Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET OFFENDER CASES’

September 5, 2019
Morgan Phillips
Fox News

The chief meteorologist for WBNS 10TV in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Thursday on charges involving child pornography, the TV station reported.
Davis was charged with pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, an offense court records say took place on Aug. 5. More charges could be forthcoming.
One of the images obtained by law enforcement depicted a prepubescent girl engaged in a sex act. The court records specifically referenced that image, but Chief Deputy Rick Minerd said more illicit images were involved in the case.
“Generally, these cases are

September 10, 2019
Philadelphia CBS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) – A former Montgomery County Sheriff’s officer has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. Last March, investigators found almost 4,000 images and videos of child sex abuse on Matthew Laver’s computer.

The investigation also revealed the 38-year-old from Souderton allegedly trafficked child pornography over the course of ten years while employed at the sheriff’s office.
“The harm caused by child exploitation is devastating and long-lasting, which is why we prosecute these cases aggressively,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney

August 13, 2019
Stephanie Pagones, Lorena Mongelli, Emily Saul
NY Post

The Broadway producer behind the failed musical “Rebecca” was busted Tuesday for downloading child-porn — as disgusted neighbors said he once went around collecting signatures to get faster Internet.
“For nine years, he was not even able to say ‘hello,’ and suddenly he was quite friendly. … He needed to have his Internet,’’ a female resident said of accused kiddie-perv neighbor Ben Sprecher, 65, of Manhattan — who famously had his Broadhurst Theatre play “Rebecca: The Musical’’ torpedoed by a con man.
Sprecher —

August 8, 2019
Chelsea Deffenbacher 
Register-Guard

A Eugene man and Level 3 sex offender, released from prison in June after serving 24 years for the kidnapping and rape of a child, has been charged with two new crimes.

Christopher Ray Lipska, who also goes by the last name Hare, was charged Wednesday in Lane County Circuit Court with unlawful contact with a child and second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse.

Lipska pleaded not guilty to both charges. He is due back in court for a hearing Sept. 11.

According to the indictment, Lipska unlawfully and knowingly

August 15, 2019
Jacquelyn Gray
Crime on line

An officer in South Carolina was reportedly arrested in a sex sting operation that was carried out by his own police department, officials announced this week.

According to NBC News, Derek Vandenham, 34, was immediately fired from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department following his arrest on Tuesday. Vandenham, a deputy who had been with the department since August 2015, is accused of using social media or an online chatroom to solicit minors for sex.

The Post and Courier reported that “Operation Relentless Guardian” was a five-day sting operation that resulted in

July 30, 2019
Kayla Galloway
KRON 4

SAN JOSE (KRON) — A man was arrested Thursday in San Jose on several sex crime-related charges after allegedly arranging to meet a 12-year-old boy he talked to online.

Police say the suspect, identified as Roman Guillen, was arrested on felony charges of child pornography, meeting a minor to commit a lewd act and sending harmful material to a child.

The 26-year-old man communicated with the victim online regarding topics of sexual nature, police say.

The victim’s mother then contacted police.

Officers then began communicating with the suspect, posing the