Newsday/Will James
9/27/14
Wilbert Riera, a 51 year old FDNY captain from Bay Shore, has been arrested on a felonywarrant out of Los Angeles for sexual crimes against children. Los Angeles Police Departmentsaid Saturday that Riera was wanted for a September 12 Incident in Hollywood.
Wftv.com 7/23/2007 Polk County deputies and state investigators arrested 22 men for allegedly using theInternet to solicit sex with children. Among those arrested in the undercover sting were ayouth hockey coach and a former Marion County deputy. The sting, called Operation Guardian,is Polk County investigators pretending to be girls between the ages of 13 and 15. Among themen arrested were: – Nathan Galbraith, 22, a youth hockey coach from Orlando. – David Ronan, 42, a former volunteer Osceola County Firefighter. – Joseph Cioffi, 51, a Department of Homeland Security employee at OrlandoInternational Airport
wtsp.com 9/18/12 43 men have been arrested in Operation Green Shepherd, an undercover online sex sting by theManatee County Sheriff’s Office. The men were arrested after going to a local home where theythought they were meeting up to have sex with a child. Eugene Marshall is a sexual predator already on probation. Jeremy Wert, 25, is a St. Petersburg firefighter. James Durkee tried to have sex with a 14 year old boy and brought two bottles of lube andthree condoms. Walter Knoering, a volunteer firefighter with the City of Punta
Newsday/Joseph Mallia
Michael A. Annunziata, a 31 year old West Babylon firefighter, is accused of having sex witha 16 year old girl and is facing a charge of third degree rape. Annunziata, of 10th Avenue inWest Babylon, is a New York City firefighter and a captain with the West Babylon Volunteer FireDepartment. He pleaded not guilty in a July 3 court appearance. He was released on$25,000 cash bail and a temporary order of protection was issued barring him from contact with thevictim. Third degree rape is a Class E felony
Newsday/Samuel Bruchey
During a month long sting of online sex crimes, Suffolk detectives said they netted two dozenInternet pedophiles by posing in chatrooms as young boys and girls and inviting men for dates to arented house in central Suffolk. Men from New York City and Long Island, between 20 and 47 yearsold were caught in the sting, including several students, a young actor, a plumber, an Armylieutenant colonel and a West Islip firefighter. They all engaged in sexually explicitconversations online with people they thought were minors and all were charged with
A 33 year old veteran Brooklyn firefighter was busted yesterday for repeatedly molesting his 15 year old stepdaughter at their Staten Island home. The abuse began November 5 through the end of January. The man was charged with forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child. He was suspended without pay pending an investigation.
(New York)