinois district
judge John W. Darrah.
On Dec. 5, police seized pornographic materials from the
home of a former schoolteacher in Marion, Ohio. Police discovered
computer files of nude children, pornographic magazines and
videos. Kenneth Switzer, 53, is charged with three felony counts
of pandering sexually oriented material depicting a minor.
On Dec. 3, a technology teacher recently fired from an Oklahoma
City charter middle school was arrested for possession of child
pornography. Mark D. Rice, 43, is accused of fondling a young
girl about four or five years old, masturbating and then videotaping
the incident. Charges have not been filed.
On Dec. 1, the former president of the Broward County, Fla.
Teachers' Union plead guilty to child pornography charges. Anthony
Gentile, 54, plead guilty to transmitting child pornography
over the Internet and using the pornography to solicit sex from
a minor. Under the plea agreement, a charge for possession of
child pornography was dropped.
A fifth-grade teacher in Putnam County, Va. has plead guilty
to child porn charges. Brent McGucken, 42, surfed the Internet
for child porn on his off hours. Police uncovered more than
100 pornographic images on his school computer.
The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Dec. 20
A grand jury indicted Daniel Bernard Gruber, 23, of Englewood,
N.J., for allegedly sending child pornography via the Internet
to an undercover police officer who was posing as a 14-year-old
boy. Gruber has a prior felony conviction for a separate incident
in New York in which he promoted an obscene sexual performance.
St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 20
John Bernard Brudnock, 58, of Inverness, Fla., who was arrested
last month for keeping pictures in his computer of children
having sex, was slapped with 41 new charges after detectives
more thoroughly investigated the contents of the hard drive.
All of the images Brudnock is charged with possessing involve
children who range in age from under 1 year to early teens engaging
in a sexual performance.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 16
Bradford S. Davic, 37, of McCandless, Pa., a self-described
"sexaholic," was sentenced to 2˝ years in federal prison for
possession of child pornography and using his computer to entice
a minor into sex. Davic got caught in a sting set up by a police
officer in Xenia, Ohio, posing as a 14-year-old in an Internet
chat room. In one e-mail to her, he wrote, "My only concern
is that u could be an undercover cop setting me up."
The Richmond-Times Dispatch, Dec. 15
William Adderson Jarrett, 30, of Chesterfield County, Va., is
charged with producing child pornography after a "cyber-vigilante"
in Turkey hacked into Jarrett's home computer and downloaded
images that allegedly show him abusing a little girl. The anonymous
hacker, who lives near Istanbul, then reported the man to U.S.
authorities and provided evidence, all via the Internet. FBI
agents arrested Jarrett after searching his house. Images in
the packet "depicted a white male engaging in sex with a 5-
to 6-year-old prepubescent white female" and "provided clear
images of the subject's face."
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Dec. 15
Rev. Thomas A. Rydzewski, 38, a priest in Baltimore, Md., was
arrested and booked with possessing child pornography. Authorities
seized computer printouts, a compact disc and photos of underage
boys and girls engaged in sexual activity during searches at
Rydzewski's quarters at his church rectory and his parents'
house in Arnold, Md., according to an arrest affidavit. Rydzewski's
arrest resulted from an e-mail exchange in which Rydzewski told
a Southeastern Louisiana University student that he recently
had bought numerous vintage photographs of naked boys, a few
anatomically correct dolls and several sexually suggestive novelty
items depicting children. Rydzewski's online habits had caught
the attention of the FBI's Innocent Images task force, which
surfs the Web for sexually explicit images of children and pedophiles.
But a detective involved in the investigation said the student's
tip gave authorities the evidence they needed to obtain search
warrants, in part because it confirmed Rydzewski's address.
A.P., Dec. 14
Michael Alan Bowman, 51, of Billings, Mont., who pleaded guilty
to child pornography charges was sentenced to 27 months in prison.
Bowman was also ordered to continue sex-offender therapy, stay
away from children unless accompanied by another adult approved
by his probation officer, and is forbidden to use the Internet
either at home or at work without permission from the probation
officer. A.P., Dec. 14: Albert M. Lee, 35, of Dover, Del., who
pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and seducing
a minor over the Internet has been sentenced to almost five
years in federal prison. Lee had sex in 1998 with a 15-year-old
Maryland girl he met online and last year tried to seduce two
FBI agents posing as junior high school students in an Internet
chat room, prosecutors said. After reviewing a psychological
report on Lee, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory M. Sleet gave
him more time than recommended by federal sentencing guidelines.
"I do not know how often you have succeeded in this deplorable
behavior, but I do know that you must be incarcerated for an
extended period of time to prevent you from causing any further
harm," Sleet told Lee at this week's sentencing.
The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), Dec. 14
John William Imm, 36, of Wendell, N.C., a self-employed Internet
service provider was arrested in connection with the use of
a computer to download hundreds of pornographic pictures of
young boys, the Wake County Sheriff's Office reported. The photos
and video clips showed boys 15 and younger having oral and anal
sex with grown men and with other children, Lt. Gary Burrell
with the Wake Sheriff's Office said. Authorities began their
investigation after being contacted Dec. 7 by a private investigator
who had been hired by Imm's wife, Debra, according to court
records. According to a search warrant obtained this week, Mrs.
Imm told investigators she searched her husband's computer between
Oct. 6 and Dec. 5 and found pornographic files of men and boys,
according to the search warrant.
A.P., Dec. 13
David Wayne Baker, 28, of Knightstown, Ind. was sentenced to
more than 11 years in prison for his role in an international
ring that traded child pornography over the Internet. Baker's
child pornography collection included more than 100,000 images
and computer movie files stored on CDs, federal prosecutors
said. Federal authorities said Baker, a computer consultant,
was a member of an online ring known as the Wonderland Club,
which used former KGB encryption codes to protect its privacy.
Baker's home was one of more than 30 places raided in 1998 by
U.S. Customs Service agents, who coordinated their searches
with simultaneous raids by police in 10 Western European countries
and Australia.
A.P., Dec. 13
Mark Judkins, 44, a scientist who works at a local research
business in Reno, Nev., has been charged with four counts of
possession of child pornography, Washoe County sheriff's detectives
said. Judkins allegedly obtained the pornography from the Internet.
Detectives said he stored it on his computer at a work. Judkins
was booked into the Washoe County jail and held in lieu of $12,000
bail.
A.P., Dec. 13
Ingwald Johnson, 57, of Plymouth, Ind., who fled the country
after pleading guilty in 1998 to child pornography charges,
has been arrested in Turkey and is expected to soon be returned
to Indiana. He was taken to the island of Cyprus, where he is
being held pending a formal extradition, said Marshall County
Prosecutor Curt Palmer. In 1999, the U.S. and Cyprus, an island
over which Turkey has half control, signed an extradition treaty.
Johnson skipped out on a court-ordered sentence after pleading
guilty to child exploitation, a Class D felony, and two misdemeanor
charges of possession of child pornography. Johnson had admitted
in court that he photographed a 15-year-old boy engaging in
sexual conduct with a 16-year-old girl.
January 2002
A.P., Jan. 10
James Howard Jenkins, a former Odessa, Texas police chief convicted
on federal child pornography charges, was sentenced to 21 months
in prison and two years of supervised probation.
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA.), Jan. 9
Murdock Joseph Fontenot Sr., 46, an employee of Alexandria,
La., has been arrested for allegedly downloading child pornography
on his work computer. He is accused of downloading pictures
and videos of minors engaging in sexual activity.
A.P., Jan. 9
Michael Anthony Prestridge, a senior cadet at the Air Force
Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., has been charged under federal
law with having child pornography stored on his computer in
his dorm room, officials said. Prestridge also was charged under
military law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, for having
obscene material on government equipment, officials said. Prestridge,
whose age and hometown were not released, faces a maximum of
22 years in military prison; forfeiture of all pay; and a dismissal,
the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge.
A.P., Jan. 9
Anthony Guy Davis, 43, of Stayton, Ore., has been sentenced
to 18 months in prison for downloading child pornography off
the Internet after being found guilty of six counts of encouraging
child sexual abuse under Oregon's strict, new child pornography
laws. Images included one of an adult male having intercourse
with a six-year-old girl.
A.P., Jan. 9
Harry Palmer Jr., 47, of New Haven, Conn., was sentenced 27
months in federal prison for possessing child pornography after
pleading guilty to the charges.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 9
Robert Allen Dalton, 40, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced in
federal court to 51 months in prison for receiving child pornography
on his computer. Dalton also told FBI agents Zachary T. Lowe
Jr. and Robert Ritchie that he had had sexual intercourse with
three girls, ages 10, 13 and 15, in Richmond during the previous
two years.
A.P., Jan. 9
Paul David Rene, 36, of Hartford, Conn., has been charged with
possession of child pornography after images were found on his
computer when he took it to a repair shop.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 8
A federal judge sentenced Frank Buttich, a former high school
teacher from Mercer County, N.J., to 38 months in prison for
transmitting child pornography over the Internet. The former
Trenton Central High School teacher has been under house arrest
since November 2000, when he traveled to Burlington County for
a sexual encounter with the supposed girl, according to court
papers. He pleaded guilty in June to a single count of transmitting
child pornography and agreed to forfeit his computer and camera
equipment as part of his plea agreement.
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