A California man who had exploited at least five young children to produce child pornography was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in federal prison. As the Sacramento Bee reports, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California said in a press statement that most of the children 35-year-old Travis Elconin abused were younger …
The ex-boyfriend of a missing New Jersey woman who was arrested Friday on child pornography charges is a reportedly person of interest in her ongoing disappearance. Monmouth County prosecutor spokesman Chris Swendenman told the Asbury Park Press that the search of John Ozbilgen’s Freehold Township home was related to Stephanie Parze’s disappearance but the criminal …
A 21-year-old woman took her own life after finding child pornography on her boyfriend’s phone. Citing statements made at an inquest, the Telegraph reports that Lydia Roberts, 21, took her own life after discovering images depicting child sexual abuse on a second phone owned by her boyfriend, 27-year-old Adam Wells. Roberts reportedly found the images …
An Indiana man who admitted to drugging a 5-year-old girl’s cereal before he filmed himself sexually assaulting her learned this week that he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Eric Weiler, 46, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to production and possession of child pornography …
A longtime meteorologist for an Ohio news station was arrested on Thursday for allegedly having a massive collection of pictures depicting child pornography. WBNS reported that their meteorologist of 31 years, Mike Davis, has been charged with pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor. Law enforcement sources told the news station that their probe involves thousands …
A New York judge has denied bail for singer R. Kelly, who pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Friday. According to NPR, Kelly, 52, arrived at a Brooklyn court and entered a plea of not guilty for five federal charges—one count of racketeering and four counts of violating the Mann …
James Lockhart’s wife was reportedly the person to identify the victimized toddler seen in the videos as their daughter
The ‘manny’ is also accused of possessing child pornography
A music director at a Texas Catholic school was accused of seeking sex with a 14-year-old girl who was actually an officer posing online as a minor. KRIS reported that Corpus Christi police arrested Lazaro Benito Rocha, 26, during their five-day online sting operation targeting people who were soliciting illicit pictures of children or planning …
A Canadian man facing child pornography charges for allegedly buying a child-sized sex doll claimed he bought it to replace his infant son who died in 1986. Per the Canadian Press, a court heard closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of Kenneth Harrisson, 54. Harrison was charged in 2013 after he reportedly ordered “Carol” from …
‘Those children you injured will never recover,’ the sentencing judge said while choking back tears
An Oregon man is facing nearly 100 sex crime charges for allegedly repeatedly raping an infant girl over the span of four months. Corvallis police arrested Edd Lahar, 30, Thursday, a day after reportedly receiving a tip alleging the suspect had sexually-explicit images of an infant on his cellphone. Investigators who executed a search warrant at …
