According to authorities, during the search of the home a 7-year old boy told investigators of his sexual abuse. The investigation uncovered a total of 4 boys between the ages of 7 to 14 that have been abused by Matthews over the past two years.
The collection included over 500,000 images and 7,500 videos of children in ages ranging from 18-months old to 17 years old being sexually abused.
According to authorities, Robert Burke, a former elementary-school principal at Sageville Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and after admitting he secretly set up a video camera in the boys’ bathroom in his school to produce child pornography.
“Each arrestee was in possession of multiple images or videos of pornography involving prepubescent children,” said San Jose police officer Jose Garcia. “The actual number of images will not be known until a full forensic examination is completed.”
According to authorities, Robert Michael Broadfoot, 29, was arrested this week by the Sacramento Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for possession of child pornography. During search of his residence and computer, authorities found hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse, some with girls as young as eight years old.
Nicholas James Ferguson was sentenced this week in federal court in San Diego to serve 130 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervision upon release for pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography, according to United States Attorney Laura Duffy.
Recently, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported receiving a complaint through their CyberTipline from concerned citizen who noticed an adult user on a popular file hosting website soliciting sex from young girls.
According to authorities, emails by Phillips expressing his sexual interest in children and indicating that he owned child pornography were discovered by an FBI agent conducting child pornography investigations.
A 19-year old and a juvenile accomplice broke in to Kraig Stockard’s barn in Dehli, CA, stealing 50 blank CD-R’s, but when they got home and tried to burn music to what they thought were blank discs, they discovered that 30 of them contained child pornography.
Michael C. Wenger, 25, a youth hockey coach in Fort Wayne, IN, was arrested this week for possession and distribution of child pornography.
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