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

February 18, 2020
NBC Right Now

RICHLAND, WA – The Richland and Kennewick police departments are receiving a cash forfeiture reward of just over $154,000 for their contributions in a federal child pornography case.
Last year, 63-year-old Kennewick resident Dale Gordon Black was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child porn in his home.
About $186,000 was seized from Black – that same cash now being awarded to the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments. A separate $19,000 was paid in restitution.
The way these forfeiture awards work is if a federal agency

February 20, 2020
Drew Tripp
ABC News 4

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) – Seven people have been arrested and 21 more will face charges after a “first of its kind” undercover child sex crimes sting involving Goose Creek Police partnering with other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
“I’m proud we were able to pull everything together,” said Goose Creek Police Chief L.J. Roscoe. “This is something I wanted to do when I came to Goose Creek.”
Dubbed “Operation Caught in the Creek,” the initiative used technology to track down several child sex crime

February 4, 2020
Margaret Kavanagh
WTKR

ISLE OF WIGHT Co., Va. – A Virginia Beach man is accused of sex crimes against children.
36-year-old Chad Poro is accused of trying to meet up with a 13-year-old girl for sex acts when he was met by investigators, according to the Isle Of Wight County Sheriff’s Office.
He was arrested on Friday, but investigators say they had been watching his online chats for several weeks. They said their investigation started in December. They said he thought he was speaking to a 13-year-old girl, but it was really

February 5, 2020
Jeff Williamson
WSLS

PHOENIX – A recent operation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations’ Phoenix office has arrested more than two dozen individuals suspected of child sex crimes.
Operation Silent Predator was an undercover operation targeting the demand for child sex crimes and human trafficking.
During the operational period, officers and undercover detectives placed ads on websites and apps which are commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts with children.
As part of the investigation, 26 suspects were identified for soliciting and/or brokering deals for various sex

January 30, 2020
Matt Galka
Fox 10 Phoenix

PHOENIX – Police say 27 people were arrested in connection to an undercover operation targeting child sex crimes and human trafficking in the Valley.
Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, and the Chandler Police Departments partnered with Homeland Security and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office for “Operation Silent Predator,” where undercover police officers arranged sex acts with people whom the suspects believed to be 14-years-old or younger.
“They were using social media to silently enter in our homes, our children’s bedrooms,” said Phoenix City Councilmember Michael Nowakowski.
As a result of

January 30, 2020
Ashley Ellis
KTUL

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a Mexican national was sentenced Thursday to 600 months in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child and for possession of child pornography.
Rogelio Hernandez Rodriguez, 30, who was convicted on Oct. 24, 2019, of exploiting the child and inducing the child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of making child pornography, was further found guilty of knowingly possessing child pornography after 524 sexually graphic images and videos depicting the victim were uncovered during