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February 18, 2020
NBC Right Now

RICHLAND, WA – The Richland and Kennewick police departments are receiving a cash forfeiture reward of just over $154,000 for their contributions in a federal child pornography case.
Last year, 63-year-old Kennewick resident Dale Gordon Black was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child porn in his home.
About $186,000 was seized from Black – that same cash now being awarded to the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments. A separate $19,000 was paid in restitution.
The way these forfeiture awards work is if a federal agency

January 30, 2020
Matt Galka
Fox 10 Phoenix

PHOENIX – Police say 27 people were arrested in connection to an undercover operation targeting child sex crimes and human trafficking in the Valley.
Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, and the Chandler Police Departments partnered with Homeland Security and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office for “Operation Silent Predator,” where undercover police officers arranged sex acts with people whom the suspects believed to be 14-years-old or younger.
“They were using social media to silently enter in our homes, our children’s bedrooms,” said Phoenix City Councilmember Michael Nowakowski.
As a result of

January 19, 2020
Robert Gearty
Fox News

A Snapchat message a 14-year-old California girl sent to friends saved her from being forced into prostitution by three men — one of whom was charged with raping her, according to news reports.
Police in San Jose, Calif., said the girl sent the message Tuesday morning as she was being driven by the strangers 40 miles to a motel.
Citing court documents, KPIX-TV said the girl, who had been drugged, wrote, “Somebody help me. I’m in a random man’s car … I am not in Santa Cruz. Where

January 28, 2020
Quixem Ramirez
Komo News

SEATTLE — Seven men accused of several child sex crimes were arrested in Snohomish County following a multi-day sting dubbed “Operation Net Nanny.”
The Washington State Patrol arrested the following men tied to child sex crimes:
• Nicholas Jerman, 25,
• Eric R. Orth, 38
• Colin M. Wood, 31
• Richard E., Rettig, 56
• Anthony J. Scott, 23
• Kevin F. Pickett, 34
• Michael A. Barbee, 21
The men arrested in Snohomish County over the past several days were allegedly involved in the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. The men face child sex charges including rape of a

January 16, 2020
Erick von Ancken
Click Orlando

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted checks on the hundreds of sex offenders and predators in the county and found dozens of them are still breaking the law.
When members of the sex offender and predator unit checked up on all 550 offenders and predators living in Osceola County, they didn’t just check addresses, they checked everything.
Detective Michelle Keefer called it a “deep dive.”
“Residency, driver’s license, phone number, employment, social media, internet sites,” Keefer said.
Keefer is one of two

January 15, 2020
Ana Ceballos
CBS 12

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) — After hearing the harrowing details of a high-school gang rape, a House panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would eliminate the time limit for child sex-abuse victims to initiate a criminal case against their abuser.
Katrina Duesterhaus urged the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee to pass the proposal (HB 199), which would remove the statute of limitations in sexual battery cases when the victim is younger than 18 years old at the time of the crime.
“Nothing says you’re willing to believe survivors