Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET OFFENDER CASES’

By Phyllis Smith

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) – Two men are arrested for alleged sex crimes involving children.

David Lemming was arrested for one count of distribution and exhibiting of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He is a 54 year-old-man from Parkersburg. He was arrested on March 25th, 2022.

Parkersburg Police Detectives and West Virginia State Police Troopers assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant at his address in Parkersburg in February of 2022. An analysis of his laptop allegedly showed 11 images that were

By WHIO Staff

DAYTON — A man previously convicted for sex crimes involving a juvenile in 2016 is facing charges after police say he had sex with a 14-year-old girl he’d been communicating with on social media.

Gerald Pendergrass III, 28, of Dayton, was indicted on unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, importuning and seven counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, according to court records.

Police said Pendergrass met with a 14-year-old girl at an address on Almond Avenue in Dayton between May 1 and Aug. 9.

“The juvenile invited Gerald Pendergrass III

A St. Johns County teacher is accused of using the internet to entice a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity.

Matthew Christopher Yates, 27, of Hastings, was an eighth-grade teacher at Veritas Classical School, a classical Christian school in St. Augustine that teaches kindergarten through 10th grade. He was arrested after an FBI agent posed as a 14-year-old girl online.

The agent responded Feb. 11 to a notice posted on social media by a user who went by the name “English teacher,” according to federal court documents. The supposed child told

An 18-month investigation by the LaGrange Police Department, Athens-Clarke County Police Department, and the GBI revealed that Hogan Pendergraph’s crimes began as early as 2012 when he videotaped, photographed women he was dating without their permission.

An 18-month investigation by the LaGrange Police Department, Athens-Clarke County Police Department, and the GBI revealed that Hogan Pendergraph’s crimes began as early as 2012 when he videotaped, photographed women he was dating without their permission. (Shutterstock)

LAGRANGE, GA — A judge has sentenced a Georgia man to 50 years behind bars for sex crimes against

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities in Hanahan arrested a man on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Hanahan Police Department worked with members from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Homeland Security to execute a search warrant on a home along Chaucer Drive last week.

Police said the warrant was issued amid an ongoing investigation involving child pornography.

Deputies investigating after body found in Ladson

“As a result of the investigation, Kyle Christopher Gunther, of Hanahan, was arrested and has been charged with multiple counts of Sexual Exploitation of

LANCASTER COUNTY, SC A Lancaster County man on bail from previous charges is accused of sending child sex videos online using Instagram and Google social media, according to court records and arrest warrants. Samuel Wayne Flowers, 32, of Kershaw, was arrested Tuesday on two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of minors and one count of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor by Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office deputies, arrest warrants obtained by The Herald show. Deputies and federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security found that Flowers uploaded and distributed