Category Archive for : ‘INTERNET SAFETY’

by ANTONIO HARVEY

A national network of coordinated task forces dedicated to investigating, prosecuting, and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children nearly lost an effective key program.

Thanks to Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), who secured $5 million in state funds, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program (ICAC) stays in operation.

“As a former commander of the Sacramento Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force, I know firsthand how valuable ICAC is to protecting our young ones from sexually violent predators,” Cooper said in a May

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

A Texas man faces the possibility of significant time behind bars over the alleged abduction of a 14-year-old Utah girl earlier this week.

Frank David Lopez, 20, stands accused of one count of aggravated kidnapping over the incident that prompted a multi-state search and AMBER Alert on Tuesday, March 22, 2021.

As Law&Crime previously reported, 14-year-old Areli Esmeralda Arroyo Osuna was found safe later that same day in San Antonio. Authorities had previously suggested that she was in serious danger and she was initially described as a runaway.

Additionally, police said the girl

A Bullitt County man is facing 42 charges related to child pornography after he was arrested Wednesday by the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch.

Richard D. Metzroth, 49, of Shepherdsville, was booked into the Bullitt County Detention Center on charges related to child sexual abuse material.

Metzroth was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, according to a KSP news release. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation after discovering the suspect reportedly sharing images of child sexual exploitation online.

The investigation resulted in the execution

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida senator’s disturbing and personal story about nude images stolen from her and traded and sold online led to the passage of a bill Tuesday that aims to prevent future victims.

The bill passed unanimously in the House and now goes to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Lauren Book, who became the victim of an extortion attempt by a Broward County teenager who threatened to release images stolen from her. During the investigation, she learned the images, including video of her

MONROE, MI – A man accused by an undercover child predator task force of arranging to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex is heading to trial.

Christopher Joseph Pack waived preliminary examination March 2 in Monroe County District Court, sending his case to circuit court for trial, court records show.

Pack, 33, of Monroe, is charged with one count each of child abusive commercial activity, using a computer to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.

He was arrested during an undercover operation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Violent Internet