Child Pornography

The Boston Herald reports that a man formerly of Hyde Park who looked at child pornography on a state-monitored computer while out on release for another child pornography-related offense will serve a decade behind bars. U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV sentenced David Ladeau, 66, in federal court in Boston to 10 […]

Advocates for victims of sexual abuse are pushing to close loopholes in state law they say are allowing child predators to go undetected, as reported by the Salem News. While Massachusetts already has tough laws on mandated reporting, sexual relations between educators and students go unreported, especially in private schools, where abusers begin “grooming” their […]

A registered sex offender was arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly receiving and possessing child pornography via multiple groups on a messaging app. Angel Figueroa, 49, of Fall River, was charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. Following an initial appearance before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley, Figueroa was detained pending […]

As the criminal case proceeds against 36-year-old Stephanie Lak on charges of possessing and sharing child sexual abuse materials, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is reaching out to parents and caretakers who may have had contact with the former nanny on the site Care.com. Lak was arraigned on April 28, 2021, on a charge […]

A federal judge sentenced Gregory Lisby, a former priest in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, to six years in prison on Sept. 18 for possession of child pornography, as reported by the Episcopal News Service. Lisby, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in February. He was arrested in September 2019 after the FBI found nearly […]

A Lawrence resident was indicted in federal court in Boston with sexually exploiting two children under four years of age, according to a release from the US Attorney’s Office in Boston. Jakob Nieves, who also goes by the name Dakota, 19, was indicted on two counts of sexual exploitation of children, one count of distribution […]

A Billerica man was indicted on sexual exploitation charges in U.S. District Court in Boston Philip Toronto, 43, faces two counts of sexual exploitation of children, as reported by masslive.com Toronto was arrested in February following an investigation into his activities by the U.S. Postal Service police and Massachusetts State police. According to court documents, investigators were led […]

Good article by the Boston Herald concerning efforts being made to stop the controversial website backpage.com from publishing advertisements that have connections to the underground teenage sex trade.

Police have arrested a Medford man and charged him with enticing a 12-year-old Mansfield girl to pose in the nude on the Internet. Peter Campobasso, 30, of Medford was arrested around noon Friday by Mansfield and Medford detectives, who executed a search warrant at his 21 Vista Ave. home. The arrest followed a two-week investigation […]

A Beverly man has pleaded guilty to selling child pornography on the Internet. Stanton Hager pleaded guilty to charges Tuesday in federal court in Boston. He faces a maximum of 20 in prison at sentencing scheduled for April. He was ordered held without bail until then after prosecutors disclosed in court that they believe Hager […]

Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 A former longtime teacher at Episcopal Academy is facing a sexual abuse of children offense after child pornography was found on his home computer, according to a complaint filed Tuesday by Pennsylvania State Police. Richard Perkins Smith, 65, of Middletown, is currently behind bars at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility […]

A West Brookfield, Mass., man with a prior child pornography conviction was sentenced Jan. 15 in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Massachusetts State Police. Christopher Boucher, 44, had previously pleaded guilty to […]

A former elementary school educator from Newton, Massachusetts, has been handed a 45-year sentence in a federal correctional facility for his role in an online forum dedicated to child pornography. The members of this forum encouraged sexual abuse of children younger than 12 and employed tactics to dodge law enforcement, as noted by both the […]

A child pornography investigation that began in Massachusetts has led to federal charges in Mississippi against a Georgia man accused of having sex with a girl who was 3 or 4 years old, according to a complaint filed Monday. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., charges Marco Laquin Rogers, 26, of […]

A Boston Children’s Hospital endocrinologist and former medical director of Phillips Academy in Andover was charged in federal court Thursday with receiving child pornography after more then 500 photographs and at least 60 DVDs were found during a search of his ­Andover home, federal prosecutors said, and as reported by the Boston Globe. Dr. Richard […]

David Ettlinger, a former Newton teacher and Brighton resident facing a slew of child pornography charges in two Massachusetts counties was released on his personal recognizance at Suffolk Superior Court April 3, according to Wicked Local Newton and WCVB. The move allows the court to transport Ettlinger to Louisiana, where he faces federal charges for […]

The Diocese of Worcester has asked the Vatican to defrock the Rev. Lowe B. Dongor, the Roman Catholic priest charged in September with possessing child pornography and stealing from his parish in Fitchburg, reports the Telegram and Gazette. Church and law enforcement officials believe Rev. Dongor has fled the country and may have returned to […]

A Superior Court judge has denied a request for lower bail by a University of Utah professor who allegedly watched child pornography on his laptop on a flight to Boston last weekend, according to the Boston Globe. Grant D. Smith, 47, of Cottonwood Heights was arrested last Saturday at Logan International Airport after a fellow […]

Thomas Scully, a Beverly Public Library employee who pled guilty to child pornography possession in 2009, is entitled to have his retirement allowance reinstated, a three-judge Appeals Court panel has ruled, overturning the judgment of lower courts on the grounds that his crimes were not directly related to his job, as reported by the State […]

A Western, MA man has pled guilty to child pornography charges, specifically to child exploitation. The story can be found here.

I thought this story from Bakersfield, CA was incredible. Great police and investigative work. Kudos.