Category Archive for : ‘SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS APPREHENDED’

July 9, 2020
Kristy Kepley-Steward
WLOS

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Two people have been arrested and charged following an investigation into alleged child abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor.

On July 2, 2020, the Asheville Police Department received notification of a case of potential child abuse that was allegedly occurring within city limits. Detectives assigned to the Asheville Police Department unit working at the Buncombe County Family Justice Center began investigating the allegations. These efforts were in conjunction with investigators from the Waynesville Police Department, as the case involved evidence originating in that jurisdiction.

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July 8, 2020
Dan Copp
Houma Today
 

Three local men were arrested Tuesday in separate child sex crime investigations, authorities said.

Gram Davis Armstrong, 41, 425 Belmere Luxury Court, Houma, is charged with distribution of pornography involving children under 13, police said.

Henry Abraham Ruiz, 32, 605 Pendleton Drive, Houma, is facing eight counts of distribution of child pornography, authorities said.

Also charged Tuesday was Nelson Naquin, 58, of Raceland, with 22 counts of distribution of child pornography, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

Naquin, who is a convicted sex offender, is also charged with indecent behavior

July 10, 2020
Audrey Jensen
AZ Central
 

A private tutor in Peoria was arrested on Thursday after police say he was found with hundreds of sexually explicit images and videos of children.

Carl Nathaniel Adam Fredricksen, 34, was arrested at a hotel near 75th Avenue and Bell Road on suspicion of child molestation, sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual conduct with a minor and furnishing harmful items to minors.

On July 2, a parent contacted police after learning Fredricksen showed a child inappropriate videos involving children and asked if the child wanted to partake, according to police spokesperson

July 7, 2020
The Times and Democrat

COLUMBIA — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of two Lexington county residents in unrelated cases. Anthony Michael Crispino, III (age 26), of Columbia, S.C., and Michael Wayne Davis (age 61), of Leesville, S.C., were arrested on seven total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office made the arrests. Investigators with the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with

March 19, 2020
Dal Kalsi
Fox Carolina

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said they have arrested a 44 year-old man for multiple child sex offenses.

Deputies said James Matthew Fortner, II faces the following charges:

Four counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 1st degree
Six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 2nd degree
Three counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 3rd degree

Deputies said they began investigating on March 15 and found evidence that Fortner committed multiple sex acts, including sexual battery on the victim,

March 19, 2020
Dal Kalsi
Fox Carolina

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said they have arrested a 44 year-old man for multiple child sex offenses.

Deputies said James Matthew Fortner, II faces the following charges:

Four counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 1st degree
Six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 2nd degree
Three counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 3rd degree

Deputies said they began investigating on March 15 and found evidence that Fortner committed multiple sex acts, including sexual battery on the victim,