Tag: exploitation

Former Lexington pastor charged with rape, exploitation and sexual abuse of a minor

A former Lexington pastor is facing multiple sexual-related offenses after allegedly having sex with a minor for over one year, according to court documents. Zachary King, 47, is facing charges of first-degree rape, third-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, third-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means, according […]

Cheerleading coach in Winder faces child exploitation charge

The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday the arrest of a cheerleading coach who worked at a Winder gym. The suspect, Charles Archibald Moore Jr., 34, of Snellville in Gwinnett County, is charged with sexual exploitation of a child. Moore was arrested Thursday after deputies along with police from the Loganville Police Department searched his […]

Pender man facing multiple counts of second-degree exploitation of minors

One Burgaw man is facing multiple counts of second-degree exploitation of minors. Richard Peacock, 39, was arrested on Thursday, according to a Facebook post from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. Peacock faces 20 counts of second-degree exploitation of minors related to online internet activities. A CyberTip reported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited […]

FBI seeking information on man in sexual exploitation case

Jun. 26—The FBI is asking the public for help identifying a man who may have information about a child victim of sexual exploitation. Officials said it’s not clear where the man lives or who he is, and the search for information is a nationwide one. A video depicting the man, known as “John Doe 48,” […]

57-year-old Newton man charged with sexual exploitation of a minor

Jun. 6—Police have arrested a 57-year-old Newton man accused of illegally soliciting photos from a law enforcement officer posing as a minor online. Newton Police Department issued a press release on June 5 charging Francis Donald Heim Jr. of two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (Class B felony), sex offender registration violation (Class […]

New Mexico AG again accuses Meta of failing to address child exploitation

Police were waiting at a motel room in Gallup, New Mexico, Tuesday when 52-year-old Fernando Clyde showed up to meet someone he was expecting to be a 12-year-old girl. Police body camera video obtained exclusively by CBS News showed Clyde being arrested on charges that he sent unsolicited sexual messages on Facebook Messenger to who […]

MCSO teams up with HSI to combat child exploitation

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Several investigators with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office received official credentials from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in an attempt to make fighting child exploitation and human trafficking easier in Mesa County. The local HSI’s Resident Agent In Charge, Leonard Haran, presented the credentials to MCSO investigators on Wednesday with the […]