Category: Sex Crimes
Jerome Edwards, Child Sexual Exploitation, Pennsylvania 2022
⏱ 3 min read Jerome Edwards, a 55-year-old Philadelphia man, was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the heinous crime of child sexual exploitation. Between June 5, 2022, and June 27, 2022, Edwards produced at least 77 images and 54 videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting multiple young victims, aged three to…
David Mark Jones, Distribution of Child Pornography, Kansas 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Kansas man, David Mark Jones, 35, of Shawnee, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, a crime that occurred between February and March 2024. Jones, previously convicted of sexual exploitation of a child in February 2023, pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of…
Adam Kendel, Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 43-year-old registered sex offender from Butler County, Ohio, has been indicted for committing heinous child sex crimes against a 10-year-old girl. Adam Kendel allegedly crossed state lines from Ohio to Kentucky to engage in sexual conduct with the minor on February 28. The abuse is believed to have occurred from…
Ryan Zelek, Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, Illinois 2021
⏱ 2 min read Ryan Zelek, a 33-year-old from Wilmington, Illinois, has been sentenced to 27 and a half years in federal prison for transporting a 13-year-old girl from Iowa to Illinois with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. In the summer of 2021, Zelek used Snapchat to communicate with the girl before…
Edward Winn, Child Pornography Distribution, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read Edward Winn, a 47-year-old inmate at Okaloosa Correctional Institution in Florida, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing and receiving child pornography. Despite being incarcerated for previous child porn convictions since 2015, Winn continued to exploit children by using a prison-issued tablet to receive and distribute child porn…
Michael Joseph Branham, Production of Child Pornography, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 38-year-old Texas man, Michael Joseph Branham, has pleaded guilty to producing child sexual abuse material by secretly recording two minor children in his Florida condominium. The recordings took place between June and December 2024, in the condominium’s bathroom and bedroom, where Branham had installed hidden cameras. The victims, aged 11…
Mark Misiano, Receipt and Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography, Pennsylvania 2026
A South Philadelphia man is facing serious charges after allegedly receiving and attempting to receive child pornography, according to federal authorities. Mark Misiano, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David Metcalf. The criminal complaint alleges that Misiano was…
Tanner Stevens, Child Pornography, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tanner Stevens, a 23-year-old man from Wayne County, Missouri, has admitted to producing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The disturbing case began when Stevens was just 13 or 14 years old, when he started viewing child sexual abuse material. As he got older, Stevens took pictures of two minors when…
Theron Feidt, Possession of Child Pornography, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Theron Feidt, a 54-year-old martial arts business owner from Liverpool, New York, has been charged with possessing child pornography. The disturbing allegations against Feidt, who appeared in federal court, claim he knowingly had material depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as four years old on his iPad on August…
Maurilio Mares, Child Obscenity, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 19-year-old Manitowoc resident, Maurilio Mares, has been indicted on charges of child obscenity and committing a felony sex offense as a registered sex offender. The alleged crimes occurred on two separate dates in May 2026, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Mares is accused of obscene visual depictions of the sexual abuse of…
