A former Mrs. Orange County pageant winner has pleaded not guilty to creating child pornography featuring a 4-year-old relative. The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/1M1ERLi ) says Meghan Alt entered pleas Friday to possessing child porn and committing lewd acts with a minor. Prosecutors say she sold images of the girl…
Jacob Wetterling abduction tied to child porn suspect
Federal authorities are calling a man arrested for child pornography a person of interest in the 1989 abduction of an 11-year-old boy who is still missing. Daniel James Heinrich, 52, was arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of possessing and receiving child pornography but has not been charged in connection…
Former Navy chaplain to plead guilty in child porn case
A former Navy chaplain and Catholic priest who pleaded guilty years ago to sexually assaulting a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman is facing up to life in prison on child pornography charges. A judge on Thursday scheduled a Nov. 16 plea hearing for 50-year-old John Thomas Matthew Lee of Millsboro. Federal…
Elkhart’s Jose Carmen Garcia Jr. arrested on child pornography charges Wednesday in Elkhart County
An Elkhart man has been arrested on child pornography charges after an investigation by state authorities and Fishers police. Jose Carmen Garcia Jr., 25, is charged with two counts of child exploitation as a Class C felony and two counts of possession of child pornography as a Class D felony….
Albion couple wanted for making child pornography
Federal authorities say they’re looking for an Albion couple accused of making child porn. They say 42-year-old Normann Pittelkow and 35-year-old Nicole Jacob are on the lam, accused of exploiting kids from the Albion area and publishing the pictures on the Internet. Investigators think the pair might be headed to…
Officer found with 1,400 child abuse images sacked from South Yorkshire Police
A South Yorkshire police officer who was found with 1,400 indecent images of children has been sacked by the force. Lee Lucas, aged 39, of Prince of Wales Road, Manor, Sheffield, was dismissed for the child porn charges whilst ‘abusing his position’ to send thousands of inappropriate texts to ‘vulnerable’…
2 west Michigan fugitives added to ICE’s Operation Predator smartphone app to locate accused child sex predators
A west Michigan pair who absconded during a federal child pornography investigation are the latest fugitives to be profiled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) smartphone app, seeking public tips about at-large and unknown child predator suspects. The suspects are the targets of an investigation by ICE’s Homeland…
Pentagon watchdog to investigate allegations of Afghan child abuse
The Pentagon’s Inspector General is looking into a spate of recent reports regarding U.S. military commanders’ mishandling of child sexual assault cases in Afghanistan since 2011. According to a memorandum posted online Wednesday, the inspector general’s initial research into the issue is meant to establish certain criteria for “potential future work.” The watchdog’s interest…
Man gets more than 10 years for child porn possession
An Ohio man who authorities say admitted to trading nude photos with teenagers will spend more than a decade in prison. Northeast Ohio Media Group reports (http://bit.ly/1S8FZAZ ) 36-year-old Daniel Forshey was sentenced Tuesday in a Summit County court to ten and a half years in prison. He pleaded not…
Homeschool Program Used by Duggars Sued for Child Sex Abuse
The Institute in Basic Life Principles — an Illinois-based Christian “training” institution connected to the famously antigay 19 Kids and Counting family, the Duggars — is the target of a lawsuit by five women who claim the homeschooling organization and its board of directors covered up the sexual abuse and harassment…