sexual assault on a child

Grand Junction Colorado cop Eric Janusz, previously found guilty on one of four counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, was sentenced this morning to 8 years to life for the crime.

two felony counts of committing a lewd act on a child

Miguel Angel Schiappapietra Jr., an LA cop pleaded not guilty in court to charges he molested two young girls he allegedly lured to his home. Schiappapietra, a 6-year veteran of the LAPD, is charged with two felony counts of committing a lewd act on a child under 14 years of age.

lewd act on a child

Cop Mario Uribe Estrada of Norwalk Calf. was charged with 12 sex-related counts involving a 14- year-old girl. He was charged in Los Angeles Superior Court on four counts each of lewd act on a child and sending harmful matter to a minor, three counts of sodomy of a person under 16 and one count of oral copulation of a person under 16.

sexual assault of a 5-year-old child.

Christopher Warren a Beaverton Or. Cop already accused of food stamp fraud was in connection with the sexual assault of a 5-year-old child. He was booked into the Clark County Jail on an accusation of first-degree rape of a child. In 2009, Multnomah County investigators looked into allegations of inappropriate touching of a minor dating back to when Warren was a teen. The case was dropped when the alleged victim declined to cooperate. A year later, Warren was accused of failing to report a crime after a friend was convicted of child sex abuse. He was fired, then reinstated. Last month, Warren pleaded not guilty to unlawfully obtaining public assistance, unlawfully obtaining food stamps and theft.

Facing charge of rape of a child.

Chris Warren a Beaverton Wash. cop with a history of run-ins is on the wrong side of the law again. This time he's accused of raping a 5-year-old child. Warren was fired once but the city of Beaverton gave him his job back because he has never been convicted of anything.Warren is now facing charge of rape of a child. 

possession of child pornography

Samuel DiProto a retired Middletown Ct. cop charged earlier this month with possession of child pornography, was arrested again on additional charges for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a minor.

More accusers have surfaced

ANOKA, Minn. More accusers have surfaced and new charges have been filed against a Minneapolis cop Bradley Schnickel charged with trying to lure underage girls into sexual encounters. Prosecutors say would use social media to meet and lure underage girls.

Seven new accusers have stepped forward, including one allegation coming from a 16-year-old, bringing the number of possible victims to 20. Previous charges alleged he had sex with a 14-year-old girl and sexual contact with three other girls, ages 13 and 14, he met on Facebook, Skype and Tinychat.

Sexually assaulting a girl

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A suspended Norwalk cop named Anthony Santo was accused of sexually assaulting a girl has been ruled eligible to enter a court program that would clear his record. Santo was charged in 2009 with sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.  Santo was accused of touching the girl when she was about 13

Newport News officer indicted on child sex charges

A Newport News grand jury indicted cop Christopher E. Roush, 41, on one count of felony indecent liberties with a child under the age of 15, five counts of misdemeanor obscene sexual display and seven counts of misdemeanor indecent exposure.

Roush was arrested April 7 and charged with two counts of indecent exposure and one count of obscene sexual display after police were called to his home in the 700 block of Harpersville Road for a report of a man exposing himself.

More charges expected against Minneapolis cop

Seven more alleged victims have emerged in the case of Bradley Schnickel, a Minneapolis police officer accused of using social media to try to lure young girls into sexual encounters. To date 32 girls have accused Schnickel, 32, of sending explicit messages and, in some cases, pictures of his genitalia via Facebook and Skype to as many as 20.

arrested for solicitation of a minor

NORTHWEST, NC. Cop Michael Hayes  was arrested for solicitation of a minor for prostitution and one count of filing a false report. According to arrest reports, Hayes contacted a then 17-year-old girl on a Craigslist advertisement for a sex act. He then reportedly met the girl and exchanged $60 for the sex act.

cop convicted of a molesting an under age family member

Stephen Olenchak, an ex-Davie Fla. cop convicted of a molesting an under age family member while his wife and son slept in the same bed, has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Olenchak's wife, who has filed for divorce, also asked for the maximum sentence, saying he preyed on his own family in their sleep.

cop arrested last March on a federal child pornography charge

 Waltham Mass. Cop Paul Manganelli, who was arrested last March on a federal child pornography charge was taken into custody last week for allegedly violating the conditions of his release. He was discovered using the Internet and accessing Facebook, and was taken into custody last Friday by U.S. Marshals . Manganelli was allegedly commenting on Facebook posts and “liking” pages. The conditions of his release, which were approved by a federal judge last March, specifically prohibited access to the Internet.

Shreveport officer charged with having sexual relations with a minor

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) -

Shreveport Police Department says one of their officers is now behind bars for allegedly having sexual relations with a 15 year old victim. They have Police officer, DeAron Walker, charged with a felony in the case.

Sanford reserve cop arrested on child-molestation charges

A Sanford police officer was relieved of duty after being arrested on child-molestation charges. A 15-year-old girl told investigators in Texas that James Romano touched her inappropriately at his home in Seminole County when she was between 6 and 8 years old, an arrest report states. The touching occurred on two occasions, but "Jimmy" saw her after that and asked whether she had disclosed their "secret," according to the report.  A 13-year-old girl told investigators Romano had French kissed when she was between 6 and 8 years old, the report shows.

Tucson cop arrested in child porn case

Tucson police officer Martin Ward, 29, was arrested by U.S. Marshals late Friday night in Prescott. Ward is suspected of distributing child pornography on the Internet. Ward was hired as a police officer in April 2007. In December 2012, he resigned from the department in lieu of termination as a result of an unrelated internal investigation,

Middletown police officer charged with possession of child porn

CROMWELL, CT (WFSB) -

A community is in shock after a  Middletown police officer was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession of child pornography.

Officials said they arrested Samuel DiProto, 61, of Cromwell, after a search of his home.

On March 12 and April 10, a Connecticut State Police detective assigned to the Computer Crimes Unit logged onto a publicly available internet file sharing network and was able to download images and videos of child pornography from a computer connected to the network with an IP address assigned to DiProto.

Officials searched DiProto's home and said they seized computers, hard drives and thumb drives before arresting him.

Diproto retired from the Middletown Police Department back in 2009 after serving 22 years.

Eyewitness News has learned that Diproto lives near a daycare center, which has some parents concerned.

"It does worry me a lot that we do play out here next to this road, so it's scary," said Trisha Merriman.

Eyewitness News knocked on the door at DiProto's, but no one answered.

DiProto appeared in federal court Wednesday to answer to the charges and has been held in jail pending a court appearance scheduled for May 13.

In convicted, DiProto could spend up to 20 years in jail and faces a fine up to $250,000.

Officials said that the matter was "enhanced" because it is alleged that DiProto possessed photos and videos of prepubescent minors and minors under 12 years old.

worst of the month

The worst case is from Bolivia, North Carolina. According to the complaint filed by a minor’s guardian ad litem, a police officer, Jaymin Lenwood Murphy, came to a home to investigate allegations that an adult had sent inappropriate photos via cell phone to a minor child. The officer said he needed to question the minor in private. Once in private, the officer had the minor remove her clothing so he could take photos for his ‘investigative file.’ It gets worse. The officer later returned on minor’s fourteenth birthday and raped her.

The runner-up story comes from Bakersfield, California. A 21-year-old woman called the police to report a burglary. Two deputies arrived and one led her into a room where she was then sexually assaulted under the pretense of a ‘pat-down’ search by the deputy. The authorities did move promptly against this deputy–so good for them.

Bakersfield cop sentenced for child porn

 

FRESNO, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - A former Bakersfield cop was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison for possessing child pornography, according to federal prosecutors.

Christopher Bowersox's sentence also includes 120 months of supervised released. Bowersox entered a plea in February and had faced a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Bowersox was arrested in February 2010, accused of possessing and distributing child pornography. The FBI case against him alleged he had child pornography images on his home computer and took part in online chats in which he discussed raping, mutilating and killing young boys.

He resigned from the Bakersfield Police Department in early 2010, a few months after the child pornography investigation was launched.

The criminal investigation report included excerpts of online chats between Bowersox and a man in Florida.

"Every time I talk someone into rape, I always get a bit sad when they're not into this," the Florida man allegedly wrote in the online chats.

"Oh, I'm ... into it, big time," Bowersox responded, using the screen name "cbowersox."

Bowersox told investigators he had communicated with others in Internet chat rooms, and that he "shared fantasies" with others through chat rooms. According to the case report, Bowersox "reluctantly" described the fantasies as things between men and boys and violence between men and boys.

Bowersox had headed up the Bakersfield police anti-graffiti unit for a while.

Cop sentenced to life for sexually abusing a 15-month-old

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Wichita police officer has been sentenced to life for sexually abusing a 15-month-old girl. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/10aJR8w ) that 32-year-old Greg P. Nicks was given a life sentence Friday on each of four counts of sexual exploitation of a child. He was also ordered to serve two of the sentences consecutively, and has to serve 50 years before becoming eligible for parole.Prosecutors said Nicks was arrested after sending sexually explicit cellphone pictures of himself and the girl to a woman. The woman, Luz Coronado, is serving a sentence of life without parole for 25 years on similar charges. Nicks worked for the Wichita Police Department for about three years beginning in 2006. He's a former football player for the Wichita Wild and the University of Kansas.

Cordell officer arrested on child sex charges

CORDELL, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a Cordell police officer has been arrested on rape and sodomy complaints for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl. The OSBI says 22-year-old Evan Garrett Riddle was arrested at the Washita County Sheriff's Office after being questioned by an OSBI agent on Thursday. He was booked into the county jail on $250,000 bond. Online jail records show Riddle remained in the jail Saturday. No attorney is listed for him. Cordell Police Chief Daniel Allen told radio station KECO that Riddle has been fired. Allen said the investigation began March 4 when officials with the Cordell school district reported the suspected relationship.

New Details: Officer Charged in Molestation Case from Eight Years Ago

OROVILLE, Calif. -

New details in the arrest of a Butte County man who is in law enforcement charged with lewd acts, sodomy, and child porn.

We learned exclusively over the weekend that 28-year-old Jared Tomlinson is a reserve officer for the Marysville Police Department and a reserve deputy for the Sutter County Sheriff's office. Marysville Police has put him on administrative leave.

Investigators wouldn't give too many details about this case but they said that the incidents happened in Butte County, and started eight years ago when the victim was just 14 years old.

According to the Butte County District Attorney’s Office, Tomlinson moved in with the victim's family on the outskirts of Gridley right around the time this started happening.

Investigators said Tomlinson took pictures of what he did.

Tomlinson was arrested in uniform at the Sutter County Sheriff's Office on Thursday by Butte County deputies.

Investigators said only now, eight years later, did the victim decide to come forward.

“When the victim became 22 [years old] is when the revelation came here and that's when the Sheriff's Office did their investigation,” said District Attorney Mike Ramsey.

Investigators said Tomlinson has bailed out of jail. He’s due back in court on May 17.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office is still asking for your help. If you know any additional information, you are asked to give them a call.