Tag: sex crimes
Ryan Zelek, Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, Illinois 2021
⏱ 2 min read Ryan Zelek, a 33-year-old from Wilmington, Illinois, has been sentenced to 27 and a half years in federal prison for transporting a 13-year-old girl from Iowa to Illinois with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. In the summer of 2021, Zelek used Snapchat to communicate with the girl before…
Michael Blazo, Child Pornography Manufacturing, Pennsylvania 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 22-year-old Montgomery County man, Michael Blazo, has pleaded guilty to manufacturing child pornography. Blazo, from Schwenksville, PA, was charged with enticing 10 minor victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct online. The crimes took place between late 2021 and 2022, with Blazo posing as a teenager to gain his victims’…
Julian One Star, Abusive Sexual Contact, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Julian One Star, a 38-year-old Saint Francis, South Dakota man, has been sentenced to 8 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender. One Star was required to register after being convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact in Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court in October 2022. However, after updating…
Christopher J. White, Child Sexual Abuse Material Distribution, Indiana 2024
⏱ 2 min read Christopher J. White, a 46-year-old registered sex offender from Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 16 years and three months in federal prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material. The disturbing discovery was made on March 19, 2024, when Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers responded to a domestic…
Marcellis Blackwell, Sex Crimes, Missouri 2023
⏱ 2 min read A former North County Police Cooperative officer, Marcellis Blackwell, 36, of St. Louis, has admitted to sexually assaulting 18 men after detaining or arresting them between November 8, 2022, and June 5, 2023. The assaults typically occurred after traffic stops or arrests, with Blackwell often taking his victims to remote locations,…
John Aaron Gass, Sex Abuse, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read A former DC high school teacher, John Aaron Gass, 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to coercing and enticing a 16-year-old student into sex abuse. The abuse occurred in the spring of 2025, while Gass was working at the District of Columbia International School, a charter school in Northwest DC. Gass…
Ramon Salgado-Delgadillo, Unlawful Reentry, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ramon Salgado-Delgadillo, a 38-year-old Mexican national with a prior conviction for felony sexual assault, was found in Chicago on November 5, 2023, eight months after being deported to Mexico. He had been sentenced to four years in state prison for the sex assault offense in the Circuit Court of Cook County.…
Sergio Niz-Mendez, Sex Offender Registration Violation, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Sergio Niz-Mendez, a 27-year-old Guatemalan national, has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for re-entering the US without permission and failing to register as a sex offender in Iowa. Niz-Mendez, who was living in Sheldon, Iowa, pleaded guilty to the charges in March 2026 and was sentenced on August…
Richard Kowalczyk, Child Exploitation, Florida 2020
⏱ 2 min read Richard Kowalczyk, 46, and Eric Patrick, 31, both of Windermere, attempted to coerce a minor into engaging in sexually explicit conduct in July 2020. The married couple, who pleaded guilty in February and April 2026, respectively, were sentenced to 14 and 10 years in federal prison. The disturbing case involved Kowalczyk…
James D. Fishbaugh, Child Sex Exploitation, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 53-year-old Missouri man, James D. Fishbaugh, has pleaded guilty to traveling across state lines to have sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The incident occurred in August 2025, when Fishbaugh used social media to communicate with an undercover FBI agent posing as a minor in Kansas. Fishbaugh…
