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Belmont County Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Crimes
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A horrific case of child exploitation has come to light with the guilty plea of Dennis Stopar, 65, of Flushing, Ohio.
Stopar pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to sexually exploiting minors and possessing child pornography. The plea agreement includes a sentence recommendation of 30 to 60 years in prison.
According to court documents, between 2022 and 2023, Stopar sexually assaulted multiple female minor victims, forced a minor male victim to engage in sexual activity with another child and created hundreds of videos and images of the horrific abuse.
Stopar’s prior sex offense is a rape conviction for sexually abusing a victim beginning when the victim was approximately 6 years old until the victim was 16 years old.
The investigation began in December 2023, when Dropbox, Inc. submitted a cyber tipline to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding child pornography being uploaded to a Dropbox account. Dropbox identified the IP address associated with the account within 24 hours. Further investigation revealed Stopar, a convicted sex offender, lived in a trailer on the property identified as the IP address.
On December 28, Belmont County Sheriff’s Office deputies executed a local search warrant and seized Stopar’s electronic devices. Stopar’s electronic devices were subsequently processed via a federal search warrant, and he was charged federally in April 2024.
Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and other officials announced the guilty plea entered today before U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson.
Mandatory Facts: Defendant: Dennis Stopar, Exact Criminal Charges: sexually exploiting minors and possessing child pornography, City and State: Columbus, Ohio, Exact Date: April 2024, Sentence or Outcome: 30-to-60-year prison sentence.
Key Facts
- State: Ohio
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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