Category Archive for : ‘SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS COMMITTING ADDITIONAL CRIMES’

August 18, 2020
Jeremy Schneider
13 ABC

FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG) – The pastor of a Catholic church in Findlay was arrested and is being federally charged with numerous crimes related to sexual conduct with minors.

Michael Zacharias, 53, is charged with coercion and enticement, sex trafficking of a minor, and sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud, or coercion. Zacharias is the pastor of St. Michael the Archangel in Findlay.

Investigators are aware Zacharias has engaged in sexual conduct with minors since the late 1990s.

Zacharias, who was ordained in 2002, has been placed on

July 27, 2020
Lucas Geisler
ABC 17 News

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Holts Summit man admitted to several sex crimes on Monday that took place over several years.

Anthony Rowell pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree kidnapping and one count each of rape and second-degree sodomy. The crimes happened in 2017 and 2018 during three different incidents throughout Boone County.

Judge Brouck Jacobs sentenced Rowell to seven years on each of the four counts. Two of the four will run consecutively to two others, amounting to a 21-year prison sentence. Rowell will be under lifetime

July 27, 2020
Shelbie Harris
Idaho State Journal

BLACKFOOT — A former Idaho State University employee on felony probation for embezzling over $100,000 from the school now faces seven decades in prison for possessing child pornography, according to court records.
Bingham County prosecutors have charged Tyler Gene Liddle, 32, of Blackfoot, with five counts of felony sexual exploitation of a child stemming from an Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children and U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigation, according to the Idaho Office of the Attorney General news release.
The investigation also included the Blackfoot Police Department,

July 14, 2020
Jeff Burlew
Tallahassee

At least 10 people — including a local write-in candidate — were arrested on charges ranging from lewd and lascivious behavior with a child to human trafficking.

The arrests, which began Monday and continued Tuesday, appear to have grown out of an investigation by the Tallahassee Police Department dating back to 2018.

However, TPD was tight-lipped on its involvement in the case, and court records detailing the allegations were not immediately available.

The arrests were far from typical. The defendants were taken to the Leon County Detention Facility, but none of

July 20, 2020
David Whisenant
WBTV

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV) – Bond is set at $100,000 for a man who allegedly tried to run from police in Kannapolis.

Jimmy Guzman, 28, was charged with resisting police, drug possession, and driving with a revoked license.

He was also charged on outstanding warrants for first degree statutory rape, statutory sex offense, and taking indecent liberties with a child.

Investigators say the sex crimes occurred in November and December.

On Saturday during a traffic stop Guzman was being served with outstanding warrants by Kannapolis Police when he allegedly tried to run.

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July 16, 2020
Lila Fujimoto
Maui News

WAILUKU — A man charged with allegedly breaking into two women’s homes to commit sex crimes is facing separate trials, after a judge Wednesday denied a prosecution request to consolidate the cases.

Norston Mike, 22, had posted bail after being arrested in the first case in December and was being sought on a warrant when the second case occurred in April, said Deputy Prosecutor J.W. Hupp.

“The facts are very similar, even though one occurred on Lanai and one on Maui,” Hupp said, arguing in court Wednesday for the