Bel Air, MD
News
Man Who Forced Child To Touch Him Inappropriately Gets 25 Years In Maryland: State's Attorney
A 51-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to prison for forcing a child to touch his penis, officials said. Following an April 2023 trial, Marvin Scriven was sentenced to 25 years for sexual abuse of a minor and an additional 10 years for a third-degree sexual offense, all of which was suspended, Maryland State's Attorney Alison M. Healey said. He will submit to five years probation upon release and a lifetime of sex offender registry requirement. The Middle River man was sentenced by Judge M. Elizabeth Bowen. The court emphasized the need to protect the community when handing down th…
Arlington, VA
News
DC Sex Offender Admits To Uploading Self-Made Child Porn To Google Servers: Feds
A 41-year-old registered sex offender from Southeast DC who admitted to uploading graphic videos of himself sexually abusing a young girl has copped to the crime, federal authorities announced. Michael Humphrey, who has been a registered sex offender in DC since 2022, pleaded guilty on Monday to the sexual exploitation of a child after his Google account was found littered with imagery of his abuse of a 5-year-old girl. According to court documents, in July last year, Google reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that two Google accounts, later…
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
Police & Fire
Sex Offender Who Lives In Lebanon Is Missing: Pennsylvania State Police
A Colorado sex offender who lives in Lebanon and works in Berks County is missing, police announced on January 4. Santos Joel Rodriguez-Cruz, became a "non-complaint" registered sex offender when he "failed to verify his information between the required times," Lebanon City police and Pennsylvania State Police said in separate releases. The 30-year-old only is required to check in with PSP once a year to be photographed and register his address, workplace details, and any vehicles he may own. He failed to do any of that before Oct. 23, 2023, documents show. A warrant for his arr…
Brentwood, NY
News
Long Island Man Who Sexually Abused Stepdaughter For Months Gets Decades In Prison
A Long Island man will spend decades behind bars for subjecting his young stepdaughter to months of sexual abuse. The 43-year-old Shirley man, who prosecutors are not naming to protect the victim’s identity, was sentenced to 23 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19. It followed his jury conviction for multiple sex crimes in November 2023. According to prosecutors, the man began abusing the girl in July 2016 when she was nine years old. The abuse would occur while her mother was at work. He often threatened the girl in order to keep the abuse quiet, investigators said…
Kingston, NY
Police & Fire
Sex Offender From Region Nabbed For Failing To Register, Police Say
A sex offender from the region is behind bars after allegedly failing to register under state law. Sullivan County resident Pedro Correa, age 57, of the village of Liberty was charged on Monday, Dec. 11, during a routine check of sex offenders in the area. Village of Liberty Police Chief Steven D'Agata said under the law all individuals designated as sex offenders as a result of a criminal conviction for a sex offense are required to register their physical address and certain internet accounts and identifiers. During the visit by officers to Correa's home, police found he …
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds
A Salvadoran man, who was recently found guilty of possession of child sexual abuse material in Everett, has been arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston. The 41-year-old from El Salvador was first arrested in Everett in September 2021 after illegally entering the United States, federal officials said. In January 2023, the man was convicted in Malden District Court of felony child sexual abuse material possession, according to ERO Boston. He was required by state law to register as a sex offender. Related: Brazilian Fugitive Convicted Of Rape Nabbed In Malden Off…
Towson, MD
News
Maryland Sex Offender Found With Beastiality Images Sentenced For Trying To Target Child: Feds
A predator from Maryland who already spent years behind bars for preying on minors through his computer is heading back to the Big House after being busted repeating the crime, federal officials announced on Wednesday. Samuel Charles Hardeman, 55, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for the attempted coercion and enticement of a minor after being busted by an undercover police officer, who purported to have a 10-year-old daughter the convict was interested in. Prosecutors say that in December 2022, Hardeman engaged in illicit conversations with an undercover agent, during …
Mt. Kisco, NY
News
Man Sexually Assaults 2 Children In Mount Kisco, Ossining, Peekskill: Here's His Sentence
A 48-year-old man with a previous child molestation conviction will spend decades in prison for sexually assaulting two children in Northern Westchester over several years and sending explicit photos to a third. Bedford resident Felix Barahona Rosales, age 48, was sentenced to 34 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting two children numerous times as well as sending explicit photos to a third victim, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. According to Rocah's office, Rosales's conduct began when both sexual assault…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
Mormon Ex-Scout Leader Sentenced For Raping Children In VA, New Charges In PA
A 47-year-old former Pennsylvania Boy Scout leader has been sentenced for sexually assaulting two young relatives for several years in Virginia, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Shawn Cory Gooden pleaded guilty in July 2023, after an extensive investigation revealed he sexually assaulted a relative, when they were between the ages of nine and 13 years old, multiple times over the course of January 1997 to December 2000, according to the Prince William County police department. Gooden held the following positions until his arrest in Sept. 2022; Bishop with the Chu…
Arlington, VA
News
Public Masturbator Who Touched Himself Near DC School Gets Prison Time
A serial masturbator with a penchant for lewd incidents in Washington, DC is heading to prison after being sentenced for pleasuring himself in public near children. Derrick Jones, 54, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting earlier this year to masturbating in public near Bancroft Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant, and then making aggressive threats towards neighbors who implored him to stop. According to court documents, on April 3, Jones was caught by a neighbor pleasuring himself outside their apartment building, which is a block away from the school. The neighbo…
Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
'Adopt Me' Sign On 7-Year-Old Leads PA Officers To Abandoned Toddlers: Police
A 7-year-old girl's plea for help has landed her mother serious charges, police announced on Friday, Nov. 17. What should have been a quiet night on a culdesac, took a sudden turn when a young girl arrived at a neighbor's home with a sign asking them to "please adopt me," around 8:46 p.m. on Nov. 8, according to the Chambersburg police. The neighbor called the police to report the girl as a "found person," as stated in the police release. When an officer arrived, the young girl agreed to walk to her home in the 330 block of Lantern Lane. The officer got to the girl's…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Sex Offender Busted Grooming Boston Minor He Met Online: Police
A convicted sex offender from Illinois was arrested after he groomed a 16-year-old Boston girl over the past year into having sex with him, authorities said. Weston Opas, age 42, of Glenview, Illinois, was charged with grooming and having sex with the 16-year-old girl in Boston over the past year, authorities in Illinois said. Investigators said Opas met the child on a gaming app. He traveled to Boston “numerous times to meet with the victim and engage in sexual acts,” the Cook County Sheriff’s office said in a statement. Detectives arrested him at his home on Thursda…
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