Category Archive for : ‘ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS’

ROCKFORD — A Freeport, Ill. resident was sentenced today to 17 years in federal prison for traveling to Iowa to engage in sexual conduct with a minor he met online.

ERICH BRINKMEIER, 27, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and one count of commission by a registered sex offender of a felony offense involving a minor.  U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard in Rockford ordered that the prison term be followed by

Former Cleveland Catholic Diocese priest Robert McWilliams took his own life while serving his sentence for child sex crimes at a Pennsylvania prison.

McWilliams, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court in July to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count each of transportation of child pornography, receipt and distribution of visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to life in prison.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons said McWilliams, who

March 20, 2021
Cecily Hilleary
VOA News

WASHINGTON – Note: This report contains language or content that some may find disturbing or offensive.
“I was very young when I was introduced to a pedophile,” said Lisa, 41, a survivor of sex trafficking who asked that her real name not be used. Raised on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, she cites a family history of sexual abuse.
“My mother was sent to a boarding school where the dean raped her repeatedly,” she said.
She believes she is the product of that rape.
“Later on, my mother got

January 14, 2021
Alex Antoneshyn
Edmonton

EDMONTON — A pedophile who was released over the summer on bail after being charged for allegedly harassing two boys in a park was arrested for child abduction on Tuesday.
Police say they found 52-year-old Curtis Allan Poburan with a child and two imitation firearms.
A witness reported a suspicious person trying to lure a child near 177 Street and 69 Avenue around noon, and directed police to a nearby shopping complex where Poburan was arrested.
Poburan was charged with abduction of a child under the age of 14 years,

November 26, 2020
Independent

The operator of an online chat room in South Korea was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for blackmailing women including minors into filming sexually explicit video and selling them to others.
The Seoul Central District Court convicted Cho Ju-bin, 24, of violating the laws on protecting minors and organizing a criminal ring, court spokesman Kim Yong Chan said.
The court ruled Cho “used various methods to lure and blackmail a large number of victims into making sexually abusive contents and distributed them to many people for an extended

August 16, 2020
Blake Keller, Markie Heideman
WNEM

“It’s a sickness,” said Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson.
Swanson told TV5 new information in their hunt for suspected child traffickers.
Seventeen people have been arrested since sting operations started in March.
“National stats confirm that a pedophile or predator taken off the street can save the life of 25 future victims,” said Swanson.
Those arrested all reside over Mid-Michigan.
Swanson says offenders have been found in Flint, Burton, Grand Blanc, Holly and Goodrich among other places. “It’s pedophilia,” said Swanson. “It’s a sexual deviancy that leads to vulnerable people