Tag: Child Abuse
William Steadman, Production of Child Pornography, Alaska 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Juneau man, William Steadman, 35, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy and producing child pornography in Juneau, Alaska, between March and August 2024. Steadman manipulated and groomed the vulnerable minor, producing 43 images and 63 videos depicting the abuse, and posted some of…
Mario Rene Garcia Martinez, Production of Child Pornography, Connecticut 2024
⏱ 2 min read Mario Rene Garcia Martinez, a 41-year-old Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to recording his sexual abuse of a sleeping child in Connecticut. The abuse occurred on two occasions in February 2024, when Garcia Martinez used his smartphone to take images and videos of himself molesting a prepubescent minor female while she was…
Kevin Hedgpeth, Sex Trafficking, South Carolina 2026
⏱ 3 min read A 48-year-old Hanahan city official has been caught in a harrowing child sex trafficking scheme, using social media to target and exploit at least 19 underage victims. Kevin Hedgpeth, a former city councilman and mayor pro tem, allegedly posed as a minor on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Telegram, and X to pressure…
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
⏱ 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
⏱ 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
⏱ 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
⏱ 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
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
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…
