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

February 20, 2020
Drew Tripp
ABC News 4

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) – Seven people have been arrested and 21 more will face charges after a “first of its kind” undercover child sex crimes sting involving Goose Creek Police partnering with other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
“I’m proud we were able to pull everything together,” said Goose Creek Police Chief L.J. Roscoe. “This is something I wanted to do when I came to Goose Creek.”
Dubbed “Operation Caught in the Creek,” the initiative used technology to track down several child sex crime

February 4, 2020
Margaret Kavanagh
WTKR

ISLE OF WIGHT Co., Va. – A Virginia Beach man is accused of sex crimes against children.
36-year-old Chad Poro is accused of trying to meet up with a 13-year-old girl for sex acts when he was met by investigators, according to the Isle Of Wight County Sheriff’s Office.
He was arrested on Friday, but investigators say they had been watching his online chats for several weeks. They said their investigation started in December. They said he thought he was speaking to a 13-year-old girl, but it was really

February 6, 2020
Ed Runyan
Vindy

YOUNGSTOWN — Before sentencing Alex C. Bugno to 17 years in prison for paying three boys to allow him to engage in sexual conduct, Judge John Durkin said: “I don’t care in the least about your sexual orientations.”

But the judge added: “The fact that they were boys, young men, 15, 16, 17 years old who were paid an exorbitant amount of money to satisfy your sexual desires is, to say the least, disturbing.”

The judge said the boys used the money — ranging from $200 to $500 each

February 5, 2020
Glenn Puit
Review Journal

A repeat sex offender with a criminal history dating to 1982 is charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Las Vegas girl, according to police reports and court records.
David Allen Hicks, 60, of Las Vegas, was arrested by Las Vegas police detectives on Jan. 26. Police said he approached a runaway teen at a bus stop on East Stewart Avenue the day prior, lured her to his apartment, forced her to do drugs, then attacked her.
The victim told police on Jan. 25 a “male adult

February 4, 2020
Tommy Simmons
KTVB

BOISE, Idaho — A former Boise man will spend at least the next 10 years in prison for sex crimes he committed as long ago as 2005, against one of his female relatives and a young girl who lived in his neighborhood.
The Idaho Press reports Fourth District Court Judge Deborah Bail sentenced Gilberto Roman-Lopez, 47, to prison on five counts Monday afternoon — three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child younger than 16, and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor younger than

February 6, 2020
Ruth Brown
Idaho Statesman

An Ada County District judge ordered a 52-year-old Boise man to serve up to 85 years in prison after he was convicted of making and distributing child pornography.
Police arrested Gunnar Ericsson on a warrant in September 2018 following a year-long investigation by the Boise Police Department. He could be eligible for parole after 15 years are served.
A jury found Ericsson guilty in November of sexual exploitation of a child and sexual abuse of a minor stemming from a 2010 incident. In total, he was convicted of