Category Archive for : ‘STINGS’

MONROE, MI – A man accused by an undercover child predator task force of arranging to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex is heading to trial.

Christopher Joseph Pack waived preliminary examination March 2 in Monroe County District Court, sending his case to circuit court for trial, court records show.

Pack, 33, of Monroe, is charged with one count each of child abusive commercial activity, using a computer to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.

He was arrested during an undercover operation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Violent Internet

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A sweep underway in the South Bay since the beginning of the year has resulted in San Jose police arresting 35 suspects with outstanding warrants for alleged sex crimes including felony cases of sexual assault of a minor and rape.

Among the arrests were 29 made during a one-month period in a coordinated effort by several SJPD units. Five were made by detectives who spotted suspects on the street and two warrant arrests were made outside of San José.

“This successful operation is a testament to the

A 59-year-old man planned to travel to Cheshire to have sex with a nine-year-old boy, a court heard.

Ian Watson, 56, of Churchfields in St Helens, started speaking to another adult online to make arrangements to meet a nine-year-old boy in Cheshire with the intention of engaging in sexual activity.

But Watson didn’t know that he had actually been speaking to officers from North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU).

On March 30, 2020 he was arrested at his home address and appeared in Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, January 28 charged with

May 27, 2021
Justice

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Clinton, Missouri, man who was identified and arrested on the same day he shared live video and images of his sexual assault of a toddler with an undercover officer was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography.
Gino Alexander Maiorano, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 25 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Maiorano to spend the rest of his life on supervised release following incarceration.
On June 23, 2020, Maiorano pleaded guilty to one

May 3, 2021
Zoe Kleinman
BBC

The international operation, involving several police forces, targeted a dark net platform called Boystown, which has now been taken down.
Officials say Boystown had more than 400,000 registered users.
They say some images showed the most serious sexual abuse of young children.
The dark net is an internet area beyond the reach of mainstream search engines.
The German-led investigation involved law enforcement agencies in the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the US and Canada.
The EU police agency Europol says it will also examine intelligence gained from the operation, and “more arrests and rescues

May 26, 2021
Kaylyn Hlavaty, Jade Jarvis
News 5 Cleveland

CLEVELAND — Thirty-one people, ranging in age from 20 to 80 years old, were arrested as part of “Operation Deja Vu,” an undercover operation led by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
The 31 individuals, who came from five different counties, including Cuyahoga County, were arrested after engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with who they believed were minor children, according to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley.
Initial charges ranging from third-degree to fifth-degree felonies were