Latest news with #ChildSexualAbuse
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Yahoo
Possession of child sex abuse material arrest in Bossier
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – In a joint investigation with state and national partners, the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for possession of Child Sexual Abuse materials. Detectives with the Bossier Parish Sheriff's office arrested Brandon Shapiro age 30 of Bossier for the possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. Shreveport police arrest two women for severe child abuse The arrest stems from tips submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which were forwarded to the Louisiana Attorney General's Office as well as the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Police say Shapiro was arrested at his workplace without incident. He has been booked into the Bossier Parish Maximum Facility with a $100,000 bond. If you have information about this case, know of any potential victims or related incidents, please contact the Sheriff's Office. This case is still under investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Mint
04-06-2025
- General
- Mint
CBI busts child pornography network, arrests Haryana man on charges of raping multiple minors
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has cracked the case of 'rape and sexual assault' on multiple minors by arresting the accused from Hisar of Haryana. The investigation agency arrested the accused on allegations of committing rape, 'penetrative sexual assault etc. on multiple minor victims,' it said in a statement. The CBI said that a case was registered against the accused on May 29 on allegations that he was involved in creating, browsing, collecting, possessing, exchanging, and uploading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in sexual acts in electronic form and storage of pornographic material involving children. Since no parent had come forward to file a complaint against the accused till the registration of the case, the CBI said it detected the 'instance of child sexual abuse on its own'. 'Demonstrating qualitative investigative skills, due diligence, and procedural efficiency, CBI detected Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) images & videos from the INTERPOL's ICSE database; the CSAM were also found linked with Cyber Tipline Reports, generated by Google and submitted to I4C, MHA. The analysis of the images and videos using cyber forensic tools revealed the location of the incident to district Hisar in Haryana, depicting multiple victims of sexual assault and abuse by the accused,' it said. The investigation agency said it conducted searched at the residence of the accused on Tuesday, June 3 and uncovered incriminating electronic devices and identified multiple child victims who had been raped, sexually assaulted, threatened, and used for pornographic purposes. 'Searches were conducted by CBI at the residential premises of the accused on 03.06.2025, which led to the recovery of incriminating electronic gadgets as well as identification of multiple victim children who were raped, sexually assaulted, threatened and used for pornographic purposes over past few years. The accused was arrested on 03.06.2025 for the above-mentioned offences,' the agency said.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Yahoo
Mifflinburg man accused of possessing child porn deemed not competent
LEWISBURG — A Mifflinburg man allegedly found with multiple pictures and videos of child pornography at his home in Lewis Township is not competent enough to stand trial. Following a brief hearing on Friday, Union County Judge Michael Piecuch ruled that Aaron Reed Kahley, 35, of Wirth Road, Mifflinburg, must seek outpatient counseling services within 30 days in an effort to restore competency and move the case forward in the Court of Common Pleas. Kahley was charged in July by state police with 10 counts of possessing child pornography and one felony count of criminal use of a communication facility. The ruling was made based on a competency evaluation and recommendation from Dr. William Anzalone, a Wilkes-Barre-based licensed psychologist. First Assistant District Attorney Phil Sassaman and Public Defender Brian Ulmer did not oppose the recommendation. Piecuch ordered a status conference to be scheduled within 90 days to reevaluate Kahley's competency. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral after four Cybertip Line reports were generated between Aug. 29, 2022, and May 2, 2024, for a total of five pieces of media that were flagged as Child Sexual Abuse Material and child exploitation. Two of the tips were flagged by Snapchat and two were flagged by Google. The accounts and IP address were allegedly registered to Kahley, police said. A search warrant for Kahley's residence was granted on July 17 and performed on July 18. Kahley, in an interview conducted in his room, allegedly admitted that he had previously observed child pornography using a mobile device, police said. Kahley confirmed his cellphone number was the same one that matched the Cyber Tip Line and the multiple flagged emails, police said. Extraction of the device and a review of the media performed at the state police barracks in Milton provided more than 30 additional child pornography pictures and videos. The videos were similar in nature to the original flagged images and depicted prepubescent nude males and females being sexually assaulted by adult males, police said. Kahley was arraigned on July 18 in front of on-call Selinsgrove District Judge Scott Zeigler and committed to Union County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 20 in front of Mensch. Kayley has been free since July 22 after posting $50,000 cash bail through Professional Surety Hart Bottorf of Reading. He must continue to abide by all bail conditions.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Campaigners seek legal action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs
A police whistleblower and survivors of child sexual abuse have launched a legal campaign to investigate taking action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs and exploitation. The #TheyKnew campaign is seeking to raise £125,000 to investigate actions of police forces, local authorities and individuals across the country to decide whether private prosecutions, civil claims or other legal proceedings can be brought against them for past failures. Launching the bid on Monday, former police detective turned whistleblower Maggie Oliver said misconduct in public office could be one of the offences being looked at to hold to account senior officials who 'knowingly failed in their duty to protect children' against gangs or other cases of sex abuse. Campaigners believe that by taking action against historical wrongs, it will also help ensure 'nothing like this is ever allowed to happen again'. Ms Oliver told the PA news agency: 'I want the message to go out very clearly to senior public servants today, whether that's chief constables, heads of social services, heads of councils, politicians that if they fail to act or to do their duty to protect children, that they can be held legally accountable in the future. 'That's the only way that I believe that we will see real, meaningful change.' Ms Oliver, who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in 2012, said successive governments could not be trusted to bring real change, leaving campaigners to take matters into their own hands. 'I think the country is demanding action be taken,' she said. The Government has faced pressure to act on grooming gangs and child sex abuse, and has made a series of announcements to tackle the issue since January. Ms Oliver threatened in January that she would take Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to court unless she made 'urgent steps to allay widespread public concern' over gangs sexually exploiting children. The charity founder described the latest update from ministers on progress to tackle child sex abuse as 'empty words' and 'more empty promises'. Recommendations from a major review into child sexual abuse hit the headlines in January after billionaire X owner Elon Musk criticised the Prime Minister and Home Office minister Jess Phillips over the UK's handling of child grooming scandals. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) led by Professor Alexis Jay found institutional failings and tens of thousands of victims across England and Wales. The seven-year probe made 20 recommendations in the final report published in 2022, as it described child sexual abuse as an 'epidemic' across the two nations. The Government has vowed to carry out recommendations, including to make it a criminal offence to obstruct someone reporting abuse, and creating a new child protection authority to improve safeguarding. The Home Secretary has also insisted that local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns, and possibly more, will be going ahead with a £5 million funding pot after accusations that the plans were being watered down. A rapid national audit, led by Baroness Casey, looking at the scale of grooming gangs across the country, is also expected to report back after Easter. But Ms Oliver said that while the new offence on reporting abuse will 'go some way' to ensure exploitation in Rochdale, Rotherham, Telford and elsewhere will not be repeated, it will 'do nothing to right historical wrongs and hold those who've already failed to account'. Non-profit organisation Action for Accountability, which has launched the bid, will be working with Devonshires Solicitors to investigate claims and will bring proceedings if it finds misconduct. Samantha Smith, a survivor of abuse in Telford, Shropshire, who is among those leading the campaign, said: 'I will never forget how those in power turned a blind eye while I was being groomed and abused. 'I was a child begging for help.' An inquiry into abuse in Telford reported findings in 2022 that more than a thousand children were sexually exploited over at least 30 years amid 'shocking' police and council failings. Ms Smith added: 'We must demand better from those who claim to protect victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse. 'And there must be consequences for inaction.' A survivor of abuse in Rotherham, Elizabeth Harper – not her real name – is also driving the action to 'hold those that failed to account'. An inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, which covered the period 1997 to 2013, made a 'conservative estimate' that around 1,400 children were sexually exploited over 16 years. Ms Harper said: 'I was also a victim of systemic failings on an industrial scale by those paid to protect us. 'Things will not change until we see accountability.' Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips told MPs on April 8 that all chief constables in England and Wales re-examined their investigations into gang child sexual exploitation, which resulted in no further action decisions. She added that from April 1, victims and survivors can ask the Child Sexual Abuse Review Panel to independently review cases that took place after 2013. The #TheyKnew fundraiser is being launched on CrowdJustice to cover evidence gathering, legal advice, investigators, experts and other associated costs. Any remaining funds will be returned to donors or donated to charity.
