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North Hunterdon, NJ
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NJ Sex Offender Who Assaulted Teen Girl Arrested For Failing To Register: Cops
A 54-year-old Bridgeton resident was arrested on Thursday, March 21 in Warren County after he failed to register as a sex offender, authorities said. James Alston was also wanted for violating a lifelong parole order, Independence Township police said on Facebook. In 1995, Alston was found guilty in Sussex County of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl he lured with alcohol when he was 25 years old. He is considered a Tier 2 sex offender- a "moderate risk," according to the New Jersey State Police's sex offender registry. Alston was arrested at a local residence and transpor…
Cambridge, MA
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'Serial Predator' From Mass Tries Paying For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl: Here's His Sentence
A registered sex offender from Massachusetts with a previous conviction will spend over a decade in prison after trying to pay who he thought was a child sex trafficker for sex with a 14-year-old girl, officials said. Middlesex County resident David Cannon of Lexington, age 61, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to pay for sex with a teenager, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday, April 9. According to federal officials, in November 2022, Cannon replied to an online advertisement that offered commercial sex with two young gir…
Glen Burnie, MD
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Karate Instructor Gets Prison Time For Sexually Abusing Children In MD: State's Attorney
A 72-year-old karate instructor will spend more than a decade behind bars after getting too physical with at least two of his students at his makeshift dojo in Anne Arundel County, the state's attorney's office announced. Harry "Craig" Conaway has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex offenses involving two children, one of whom was a student at his homemade dojo, while the other came forward after suffering from child sexual abuse more than two decades ago. "As an instructor of martial arts, (Conaway) was expected to instill confidence and teach self-defense," Anne Arundel Coun…
Albany, NY
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Posing As Teen To Get Underage Nudes Nets Capital Region Man Decades In Prison
After confessing that he posed as a teenager in order to trick underage girls into sending naked pictures, a man from the region will spend decades in prison. Schenectady resident Thomas Ullman, age 47, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars in Albany federal court on Thursday, March 28. It followed his guilty plea to sexual exploitation of a child. Federal prosecutors said Ullman posed as a teenage boy on a dating website for teens and convinced multiple underage girls to text and video chat with him between March 2020 and June 2021. He then instructed the girls, some as young as 13, to en…
Fredericksburg, VA
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Wanted VA Sex Offender Actually Not Captured In Florida: Police
The search for a sex offender wanted for failing to register in Virginia remains active, police said. While Virginia State Police on Friday, March 29 said Sheldon Locke Davis, 63, was captured in Florida, they later said this was a mistake and he remains at large. Davis is wanted on 4 counts of failing to re-register as a sex offender, as required by Virginia law. Davis was previously living in the Rhoadesville area of Orange County but has moved and has failed to update State Police with his new address. It is believed that Davis may still be living in Orange County or a surroun…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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: Convicted Sex Offender Lured Foreign Woman To NJ To Abuse Her Kids, Feds Say
WARNING: The allegations described in this report are horrific in the extreme. A registered sex offender from Bergen County lured a woman from the other side of the world to the United States so he could sexually abuse her two young children, federal authorities charged. Corey Hipscher, 52, of Lodi first got the woman's 11-year-old daughter to take naked selfies and send them to him after connecting directly with the youngster on social media, the FBI said. Among the horrific images, federal authorities said, is a video of the youngster self-penetrating with the top of a bowling pin. Soon…
Lusby, MD
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'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing' Sentenced For Raping Minor In Maryland: Sheriff
A judge in Calvert County had harsh words for a sexual offender from Prince Frederick who preyed on a minor for years. Jonathan Huffman, 38, was sentenced in Calvert County Circuit Court to 50 years in prison with all but 18 years suspended, for sexually abusing a minor and second-degree rape, authorities announced. At his sentencing, Judge Mark Chandlee described Huffman as "a wolf in sheep's clothing." According to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office, last year, the sheriff's office received a cyber tip about possible abuse, launching a joint investigation that inclu…
Pittsfield, MA
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Western Mass Man Admits To Sexually Assaulting Child At His Home, Gets 2 Years: DA
A 68-year-old Berkshire County man has pleaded to multiple counts of indecent assault on a child younger than 14 years old, authorities announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Lochan Kissoon, of Pittsfield, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor in his apartment in June 2021, the Berkshire County District Attorney said. Kissoon cannot have contact with anyone under the age of 16, and he must register as a sex offender once he's released, authorities said.
Bristol, PA
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Sex Offender With PA Address Arrested In New York, Police Say
A convicted Pennsylvania sex offender was arrested in New York this week after police say he failed to comply with registry requirements. Randall W. Rolison Jr. was taken into custody in Binghamton on Thursday, Feb. 15, said Morrisville Borough police. Rolison was taken to the Broome County lockup awaiting his extradition back to Pennsylvania, the department said. The state Megan's Law website says Rolison was previously convicted of sexual misconduct in New York. His last known address before absconding was in Morrisville, according to court records.
Paterson, NJ
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: Lyft Driver Gets 7 Years For Fondling Pre-Teen Prospect Park Passenger Separate Times
A former U.S. military member from Morris County who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Passaic County pre-teen while working as a Lyft driver was sentenced to seven years in state prison. Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton also must register as a sex offender and remain under lifetime parole supervision, under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli in Paterson. Mejia rejected a plea deal after investigators said the underage Prospect Park girl told them he had sex with her after she took a Lyft ride in August 2019 and then again after several weeks of texting. He…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Registered Sex Offender In NJ Convicted Of Sexually Abusing 13-Year-Old
A registered sex offender in Atlantic County was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child, authorities said. A jury convicted 34-year-old Marcelino Cruz of Mullica Township on Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Cruz was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and possession of child sexual abuse material. An investigation began when a 13-year-old's mother found disturbing text messages on the child's phone. Police confirmed Cruz, who was 33 at the time, was texting with the child. Investigators said Cruz s…
Brentwood, NY
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18-Month-Olds Among Child Porn Images Found On Long Island Man's Computer
Kids as young as 18 months old were found on a Long Island man’s computer that contained dozens of child pornography images. James Gaffga, age 36, of Southold, pleaded guilty to 50 felony counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Prosecutors said a joint investigation by the FBI, Southold, and Suffolk County police departments turned up at least 50 images and videos depicting child sex abuse on Gaffga’s hard drive in December 2022. Children in the footage ranged in age from 18 months to 10 years old. Gaffga confessed to viewing th…
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