LANCASTER, PA — A 29-year-old Lancaster man charged with violently sexually assaulting a woman in his basement will face trial after waiving his preliminary hearing last week. Jose Antonio Pitre appeared before…
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Duquesne, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of production and attempted production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Eric…
ATHENS, OH – Lawrence R. Fetty, a 62-year-old resident of Athens, Ohio, has been indicted on serious charges by the Athens County Grand Jury. The indictment, issued during the September Term and…
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Jason Charles Nicholas (54, Ramona, CA) has pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse materials over the internet. At sentencing, Nicholas…
ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Wade Platero…
OXFORD, MS – A former school principal will spend 30 years in prison after he secretly videotaped and photographed students in the bathroom and locker room of the school where he was…
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA – John Wakefield Jr., 48, of South 4th Street, Columbia, was found guilty of statutory sexual assault and related charges after a three-day trial. The victim, a minor, provided…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Tonika Miller, a 33-year-old woman from Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide. This sentence is in connection with the…
Jacksonville, FL – Gregory Edward McLean, 39, of Jacksonville, Florida, today pleaded guilty to one count of distributing videos depicting the sexual assault of children and one count of unlawful retention of…
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Amol Chandrashekhar Khedkar (58, Jacksonville) with using his cellphone and the internet to attempt to entice…
ST. LOUIS – A man from Pevely, Missouri accused of recording his sexual abuse of a minor was arrested and appeared in federal court in St. Louis Tuesday. Matthew Gamel, 36, was…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Sexual assaults in the Canadian military rose significantly in 2022 compared to 2018, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday in the latest indication sex crimes are a fast-growing problem. In…
QUEENS, NY –The NYPD has arrested 40-year-old Shahab Usman of Queens, on multiple charges, including attempted murder, rape, and robbery. The arrest, made on Tuesday, December 5, at around midnight, occurred within…
HONOLULU – On November 30, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted Ross Andrew Brown, 42, of Kailua, for attempted sexual enticement of a minor. Brown is a lawyer serving as a Lieutenant…
A former federal correctional officer was sentenced today to 63 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and a $25,000 special assessment for his sexually abusive conduct against two…
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Ovzie Cannon, a 40-year-old man from Queens, has pleaded guilty to third-degree rape after admitting to sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. The incident took place while Cannon was…
LOS ANGELES – A former pediatrician was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on dozens of DVDs as well as possessing hundreds of…
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Lowell, Michigan pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Frank Davis,…
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has sentenced Stephen Donald Kearney (61, St. Petersburg) to 7 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receiving child…
ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Aja N. Brooks, Executive Assistant United States Attorney, met with representatives from the New Mexico Coalition of…
FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced the arrest of 44-year-old Robert L. Wisiak from South River, a former resident of Keansburg, on charges of sexual assault of a…
PEORIA, Ill. – Auston McLain, 38, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced today to ten years’ imprisonment, to be followed by ten years of supervised release, following his June 2023 conviction by a…
Orlando, Florida – United States District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Stephon K’Trell Anderson (29, Apopka) to 16 years in federal prison for producing a video of child sexual abuse. Anderson was…
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to production and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to court documents, from at least 2020 through March 2023, Thomas Cervantes,…
NEWARK, N.J. – A German man today admitted traveling from Germany to New Jersey in order to engage in illicit sex acts with a minor, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Christian…
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Daniel Fuino, age 73, of Slingerlands, New York, was indicted earlier this month on five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of…