Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Because he is acting as his own lawyer and may see the evidence, an accused pedophile in Washington state is being allowed to watch child pornography, including videos of him allegedly having sex with young boys, according to news reports.

Weldon Marc Gilbert, a millionaire and former commercial pilot arrested in November 2007, has unlimited access to the 28 hours of footage on more than 100 DVDs seized by police, KOMO-TV reported. He is in the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma awaiting trial. But he won’t be alone while watching the evidence, KIRO-TV points out. An investigator will be in the room. (more…)

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn’t need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

That new wireless router. He’d gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.

“We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night,” the man’s lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen name, “Doldrum.”

“No, I didn’t,” he insisted. “Somebody else could have but I didn’t do anything like that.”

“You’re a creep … just admit it,” they said. (more…)

A 21-year-old Citadel cadet was arrested Monday on child pornography charges, authorities said.

Joshua Heyward Hughes Rumph, of Knollwood Drive, Clemson, is charged with one count of third-degree criminal exploitation of a minor. He was being held in the Cannon Detention Center.

The Charleston Police Department was called to The Citadel in February after workers in the school’s information technology department discovered inappropriate images in a folder on a cadet’s computer, according to a police incident report. Police took custody of the computer and began a forensic examination. The arrest warrant accuses him of “knowingly possessing material that contains a visual representation of minors engaged in sexual activity.”

At a bond hearing today, Charleston County Magistrate Linda S. Lombard set bail at $50,000.

Rumph’s parents were present during the hearing. Rumph’s attorney, Timothy Kulp told Lombard that his client’s parents were hoping he would be able to return with them to their home in Clemson.

As a condition of his release, Rumph is prohibited from using a computer or any other device to access the Internet and is prohibited from contact with anyone under the age of 18.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of incorrect information provided to The Post and Courier, previous versions of this story incorrectly stated the charge against Rumph.

Source: postandcourier

A Sierra Vista man was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison for looking at child pornography online.

A jury found 51-year-old Roland Salisbury guilty in March on several counts of committing sexual exploitation of a minor.

He was viewing the porn via a work computer and his cell phone.

Though it is unlikely that Salisbury will be released from jail, the judge at sentencing also required him to register as a lifetime sex offender.

Source: SIERRAVISTA

SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A southern tier man, who exploited children for pornography, will spend the rest of his days behind bars.

On Monday, 38-year-old Shawn Snyder of Salamanca received a sentence of 75 years in prison. Prosecutors say he used five children for pornographic films. While Snyder’s attorney claims his client is mentally disabled, the prosecution says he remains a threat to society.

>> A mom of one of the children spoke out about the incident

Snyder pleaded guilty earlier this year to five counts of producing child pornography.

Source: WIVB

FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) — Cumberland County sheriff’s detectives charged a private school administrator Thursday with sex charges involving a minor.

Craig Steven Wheeler, 49, of Fayetteville, is charged with 120 counts which include committing sexual acts with a student, statutory sex offense and taking indecent liberties with a minor.

Investigators say Wheeler is the administrator of Eastover Christian Academy Childcare located in Eastover, N.C. He allegedly engaged in inappropriate behavior with a 14-year-old girl on the school’s campus.

Detectives say Wheeler set up a makeshift residence at the school and began his relationship with the girl in June 2008 and it ended in September 2009. (more…)

After 114 sex crime investigations, 124 computer seizures, more than 36 million images, thousands of overtime hours and 39 arrests, Utah’s Internet crime investigators on Thursday offered a flat proclamation for their month-long, statewide child-pornography bust.

“It’s a pin prick,” said Cache County detective Vicky Carver. “In everything that’s out there, this is a drop in the bucket.”

But in last month’s investigation, small drops yielded big arrests: A Pleasant Grove man was released from prison in November after serving 15 years for multiple rapes; in March, investigators found child pornography on four computers, three cell phones, four external hard drives and 10 thumb drives at his home. A Salt Lake County man, in a previous conviction for possessing child pornography, served two days in jail and six months home confinement; in March, he was charged with 20 new felony counts. (more…)

A former Baker County resident who had been residing in the Bradenton-Sarasota area was sent back to prison for 6.7 years for violating probation in two sexual abuse cases dating back to 1997.

Fredrick Hollman, 50, admitted in circuit court here on April 19 to several violations including residing with his wife and children in the summer and fall of last year.

The defendant, a long-distance truck driver, also admitted to falsifying driving logs, a violation of federal interstate commerce rules. Terms of probation routinely require adherence to all statutes — local, state and federal.

Mr. Hollman gets credit for 1759 days he has already served of the original sentence of 60 months. Upon release in less than two years, he will be on sex offender probation.

The defendant was convicted of twin counts of lewd and lascivious acts on children less than 16 years of age. He was originally charged with six counts of the offenses in 2009. (more…)

Edward Deluna, 30, has been charged with eight counts of child sexual abuse and 10 counts of sexual conduct with a minor, according to Srgt. Mark Ortega with the Surprise Police Dept. Deluna has been booked into the Maricopa County Jail.

Surprise police have arrested a man on 18 counts of allegedly engaging in sexual misconduct and sexual abuse with two minors.

The incidents took place in 2009 while the two female victims, ages 12 and 13, were under the care of the suspect and his wife at the couple’s Surprise home, said Sgt. Mark Ortega.

The incident came to light March 1 after the girls notified their mother and grandmother, Ortega said. The two girls are in the custody of their biological mother in Texas.

After a lengthy investigation, the suspect was taken into custody by Surprise police. Edward Deluna, 30, was charged with eight counts of child sexual abuse and 10 counts of sexual conduct with a minor, according to Ortega. He was then booked into the Maricopa County Jail.

Source: yourwestvalley

CALGARY - It’s impossible to imagine a more helpless victim, or a more sickening crime.

A teenage quadriplegic, brain-injured and confined to a wheelchair, repeatedly molested by his own perverted caregiver.

The disgusting deed was caught on surveillance video, and police in two countries are now trying to catch the creep convicted of the crime – a former Calgarian believed to be hiding in Canada.

“He’s wanted for several counts of sexual misconduct with a minor,” said Deputy Jason Ogan of the Pima County, Arizona Sheriff’s Department.

George Ross Wilcox vanished before a Pima County Superior Court could sentence him for the crime after he was found guilty of four counts of sexual conduct with a minor under 15.

It was June 9, 2009, when Wilcox fled Arizona and a seemingly certain jail sentence after the court found him guilty – in part based on the video which documented the pedophile attacks on the child.

So keen are police to catch and jail 53-year-old Wilcox, who was born and raised in Calgary, that the case was given top billing on America’s Most Wanted, a website and TV show dedicated to catching fugitive criminals.

“Before Wilcox was sentenced, he took off. He is a Canadian citizen and police believe he may have fled the states – hiding out in Calgary or Vancouver, Canada,” reads the Most Wanted description.

From a family with nine brothers and sisters, Wilcox still has strong family connections to Calgary, including his mother, father and many of his siblings. (more…)