By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 48-year-old administrative officer for the DEA has been indicted in Minneapolis for producing child pornography involving a 15-year-old boy. Scott James Whitcomb of Zimmerman, Minn., was indicted Thursday in federal court and charged with coercing a 15-year-old boy into engaging in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing pornography,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Georgia man pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to transporting child pornography using a secret Internet bulletin board that allowed approximately three dozen members to trade thousands of images and videos of child pornography depicting young boys in sexually explicit situations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. David Michael Fagerness, 44,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A 65-year-old Information Technology Program manager for the FBI was sentenced Friday in Alexandria, Va., to 3 years and 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Samuel I. Kaplan, 65, of Gainesville, Va., pled guilty to possessing child porn on June 3. Court…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Detroit federal judge has fined a former assistant U.S. Attorney $2,000 for making an “unwarranted and baseless request” in a child pornography case, the Detroit News reported. The judge alleged that the ex-prosecutor, turned defense attorney, tried to intimidate the mother of the victim. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman last…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A senior staffer for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) pleaded guilty Thursday in Northern Virginia to receipt of child pornography. Jeff Rosato,32, of Arlington, faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria. Sentencing is set for May…
If press releases are any measure, the federal government is being inundated with child porn cases. The Internet, for all its greatness, has created a nightmare in the area of child porn. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The FBI’s stepped-up effort to fight Internet child pornography has led to an evidence backlog in the…
