Category: Sex Crimes
Vincenzo Leonardi Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Vincenzo Leonardi, 27, of Lakewood, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography, admitting he spent years posing as a teenage girl to manipulate and exploit young boys across the country. The crime unfolded in the hidden corners of social media, where Leonardi built a digital facade to lure victims as…
Breana VanDyck Sentenced for Mailing Child Porn to Husband
Breana VanDyck, 28, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison after a jury found her guilty of mailing child pornography, a crime that cut deep into the already horrifying case involving her imprisoned husband. U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins handed down the sentence, which will be followed by lifetime…
Adam C. Cobb Sentenced for Child Porn Distribution
Adam C. Cobb, 48, formerly of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, was sentenced today to 5 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography, closing a years-long investigation marked by digital sleuthing and international cooperation. The sentence, handed down in U.S. District Court in Providence, underscores the federal crackdown on online exploitation of minors. U.S. District Judge…
Cleveland Man Brian Keeling, 34, Pleads Guilty to Running Child Abuse Network
A Cleveland man has admitted to running a vile online network dedicated to the sexual abuse of toddlers, pleading guilty today to federal charges that carry a mandatory 15-year prison sentence. Brian Keeling, 34, confessed to advertising, receiving, distributing, and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to U.S. Attorney Carole…
Joshua D. Chapman-Sexton Convicted of Child Porn Charges
Joshua D. Chapman-Sexton, 31, of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography, marking a grim return to criminal prosecution for a man already scarred by prior conviction. The verdict, delivered yesterday evening in U.S. District Court in Columbus, caps a trial that laid bare the…
Skaneateles Falls Man Gets 90 Months for Child Porn Crimes
Richard Michael Lydon, 67, of Skaneateles Falls, New York, is headed to federal prison for 90 months after admitting to distributing and possessing thousands of images and videos of child pornography. The sentence, handed down today in Utica, marks the end of a years-long investigation into one of the most extensive collections of illicit material…
Michael J. Costello Guilty of Child Porn Distribution
Michael J. Costello, a 42-year-old man from Archbald, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography, marking another grim chapter in the federal crackdown on online child sexual exploitation. Costello admitted to using a computer between January and August 2014 to obtain and trade graphic images and videos depicting child sexual abuse. Authorities…
Daniel C. Irwin Sentenced for Child Porn, Sex Meet-Up Attempt
Daniel C. Irwin, a 39-year-old Platte City man and former assistant vice president of accounting at a Kansas City, Mo., corporation, was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in federal prison without parole after admitting to distributing child pornography and attempting to trade incest videos for access to two minor girls. U.S. District Judge…
Henderson Man Gets 10+ Years for Child Porn Possession
Daniel Robert Wardlaw, a 23-year-old from Henderson, Nevada, was sentenced Thursday to 123 months in federal prison for possession of more than 600 images and videos of child pornography. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Lloyd D. George, includes mandatory registration as a sex offender — a lifetime consequence for a crime rooted…
Donald Macarthur Gets 20 Years for Sextortion of Teens
TUCSON, Ariz. — Donald Macarthur, 39, of Lehi, Utah, was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of production of child pornography in separate federal cases. U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins handed down the sentence, marking the end of a years-long investigation into Macarthur’s predatory online…
