Substitute Teacher Aaron Ringewold Arrested for Possession of Child Porn

A Clark County School District substitute teacher was arrested by Henderson police and charged with possession of child pornography.

Aaron Ringewold, described by police as a “long-term” substitute, worked at O’Callaghan Middle School.

Detectives said Ringewold was downloading child pornography onto his computer, but none of the images were of past or present students.

Justin Shine Charged with Kidnapping and Attempted Rape of 6-year-old

A man lured his son's 6-year-old friend to an apartment with a promise to show her some pet gerbils, then bound her with tape and leg shackles, injected her with an unknown substance and tried to rape her, but she fled while still chained, authorities said Monday.

Justin Shine, 26, was charged with kidnapping, attempted rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — a hypodermic needle — and resisting arrest.

At his arraignment Monday in Hingham District Court, a prosecutor described in chilling detail what happened after the girl went out Saturday to ride her bike in front of her apartment in Hanover, a middle-class suburb just south of Boston.

Shine was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing Wednesday. Not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf.

Assistant District Attorney Sharon Donatelle said the girl told police that Shine, who lived in the same apartment building, saw her outside and yelled out his window, inviting her to see some gerbils. The girl knew Shine as the father of a little boy she often played with in the apartment complex.

Once inside, Shine showed the girl the family's gerbils but then bound her hands with tape, put tape over her mouth, wrapped her arms with a "fishnet-type material" and shackled her ankles with a chain, Donatelle said.

The girl told police that Shine injected her in the hip using a syringe and that she felt "somewhat sleepy" afterward. Donatelle said the syringe is being tested to find out what was in it.

The girl said that after she heard knocking on doors, Shine got a knife and cut the tape off her hands. She said she was crying and Shine told her to "shut up."

"He also told her that she was not going to die today — that he was," Donatelle said. He later let the girl leave, she said.

The girl fled the apartment as police were going door to door looking for her. A man at the complex found her and carried her to police. Her feet were still shackled together, and her arms and legs had blood on them. Police later determined that the blood on the girl was Shine's blood.

"She was very upset and crying," Officer David Zemotel wrote in a police report. "I asked her what had happened and she stated, 'The man took me.'"

The girl then showed police Shine's apartment, Donatelle said.

Police said they arrested Shine after finding him in a bedroom, covered with blood. He had an open wound on his left wrist.

Zemotel said he hit Shine on the head with his gun after Shine ignored police commands and lunged toward officers. Shine had a black eye when he appeared in court Monday.

Police said they found the girl's pink bicycle and Barbie bike helmet in his apartment.

Donatelle said that while Shine was being treated at a hospital, he told a state trooper that he had lured the girl into his apartment and bound her and admitted "he had plans to engage in some sexual activity" but had "second thoughts."

He said he had injected himself with cocaine but didn't admit injecting the girl with anything. He told the trooper it may have been by accident, Donatelle said.

Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said the girl was taken to a hospital but had been released.

"She escaped, and we hope she's going to be OK, but I'm sure it's going to be a long road for her," Cruz said.

The girl's mother told police she let her daughter ride her bike outside while she put her son down for a nap. When she didn't hear her outside about 20 minutes later, she went outside to look for her, then called police.

Shine looked down and did not speak during his arraignment, except to accept the judge's offer for a court-appointed attorney, William Leonard, who declined to comment to reporters.

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Sexual Abuse Prevention Education

One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they reach eighteen. That is why there is a program in Idaho Falls that wants to educate leaders and other adults to try to prevent and stop sexual abuse of kids.

The program shows videos of survivors who tell their stories of being abused by friends and family members.

The instruction also shows how to prevent and recognize abuse. It also teaches how to react once the abuse is reported so that the child would only have to be interviewed once by law enforcement and counselors.

Brandi Warnke is a licensed social worker and says that, "The child who discloses sexual abuse is going out on a very scary limb. And so the adult the information is disclosed to has to be aware of how to handle that appropriately, so the child doesn't have to continuously have to face the trauma, over and over and over."

Warnke says sexual abuse is like a silent epidemic and the program helps educate people to make a change in the community.

She hopes to expand the programs to the schools.

For information on classes you can call Brandi Warnke at 681-1945

Or e-mail at mbwarnke@msn.com

Jose Trinidad Carbajal Lured Children into His Apartment

Nashua police have charged a 53-year-old man with aggravated felonious sexual assault and four counts of exposing minors to harmful materials.

Police said Jose Trinidad Carbajal spelling was watching a pornographic movie in his basement apartment on Ledge Street while some children were playing in the neighborhood. Police said Carbajal lured several of the children to a window and showed them graphic pictures and exposed them to the DVD.

Police said two children went inside Carbajal's apartment.

Court documents said a third child was given five dollars $5 and change before Carbajal inappropriately touched her.

"He was actually helping one of the minor children in through a window and while doing so he inappropriately touched this child," said Sgt. Thomas MacLeod, of the Nashua police department.

Police said the children were all between 8 and 11 years old.

Court records said a search of the apartment recovered several computer generated pictures that were sexually explicit as well as a pornographic DVD.

Carbajal's bail was set at $30,000. He will be back in court in July.

An investigation is ongoing.
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Joshua Andrew Dorothy Sentenced to 20 Years for Trafficking Child Porn

A 21-year-old Warren man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Detroit to 20 years in prison for distributing child pornography.

Joshua Andrew Dorothy was first identified by undercover FBI agents through Internet chats. Using a fictitious screen name, Dorothy sought out others epxressing an interest in sex with children, federal authorities said.

During an exchange of text messages with an undercover agent on May 28, 2008, Dorothy claimed to have repeatedly assaulted a 2-year-old girl that he babysat, authorities said.

On June 2, 2008, Dorothy transferred nearly 40 child pornography video files, depicting the sexual assault of children, to an undercover agent, authorities said.

Dorothy pleaded guilty on Jan. 26 before U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen and received the maximum sentence today.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhood, a nationwide initiative to fight child sexual exploitation and abuse launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2006.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller prosecuted Dorothy.

Craig Ahlman Charged with Possession of Child Porn

A former town of Kinnickinnic man charged with felony possession of child pornography and child sexual assault pleaded innocent to five felony counts at an arraignment hearing Thursday.

Craig F. Ahlman, 41, who listed a current address in Minnetonka, Minn., was scheduled to return to St. Croix County Circuit Court Sept. 2 for a pre-trial conference before Judge Edward F. Vlack.

Ahlman is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a person under 13 and three counts of possession of child pornography.

The criminal complaint alleged Ahlman inappropriately touched a 12-year-old girl on two occasions during Thanksgiving and Christmas when she was staying at his residence.

Sheriff's deputies conducted a search warrant on Ahlman's home office computer at 525 90th St. on Jan. 21 and turned up child pornography.

Ahlman and his wife, Christine, operate a wedding photography business out of their residence. Christine told investigators she and her husband have separate offices in their home.

Larry Maitland Arrested for Possession of Child Porn

A central Kentucky man was arrested Monday for having sexually explicit videos and pictures of children. 30-year old Larry Maitland was taken into custody at his home on Houston Creek in Paris.

It came after a 3-month investigation by the Kentucky State Police Cyber Crimes Task Force and Paris police.

On his way to jail, Maitland said he realized he had done wrong and was sorry. "I'm sorry and I'm going to try to make it right." I've had a few bad years and need to get through this," said Maitland.

Maitland is in the Bourbon county jail on a 50-thousand dollar cash bond.

Former Mayor Sentenced for Possession of Child Porn

A former suburban Chicago mayor has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for possession of child pornography.

Seventy-one-year-old Tom Adams was accused of having child pornography on his home computer and distributing it via e-mail.

In February, Adams pleaded guilty to 16 counts of child pornography possession. As part of a plea deal, the charges of dissemination of child pornography were dropped.

A judge on Monday said Adams must also pay a $10,000 fine, undergo psychological treatment and do 200 hours of community service. He must also register as a sex offender.

Adams, the former mayor of Green Oaks, was also the former Lake County GOP chairman.

His attorney says Adams is a good man who had a lapse in judgment.

Clifford Gould Jr Sentenced to LIFE for Sexually Assaulting 3 Children

A member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians was sentenced to life in prison today in a Grand Rapids federal court for sexually assaulting three child tribe members.

Clifford Gould Jr., 47, of Peshawbestown was convicted of four counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual conduct in March.

U.S. Attorney Donald Davis said Gould attacked the girls -- two of whom were 9 and one was 6 at the time --- in his home on the Grand Traverse Band reservation on the Leelanau Peninsula between April 2005 and May 2007.

"I hope this sentence sends a clear message to those who think they can commit violent crime in Indian Country with impunity, especially the exploitation of children in our tribal communities," Davis added. "There will be a high price to pay."

Teachers Robert Rich & Adam Windsor Charged with Inappropriate Behavior with Students

Two local teachers face criminal charges amid allegations of inappropriate behavior involving female students at their schools, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office said Friday.

A Catoctin High School teacher is accused of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old female student, authorities said. A Ballenger Creek Middle School teacher faces allegations he videotaped 13- and 14-year-old girls as they changed clothes.

A grand jury on Friday indicted the men, both Hagerstown residents, said Assistant State's Attorney Lindell K. Angel. Warrants will be issued for their arrests.

If convicted of the most serious offenses with which they are charged, Robert Rich, 47, and Adam Windsor, 25, could each face 25 years in the Maryland Division of Correction.

Rich, a science teacher at Catoctin High, has been employed by Frederick County Public Schools since January 2004, said Marita Loose, the school system's communications director.

Rich was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. He was indicted on six misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sex offense and one felony count of child sex abuse on school property, Angel said.

An investigation by Detective Michael Davies of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office began after the teen victim confided her allegations to a family friend, who told the girl's parents.

Windsor, the theater arts and band teacher at Ballenger Creek Middle for three years, became the focus of an investigation by sheriff's Detective Willie Ollie as an offshoot of an investigation by the Baltimore office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Angel said.

Executing a search and seizure warrant of Windsor's residence as part of a child pornography investigation, ICE agents found video footage on his computer taken at Ballenger Creek Middle, Angel said.

Windsor is accused of using a cell phone to videotape girls changing in a room set up for costume changes, Angel said.

The ICE agent assigned to the pornography case was not available Friday.

The grand jury indicted Windsor on two counts of child sex abuse, exploitation and two counts of visual surveillance with prurient intent, authorities said.

Both teachers were placed on administrative leave when school officials became aware of the police investigations, Loose said.

Rich has been on administrative leave since May 6; Windsor has been on leave since April 24.

"School administrators were directed by law enforcement not to share information about these matters with staff or the school community while the investigations were ongoing," Loose said.