High School Counselor Charged with Child Pornography Production

Monday, November 17, 2008

Jason Keough, 34, a former high school counselor and youth coordinator of Athabasca, Alberta, is charged with possession of child pornography, creating child pornography, voyeurism, and making voyeuristic material.  Pedophilia is a paraphilia - and most pedophiles do not have just one. Many have several paraphilias, often including exhibitionism and voyeurism. Mr. Keough appears to be no exception to this rule.

He is scheduled to appear in court December 22.

Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Sunday, November 16, 2008

The Internet Crimes Against Children task force in Ohio has arrest 41 individuals on child pornography charges. The operation, dubbed Operation Safety Net, used peer-to-peer network software tracking to hunt these predators down.  According to Cleveland.com, it's the same method used to take down Roy Pompa, who was drugging children and raping them.

Pompa had been sexually assulting seven unconscious young girls, taking photos of the rapes, and uploading them to the Internet. He was the "largest disseminator of online child pornography in the nation during the month of November 2006." Unfortunately, those photos can never be taken back, and will circulate in the Internet the entire lifetimes of those girls and well after their deaths.

Of the 41 caught most recently, 29 were adults, 12 were juveniles, 2 were women, and one was a girl. Prosecutor Bill Mason says, "finding sexual predators who target children is like "shooting fish in a barrel" in an age when the Internet allows offenders to commit their crimes anonymously.

"These guys and ladies are out there downloading this stuff and getting to our children," Mason said. "The sad lesson here is that there are thousands of them. When we catch one, there is one right behind him. But it takes so much effort to catch the one."

Your Unsecured Wireless Could be Used to Access Child Pornography

Friday, November 14, 2008

An article by Valerie Kalfrin in the News & Advance (Florida) highlights the danger of leaving your wireless access unsecured.

People looking to steal wireless access for a variety of reasons, including committing crimes like uploading and downloading child pornography, cruise neighborhoods looking for unsecured networks. When they find one, they mark the sidewalk or street in front of the house with  white paint, and sometimes give the location away on the Internet. “There are sites you can go to that literally provide you with maps where you can get on the Internet,” says Paul Henry, a computer forensics specialist in Ocala, FL. If yours is used, you may receive
company you'd never expect. “If the FBI is investigating child pornography, guess whose door they’re going to knock on?”

Stealing wireless access is a crime punishable up to 5 years in prison in Florida.

Wisconsin Father and Son Caught with Toddler Child Sexual Abuse Images

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Allen and Adrian Clausen, ages 45 and 17, of River Falls, Wisconson were arrested last week on child pornography charges. Allen, the father,  admitted to viewing images of children as young as 3 being sexually abused and his son, Adrian, admitted to downloading images of children as young as 5 being raped. Allen admitted that he becomes aroused when viewing pictures of toddlers being molested according to the Pierce County Herald.

Michigan Principal and School Superintendent Caught with Child Pornography

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Dan Byrne, an elementary school principal and school superintendent in Rogers City, Michigan, has been charged with child pornography possession. According to the local news 9 & 10 News, "Many Rogers City parents say they are shocked, describing Byrne as a clean-cut, family man."