Tag: Child Abuse

  • Kasey Lynn Skaggs, Interstate Travel for Illicit Sex and Tampering with a Victim, Tennessee 2026

    Kasey Lynn Skaggs, Interstate Travel for Illicit Sex and Tampering with a Victim, Tennessee 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Florida woman was caged for five-and-a-half years for traveling across state lines to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in Tennessee’s Eastern District. Kasey Lynn Skaggs, of Jacksonville, was sentenced April 30, 2026, after pleading guilty to two federal charges: interstate travel for illicit sex and tampering with a…

  • James Robert Smith, Child Molestation, California 2020

    James Robert Smith, Child Molestation, California 2020

    ⏱ 2 min read In Wyoming, a disturbing reality is being confronted head-on: child abuse and neglect. This April, U.S. Attorney Darin Smith is teaming up with local communities to observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a crucial effort to protect the state’s most vulnerable citizens. The initiative aims to prevent child abuse and neglect…

  • James Billings, Sex Assault, Montana 2022

    James Billings, Sex Assault, Montana 2022

    ⏱ 3 min read A 49-year-old Billings man is behind bars for sickening sex abuse on the Crow Indian Reservation. Matthew Stopsatprettyplaces, 49, was convicted of abusing a 9-year-old girl in 2019. According to court documents, Stopsatprettyplaces gave the young victim a ride to a family member’s residence in Hardin but instead of dropping her…

  • Daniel Berwick, Producing and Possessing Child Pornography, New Jersey 2026

    Daniel Berwick, Producing and Possessing Child Pornography, New Jersey 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A 38-year-old Old Bridge man has been arrested and charged with producing and possessing child pornography after authorities discovered a stash of over 1,000 explicit images on his devices. According to sources, Daniel Berwick used Snapchat to catfish two minors by posing as a 17-year-old high school student, convincing them to…

  • Troy Vasquez, Child Sexual Abuse Material Production, Texas 2024

    Troy Vasquez, Child Sexual Abuse Material Production, Texas 2024

    ⏱ 2 min read Troy Vasquez, a 31-year-old Corpus Christi resident, has admitted to producing child sexual abuse material involving a three-year-old toddler. The investigation began after law enforcement discovered Vasquez uploading child pornography over the internet, leading to a search warrant at his home. The search uncovered child sexual abuse material created the day…

  • Ray Gordon, Child Sexual Abuse Material Creation, Kentucky 2023

    Ray Gordon, Child Sexual Abuse Material Creation, Kentucky 2023

    Bowling Green, KY – Ray Gordon, 37, will spend the next five years in a federal prison cell after pleading guilty to creating and possessing a horrifying cache of child sexual abuse material generated using artificial intelligence. The case, cracked by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), shines a disturbing light on the rapidly evolving ways predators…

  • John Magee Gavin, Online Exploitation of Minors, Massachusetts 2025

    John Magee Gavin, Online Exploitation of Minors, Massachusetts 2025

    BOSTON – Former science teacher John Magee Gavin, 35, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison yesterday for exploiting vulnerable girls online. The case, stemming from a January 2025 investigation, revealed Gavin targeted girls as young as 12 in the US, Canada, and the UK, using a Discord account to groom them. Gavin, who…

  • Pedro Escamilla Del Rosario, Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, California 2018

    Pedro Escamilla Del Rosario, Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, California 2018

    Discover the disturbing case of Pedro Escamilla Del Rosario, sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child. Learn more here.

  • Matthew I. Reif, Sexually Exploiting Minor Boys, Ohio 2023

    Matthew I. Reif, Sexually Exploiting Minor Boys, Ohio 2023

    Licking County man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting minor boys he met through church youth group. Highlights the importance of protecting vulnerable young individuals and the need for swift and severe consequences for such crimes.

  • Carrie Daniels, Child Sex Exploitation, Ohio 2023

    Carrie Daniels, Child Sex Exploitation, Ohio 2023

    Discover the shocking case of a Hocking County woman sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children as young as 3-years-old. Uncover the investigation, details of the crimes, and the urgent need to combat child exploitation.