Category Archive for : ‘FIREFIGHTERS’

December 10, 2020
Mandy Matney
Fits News

New disturbing details have emerged in the case of the Beaufort County, South Carolina firefighter who is still wanted for multiple child sex crimes and was also accused in multiple lawsuits of using a chokehold on Trey Pringle before he died in police custody in 2018.
A week after arrest warrants were issued, Beaufort Police officials are still searching for Brandon Corey Thomsen, 46, who is wanted for criminal solicitation of a minor and dissemination of obscene materiel to a person under 18.
According to the police report

August 16, 2020
Blake Keller, Markie Heideman
WNEM

“It’s a sickness,” said Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson.
Swanson told TV5 new information in their hunt for suspected child traffickers.
Seventeen people have been arrested since sting operations started in March.
“National stats confirm that a pedophile or predator taken off the street can save the life of 25 future victims,” said Swanson.
Those arrested all reside over Mid-Michigan.
Swanson says offenders have been found in Flint, Burton, Grand Blanc, Holly and Goodrich among other places. “It’s pedophilia,” said Swanson. “It’s a sexual deviancy that leads to vulnerable people

July 26, 2020
Tom Schuba
Chicago Suntimes

Jerry Jones, a South Side bishop who previously served as the assistant commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department, was charged with sexually abusing three minors, including two nieces who came forward years after the alleged abuse took place.

Jones, 71, of Olympia Fields, turned himself over to the Chicago police Friday and was charged with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, authorities said.

During his initial court hearing Sunday, prosecutors noted that Jones serves as a bishop of both the Apostolic Assembly of the Lord Jesus Christ

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,

January 9, 2020
Giuseppe Ricapito
Union Democrat

A Sonora man identified as a firefighter was arrested on Tuesday at the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office investigations office on Cedar Road in Sonora on suspicion of underage sex crimes.
An online tip was made to the Sheriff’s Office via the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a federally funded task force based in Sacramento, in December 2019 which initiated the investigation into the 53-year-old man arrested Tuesday, said Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Office Niccoli Sandelin.
Sandelin said the Sheriff’s Office would not disclose whether there