Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET OFFENDER CASES’

November 4, 2020
Lancaster Eagle Gazette

COLUMBUS – A prior sex offender currently on parole supervision pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Nov. 4 to a child exploitation crime punishable by at least 10 years and up to life in prison.
Larry Richard Dickerson, 56, of Lancaster, attempted to coerce a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
According to court documents, in May 2020, officers with the Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were conducting undercover online chats to identify individuals who were attempting to solicit and engage in illegal

November 2, 2020
Shelbie Harris
Idaho State Journal

BLACKFOOT — A former employee of Idaho State University convicted of embezzling $100,000 from the school in 2017 pleaded guilty to two child sex crime charges in Bingham County on Monday.
While appearing remotely from the Bingham County Jail in Blackfoot for a hearing held at the Bingham County Courthouse on Monday afternoon, Tyler Gene Liddle, 32, of Blackfoot, entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors that involved him pleading guilty to one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing or accessing child

October 5, 2020
Elise Dolinar
NBC 25 News

CLARE COUNTY, Mich. – A 49-year- old Houghton Lake man is now behind bars and facing charges after a seven month investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy.
In February of 2020, a request was made for the Michigan State Police Mount Pleasant Post to assist with the investigation.
According to MSP, the alleged assault reportedly happened in Clare County.
The investigation revealed other attempts to commit sexual assault against other young males within the state.
It also revealed evidence in the man’s possessed and manufactured

October 6, 2020
Ashley Nerbovig
Chinook Observer

MONTESANO — On Friday, Oct. 2, a manager for Willapa Behavioral Health’s youth wraparound services program was charged with nine felonies, including rape of a person with developmental disabilities.
Paul Thomas Clark, 45, was charged in Grays Harbor Superior Court with four counts of child pornography, one count of dealing child pornography, three counts of communicating with minors for immoral purposes and one count of rape in second degree of a person with developmental disabilities. The ninth count, rape in the second degree, was dismissed at Clark’s

October 5, 2020
Rapid City Journal

The U.S. Attorney’s office in Rapid City charged four men with sexual exploitation charges last week.
U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of sexual abuse.
Brandon Lindemann, a/k/a Brandon Lindeman, 35, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann and pleaded not guilty.
The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to life in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
The charges relate to Lindemann sexually abusing a juvenile

September 17, 2020
Danielle Wallace
Fox News

A former Texas law enforcement officer was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday after sexually exploiting and cyberstalking two Massachusetts girls from the time they were 12 years old, including threatening them to keep quiet by sending pictures of himself with his gun in uniform.
Pasquale T. Salas, 26, a former deputy sheriff with the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced to 220 months in prison and five years of supervised release, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts said in a statement Tuesday. He