Tag: Child Sexual Abuse Material
Michael Joseph Branham, Production of Child Pornography, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 38-year-old Texas man, Michael Joseph Branham, has pleaded guilty to producing child sexual abuse material by secretly recording two minor children in his Florida condominium. The recordings took place between June and December 2024, in the condominium’s bathroom and bedroom, where Branham had installed hidden cameras. The victims, aged 11…
Tanner Stevens, Child Pornography, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tanner Stevens, a 23-year-old man from Wayne County, Missouri, has admitted to producing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The disturbing case began when Stevens was just 13 or 14 years old, when he started viewing child sexual abuse material. As he got older, Stevens took pictures of two minors when…
David Candido Gomez, Possession of Child Pornography, New Mexico 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 51-year-old man from Belen, New Mexico, is facing federal charges for possessing child sexual abuse material. David Candido Gomez was identified as the suspect after Google reported two online accounts containing suspected child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in June 2026. The accounts,…
Phillip Michael Taft, Distributing CSAM, Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Glen Allen man, Phillip Michael Taft, 40, has been sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Virginia. The sentencing follows an investigation by the FBI, which began after a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on…
Jonathan Andrew Monk, Child Sexual Abuse Material Production, Distribution, and Possession, South Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former Columbia teacher, Jonathan Andrew Monk, 44, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for attempted production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material. The indictment, returned in Columbia, SC, alleges that Monk attempted to produce, distribute, and possess child sexual abuse material, with the exact circumstances of…
Michael Thomas Pritchard, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Michael Thomas Pritchard, a 49-year-old Erie, Pennsylvania resident, has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. The sentencing occurred on July 23, 2026, after Pritchard was found with hundreds of digital images depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. This crime was committed while Pritchard…
Carlos Alonso Hernandez Urbina, Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material, North Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Mexican national, Carlos Alonso Hernandez Urbina, 38, is facing charges for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Between May and June 2026, Urbina allegedly distributed the material to five individuals, and from 2024 to 2026, he possessed and accessed the material involving prepubescent minors.…
Patrick Wanamaker, Child Sex Abuse Material, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Patrick Wanamaker, a 35-year-old Arlington man, has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for downloading and possessing child sexual abuse material. On October 1, 2025, federal authorities searched Wanamaker’s residence and recovered 9 electronic devices, including his cellphone and laptop, which contained disturbing images and videos of minors engaging in…
Stephen Lane, Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Vermont 2024
⏱ 2 min read Stephen Lane, a 57-year-old man from Burlington, Vermont, was involved in a disturbing case of distributing child sexual abuse material. Between September 26, 2024, and October 9, 2024, Lane corresponded with an undercover U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) special agent, who pretended to be a 13-year-old girl living in Korea.…
Nathaniel Carey Lee, Receipt of CSAM, Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read Nathaniel Carey Lee, a 39-year-old tax preparer and museum guide from Springfield, Virginia, was found guilty of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material over multiple years. In December 2022, law enforcement began an undercover investigation into a user requesting CSAM files on the peer-to-peer file sharing network Freenet, which led…
