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A friend borrowed Matthew Brooks’ computer and found child porn. Brooks admitted to trading porn images with collectors. He has been sentenced for five years in jail. He is also pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in Coos County, NH, in a case in which he will be sentenced later this month. According to WCAX News, police say Broooks used to teach at Pittsburgh High School in New Hampshire.
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A tip earlier this spring that led police to Eric Hafen’s laptop revealed child sexual abuse images and videos of children as young as seven to eight years old. Hafen, former Anchorage School district substitute teacher and Camp Fire USA Alaska youth counselor pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. According to KTVA CBS News 11 in Anchorage, Alaska… Continue Reading Camp Counselor Sentenced for Child Sexual Abuse Images

Doug Heuer, superintendent of Cleveland Heights-University Heights schools says “We are relieved that the justice system worked and that this criminal will never again be allowed in our community or have the opportunity to work with children again.” The forensic evidence uncovered by Ohio’s ICAC Task Forces facilitated this child predator’s sentencing. According to the Sun News, Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold found Christopher Thomas, former middle school teacher, guilty of one count of sexual battery, 22 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, seven counts of importuning (sending emails or texts to ask someone to perform a sexual act), and six counts of endangering children and one count of possessing criminal tools.

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Gregg Larsen abused the trust placed in him by abusing the children in his foster care. This former school teacher and foster-care provider was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was creating child pornography using the children in his foster care. These children are able to sue using a little-used federal statute called Masha’s Law, which gives children the right to sue anyone who produces, distributes, or possesses their pornographic images. Continue Reading Foster Parent Sent to Prison for 25 years for Child Sexual Abuse Images, Child Sued using Masha’s Law

“Anti-child predator” New Jersey Assemblyman Neil Cohen was caught with child sexual abuse images and will be sentenced today.  According to the Associated Press, Cohen acknowledged viewing and printing images meant for sexual gratification from a computer in his former legislative office.  He left at least one image at a receptionist’s desk, leading to the… Continue Reading NJ Lawmaker Caught with Abuse Images

If you find child pornography, please report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Cybertipline at www.cybertipline.com.  Here is just one of their recent successes: Children Rescued from Ongoing Sexual Abuse at Hands of Trusted Family Member On September 23, 2009, the CyberTipline received a report, a registered Electronic Service Provider… Continue Reading Reporting Child Pornography Saves American Kids

Fresno Regional Foundation has done it again!  They’re moving forward to support local law enforcement in the Fresno area rescue more kids from abuse.  This time the Foundation has pledged over $9,600 to purchase two mobile forensic units to allow Fresno Parole agents to check paroled sex offender computers for child sexual abuse images.  With… Continue Reading Fresno Regional Foundation Pledges to Support Fresno Parole

Yesterday representatives from the Michael Bolton Charities, Inc. and J. Walton Bissell Foundation took a tour of the New Britain Police Department forensic lab and saw the Cellebrite Physical Pro extraction device and the Secure View cell phone forensic device in action.  Both charities donated $2,500 each last year to the Innocent Justice Foundation for… Continue Reading New Britain Funders Tour Digital Forensic Lab

Another officer was killed this morning while working to keep a community safe.  He had a 10-year-old son. It’s time we acknowledged our law enforcement officers, who put their lives on the line day in and day out to keep us safe.  They enter into situations where citizens have guns, and suspects may be mentally… Continue Reading Detroit Officer Loses Life

In England, the non-profit organization NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) delved into court cases in the UK and discovered that 100 child sex offenders had traded over two million images of children being sexually abused on the Internet.  In an interview with Sky News, Diana Sutton of the NSPCC said,… Continue Reading 2+ Million Images Traded by 100 Child Sex Offenders