Tag: child sex abuse
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…
Caleb Sean Wheeler, Child Sex Abuse, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Caleb Sean Wheeler, a 28-year-old from Hartselle, Alabama, has been sentenced to 160 years in prison for committing heinous child sex abuse crimes. In June 2025, Wheeler produced and transported child pornography, including three videos and one image. He pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of children and one…
William Michael Haslach, Child Sex Abuse Image Production, Minnesota 2026
⏱ 2 min read William Michael Haslach, a 30-year-old former employee of two Minnesota school districts, has pleaded guilty to using AI technology to produce sexual abuse images of children in his care. Haslach, of Maplewood, Minnesota, worked as a lunch monitor, traffic guard, paraprofessional, and youth summer programs assistant for Independent School District #622…
Tarif Jahmil Alston, Child Sex Exploitation, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tarif Jahmil Alston, 43, of Baltimore, and Gleybar Josue Ramirez-Clemente, 21, of Frederick, were charged with sexually exploiting children in a nationwide operation called Iron Pursuit, which took place from April 1 to April 30. The operation, led by the Department of Justice, aimed to find child victims of sex abuse…
Ricardo Gibson, Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography, Ohio 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ricardo Gibson, a 46-year-old man from Willard, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to sending and receiving child pornography through a social media platform and to firearms charges. In May 2023, federal agents were investigating a report made by an online marketplace seller about a man who was buying her children’s used clothing…
