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'Father Figure' Who Groomed Young Girl In Charles County Learns Prison Fate 'Father Figure' Who Groomed Young Girl In Charles County Learns Prison Fate
'Father Figure' Who Groomed Young Girl In Charles County Learns Prison Fate A Maryland man who groomed a young girl for years before sexually assaulting her is heading to prison, authorities announced. Thoraz Xavier Smallwood, 39, of Waldorf, has been sentenced to 15 years for sexually abusing a minor who he "became like a father figure to," according to the Charles County State's Attorney on Thursday, June 5. In June 2023, prosecutors say that a detective from the sheriff's office spoke with the young girl about the abuse, when she reported that she had been sexually assaulted multiple times by Smallwood. The investigation Smallwood was introduced to the vic…
PA Predator Sexually Abused 15-Year-Old Girl While Out On Bail: AG PA Predator Sexually Abused 15-Year-Old Girl While Out On Bail: AG
PA Predator Sexually Abused 15-Year-Old Girl While Out On Bail: AG A repeat sex offender from Philadelphia is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl while out on bail for child porn charges, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced in a release on Tuesday, June 3. Craig Coleman, 32, received the sentence of 18 to 36 years from a Philadelphia County judge on Thursday, May 30, following his guilty plea to Felony Sexual Abuse of Children for possessing child sexual abuse material. He was also classified as a Sexually Violent Predator, requiring lifetime registration as a sex offender. “This predator is a potential danger to every child…
Valley Cottage Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl For Nearly Year: Here's His Fate Valley Cottage Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl For Nearly Year: Here's His Fate
Valley Cottage Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl For Nearly Year: Here's His Fate A man who admitted to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl over the course of nearly a year in Rockland County will spend years in state prison, prosecutors announced.  Mauricio Sicha Torres, 36, of Valley Cottage, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 27, to seven years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for the sexual abuse, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Wednesday, May 28.  The sentencing follows Torres’s February 11 guilty plea in Rockland County Supreme Court to first-degree sexual abuse.  Prosecutors said Torres…
Detectives Seek Victims After Frederick Sex Offender Charged With Dozens Of Child Porn Offenses Detectives Seek Victims After Frederick Sex Offender Charged With Dozens Of Child Porn Offenses
Detectives Seek Victims After Frederick Sex Offender Charged With Dozens Of Child Porn Offenses A convicted sex offender in Maryland is back behind bars — this time after investigators say they found dozens of child porn files in his social media accounts. Andrew Brock, 25, of Middletown, was arrested on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, following an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation launched by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, officials announced Thursday morning. Brock, already a registered sex offender, is facing 73 total charges after investigators say they uncovered new evidence linking him to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. The i…
Silver Spring Man Admits Sextorting 100+ Girls Worldwide—Some As Young As 5, Prosecutors Say Silver Spring Man Admits Sextorting 100+ Girls Worldwide—Some As Young As 5, Prosecutors Say
Silver Spring Man Admits Sextorting 100+ Girls Worldwide—Some As Young As 5, Prosecutors Say A "depraved and dangerous predator" in Maryland who preyed on more than 100 young girls across the globe is facing decades in prison, federal authorities announced on Wednesday.  Silver Spring resident Chase William Mulligan pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child sexual abuse material after targeting minors on social media and "sextorted them."  Specifically, through the scheme, prosecutors say that Mulligan coerced at least 108 girls — ranging from ages 5-17 — to send him sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves.  When the girls told him they no longe…
Lodi Teacher Who Sexually Abused Student Stripped Of License, Says Her Past Doesn't Define Her Lodi Teacher Who Sexually Abused Student Stripped Of License, Says Her Past Doesn't Define Her
Lodi Teacher Who Sexually Abused Student Stripped Of License, Says Her Past Doesn't Define Her A former Bergen County middle school teacher who was arrested for sexually assaulting one of her teenage students has been sentenced and permanently stripped of her teaching licenses, authorities confirmed. Stephanie Carafa, 39, was arrested in 2018 while working at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Lodi, where the victim, a teenage boy between the ages of 13 and 16, was her student, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. Carafa is also the daughter of longtime borough mayor Emil Carafa. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said that on Oct. 30, 2024, Carafa pleaded g…
Former Frederick County Man Who Sexually Exploited Girl For 18 Months Learns Prison Fate Former Frederick County Man Who Sexually Exploited Girl For 18 Months Learns Prison Fate
Former Frederick County Man Who Sexually Exploited Girl For 18 Months Learns Prison Fate A former Maryland man will spend decades in prison for sexually exploiting a young girl, authorities announced. William Joseph Murrow, 43, formerly of Frederick County, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for preying on a girl under the age of 18 until her mother caught wind of his actions, federal officials say. According to court documents, Murrow sexually abused and exploited a minor by soliciting images and engaging in sexual acts with her.  The abuse occurred for more than 18 months, ending when the child’s mother discovered the abuse and reported it to the police.  When he…
Obscene Photos Sent To Girl, 11: Registered Sex Offender From Lagrangeville Charged, Feds Say Obscene Photos Sent To Girl, 11: Registered Sex Offender From Lagrangeville Charged, Feds Say
Obscene Photos Sent To Girl, 11: Registered Sex Offender From Lagrangeville Charged, Feds Say A 27-year-old New York man is accused of sending an 11-year-old Massachusetts girl sexually explicit pictures while he was already a registered sex offender, federal prosecutors announced.  Dutchess County resident David Fernandes III of Lagrangeville was arrested on Thursday, May 1 on federal charges after allegedly sending obscene photos to a young girl, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Monday, May 5.  According to prosecutors, on Oct. 8, 2024, Fernandes sent the girl a photo of an adult man's hand holding a penis while being a reg…
Man Admits Subjecting Child To Oral Sexual Conduct For Years In Spring Valley: DA Man Admits Subjecting Child To Oral Sexual Conduct For Years In Spring Valley: DA
Man Admits Subjecting Child To Oral Sexual Conduct For Years In Spring Valley: DA A Rockland County man has admitted to sexually abusing a child over the course of two years and now faces years behind bars, prosecutors announced.  Spring Valley resident Timothy King, 23, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 29, in Rockland County Court to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh III announced on Friday, May 2.  Prosecutors said that beginning in the fall of 2018 and continuing into 2020, King repeatedly sexually abused an 8-year-old child at a residence in the Village of Spring Valley. The abuse included …
Florida Man Sentenced To Prison In Meriden Sexual Assault Of 13-Year-Old Florida Man Sentenced To Prison In Meriden Sexual Assault Of 13-Year-Old
Florida Man Sentenced To Prison In Meriden Sexual Assault Of 13-Year-Old A man who admitted to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2022 was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday, April 30, authorities said.  Gabriel Arroyo, 35, pleaded guilty to one count each of sexual assault in the second degree and risk of injury to a minor in Meriden, the State Prosecutor's Office said. The judge suspended his prison sentence after three and a half years.  He must register as a sex offender, and the judge issued a 30-year protection order for his victim.  Arroyo was arrested in 2023 in Florida after the teenager spoke to officers. He was extradi…
Sex Trafficker Instructed Victim To Abuse 4-Year-Old From Behind Bars In Frederick Sex Trafficker Instructed Victim To Abuse 4-Year-Old From Behind Bars In Frederick
Sex Trafficker Instructed Victim To Abuse 4-Year-Old From Behind Bars In Frederick A Maryland man will spend decades behind bars after grooming and sex trafficking a woman, then advising his victim to sexually abuse a child from jail, authorities announced. Arcelius Dunbar Lyle, 57, of Hagerstown, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex abuse of a minor and sex trafficking in Frederick. According to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, an investigation into sex trafficking determined that Lyle met his victim at work and began grooming her shortly after that. Prosecutors said that he trafficked her for approximately seven months&n…
'Pure Evil': Predator Who Sexually Abused 2 Children In Poughkeepsie Learns His Fate, DA Says 'Pure Evil': Predator Who Sexually Abused 2 Children In Poughkeepsie Learns His Fate, DA Says
'Pure Evil': Predator Who Sexually Abused 2 Children In Poughkeepsie Learns His Fate, DA Says A 59-year-old man who sexually abused two young children in Dutchess County will spend decades behind bars for his crimes, prosecutors announced.  Poughkeepsie resident Natalio Figueroa was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, April 25 in connection to his sexual abuse of two children younger than 13, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office said.  Figueroa's sentencing comes after he admitted in February to trying to have sex with a child younger than 13 in Poughkeepsie. He also admitted to engaging in over two acts of sexual conduct with a child younger than 11 betwe…
Frederick Man Who Raped Teen, Violated Protective Order Learns His Prison Fate Frederick Man Who Raped Teen, Violated Protective Order Learns His Prison Fate
Frederick Man Who Raped Teen, Violated Protective Order Learns His Prison Fate A Maryland man is heading to prison for a decade after admitting to repeatedly raping a juvenile and violating a protective order meant to keep him away, prosecutors said. Alan Verdeja Martinez, of Frederick, was sentenced this week, to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree rape and violating a protective order, according to the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office. The 19-year-old picked the teen up from her family’s Carroll County home late at night on several occasions and brought her to his house to engage in sex, investigators found. After the v…
Man Who Lured Teen To Woods, Filmed Rape In Montgomery County Learns Prison Fate Man Who Lured Teen To Woods, Filmed Rape In Montgomery County Learns Prison Fate
Man Who Lured Teen To Woods, Filmed Rape In Montgomery County Learns Prison Fate A 47-year-old man who lured a young girl into the woods to sexually assault her in Maryland will spend decades in prison, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday. Charles Erby, who has no fixed address, was sentenced to 40 years in prison following his arrest in DC and conviction of multiple rape offenses alst year Prosecutors say that his conviction came following an incident on April 10, 2024, when Erby began speaking to a 17-year-old on her way home from school at the Rockville Metro Station. The two boarded the same Metrobus, where the conversation continue…
Child Abused By Mom's Live-In BF Lands NJ Man Decades In PA Prison: Lehigh DA Child Abused By Mom's Live-In BF Lands NJ Man Decades In PA Prison: Lehigh DA
Child Abused By Mom's Live-In BF Lands NJ Man Decades In PA Prison: Lehigh DA A New Jersey man who sexually abused a 13-year-old Pennsylvania girl while living with her mother in Lehigh County has been sentenced to decades in state prison, authorities announced on Monday, April 22. Spartak A. Fedorovich, 38, of Phillipsburg, began sexually abusing the girl in Upper Saucon Township when she was 12, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office. At the time, he was living in the same household as the victim. Police were dispatched to the home for a report of suspicious activity on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, and the girl later disclosed she had been in a sexua…
Carlisle Resident, Former School Solicitor, Big Brothers VP Sentenced In Child Porn Case Carlisle Resident, Former School Solicitor, Big Brothers VP Sentenced In Child Porn Case
Carlisle Resident, Former School Solicitor, Big Brothers VP Sentenced In Child Porn Case A Cumberland County man who once held key leadership roles in York and Adams counties has been sentenced for possessing child pornography, according to court documents and state police. Christopher Lee Harris, 34, of Carlisle, was sentenced to 48 months of supervised probation after pleading guilty to one count of Felony Child Pornography in Cumberland County Court on Tuesday, April 15. He must also register as a sex offender for 15 years, submit a DNA sample, and complete a sexual offender treatment program with Triad until he is successfully discharged. Harris previously served as solicit…
Pasadena Sex Offender Who Documented Abuse Images Of Young Children Learns Prison Fate Pasadena Sex Offender Who Documented Abuse Images Of Young Children Learns Prison Fate
Pasadena Sex Offender Who Documented Abuse Images Of Young Children Learns Prison Fate A Maryland man will spend the next 35 years behind bars after sexually abusing two young girls and creating child sexual abuse material with them, federal authorities announced. Gary Hammond Jackson III, 33, of Pasadena, was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a minor and for committing a felony involving a minor as a registered sex offender, according to the US Attorney's Office. Jackson had previously been convicted of a fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault for sexually abusing a 6-year-old victim in An…
Man Posing As Girl To Solicit Child Porn Learns Prison Fate In Charles County Man Posing As Girl To Solicit Child Porn Learns Prison Fate In Charles County
Man Posing As Girl To Solicit Child Porn Learns Prison Fate In Charles County A Maryland man will have to register as a sex offender after preying on a 12-year-old boy in Charles County while playing video games, authorities announced. Adam Marks, 37, has been sentenced to five years in prison for four counts of soliciting child porn after pleading guilty to repeatedly pressuring the child to send inappropriate photos to him, officials say. According to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office, in April 2024, detectives were alerted by the boy that Marks asked him on numerous occasions to send inappropriate pictures of himself. An investigation revealed tha…
'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says 'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says
'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says A Leesburg man convicted of possessing child pornography has been sentenced to five years behind bars — with a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender, Loudoun County prosecutors announced. Henri Bladimir Benitez Ramirez, 28, was sentenced in Loudoun County Circuit Court on February 20 to five years in the Virginia Department of Corrections after being found guilty of multiple possession of child pornography offenses. The Leesburg Police Department began investigating Benitez Ramirez in the summer of 2023 after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploi…
Scotia 87-Year-Old Who Grabbed Breast Of Nursing Student At VA Hospital Dodges Jail Scotia 87-Year-Old Who Grabbed Breast Of Nursing Student At VA Hospital Dodges Jail
Scotia 87-Year-Old Who Grabbed Breast Of Nursing Student At VA Hospital Dodges Jail An 87-year-old man who groped a female nursing student at a VA hospital in New York won’t spend a day in jail. Schenectady County resident Danning Lake, of Scotia, was sentenced to one year of probation in Albany federal court on Thursday, March 20. It came after Lake admitted that he grabbed the breast of a nursing student while under care at Albany’s Stratton VA Medical Center in February 2024, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District. He then asked the woman, “Did you like that?” and told her, “they feel nice.” When a Veterans Affairs police officer interviewed…
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ A convicted child rapist, gang members, and repeat violent offenders are among six men facing charges in Virginia after being arrested for illegally reentering the US following multiple deportations, federal officials announced. Erik Siebert, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said the men—who hail from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico—had been previously removed from the country, only to return and commit new crimes, including violent assaults, stabbings, and child abuse. Among them is Carlos Alberto Sosa Horellana, a Honduran national convicted of raping a child…
Keyport Man Took Sexually Compromising Photos Of Sleeping Child: Prosecutor Keyport Man Took Sexually Compromising Photos Of Sleeping Child: Prosecutor
Keyport Man Took Sexually Compromising Photos Of Sleeping Child: Prosecutor A 43-year-old Keyport man faces a lengthy prison sentence after he admitted on Thursday, March 13, to taking photos of a young family member and sharing the photos online, authorities said. Ricardo Negron pleaded guilty to manufacture of child sexual abuse materials and endangering the welfare of a child via sexual conduct, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Negron faces up to 14 years in state prison and will be required to register as a sex offender once released from prison, Santiago said. Keyport police and the Monmouth County Prose…
Man Gets 4.5 Years After Admitting To Raping Child In Athol: DA Man Gets 4.5 Years After Admitting To Raping Child In Athol: DA
Man Gets 4.5 Years After Admitting To Raping Child In Athol: DA A 22-year-old man was sentenced to four years to four and a half years in prison in the 2023 rape of a child, authorities announced Thursday, March 6.  Anthony Rodriguez, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a child, assault and battery, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, in the New Year's Day attack, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Rodriguez must register as a sex offender, undergo sex offender treatment, and serve five years of probation once he's released, the prosecutor said.  Assistant District Atto…
New England Sex Offender Hides Out In Lancaster, Attacking Officer: DA New England Sex Offender Hides Out In Lancaster, Attacking Officer: DA
New England Sex Offender Hides Out In Lancaster, Attacking Officer: DA A convicted sex offender from New England who fled registration requirements in Vermont and Massachusetts was sentenced to state prison in Pennsylvania after committing a string of crimes over two days, including a hit-and-run, high-speed chase, and assaulting a police officer, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Nathan D. Taylor, 39, of New Holland, was sentenced to two and a half to five years in state prison, followed by five years of probation, after pleading guilty on Feb. 27 to indecent assault, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, accidents involving damage to an at…
Convicted Child Rapist Who 'Hid In The Woods' To Dodge Megan’s Law Convicted In Lebanon County Convicted Child Rapist Who 'Hid In The Woods' To Dodge Megan’s Law Convicted In Lebanon County
Convicted Child Rapist Who 'Hid In The Woods' To Dodge Megan’s Law Convicted In Lebanon County A convicted child rapist who tried to vanish off the grid to avoid Megan’s Law registration has been found guilty, Lebanon County authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 28. Darren Wallace was convicted of failing to comply with Megan’s Law registration requirements after a jury returned its verdict in just 30 minutes on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, officials said. Wallace had previously followed registration rules but vanished into the woods while homeless in February 2023, failing to report his location as required by law, according to prosecutors. His registration stems from a 2004 convictio…
New Windsor Man Admits Sexually Assaulting 2 Young Children Over 3 Years: DA New Windsor Man Admits Sexually Assaulting 2 Young Children Over 3 Years: DA
New Windsor Man Admits Sexually Assaulting 2 Young Children Over 3 Years: DA A 31-year-old Orange County man has admitted to sexually abusing two young children over the course of more than three years, prosecutors announced.  New Windsor resident Kevin Cholula pleaded guilty in Orange County court on Thursday, Feb. 27 to two counts of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler said.  According to the DA's Office, between July 2020 and October 2023, Cholula engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct, including at least one instance of sexual intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex with t…
DNA Links Armed Hyattsville Man To Woman’s Rape Near Metro: DOJ DNA Links Armed Hyattsville Man To Woman’s Rape Near Metro: DOJ
DNA Links Armed Hyattsville Man To Woman’s Rape Near Metro: DOJ A cold case has had a major breakthrough leading to the indictment of a Maryland man for a brutal armed rape, according to the US Department of Justice.  Cristian Josue Arteaga, 35, formerly of Hyattsville, was indicted on multiple counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed after investigators tied him to the 2012 attack of a woman walking home from the Ft. Totten Metro station, the US Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 27. The case had gone cold for over a decade until a DNA hit in late 2023 connected Arteaga to the crime, leading to his extradition to DC in January 20…
Sexual Abuser Who Preyed On Minors In Waldorf Home Learns Prison Fate Sexual Abuser Who Preyed On Minors In Waldorf Home Learns Prison Fate
Sexual Abuser Who Preyed On Minors In Waldorf Home Learns Prison Fate A 25-year-old man who was convicted of grooming and sexually abusing minors in a home they shared will spend decades in prison, authorities announced. Katravien Tyrieus Vercher was sentenced to 40 years in prison for preying on three minors under the age of 13 over the course of three years after moving into a family's Waldorf home, the Charles County State's Attorney said. In March 2023, members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to the home, where there was a report of child sexual abuse from Vercher's victims' mother. Investigators say that Vercher moved in in 2020, and …
Man Enages In 'Oral Sexual Conduct' With Young Child In Pine Bush: Here's His Fate Man Enages In 'Oral Sexual Conduct' With Young Child In Pine Bush: Here's His Fate
Man Enages In 'Oral Sexual Conduct' With Young Child In Pine Bush: Here's His Fate A 74-year-old man will spend plenty of time behind bars after admitting to the repeated sexual abuse of a child over several years in Orange County, prosecutors announced. Pine Bush resident Allan Bressler was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday, Feb. 20, in Orange County Court after pleading guilty to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced. His sentence also includes 10 years of post-release supervision, and he will be required to register as a sex offender under the New York Sex Offender Registration Act. …
Berlin Man Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Sexually Assaulting Helpless Woman Quinnipiac Dorm Berlin Man Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Sexually Assaulting Helpless Woman Quinnipiac Dorm
Berlin Man Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Sexually Assaulting Helpless Woman Quinnipiac Dorm A Connecticut man convicted of sexually assaulting a physically helpless woman in a Quinnipiac University dorm in 2020 was sentenced to prison earlier this week, authorities said.  Daniel Cervoni, 23, was found guilty in November of sexually assaulting a woman after a night out in New Haven, prosecutors said. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison, but it will be suspended after two and a half years, the state prosecutor's office said. He must serve 15 years of probation after being released.  Original Report: Man Guilty Of Sexually Assault Unconcious Woman At CT Dorm Eviden…
Norwalk Man Who Kidnapped New Canaan Woman To Live Out His Rape Fantasy Gets 25 Years: State Norwalk Man Who Kidnapped New Canaan Woman To Live Out His Rape Fantasy Gets 25 Years: State
Norwalk Man Who Kidnapped New Canaan Woman To Live Out His Rape Fantasy Gets 25 Years: State A Connecticut man who tried to kidnap, drown, and sexually assault a 20-year-old woman in broad daylight has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, prosecutors announced. Mynor Romeo Alvarado-Canahui, 36, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree assault, and attempted first-degree sexual assault in connection to the May 2020 attack that left the victim with a fractured skull, broken vertebrae, and permanent hearing loss, state prosecutors said.  He will also be required to register as a sex offender for life. Original Report: Norwalk Man Ad…