#Child_Exploitation

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice

believed was the parent of two young children, and that through the undercover officer acting as the parent of the children, he knowingly attempted to persuade, induce, entice or coerce an 8 year old

Due to the enormous amount of imagery on Hensley’s devices, the United States Secret Service joined the investigation and conducted a more thorough forensic examination of Hensley’s electronic dev

Despite learning that the “child” was 13, Shook arranged to travel to Clay County to engage in sex acts with the child. Shook also requested a nude photograph of the child and sent the child photo

The Indictment alleges on April 22, 2021, Farrell knowingly attempted to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, and coerce a minor female to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of prod

Swartz has previous felony convictions in Kentucky for the offenses of sexual abuse, first degree, in Bath County in 1998, possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in Fayette Co

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meghan A. Tokash and Laura A. Higgins, who handled the case, stated that in November 2016, the defendant solicited minor victims through the Instagram application to produce i

Possessed More Than 1,000 Images and Videos of Child Pornography Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today

The judge ordered that Wood be supervised by federal probation officers for the rest of his life, beginning upon his discharge from prison.  Upon his release from prison, Wood will be required to un

“It is a travesty when a previously convicted federal sex offender commits the same crime,” said HSI Orlando Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Pezzutti. “But thanks to