Connecticut Man Charged with Child Exploitation Offenses, Making Interstate Threats

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that…

Clay County Man Who Sexually Exploited Three Children In His Custody Sentenced To 40 Years In Federal Prison

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Edward Alan Hardin (35, Clay County) to 40 years in federal prison for attempted production of child sex abuse material and…

Aberdeen, Maryland Man Who Engaged in Sexual Acts with a Minor Victim Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Anthony Gonzalez, age 40, of Aberdeen, Maryland to 13 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for coercion and…

Uniontown Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Materials Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Uniontown, PA, pleaded guilty on July 12 in federal court to a charge of Production of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct,…

Whitehall Man Indicted for Possessing Videos and Images of Child Sexual Abuse

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United…

Portage Man Sentenced to 240 Months in Prison

HAMMOND – Romio Xavier Hawkins, 24 years old, of Portage, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to production of material depicting a minor…

Ohio Man Sentenced for Traveling to KC to Meet Child Victim for Sex

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Ohio man was sentenced in federal court today for traveling to Missouri in an attempt to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 12-year-old child. Timothy M.…

Los Angeles County Man Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pedro Luis Millan, aka Peter Millan, 36, of Montebello, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment last Thursday, charging him with conspiracy to sexually…

Army Sergeant Indicted for Sexual Exploitation of Two Minors

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An active duty U.S. Army staff sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the sexual exploitation of two minor victims and for…

Manteno, Illinois, Man Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Use of Interstate Facilities to Attempt to Transmit Information about a Minor

URBANA, Ill. – A Manteno, Illinois, man, Joseph Longanecker, 42, was sentenced on July 12, 2022, to 96 months in prison for attempted enticement of a minor and use of interstate facilities…

Repeat Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Knowingly Possessing Visual Depictions of Children Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — William Richter, 39, of Shasta County, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, plus 20 years of supervised release, for knowing possession of visual depictions of minors engaging in…

Louisiana Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor

EL PASO – A Louisiana man was sentenced today to life in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12. According to court testimony and documents presented…

Prolific Producer of Child Exploitation Material from Philadelphia Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Andrew Dickson, 58, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to twenty years in prison, and lifetime supervised release by United States District Court…

Ohio Woman Sentenced for Production and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Port Clinton, Ohio, woman was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for production and distribution of child sexual abuse material. According to court documents, in 2020, Ashley…

Danbury Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Offense

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WAYNE MARCELL, 36, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 264…

A Port Clinton, Ohio, woman was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for production and distribution of child sexual abuse material. According to court documents, in 2020, Ashley Kolhoff, 22, produced…

Woolwich Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials

PORTLAND, Maine: A Woolwich man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland today for possessing child sexual abuse materials, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal sentenced…

Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Producing And Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material And Engaging In Child Sex Tourism In Colombia

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Hugo Espinosa Chavez (59, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to using a minor child to produce images depicting sexual abuse, traveling to…

Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Coercing an Ohio Minor to Travel to PA for Prostitution

PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, waived prosecution by Indictment and pleaded guilty to an Information in federal court to violations of Coercion and Enticement of Any Individual to Travel…

Previously convicted sex offender sentenced again after accessing dark web

McALLEN, Texas – An Edinburg man has been ordered to federal prison for receipt of child [censored]ography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. James Archie Wells III, 63, pleaded guilty Dec. 2,…

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