Police officer accused of sex with teen

 Cordell, Okla. – Cordell Police are dealing with the arrest of one of their own.

Former Officer Evan Riddle was jailed Thursday after police say Cordell schools accused him of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old student.

Police Chief Daniel Allen says Riddle was fired immediately.

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations says the 22-year-old man now faces two counts of rape in the second degree and one count of forcible sodomy.

Chief Allen was clearly outraged in the letter he wrote to the community. It said in part,

“Mr. Riddle has violated my trust, that of his colleagues, and moreover the trust of this community. His actions have severely affected all of us who held trust in him – whether personally or professionally.”

The Chief says he recognizes Riddle could be innocent, but says school officials first notified him about a possible inappropriate relationship between Riddle and a student.

The 22-year-old only worked for the department for eight months according to the CLEET certification. He finished training in Aug.

For five of those months, investigators believe he was having sex with the teenager at his home and her home.

Baltimore Co. officer charged video sent to a 16-year-old girl.

A Baltimore County police officer has been charged with malfeasance in office after detectives said he repeatedly engaged in and recorded sexual acts while on duty, including at least one video sent to a 16-year-old girl.

Aaron Z. Pross, 29, of Newark, Del., who was assigned to the Pikesville Precinct, is being investigated by his agency and could face additional charges. Detectives said he took more than 120 images and 20 videos engaging in sexual acts with himself and an adult woman while he was working.

In one video, according to charging documents, Pross was recorded engaging in lewd acts while the police radio is audible — including reports of "possible guns involved."

Pross admitted to detectives to taking pictures and video while on duty, according to charging documents. His attorney did not respond to calls for comment.

Pross is also accused of sending videos to a 16-year-old that showed him engaging in lewd behavior while in uniform. The girl's father contacted Baltimore County police, charging documents said.

The girl's parents told detectives in January that they searched her phone, finding emails from Pross, including one from November with an attachment of him masturbating in his patrol car while in uniform.

The girl told detectives she had met Pross through a phone app and knew he was a police officer, the documents said. Detectives confirmed he had been working the day the video was sent to the girl's email.

The same month, detectives searched Pross' cellphone, where detectives found numerous images and videos of Pross in uniform, in his patrol car, masturbating, documents said.

Pross' phone also contained images of him and an adult woman engaging in sexual acts in front of his patrol car, charging documents said. When detectives interviewed her, she said she met Pross on a website, and he told her he was a police officer who was married with a child. They texted several times before meeting in person to engage in sexual acts, the document said.

During one encounter in October 2012, they met at a Metro station in Pikesville before going behind a 7-Eleven. The woman told detectives that's where Pross handcuffed her, put her on the hood of the patrol car and took pictures. They then engaged in sexual acts, which were also recorded with her phone, the documents said, and were sent to Pross' phone.

She said they met several times while he was in uniform and on duty, the documents said.

Pross, a five-year veteran with Baltimore County, had his police powers suspended and was assigned to an administrative position when the investigation began in January, according to a release sent out by the department.

He turned himself in on a warrant Thursday. He posted $50,000 bail and was released from custody the same day.

Police said that they are continuing to investigate other allegations against Pross and that the case is being reviewed by the state's attorney's office.

Cordell police officer accused of having sex with teen

CORDELL — A Cordell police officer was arrested Thursday on complaints of second-degree rape and forcible sodomy after investigators determined he had sex with a 15-year-old girl.

An agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested Cordell officer Evan Garrett Riddle, 22, after interviewing him Thursday night at the Washita County sheriff's office. An OSBI spokeswoman said the agent determined Riddle had sex with the girl at his home and at her home in the past five months. Riddle was being held Friday at the Washita County jail on $250,000 bail.

Portland cop sentenced in child porn case

By KOIN 6 News staffPublished: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:26 pm

Portland police officer Scott Edward Elliott will serve federal prison time after he was caught in an undercover sting trying to lure what he thought was a child in an online chat room. He was sentenced, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in U.S. District Court. (Multnomah County Detention Center)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A  Portland police officer will serve federal prison time after he was caught in an undercover sting operation trying to lure what he thought was a child in an online chat room.

Fifty-one-year-old Scott Edward Elliott, a 22-year-veteran of the Portland Police Bureau, was sentenced in U.S. District Court Wednesday to five years in prison. In November 2012, he plead guilty to one federal count of receiving child pornography as part of a plea deal.

Elliott was arrested March 2012 after he was caught engaging in sexual conversations with an undercover Multnomah County detective posing as an underage girl. Prior to this, in the fall of 2009, he reportedly received several images of child sexual abuse during a Yahoo chat session, according to the district attorney’s office.

Following his arrest he was placed on paid administrative leave, and eventually resigned in May 2012. According to Portland police, Elliott worked for a time as part of the bureau’s Sex Offender Registration Detail.

Elliott has remained lodged in the Multnomah County Jail since his arrest. Following his release from prison, he will be required to register as a sex offender.

Cop sentenced in rape case

PORTALES, N.M. - A cop who had sex with a teenage girlwho was a student at the high school where he was assigned is going to prison. Victor Castillo was a member of the Portales Police Department working as a school resource officer, when he started seeing a 16-year-old last year. Prosecutors say he drove to her house in his patrol car, in uniform and had sex with her.  Monday he pled guilty to rape and was sentenced to 25 years.   Castillo was a Belen police officer before working in Portales.

cop accused of rape sends pictures of his genitalia to an 11-year-old gir

Update: Minneapolis, Minnesota (First reported 04-22-13): An officer already facing allegations that he raped a juvenile girl was arrested again as new charges came up. He sent explicit messages and photos of his genitalia to an 11-year-old girl. http://ow.ly/kimUK

cops, rape and kiddie porn

New Orleans cop charged with forcible rape

A New Orleans cop assigned to the Uptown-based Sixth District has been arrested on charges of forcible rape and sexual battery, according to jail records.

Desmond A. Pratt Sr., 43, “was immediately placed on emergency suspension without pay after he was arrested at his home,” according to our partners at WWL-TV. The victim was a 15-year-old girl, according to a NOPD news release.

La Plata County, Colorado: A deputy has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography. He is being held in jail on $10,000 bail, and is under suspension pending the outcome of the investigation. ow.ly/jYf2w

Birmingham police officer Curtis denied bond/ child pornography charges

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A judge today denied a request for bond for a Birmingham police officer, who faces arson and child pornography charges. The arson charges are related to a series of fires in western Birmingham and in Warrior.

Two other people, including another Birmingham police officer, are charged in connection with the arsons in western Birmingham.

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Clyde Jones, citing the seriousness of the charges, denied bond for Curtis Jeffrey Thornton during a hearing this morning. Thornton's trial is set for June 10.

Jones asked Deputy Jefferson County District Attorney John Geer why he thought Thornton may have committed the arsons. "Personally, I think he's a fire bug, a pyromaniac," he said.

Thornton's attorney, Brett Austin Hamock, after the hearing, said that his client maintains his innocence and he will fight all the charges. "There is no evidence to support he is a fire bug," he said.

Hamock said that the child pornography charge is "not what people think it is."

Under state law any photos of what somebody thinks might be someone under the age of 17 could be used to bring a child pornography charge, Hamock said.

Thornton was indicted on the three counts of second degree arson, one count of attempted arson, and one count of criminal mischief, plus the possession of child pornography charge.

Geer said that the pornography charge also has been sent to a grand jury. Thornton could face up to seven counts of possession of child pornography based on seven images found on the computer, he told the judge.

Geer argued that Thornton was a flight risk and was a danger to the public.

Hamock said that Thornton wasn't a danger to the public or a flight risk because he had appeared at all his hearings while previously out on bond on the arson charges. The bond was revoked after Thornton was re-arrested on the child porn charge in January.

Two others, including another Birmingham police officer, are charged in relation to an investigation of fires at homes in the western Birmingham community of Ensley. The three are set for separate trials.

More charges against ex-Minneapolis cop

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis cop is in jail on charges he used the Internet to try to solicit young girls in Hennepin County. Thirty-two-year-old Bradley James Schnickel is charged with four felony counts of Internet or computer solicitation of children.

In February, Schnickel was charged in Anoka County with using the Internet to prey on at least four girls.

According to the Hennepin County complaint, Schnickel used aliases in cellphone and Facebook conversations with an 11-year-old Brooklyn Center girl. Prosecutors say the conversations were sexually explicit.

The complaint says Schnickel also had similar sexually explicit conversations through Facebook with a 14-year-old girl.

Schnickel was a five-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department.

He was in the Hennepin County Jail Thursday. His attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.

kidnapping and assault of a 17-year-old girl.

Update: Irvington, New Jersey (First reported 02-12-13): A police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted for his role in the kidnapping and assault of a 17-year-old girl. ow.ly/k5u9U

A police officer who did not disclose

Update: Corona, California (First reported 01-11-13): A police officer who did not disclose allegations that a 13-year-old boy was possibly being abused by the pastor and other members of her church was sentenced today to three years probation and 250 hours of community service. The 23-year veteran was dismissed from the police department within days of her conviction. ow.ly/k5uIS

Police Officer Who Put Camera In High School Bathroom Won’t Be Charged With Crime

An unidentified police officer who placed a camera in the boys' bathroom at Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland, will not be charged with a crime.

Police in Anne Arundel County said in a statement that "based upon the evidence, no criminal laws have been violated, and therefore the officer involved in this incident will not be criminally charged."

The camera was found in the bathroom on March 20 by an unidentified student. It was then given to police, who later said it was installed by 14-year police veteran assigned to the Special Services Bureau, reports the Baltimore Sun.

Police claimed that the camera was not working and had been placed in plain view in the bathroom ceiling.

The police officer was placed on paid administrative leave and is under an internal affairs' investigation, reports CapitolGazette.com. "We can't nail it down to a specific reason without us speculating," said Lt. T.J. Smith, an Anne Arundel County police spokesman.

Update: Anne Arundel County, Maryland (First reported 03-22-13): Police said that no criminal charges will be filed against an officer who placed a camera in a boys’ restroom at a high school. The officer involved in the incident remains on administrative leave. ow.ly/k9uzD

He has been accused of drugging and sexually

Davie, Florida: A suspended officer is on trial. He has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting his teenage step-daughter. He faces a maximum 30 years in prison if convicted of the charges. ow.ly/kcNFw

Lets count the number of Fairfax county cops hanging around

Savannah Cop Arrested in Child Porn Case

Savannah-Chatham Metro Police officer has been charged with felony computer child exploitation in connection with the case.

A retired Savannah police officer was arrested Wednesday in connection with a multi-agency Internet child pornography investigation, according to the Savannah Morning News.

Douglas Burkhalter, 70, was charged with felony computer child exploitation, the Morning News reported. Burkhalter once commanded the Savannah-Chatham Metro Police's special operations unit. He retired from the police force about six years ago, according to the Morning News.

Burkhalter was one of 98 suspects identified during the three-month investigation, according to the report. The investigation was headed up by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Warrants were served Wednesday in 37 counties as part of the investigation, the Morning News reported.

Warren police officer charged with criminal sexual conduct

Police officer accused of having sexual relationship with 16-year-old girl

WARREN, Mich. -

Retired Warren police officer Dale Malesh is being charged with 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Malesh, of Roseville, was working as a security officer at Warren Woods Tower High School when he met the 16-year-old student. He was arraigned in the 37th district court Friday afternoon and was placed on a $150,000 bond. His next court date is scheduled for April 25.

Former Corona cop sentenced to probation in child abuse case

By City News Service, on April 12, 2013, at 3:22 pm

A former Corona police officer who did not disclose allegations that a 13-year-old boy was possibly being abused by the pastor and other members of her church was sentenced today to three years probation and 250 hours of community service.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz ordered the 44-year-old defendant to complete her community service by Oct. 15 and also pay a $400 fine.

Bell, a 23-year law enforcement veteran, was dismissed from the police department within days of her Feb. 22 conviction.

The case against her stemmed from the March 2012 arrests of three men affiliated with Heart of Worship Church in Corona. The defendants — Lonny Lee Remmers, 54, Nicholas James Craig, 22, Darryll Duane Jeter, 28 — are facing a slew of felony charges for allegedly threatening and physically assaulting a then-13-year-old boy.

The youth, Jacob, was turned over to the men by his mother, also a member of the church, to be disciplined for sexually abusing his younger sister, according to prosecutors.

Bell testified that on March 26, 2012 — three days before Remmers and his co-defendants were arrested and charged in the case — an eccentric parishioner, Steve Larkey, had approached her during an evening service and told her that Remmers, the pastor, had “poked” Jacob’s chest with a pair of pliers.

According to Bell, she asked Larkey whether he had seen the incident, and he replied he hadn’t.

“He was just rambling. Nothing was more important than the other,” Bell testified. “He didn’t say, ‘I want to report this. I need your help.”’

Bell told Larkey to go address his concerns to Remmers, and the witness said he would.

According to the defendant, she did not feel the encounter warranted immediate action and decided she would speak privately with the boy when she saw him at church later in the week.

Deputy District Attorney Will Robinson presented mobile phone records indicating Bell either called or traded text messages with Remmers about 100 times between March 26 and March 29, 2012.

However, the officer denied ever broaching the subject of Larkey’s allegations and insisted that Remmers never disclosed anything potentially criminal to her.

Remmers, Craig and Jeter are awaiting trial on charges that include kidnapping, making criminal threats and inflicting corporal injury on a minor.

The men allegedly strapped Jacob to a chair in the bathroom of Remmers’ home and pepper-sprayed him, and Remmers alone is accused of pinching the boy’s chest with pliers to punish him.

suspicion of possessing child pornography.

La Plata County, Colorado: A deputy has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography. He is being held in jail on $10,000 bail, and is under suspension pending the outcome of the investigation. ow.ly/jYf2w

Wichita police officer sentenced to life for child sex crimes

District Judge Jeff Syrios imposed the sentence on Joseph McGill, 28, after finding him guilty at a bench trial in January of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

At his preliminary hearing, McGill’s wife testified that her husband confided to her after a therapy session that he had committed sexual acts on a 3-month-old child and a 1-year-old child. The bench trial was based on a stipulation of facts that came out of the preliminary hearing.

McGill will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years.

McGill pleaded guilty in January 2012 in an unrelated case to sexual battery while on duty as a police officer and was sentenced to three years probation. Those charges stemmed from separate incidents in November 2010 and February 2011. McGill, who had been with the Wichita Police Department for about three years, resigned after those charges were filed.

Mt. Pleasant officer charged with statutory rape

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A Mt. Pleasant police officer has been arrested after being accused of having a sexual encounter with a 16-year-old boy.

The Daily Herald (http://goo.gl/QYTgw ) is reporting that Columbia police arrested Officer Jason Paul Jones on Friday and charged him with statutory rape by an authority figure.

The 25-year-old Jones became the target of an investigation after police received a complaint that there had been possible sexual contact between the officer and the teenager.

Mt. Pleasant Police Chief Tommy Goetz said Jones had worked for the department for about two years and was currently assigned to the K-9 unit. Goetz said Jones is on administrative leave without pay. The chief declined further comment.

Jones was released from jail on $75,000 bail. He could not be reached for comment.

Detroit police cop charged in sexual assaults

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Detroit police cop Geoffrey Townsend is behind bars and suspended from the department after accusations he sexually assaulted a girl between the ages of 13 and 16.

Prosecutors say Townsend met the girl through Reality Check Detroit, a non-profit crime prevention program for at risk kids. The website says Townsend founded the organization.

Investigators say the sexual assaults happened at Townsend's Farmington Hills home between October 2010 and August 2012.

No one answered when 7 Action News knocked on the door at Townsend's home and neighbors didn't want to comment on the arrest.

It's not clear what tipped off police to start their investigation.

According to the Reality Check Detroit's website, Townsend is called "one of Detroit's unsung heroes." It says he "has a sincere desire to see young people avoid the criminal justice system."

But now he's the one on the other side of the law, locked up on a $25,000 bond.

The Oakland County prosecutor says she's concerned there could be additional victims out there and wants them to call Farmington Hills police.

Townsend is expected in court again on Friday for another hearing.

We left a message with his attorney, but haven't received a call back yet.

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Mount Horeb police cop accused of sex with minor resigns

Jenks was on unpaid suspension during investigation

A Mount Horeb police cop arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a child in Madison has resigned, according to the Mount Horeb police department.

Dennis P. Jenks, 44, told police he tried to confirm the age of the 14-year-old boy he admits to having sexual contact with, according to a criminal complaint. Madison police arrested Jenks at his home in the 6600 block of Raymond Road on Madison's far west side Feb. 13.

Jenks was on unpaid suspension during the investigation. He was a lieutenant and had been with the department since 2000.

The criminal complaint states that the 14-year-old boy told investigators he met Jenks on an online chat website and they met for the first time in September 2012. He said he moved in with Jenks in October and stayed until the day Jenks was arrested.

Jenks told an investigator when he questioned the boy about his age the boy said he was 18. Jenks said he attempted, through various means, to confirm the boy's age but was unable to do so. The boy admitted to police he used a false name, according to the criminal complaint.

The boy told police he remembered Jenks telling him he was not trying to be rude with regard to his age, but that he could lose his job.

Jenks is free on a signature bond. He is subject to bail monitoring and was ordered to have no contact with the victim.

The 14-year-old boy is also involved in a sexual assault case involving a Middleton man. The former church music director has been charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child

Australia Investigation Led to Waltham Cop's Child Porn Arrest

Waltham Police Cop Paul Manganelli is facing charges for allegedly sending and receiving child porn.

An investigation in Australia is what eventually led authorities to arrest Waltham Police Cop Paul Manganelli on child pornography charges, according to federal court documents.

Manganelli, 46, of Waltham, is facing charges for allegedly sending and receiving child porn through his Yahoo email account. Manganelli, a 20-year veteran of the police department, is on paid administrative leave. He is scheduled for a detention hearing on March 28 at the federal courthouse in Boston.

AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION

In February 2012, Queensland Police in Australia arrested a suspect for allegedly using his email account to distribute child pornography, according to the documents. Queensland Police later obtained the suspect’s email records, which showed 111 U.S. based accounts had been in communication with his.

Back in the United States, FBI agents examined emails from those accounts and honed in on two email addresses, including one investigations said Manganelli used.

•           Dec. 30, 2011: In an email, Manganelli tells a correspondent he touched a girl he was “wrestling” with in appropriate areas.

•           March 3, 2012: A Yahoo user sent Manganelli 25 inappropriate images. Manganelli responded, “Thank you! Thank you!”

•           Oct. 18, 2012: Manganelli told an email correspondent he liked girls ages 7 - 11.

•           Nov. 9 – 12, 2012: Manganelli received additional images from a Hotmail user in the Netherlands. Manganelli told that user, “I admit it. I am addicted.”

•           Nov. 10, 2012: “I love the girls ages 7 to 11 or so...Just beautiful! I have no real legitamite [sic] collection organized. Only the few pics that other people have sent me. I am trying to build a library so I will have stuff when people ask,” Manganelli told an email correspondent.

•           Jan. 1, 2013: Manganelli sent four inappropriate videos (two of the same videos twice) to two different addresses.

•           Jan. 14, 2013: FBI agents searched Manganelli’s emails and found several child porn exchanges.

•           March 5, 2013: FBI agents conducted a survey to locate any unsecured wireless networks near his Waltham home. However, agents did not find any within a one-block radius.

•           March 25, 2013: FBI agents raided Manganelli’s home and searched for child porn on his computers. Manganelli admitted sending and receiving some images and identified several of them for investigators. He also told agents he was the only person with access to his email account.

•           March 25, 2013: Manganelli claimed he was conducting research to catch pedophiles trading child porn online, however Waltham Police never assigned him to such an investigation.

Waltham cop arrested on child porn charges

WALTHAM, Mass. (WHDH) -- Waltham Police Cop Paul Manganelli, 48, appeared in federal court Tuesday afternoon on charges of receiving child pornography.

Waltham police said the cop was arrested after an investigation by the FBI.

“The alleged off-duty conduct of one employee is not a reflection of the Waltham police department as a whole,” said Keith MacPherson, the acting chief of the Waltham police department, said in a statement Tuesday.

In a nine-page federal complaint, an FBI special agent writes, “The case began in February of 2012 when police in Australia busted a suspect for child porn.”

The FBI claims his email accounts led to many suspects including an active duty cop with the Waltham Police Department.

In the complaint, Special Agent Eric Slaton of the FBI writes, "Five of the images that Manganelli acknowledged having received are of a naked prepubescent female, restrained by ropes around her legs and/or wrists."

Manganelli’s neighbors are shocked.

“He's always been super friendly and waving. I feel safer in the neighborhood because he seems like a strong presence. Never suspected a thing,” said Kerri Hark.

Manganelli had a winning smile two years ago when he won the Massachusetts State Lottery; which pays him $100,000 dollars a year for life.

But Manganelli's luck ran out on Monday when FBI agents and local police showed up at his home and placed him under arrest.

“There was a cop car over there and a couple of other cars. From what the neighbors said, there was cop cars, FBI -- that’s it,” said Barbara White, a neighbor.

Manganelli lives in a new home in Waltham with his girlfriend.

The Waltham Police Department refused comment on camera, but released a statement saying, "The alleged off-duty conduct of one employee is not a reflection of the Waltham Police Department as a whole."

Manganelli, who has been with the department for almost 20 years, is on paid administrative leave.

A judge on Tuesday ordered Manganelli to be held by federal marshals until his bail hearing on Thursday.

Waltham police cop arrested for child porn has been released on $50k bail

The Waltham police cop arrested by FBI agents Tuesday on federal child pornography charges has been released to the custody of his parents on a $50,000 bond with court-ordered conditions, according to the US Attorney's office.

Officials said Paul Manganelli, 46, was placed under house arrest with a monitoring bracelet and ordered to stay away from victims, minors, and his girlfriend. Manganelli also was ordered not to use computers, smart phones, guns, and was ordered to give up his job as a DJ, according to the US Attorney's office.

Manganelli, a 20-year veteran of the force, allegedly sent and received child pornography via his Yahoo email account, prosecutors said in a statement. Manganelli told FBI agents that he was researching to "identify perverts online," but Waltham police said Manganelli was never assigned to conduct any such investigation, and there is no indication that he reported any illegal activity, according to the federal complaint.

Manganelli has been placed on paid administrative leave by the city of Waltham.

Manganelli's lawyer, Waltham-based Peter Bella, said that it is too early to comment on the case.

"There's a lot more we need to look at and evaluate," Bella said. 

DeKalb County, Georgia: An cop has been charged with felony child

DeKalb County, Georgia: An cop has been charged with felony child cruelty and aggravated assault in the beating of his girlfriend’s 13-year old son. ow.ly/jyiId

Royal Oak cop (Michael Stephen Smith) sentenced to prison (one year) for child porn on home computer

OAKLAND COUNTY - A former Royal Oak police cop was sentenced to one year in prison for the child pornography found on his home computer.

Michael Stephen Smith, 41, was sentenced Wednesday in Oakland County Circuit court.

Smith, who lived in Holly, worked as a police cop for Royal Oak until he was fired in January 2012.

Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette charged Smith with 20 counts related to the pornography.

Schuette said from September 2011 through January 2012, Smith downloaded and possessed pornography on his home computer.

The images were discovered through an online investigation by the Flint internet crimes against children task force (ICA), which uses sophisticated technology to identify online child pornography in Michigan. Smith was also charged for sending images to other users through a public internet file-sharing network.

In addition to the jail time, Judge James Alexander also ordered Smith to attend sex-addict anonymous meetings, along with 5 years of probation.