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A preliminary analysis of digital electronic storage devices seized during a search warrant revealed explicit videos of Andres Ruiz-Huertas engaging in sexual acts with multiple minors.

During a search warrant, HSI special agents seized a smartphone belonging to John Millmine. A forensics examination of the phone revealed several images and videos of child pornography.

Ian H. Ranberg, 47, of Sounderton, was charged with receiving images of child pornography between May 23 and May 29, 2012, and between Aug. 19 and Sept. 19, 2012.

A forensic review of Daniel Acevedo-Mayen's computer and thumb drive revealed he used a peer-to-peer program to download more than 60 videos of children involved in sexually explicit conduct with adults.

Local law enforcement discovered more than 500,000 images of child pornography and hundreds of videos on multiple computers and external storage devices belonging to Lawrence B. Blevins Jr.

The Virtual Global Taskforce's (VGT) board of management applauded announcements made at a U.K. summit this week by government and industry leaders interested in combating online child sexual exploitation.

Jeffrey Monroe Roy responded to a Craigslist posting and attempted to entice what he thought was a 13-year-old female to engage in sexual activity. When he went to meet her at a predetermined location, he was arrested and found to be in possession of Viagra, condoms, a camera, a knife, handcuffs, a first-aid kit and a deck of 52 sex-position cards.

For their commitment to protecting our children from heinous crimes and dangerous child predators, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Pittsburgh Special Agents Derek Bassler and James Kilpatrick were recognized with a Western Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Agency Directors (LEAD) award.

On Dec. 8, 2011, Hilton Cordero-Rosario, 52, was arrested by HSI special agents on production and possession of child pornography charges. According to the 21-count indictment, Cordero-Rosario had digital images and video files of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to five years in federal prison Tuesday for receiving child pornography over the Internet.

Aaron N. Debarardnis, 26, of Lower Township, pleaded guilty to second-degree distribution of child pornography before Superior Court Judge Michael J. Kassel in Camden County. The state will recommend he be sentenced to three years in prison.

Anthony Yager, an Arkansas man with a prior felony sexual abuse conviction, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday for downloading more than 100 videos containing child pornography.

Thomas Andrew Quinton, 32, from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, pleaded guilty to the charges Nov. 12. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 7. He is currently detained.

Kievan R. Walters III, 24, of Springfield, was sentenced Nov. 18 by U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough to 168 months in federal prison. Walters pleaded guilty plea in July to receiving child pornography in the fall of 2012.

Leonardo Medina, 44, was arrested Nov. 13 on a criminal complaint alleging he solicited sex from a person he believed was a 13-year-old girl.

Luis Gerardo Alvarado met a girl who lived in Coleman County, Texas, by contacting her through Facebook chat. From mid-March until April 8, 2013, Alvarado communicated with the girl and attempted to persuade and entice her to have sex with him.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF) officers, arrested Friday an assistant church pastor from Vega Baja, Dolores Pagan-Lozada, for sexually enticing a minor.

According to court documents, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism officers encountered John Malcolm Nealy, 66, of Florence, Mont., in Arkansas's White Oak State Park on Sept. 3, 2012. Nealy had a stolen license plate on his vehicle at the time and was a fugitive wanted for violating the terms of his release for a prior federal child pornography possession conviction in Montana.

Between September 2012 and April 2013, Dustin Metz possessed child pornography on his personal computer at his residence in D.C.

Upon questioning, Travis James McReynolds admitted to obtaining child pornography by chatting with others via the Internet. Forensic analysis resulted in discovering 132 images and 35 videos of child pornography on two seized computers.

Larry James Kerfoot, 38, of Dundalk, and Robert Marzola, 31, of Essex, were sentenced respectively to 28 and 29 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander.

In October, undercover HSI special agents in Utah discovered a person in Canada, later identified as Lee David Hughes, sharing child pornography over the Internet.

According to court documents, Alfred E. Daking Jr., 70, communicated online with a 13-year-old boy from Phoenix. Daking sent more than 800 emails to the boy and attached child and adult pornography to some of the emails.

Elijah Fogle, 22, of Charlotte, N.C., was also ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release.

Michael J. Barndt, a Pennsylvania man who was a youth football coach, school cook and summer camp counselor at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted enticement and coercion of a minor.