Saturday, June 13, 2009

Sex Offender Frederick Baca Arrested for Living with Children

Roosevelt County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a registered sex offender Friday after he was found living with children.

Frederick Baca, 27, of Roosevelt County, was prohibited from living with children as part of his probation conditions.

Sheriff Darren Hooker said deputies and adult probation and parole officers noticed a child’s bicycle outside of Baca’s residence during a home visit Friday morning. The neighbors, in response to questioning, confirmed that children lived there.

No one was at Baca’s house at the time.

“Officers went back this Friday afternoon to check,” Hooker said. “Sure enough, there they were in the house with the children.”

Three children and their mother, Baca’s girlfriend, were there with him.

Baca is being held in Roosevelt County Detention Center without bond due to his probation violation.

Gordon Lee Parkin --- 7 Years for Distributing Child Porn

A Granite Falls man was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and will be required to register as a sex offender for distributing thousands of child porn images online.

Gordon Lee Parkin, 49, received the sentence Friday in U.S. District Court from U.S. District Judge James L. Robart. He also ordered lifetime supervised release for Parkin after he serves his term.

The judge also said he will consider ordering Parkin to pay restitution to one of the known victims in the case.

Parkin pleaded guilty to distributing child porn in January, said Emily Langlie, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle.

He was identified by investigators with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as using a chat program to send more than 8,000 images of child pornography.

When a search warrant was executed at Parkin's home, agents discovered thousands of images of child pornography on his computer.

Agents also found more than 200 pictures of children in the neighborhood, including close-up shots attempting to photograph the underwear of young girls.

The chat logs on Parkin’s computer revealed that he had exchanged 8,645 still images and 11 movies of child pornography. In some instances he sent more than 750 images at a time to others via the chat program.

Many of the images were of victims identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and one of those victims has requested restitution from any defendant who distributed photos of her.

In asking for prison time and lifetime supervised release, Assistant United States Attorney Aravind Swaminathan described how trading child pornography repeatedly victimizes innocent children.

"Each time an image of a child victim is traded – especially to an individual who has not seen such image in the past – the child victim is victimized all over again," Swaminathan said.

The case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, launched in February 2006 by the U.S. Department of Justice. The initiative is designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.
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Deputy Jeffrey Scott Hoover Charged with Sexual Battery on Child

A Sumter County sheriff's deputy is being held without bond this morning facing child sex charges.

Deputy Jeffrey Scott Hoover is charged with sexual battery on a child under the age of 12.

The child told authorities that Hoover committed sex acts on her between June of last year and June of this year.

He has been employed by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office since 2005. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is conducting the investigation at this time.
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Christian Hernandez Arrested for Committing Lewd Act with Child

Authorities say an El Monte man is facing federal child pornography charges after admitting on an employment application for the California Highway Patrol that he had viewed child porn on the Internet.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Friday that a multiagency investigation was launched after Christian Hernandez made the disclosure while applying to the agency in October.

Eimiller says investigators found child pornography on a computer during a search of Hernandez's home, including sexually explicit photos of a 5-year-old girl.

Hernandez was arrested last week on state charges of suspicion of committing a lewd act with a child. On Tuesday, he was charged in federal court with possessing and manufacturing child pornography.

He is being held without bail.
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More information: http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12582917

Robert Webster Arrested for Distributing Child Porn


A 35-year-old man was arrested last week for distributing child pornography on computers at his Felton home, police said.

Robert L. Webster of Fox Chase Drive was arrested early Thursday as the result of an online undercover investigation by the State Police Child Predator Task Force.

During a search, police seized six desktop computers, six laptops, 11 hard drives and other digital material, said police Sgt. Walter Newton.

Webster was charged with 29 counts of using a computer to unlawfully depict a child engaging in a prohibited sexual Act, Newton said.

Webster was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 7 in Dover and is being held on $870,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday morning.

According to court records, police found Webster in his bedroom in the home's basement, where a workstation with a desktop computer was found. Webster admitted he was the only resident to use the computer, the papers say.

Webster also admitted to using LimeWire, a file-sharing program, to download the pornographic images, some of children as young as 3 or 4 years old, the papers say.

At least 29 such files were found on the hard drives, and one of the files was part of a known child sexual exploitation series, according to the papers.
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Other Information: http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10527726&nav=menu222_2

Keith Stoffel Accused of Assaulting 2 More Children

An Eau Claire man serving a prison sentence in connection with the sexual assaults of three girls also is accused of assaulting two other children.

Keith D. Stoffel, 33, an inmate at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, was charged recently in Eau Claire County Court with two felony counts of sexual assault of a child under age 13.

According to the criminal complaint:

Stoffel previously was convicted of sexually assaulting three girls between the ages of 6 and 9. He was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in 2006 after his probation was revoked in connection with those assaults.

In 2006, a woman told police she had taped conversations with Stoffel in which he admitted assaulting two other children. Stoffel then told police the incidents occurred in June 2001. The victims were 2 or 3 years old.

The parents of one of the victims told police their child still has frequent nightmares.

Dale Sandlin Charged with Sexual Assault

A 21-year-old Conrath man has been charged with sexually assaulting two boys, ages 9 and 10, in the summer of 2001, according to Rusk County Court records.

Dale E. Sandlin is charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault. Each charge has a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison. His initial court appearance is scheduled for July 7.

According to the criminal complaint:

Officials learned about the sexual assaults in December. The boys told police in interviews in February and March that they were sexually assaulted by Sandlin inside a tent on the same night in the summer of 2001.

Sandlin told police on Feb. 13 that he had consensual sex with the boys.

Julie Carr Arrested for Gross Sexual Assault

A 30-year-old local woman was arrested and charged with gross sexual assault Friday after Maine State Police alleged that she is linked to a child pornography investigation with international ties.

Julie M. Carr was arrested late Friday evening at her Mountain View Street residence after state police detectives and federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency carried out a search warrant at her home.

State police Detective John Cote said Saturday that state police investigators were contacted by ICE agents who gave details about an ongoing investigation into child pornography on the Internet.

Cote said that ICE agents were contacted by West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom. Law enforcement officials in that country were investigating child sexual abuse when they discovered recorded videos showing a woman committing sexual acts on a young child.

The U.K. investigation revealed that the U.S. was the likely origin of the videos, which Cote said had been recorded from a live webcast. Police discovered that the point of origin likely was in Mars Hill.

According to Cote, state police detectives and ICE agents worked to identify the woman while Aroostook County District Attorney Neale Adams and caseworkers from the state Department of Health and Human Services teamed up with authorities to collect information about the suspect. Information, including a photograph of Carr on file with the Maine Department of Motor Vehicles, reportedly confirmed that the woman in the video from the U.K. was Carr. Police then secured a search warrant for the Carr residence.

Authorities uncovered evidence related to the crime during the search carried out Friday evening. Police gave no details about the evidence that was gathered.

Carr was arrested and taken to the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton where bail was set at $20,000. Her first court appearance was scheduled to occur by videoconference on Monday.

Cote said Carr likely will face further state and federal charges as the investigation continues.
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More Information: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=105867&catid=2

Michael Ted Staples Charged with Sexually Abusing 9-year-old

A 43-year-old South Salt Lake man was booked into jail Thursday for investigation into charges he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl while swimming in a community pool.

Michael Ted Staples is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of possession of a controlled substance, both first-degree felonies.

According to charging documents, Staples touched the girl inapropriately while she swam May 22 at Holladay Lions Fitness and Recreation Center, 1661 E. Murray-Holladay Road.

Between the alleged incident and the arrest, police also found marijuana in Staples' backpack, the documents say.

Bail has been set at $150,000.
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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705310370/Man-faces-child-sex-abuse-charges-over-pool-incident.html

Derek Plummer Arrested for Sexual Contart with 13-year-old

A Fruita man has been sentenced to three years in community corrections after pleading guilty to sexual assault on a child.

A judge also sentenced 24-year-old Derek Plummer to 10 years to life on highly supervised probation during a hearing this week in a Mesa County courtroom.

Police arrested Plummer on Jan. 24 for allegedly having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl after the girl's mother found him in her daughter's bedroom.

He escaped through a window but was captured a short time later.

Plummer's sentence requires him to wear a GPS tracking device and bars him from having contact with anyone under the age of 18 until he completes a sex offender treatment program.

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Information from: KKCO-TV, http://www.nbc11news.com

Deputies Arrest 23 Convicted Sex Offenders

Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested 23 convicted sex offenders accused of failure to comply with registration requirements and are seeking 20 others who remain at large, the Sheriff’s Office said.

This week, the Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies conducted a roundup based on visits to 120 residences in the parish as part of an effort to locate 43 people, deputies said in a statement Friday.

The roundup was preceded by weeks of tracking down convicted sex offenders’ last known addresses within the parish, deputies said.

Eight residences are within the city limits of Hammond and two are within the city limits of Ponchatoula, deputies said.

The parish Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, Louisiana State Office of Probation and Parole, Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Secret Service participated in the roundup, deputies said.

Deputies also have formed a sex offender compliance unit made up of detectives assigned to monitor convicted sex offenders, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The unit is designed to ensure residents have accurate, reliable information on convicted sex offenders through an online registry on the Sheriff’s Office Web site at http://www.tpso.org, deputies said.

Timothy Lee Senkowski Sr Charged with Producing Child Porn

A Versailles man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for producing child pornography.

Timothy Lee Senkowski Sr., 46, was charged in an indictment returned Thursday by a federal grand jury in Jefferson City. Thursday's indictment replaces an indictment filed March 2 against Priscilla Ramirez Flores, 37, Clarksburg, by adding Senkowski as a co-defendant.

The federal indictment alleges that, from as early as November 2004 to May 2005, Flores and Senkowski permitted a minor in their custody to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography.

Michael Biersbach Arrested for Sexual Assault

After being questioned by detectives at the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, Michael Biersbach, 34, of Villas, was arrested and charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

According to a spokesman from the prosecutor’s office, Biersbach allegedly partook in sexual contact with a juvenile, under the age of 13, various times between 2006 and 2007.

“He was being interviewed and he was arrested as a result of probable cause being developed that he committed sexual contact with a juvenile,” the spokesperson said.
Biersbach’s questioning was the result of a referral by the Division of Youth and Family Services.

He was arrested on June 3 and placed in the county jail in lieu of $500,000 cash bail.
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Information: http://www.shorenewstoday.com/news.php?id=2182

Denis Wagner Sentenced to 90 Days for Child Porn

A Carmel Valley poet and architect was sentenced this morning to 90 days in jail and three years probation for possession of child pornography.

Denis Wagner, 72, may be allowed to serve the time on home confinement. Judge Terrance Duncan cited his age in sentencing him to 90 days, rather than the 150 recommended by the probation department.

Retired Judge William Burleigh asked Duncan not to require jail time or registration as a sex offender from Wagner, who he said he'd hired to help him rebuild his Big Sur house after it burned last year. He said his criminal conduct was an abberation.

"I know him," he said. "He's just not that type of person."

Prosecutor Amy Patterson said the case was very serious, citing hundreds of victims pictured in the pornography found on Wagner's computer. She also noted that Wagner obtained some of the pornography from teenagers with whom he was communicating in Web chat rooms and from whom he'd solicited sex.

Wagner was arrested in November. He was given until Aug. 5 to report to jail or make arrangements for home confinement. Duncan required him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
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http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_12584012

Sex Offender David Tank Charged with Making Child Porn

A registered sex offender has been charged with making child pornography following an FBI search of his suburban apartment.

Forty-7-year-old David V. Tank of Wheaton appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown on Thursday and was ordered held without bond in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

FBI agents said they found child pornography on an external hard drive on a computer Tank maintained in a suburban Bloomingdale apartment.

Agents of the FBI's Innocent Images Task Force said the pictures showed Tank with an underage girl. If convicted, he faces a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of 30 with a possible increase of 10 years because he is a registered sex offender.
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