SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — 15 people were arrested after the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed “Operation Cyber Strike” — finding those actively using the internet to sexually exploit children. The operation took place between April 22-25. READ NEXT: Students protest at University of Utah commencement ceremony According to the Utah Attorney […]
The Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office announced a 55-year-old man was given a 20-year sentence for sexually exploiting children and having drugs. The DA’s office said Allen Joseph Peacock was charged in relation to a 2022 investigation after “an individual close” to him told members of law enforcement that they’d found a message on Snapchat […]
A Des Moines man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Tuesday for sexual exploiting a 12-year-old from Minnesota. Prya Reh, 24, drove from Des Moines to Minnesota to pick up a 12-year-old from middle school and sexually abuse them at a local motel in November 2022, according to a news release from the […]
Apr. 8—URBANA — A Decatur man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of three minors and facilitating their abuse be recorded. U.S District Court Judge Colin S. Bruce handed down the sentence Friday to Kevin Dial, 52, after a jury convicted him in a three-day October trial of the […]
CAMDEN – A man and woman from Willingboro are accused of sexually exploiting an 8-year-old girl during a holiday-season stay with relatives in Florida. Michael Taylor Jr. and Alexandria Stevens targeted the child while visiting her family in the Orlando area last November, a criminal complaint claims. Taylor, 27, and Stevens, 19, allegedly exchanged explicit […]
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a Columbus man for sexually exploiting children on Wednesday. According to the GBI, the agency’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit made the arrest, charging 23-year-old Gabriel Hicks with four counts of sexual exploitation of children. The arrest followed an investigation of Hicks’ online activity, described as illicit by […]
Germans are being too fearful in their dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, former president Joachim Gauck has said in remarks published by the RND news agency on Saturday. “Putin knows that many Germans are quicker to feel afraid than for example the Poles or French, and he is exploiting this tendency,” Gauck, who served […]
Mar. 21—A Middletown man already facing local charges for allegedly making and posting sexual videos in which a toddler are shown is now facing facing federal indictment for sexually exploiting a toddler. Federal prosecutors allege Daveion Wright shared the sexually explicit conduct on Snapchat. A federal grand jury returned the indictment against Wright, on Wednesday […]
Feb. 1—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man had his initial appearance on Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, for felony theft and exploitation. David Lee Cooper, 60, is charged with Class A felony theft over $50,000 and Class C felony exploitation of an adult who lacks the ability to consent — between $1,000 and $10,000. The […]
Russia is taking advantage of European far-right nationalist movements’ increasingly vocal claims to Ukrainian territory, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in its daily assessment on Jan. 29. Far-right movements in Hungary and Romania raised concern this past week after party leaders in their respective countries claimed parts of Ukrainian territory. Claudiu […]
Jan. 29—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man has been charged with two felonies relating to stealing from and exploiting an elderly woman with reported cognitive issues. A criminal case was filed against David Lee Cooper on Friday, Jan. 26. Cooper, 60, is charged with Class A felony theft over $50,000 and Class C felony […]
A federal jury convicted a Swansea man who was already registered as a sex offender with exploiting another minor. In 2010, Dan R. Waeckerle Jr., 44, was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Hamilton County. On Friday, a jury in the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Illinois, found him guilty […]