Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET OFFENDER CASES’

By KATE FELDMAN

“Andi Mack” alum Stoney Westmoreland has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading down to a lesser charge after being accused of trying to lure a minor into sex.

Westmoreland, who played the grandfather on the Disney Channel sitcom, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor and was slapped with 24 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release, rather than the 10 years in prison he was initially facing, TMZ reported Sunday.

The actor was originally charged

By C. Allan

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – A Barbour County man has been charged after arranging a ride to Upshur County for sex with a minor.

On June 1, a man arranged to meet with an individual he presumed to be a 14-year-old girl at a location in Upshur County, according to a criminal complaint.

The man, identified as Robert Shahan, 36, of Belington, “described sexual acts he wanted to perform” with the individual he assumed to be a 14-year-old female, and also sent explicit photos of himself, officers with the Buckhannon Police Department

Dennis Bright

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 67-year-old Florence man was among 11 people arrested in a recent multi-agency online sting operation aimed at potential child sexual predators, authorities said.

Robert Mitchum Nichols was charged with criminal solicitation of a minor and second-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, which conducted the investigation along with the Lexington Police Department, the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office and numerous other law-enforcement agencies from across the state.

“Officers pretended to be underage teenagers as the suspects messaged

Author: WTHR.com staff

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — Eleven Indiana men were arrested in a three-day child sex sting operation, conducted by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Franklin Police Department and Marion County Sheriff’s Office. This was the third child sex sting operation conducted in the last two years by the departments. Detectives set up fake profiles on sexual websites posing as underage teens. Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess said the profiles were very specific that the person was a minor. “Parents need to be very vigilant in reviewing the sites that

By: News 12 Staff

A Queens man is under arrest after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl he met on Snapchat.

Police officials say 30-year-old Andrew Ramsaroop met the teen at Smith Haven Mall back on May 13.

Detectives say Ramsaroop tried to get the teen and her friend into his car, but they refused.

Later in the day, police say Ramsaroop met the teen at a Hauppauge park and raped her. The park is part of the Renaissance Hills apartment complex.

The victim told a school official about the incident, who then called

By Jolyn Hannah

OPELIKA, Ala. (WRBL) – An Opelika Middle School teacher has been arrested in connection a sex crimes investigation.

According to officials with the Opelika Police Department, Caleb Daniel Fuller, age 36, has been arrested and charged with Electronic Solicitation of a Child, Sexual Contact with a Student, and Luring a Child Someplace in Order to Perform or To Propose Sexual Acts.

Police said Fuller was arrested on April 28, 2022. He has been placed on administrative leave.

According to police, the charges against Fuller are related to an incident involving an