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.

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.