Alexandria, VA
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Manassas Man Who Engaged In 1,000 Sexual Video Chats With Children, Recorded Some, Sentenced Manassas Man Who Engaged In 1,000 Sexual Video Chats With Children, Recorded Some, Sentenced
Manassas Man Who Engaged In 1,000 Sexual Video Chats With Children, Recorded Some, Sentenced A 21-year-old man who posed as a teen while engaging in live video calls with upwards of 1,000 minors is heading to prison. Manassas resident Anthony Benton was sentenced on Wednesday to 16 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child sexual abuse material after preying on young girls online, federal authorities say. Prosecutors say that Benton came to their attention when he purchased child sexual abuse material, including videos of children possibly as young as 5 years old, over the Telegram app. A subsequent search of his home led to grisly results findi…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax, VA
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Man Who Used Social Media To Groom Children, Solicit Porn In Virginia Sentenced: Feds Man Who Used Social Media To Groom Children, Solicit Porn In Virginia Sentenced: Feds
Man Who Used Social Media To Groom Children, Solicit Porn In Virginia Sentenced: Feds Federal officials say that a Virginia man will spend decades behind bars for using social media to exploit and solicit minors over the Internet for years. Vincent Sarikey, 35, formerly of Herndon, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a sickening scheme to produce child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) involving young girls from around the world. Prosecutors said that Sarikey enticed a 15-year-old girl to produce illicit materials in 2018, which he then shared with over abusers through Telegram, a messaging app. He later attempted to entice a 12-year-old girl in Argentina to produce CSA…

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by Zak Failla
York, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man Rapes Pit Bull Multiple Times In Videos Posted On Twitter: Affidavit PA Man Rapes Pit Bull Multiple Times In Videos Posted On Twitter: Affidavit
PA Man Rapes Pit Bull Multiple Times In Videos Posted On Twitter: Affidavit Editor’s Note: This story was originally published with an image that was not that of Gavin Thomas Kitchen, but of another person. The image has since been removed. Apologies. A Central Pennsylvania man admitted to performing "sex acts" with a pit bull— and uploading videos of the acts along with child porn onto Twitter, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Pennsylvania State Police began investigating 21-year-old Gavin Thomas Kitchen after receiving a cyber tip submitted by Twitter back in January 2023, according to a release on Thursday, June 22, 2023.  When t…

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by Jillian Pikora
Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
DC Police Officer Accused Of Lying About Leaks To Proud Boys Leader DC Police Officer Accused Of Lying About Leaks To Proud Boys Leader
DC Police Officer Accused Of Lying About Leaks To Proud Boys Leader A Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant with loose lips was arrested on Friday for allegedly lying about leaking confidential information to the far-right Proud Boy leaders, federal authorities announced. Shane Lamond, 47, of Stafford was indicted on charges that include obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements on Friday, May 19, in connection to the destruction of a Black Lives Matter banner in December 2020. Lamond worked as the supervisor of the Intelligence Branch of MPD’s Homeland Security Bureau, during which, he and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio were …

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by Zak Failla
Cherry Hill, NJ
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Navy Vet From NJ Unmasked As Pro-Russian Propagandist Donbass Devushka Navy Vet From NJ Unmasked As Pro-Russian Propagandist Donbass Devushka
Navy Vet From NJ Unmasked As Pro-Russian Propagandist Donbass Devushka Donbass Devushka is not who she appears to be. According to the Wall Street Journal, a popular pro-Russian social media account is actually run by Sarah Bils, a former Naval officer and native of Camden County. Bils, who was born in Voorhees Township, now lives in Washington near the Naval Station Whidbey Island, according to numerous reports. On social media, Donbass Devushka regularly celebrated the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers and posted videos to YouTube.  On Telegram, she helped share US intelligence information that the government claims was recently leaked by Jack Teixeira, accord…

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by Sam Barron
Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Child Porn Case: Ex-Foxborough High Special Ed Teacher Pleads Guilty, Feds Say Child Porn Case: Ex-Foxborough High Special Ed Teacher Pleads Guilty, Feds Say
Child Porn Case: Ex-Foxborough High Special Ed Teacher Pleads Guilty, Feds Say A former teacher at Foxborough High School admitted this week to receiving child pornography that featured children under 12, federal authorities said.  Thomas Davis, 42, of Mansfield, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 8, to one count of receiving child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He faces a minimum of five years behind bars and up to two decades. Police searched Davis' home on Aug. 26, 2021, and found a laptop with 40 images of child porn, the prosecutor said. The images were of prepubescent minors — some as young as 4 to 6 years old. A forensic inspection of …

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by Josh Lanier
Fairfax, VA
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FBI Seeks Additional Victims Of Social Media Predator Facing Child Porn Charges In VA FBI Seeks Additional Victims Of Social Media Predator Facing Child Porn Charges In VA
FBI Seeks Additional Victims Of Social Media Predator Facing Child Porn Charges In VA Federal officials are attempting to identify additional victims of a Fairfax County man who exploited social media to solicit sexually explicit photos of minors online. Herndon resident Vincent Joseph Sarikey, 34, made his initial court appearance in Virginia last week, where he was charged with the production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material, according to the Department of Justice. It is alleged that Sarikey repeatedly engaged in explicit discussions with two underage victims, each of whom he was able to persuade sexually explicit photos that they then sent to him. …

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by Zak Failla
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Effort To Aid Ukraine Has Powerful Point Person In Redding Effort To Aid Ukraine Has Powerful Point Person In Redding
Effort To Aid Ukraine Has Powerful Point Person In Redding Facebook gets a lot of blame for various societal ills, but the social media network has been forefront and indispensable to Ulyana Bolgachenko and thousands—if not millions—of Ukrainians. On Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, everything changed for Bolgachenko, who came to the United States 22 years ago. She awoke that morning to news of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “That day, we were all on our phones just watching Telegram (a social media platform) and following every explosion,” said the Redding resident. “I decided I had to do something.” That something was sending anything that could help the…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morristown Man Secretly Recorded Teen Victims For Child Porn Distribution Ring: Prosecutor Morristown Man Secretly Recorded Teen Victims For Child Porn Distribution Ring: Prosecutor
Morristown Man Secretly Recorded Teen Victims For Child Porn Distribution Ring: Prosecutor A 19-year-old Morristown man accused last December of sexually assaulting four teen victims is facing new charges for trying to run a child porn distribution ring using material he secretly recorded of his victims, authorities said. Ruben Gonzalez conspired with others between Dec. 2, 2020 and Nov. 5, 2021 in an effort to use the Telegram app to coordinate the distribution of child porn, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. He would also use the "screen record" option on his phone to secretly record and save sexual activity from his victims, without their consent, Carroll …

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
FBI Arrests Philadelphia Private School Teacher On Child Pornography Charges FBI Arrests Philadelphia Private School Teacher On Child Pornography Charges
FBI Arrests Philadelphia Private School Teacher On Child Pornography Charges A Philadelphia private school teacher is the subject of an FBI investigation for child pornography, authorities said. Andrew Wolf, 41, was taken into custody on Oct. 7 after FBI agents served a search warrant. He is facing multiple counts of possessing and distributing child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.  Wolf, who taught mathematics at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, is accused of using his school email address to upload suspected child pornography onto his account, according to a criminal complaint obtained by 6abc.  The online storage company…

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by Nicole Acosta
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Police: PA Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls 8, 10 Says He Was Possessed By Devil Police: PA Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls 8, 10 Says He Was Possessed By Devil
Police: PA Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls 8, 10 Says He Was Possessed By Devil A Telford man who told authorities he was possessed by the devil was slapped with various assault and abuse charges Tuesday after police say he sexually abused two girls ages 8 and 10, and took upskirt photos of a 16-year-old girl, as first reported by NorthPennNow. Allen Kraus, 39, was identified by police when they received a report from Bucks County Children and Youth on April 12 regarding inappropriate photos found on his phone, the criminal complaint says. An ensuing investigation found he took upskirt photos of a 10-year-old girl and also had "indecent contact" with an 8-year-old girl…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
PA Home Health Aide Accused Of Pelosi Laptop Theft Surrenders PA Home Health Aide Accused Of Pelosi Laptop Theft Surrenders
PA Home Health Aide Accused Of Pelosi Laptop Theft Surrenders A 22-year-old Harrisburg home health care aide accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots surrendered to authorities and was arrested Monday in central Pennsylvania, according to the Department of Justice. Riley June Williams was not charged with theft, rather knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on U.S Capitol grounds, federal authorities said. A caller claiming to be an ex-partner of Williams said friends of hers showed him a YouTube video t…

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by Nicole Acosta