Category Archive for : ‘GOOD POLICING CATCHES SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS’

February 3, 2021
Kaitlyn Karmout
KXAN

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A Georgetown police officer and his wife are facing felony charges after being accused of compelling a “sexual performance” from a 17-year-old girl.

Georgetown Police say 28-year-old Samuel Tejeda and his wife Ashley Tejeda turned themselves in on Wednesday Feb. 3 after they were under investigation by the Georgetown Police Department and the Texas Rangers. KXAN has requested the arrest affidavits in their case. KXAN is working to reach out to the Tejeda’s for comment. An attorney was not listed online for either of

February 4, 2021
Mark Hayward
Union Leader

A Concord High School teacher has been arrested and charged with several sex crimes involving a minor, Concord police announced Thursday.

Manchester resident Joshua Harwood, 36, was arrested Thursday and charged with:

Two Class A felony charges of manufacturing child sexual abuse images.

One Class B felony charge of prostitution involving a minor.

A felony charge of possession of child sexual abuse images.

Misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child and solicitation to commit sexual contact. The solicitations charges involve an adult, Concord police said.

Concord police said Harwood was

January 21, 2021
Curtis Kalman
Tulsa World

A Sapulpa man who pleaded guilty to various child sex abuse and child pornography charges was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of post-custody supervision, according to the Tulsa U.S. Attorney’s Office.

U.S. District Judge John Dowdell ordered the prison term for Ryan David Miller, 34, after turning away a prosecutor’s request for a 100-year term.

Miller pleaded guilty Aug. 6 in Tulsa federal court to sexually exploiting a child, advertising child pornography and possessing child pornography.

A court appointed representative for the

January 21, 2021
KSBY

A Santa Barbara-area man was arrested this week on suspicion of sex crimes investigators say targeted elderly victims at care homes in the area.

The investigation began on Jan. 5 of this year when the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says detectives began looking into allegations of abuse at a care home in Goleta between 2013 and 2020.

During the investigation, investigators say they learned an additional offense may have also happened in Santa Barbara.

“Through their coordinated investigations, Sheriff’s and Police Detectives learned that 32-year-old Jared Ekola of Santa

January 21, 2021
WBTW

CARTHAGE, N.C. (WNCN) – A 38-year-old registered sex offender was arrested Wednesday on 30 child sex crime charges following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the Moore County sheriff’s office said.

Christopher Lea Kahele was on probation at the time of his arrest, Sheriff Ronnie Fields said.

Kahele faces 15 counts of felony second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and 15 counts of felony third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

He is being held under a $1.5 million bond and is scheduled to appear in court March 3.

The North Carolina

January 21, 2021
BBC

Investigators have been focusing on tracking down offenders who operate online.

The operation led to a total of 4,760 arrests and 6,500 children safeguarded between April and September last year.

Meanwhile, the Home Office has launched a strategy to collect detailed data about child grooming gangs.

The Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy aims to identify and convict offenders who operate in groups by gathering more information about their characteristics, including ethnicity.

It also involves investing in the national child abuse image database to identify offenders more quickly, protecting police from frequently being