Category Archive for : ‘SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS APPREHENDED’

September 18, 2020
Joshua Rhett Miller
NY Post

A Florida fugitive charged with sexually assaulting two children over the span of several years has been arrested in Connecticut, federal officials said.
Maurice Lewis, 33, was busted Wednesday in Branford in connection to child sex abuse charges in Florida, the US Marshals Service announced Thursday on Twitter.
Lewis, who was sought on a warrant issued in August, was taken into custody at a gas station after investigators tracked him to the area. He was arrested without incident, the Stamford Advocate reported late Wednesday.
Lewis was charged by

September 22, 2020
Breana Ross, Erika Jackson, Jackie Winchester
Wink News

A Charlotte County man is being held on a $1.4 million bond after deputies say he molested children under the age of 12.
James Palmucci, 48, faces at least 83 sex crime charges after his arrest in Englewood East. Those charges range from lewd and lascivious molestation on children under 12, with some other victims between the ages of 12 and 16. He also faces charges of battery of a child by throwing certain fluids. The arrest paperwork doesn’t further explain that charge.
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September 10, 2020
Emily Goodykoontz
AND

After receiving tips about a man possibly distributing child pornography in Alaska, Anchorage police this week arrested two men in connection to the reports, according to a police statement.

On Tuesday, police arrested Larry S. Oscar, 26, on two charges of sexual abuse of a minor, child exploitation, distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Two days later, they also arrested 61-year-old William O. Jones Jr. on three charges of sexual abuse of a minor.

Oscar now faces in state court a total of 28 counts of

September 25, 2020
Cody Blowers
St. George Utah

ST. GEORGE — Two suspects arrested for sexual offenses involving minors were the culmination of multiple investigations that resulted in a total of three men being taken into custody Monday. The Washington County Attorney’s Office said the cases were unrelated.
On Monday night, Bryce Alan Taylor was taken into custody by the St. George Police Department following an investigation into reports the suspect allegedly sexually abused a juvenile.
According to the probable cause statement filed in 5th District Court, officers were called in to investigate the suspect

November 9, 2020
WSPA

BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has suspended a Bamberg County councilman after indictments were announced against him for six child sex charges.
A Bamberg County grand jury indicted Councilman Kerry Trent Kinard on Thursday. Along with the child sex crimes, the grand jury indicted Kinard on a first-degree assault charge. McMaster suspended him on Friday, The State reported.
South Carolina law allows McMaster to suspend public officials after grand jury indictments for “a crime involving moral turpitude.”
Kinard was first elected to Bamberg County Council in 2012.

November 12, 2020
Laurel Mallory
WISTV

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WIS) – A Lexington man could be in prison for the rest of his life if found guilty on charges of multiple sex crimes involving a minor.

Ronnie Dawsey Jr., 37, was arrested Nov. 10 by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and Lexington County Sheriff’s Office.

A tip led state and federal investigators to Dawsey.

Officials say he “engaged in criminal sexual conduct with a minor and produced, distributed, and possessed multiple files of child sexual abuse material*.”

Dawsey faces the following litany of charges:
• two counts