Tag: child sex abuse
Christopher Lawhon, Child Sex Abuse Material Production, North Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Lawhon, 36, and Tajareia Blackwell, 25, two passengers on separate cruises, have been charged with child sex abuse offenses after returning to the Jacksonville cruise port. Lawhon, from South Carolina, allegedly produced and attempted to produce child sex abuse material, while Blackwell, from North Carolina, is accused of transporting such…
Jacob Michael Young, Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacob Michael Young, a 25-year-old senior airman in the US Air Force, has pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while stationed at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Between November 2024 and January 2025, Young uploaded approximately 56 suspected CSAM files to Kik Messenger, a messaging…
Robert Lee Ford Jr, Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Birmingham man, Robert Lee Ford Jr, has pleaded guilty to producing child sexual abuse material after a report of an assault on a 14-year-old girl led to his arrest. The incident occurred in January 2025, when a deputy from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Children’s of…
Abelardo Sanchez, Child Sex Abuse Material Production, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 39-year-old Mexican national, Abelardo Sanchez, has been extradited to the US to face charges for producing child sex abuse material. Sanchez, who had been living in Dublin, Ireland, was arrested in Austria in December 2025 and extradited to Texas on June 5. He appeared in McAllen federal court on June…
Grace Elizabeth Paradis, Conspiracy to Produce Child Sexual Abuse Material, Virginia 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 43-year-old Virginia Beach woman, Grace Elizabeth Paradis, has been sentenced to 28 years and four months in prison for conspiring to produce child sexual abuse material. Paradis abused two minor children, ages five and nine, and recorded the abuse, which she then provided to her former boyfriend, Cory Richard Hambley.…
David Morel, Child Sex Abuse Materials Possession, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A prior convicted sex offender from New Orleans, David Morel, 42, has plead guilty to possession of child sex abuse materials. The guilty plea came on May 19, 2026, after a search of his home on October 20, 2025, uncovered images of pre-pubescent child pornography on his electronic devices. Morel, who…
Lee Hughes, Child Sex Abuse Material, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former Pinellas teacher, Lee Hughes, 46, of Pinellas Park, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in child sexual abuse offenses. Hughes communicated with an undercover officer online for months, expressing his desire to sexually abuse a 9-year-old girl and sending explicit photos and videos…
Christopher David Sheese, Child Sex Abuse, Indiana 2024
⏱ 2 min read Christopher David Sheese, a 43-year-old repeat sex offender from Bloomfield, Indiana, was caught trading child sexual abuse material online on June 29, 2024. Investigators with the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a cyber-tip that Sheese had uploaded 21 images and videos depicting child sex abuse to the social…
Brian Hargraves, Possession of and Access with Intent to View Child Pornography, New Hampshire 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brian Hargraves, a 55-year-old man from Albany, posed as a teenage boy online to obtain child sexual abuse material from a 16-year-old minor victim in New Hampshire. The disturbing scheme was uncovered in April 2025, when law enforcement searched Hargraves’ mobile phones following a citizen complaint. The investigation revealed that Hargraves…
Sean Gardner, Child Sex Abuse Material Production, Mississippi 2026
⏱ 2 min read Sean Gardner, a 39-year-old former gymnastics coach from West Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty to producing child sex abuse material in a federal court in Mississippi. Gardner secretly videotaped minors changing clothes and using the bathroom at a gym in Purvis, Mississippi, where he worked as a coach. The investigation began…
