News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
According to court documents, William J. Britt, 55, possessed multiple videos containing child pornography and a short-barreled shotgun.
Alfredo Hernandez Jr., 37, appeared Monday before Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. In addition to the prison time, Hernandez will be required to register as a sex offender and serve a lifetime term of supervised release, during which his access to computers, the Internet and minors will be restricted.
ICE's HSI was appointed chair this week in Abu Dhabi of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of 18 law enforcement agencies and private sector partners dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse.
Faisal Hashime of Springfield, Va., was sentenced to 180 months in prison for posing online as an attractive teen girl to entice minor boys to produce sexually explicit images, several of which he sent to others online. The sentencing follows an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C.
Robert Fenn, 27, of Herndon, Va., was indicted by a federal grand jury today accused of receiving and possessing child pornography. Fenn taught at Poplar Tree Elementary School in Chantilly, Va., prior to his arrest on related state charges in June.
Phillip L. Taylor pleaded guilty in August to the latest charges. He was previously convicted of the same crime in 1999.
William Paul Robinson pleaded guilty Tuesday to receiving child pornography. Robinson possessed more than 800 still images and about 25 videos of child pornography on his computer equipment.
Carlos Castaneda was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison for attempting to lure an underage girl for sex. The sentencing ends an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
John Nutt of Asbury Park, N.J., pleaded guilty Monday to using his BlackBerry smartphone to distribute images of child sexual abuse, after a woman in Nevada received an image of child pornography on her cell phone via picture message from a phone number not known to her.
Cody John O'Hara of Cavalier, N.D., was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison Tuesday for possessing and receiving more than 5,000 images and 16 videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Jeremy Hogenkamp, 36, of Viroqua, Wis., was sentenced Dec. 4 by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb, Western District of Wisconsin. Hogenkamp pleaded guilty to the charges Sept. 25 and has remained in custody since then.
Former child care worker sentenced to 70 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children
Corey James Loftin, a former preschool worker who posted online babysitting ads on the Internet, was sentenced Friday to 70 years in federal prison based on his convictions for sexual exploitation of a child.
Craig Allen James, of Laurel, Md., was sentenced today to six years in prison for distributing child pornography.
Miles Robert Flinn, 25, formerly of Lubbock, Texas, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings also ordered a pre-sentence investigation report with a sentencing date to be set after the report is completed.
Heriberto Aleman-Aguero, formerly of St. Anthony, Idaho, admitted in a plea agreement to possessing images of child pornography.
Christopher Thomas Davis, 34, of Dahlonega, Ga., was sentenced to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release.
Jeffrey Darlin, 55, of Swarthmore, Pa., pleaded guilty at a hearing in U.S. District Court, District of Delaware.
Abraham Sacharow, 43, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, in violation of federal law, at a hearing in U.S. District Court, District of Delaware.
Patrick Mergen pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of producing and possessing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). HSI special agents received a lead from the Victoria, Australia, police indicating that Mergen was trading child pornography with a pedophile in Australia.
Scott Allen Rupert pleaded guilty Wednesday for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. The plea is the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations. This is the second time Rupert has been arrested and charged with online child enticement offenses. He was arrested in April 2006 in a similar online sting operation.
Robert Mucha was charged Tuesday with luring a teenage boy to Pennsylvania for sex as well as possessing child pornography on his home computer. Using a web-based chat service, Mucha communicated regularly with a number of individuals who shared his sexual fascination with child cannibalism. He also admitted that he has touched hundreds of boys.
Gregory Lynn Hopson was ordered detained without bond Tuesday after earlier being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of producing, transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography.
Walter Eugene Rogers pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography. Rogers admitted that he had been downloading child pornography since the mid-1990s, and that he had images and videos of sex acts, bondage and other sadistic acts involving children.
Glen Matteson pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence Tuesday to one count each of receipt, possession and distribution of child pornography, as charged in a federal indictment returned in August. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Isaac Heredia Luciano appeared in federal court Tuesday, and pleaded guilty to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, He admitted that videos he downloaded ranged from "diaper porn" to toddlers to teens, and that he possessed videos that included bondage and other sadistic acts involving minors.
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