Tag: project safe childhood

Maurilio Mares, Child Obscenity, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 19-year-old Manitowoc resident, Maurilio Mares, has been indicted on charges of child obscenity and committing a felony sex offense as a registered sex offender. The alleged crimes occurred on two separate dates in May 2026, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Mares is accused of obscene visual depictions of the sexual abuse of…

Tyller White, Attempting to Create Child Sexual Abuse Material, Kansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 24-year-old Kansas man, Tyller White, has been indicted for attempting to create child pornography in Parsons, Kansas. According to court documents, White tried to surreptitiously create a child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depiction of a minor victim in July 2026. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating the case,…

Michael Lawrence Milewski, Child Sex Crimes, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Michael Lawrence Milewski, a 32-year-old Fort Myers man, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for enticing minors to engage in sexual activity, receiving and possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, and transferring obscene matter to a minor. The crimes occurred between December 2024 and February…

Michael La Porta, Child Pornography Production, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old Flemingsburg, Kentucky man, Michael La Porta, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography. La Porta exploited a minor, engaging in sexual activity and communicating via Snapchat, where he requested and received sexually explicit videos. The minor’s trusted adults discovered the relationship and reported it to…

Derek Gaff, Child Porn Possession, Indiana 2023
⏱ 2 min read Derek Gaff, a 45-year-old Columbia City, Indiana, man, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography. The crime occurred between September 2023 and April 2025, with Gaff having a prior conviction for the same offense in Whitley County. Gaff pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced…

Michael Steven Podrybau, Distributing Obscene AI-Generated Images, Kansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 43-year-old Kansas man, Michael Steven Podrybau, has pleaded guilty to distributing obscene AI-generated images depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The crime occurred in Alton, Kansas, between March 2023 and April 2023, where Podrybau used the online platform Wickr Pro to share the images. The investigation was led by…

Andrew Raymond Crum, Child Exploitation, Missouri 2021
⏱ 2 min read Andrew Raymond Crum, a 33-year-old Ohio man, began exploiting a 14-year-old Missouri girl he met on an online gaming platform in 2021. He drove to Missouri to have sex with her in February 2024, when she was 16, and exchanged explicit images and videos via Snapchat. The FBI was alerted in…

Eric Michael Spreitzer, Receipt and Distribution of Visual Depictions of Minors, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read Eric Michael Spreitzer, a 36-year-old man from Streetsboro, Ohio, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for receiving and sending child sexual abuse materials through online and social media platforms. The crimes occurred between January 2024 and October 2025, and were investigated by the FBI Akron Resident Agency and the Portage…

Yoandris Jose Ruiz Bello, Child Sex Abuse Material Production, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read Yoandris Jose Ruiz Bello, a 32-year-old Venezuelan national, tried to coax a 13-year-old girl into creating explicit videos and sending them to him in Ocala, Florida. On August 21, 2024, Ruiz Bello engaged in a sexually explicit conversation with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations special agent, who was posing as the…

Edward Wade Green, Child Sex Crime, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read Edward Wade Green, a 54-year-old man from Aiken, South Carolina, traveled over 700 miles to Toledo, Ohio, with the intention of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a purported 7-year-old girl. In April 2023, Green began communicating with an undercover agent on an online platform, expressing his sexual interest in the…
