A New Hampshire police officer has been arrested after he allegedly uploaded graphic videos to an app showing children as young as 7 being raped by adults. John Giarrusso III, 48, who lives in Massachusetts but works for the Seabrook, New Hampshire, Police Department, was charged with possession of child sexual abuse images, dissemination of …
An Arkansas man has been arrested on child pornography charges after an investigation found tens of thousands of pornographic files on his cell phone. According to an affidavit, the Arkansas State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip about child abuse material attached to an email address on October 9, 2024, KAIT …
A former Tampa sergeant has been found guilty Thursday on 100 charges of possession of child pornography. Paul Leo Mumford, 63, a former Tampa police sergeant,was convicted after a 3½-hour deliberation, according to TampaBay.com. “It’s disappointing,” said his defense attorney, Chip Purcell. “But it’s one step in the process. We’ll start to work on the …
Federal authorities have charged a Florida palliative care doctor with producing child pornography. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Holly Springs police in Georgia arrested Dr. Stephen Leedy was on December 19 after being pulled over. He’s facing accusations of coaching at least one of his victims to her death. The victim, identified as a 13-year-old, was …
A South Carolina attorney is behind bars after police say he exploited children. Sourh Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office announced the arrest of Aiken attorney William Daniel Mayes, 54, on seven charges related to child exploitation. Police arrested Mayes on October 29, after rhe Aiken County Sheriff’s Office received a CyberTipline report from the …
A Utah man was arrested after an investigation uncovered hundred of images and videos of child pornography. An affidavit filed with the arrest of 43-year-old Justin McKay Anthony says that the investigation began in early May when the National Center for Missing Exploited Children submitted a referral about an upload of a “child exploitation video,” …
A former ‘American Ninja Warrior’ champion has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for multiple federal child sex crimes. In a press release, the United States Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey confirmed that Andrew Dreschsel was sentenced to 121 months in jail on Wednesday, after pleading guilty to the charges on June 1. …
The husband of a missing Florida woman is behind bars after police say they found child pornography in his phone. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mount Dora police arrested Brett Baldwin on federal charges of child pornography possession. The arrest happened after a November 28 police search at the Mount Dora home of his missing wife, …
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Czech-based pornography web site can be sued in the United States. A California Jane Doe sued XVideos.com and its parent company, WebGroup Czech Republic (WGCZ) for posting videos of her after she was sex trafficked as a child, according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law …
Federal agents arrested a Mississippi Baptist worship leader earlier this month on charges of producing and distributing child pornography. Tyler Selby, 33, faces one count each of possession and production of child pornography, according to the Biloxi Sun Herald. He was ordered held without bond following his arrest. Court documents say investigators were tipped by …
An Indiana man who spoke with one of the slain Delphi girls on the day she and her friend were murdered has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 25 charges of child pornography, child exploitation, and obstruction of justice. Kegan Kline was arrested in 2020 and ultimately charged with …
The ex-wife of a federal judge who belongs to a prominent Virginia family is accused of distributing child pornography and attempted child sex trafficking, but the woman says she was just trying to help a minor in danger, WRIC-TV reports. Eleanor Hunton Hoppe, 45, of Charlottesville, was charged earlier this month in federal court in …
