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Related News: Three Virginia teens face child porn charges in “sexting” trial

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On Thursday, three northern Virginia teen boys will head to trial to face child pornography charges stemming from sexting-style videos made on their cellphones. If found guilty, each faces up to 20 years in prison and the sex offender label.

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s attorney Ray Morrogh told the Washington Post that there needs to be a balance in these situations between labeling teens with sex charges and considering the impact on victims of the distributed image.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: Houston County deputies make child porn arrest

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Houston County Sheriff’s investigators recently arrested a 48-year-old man on multiple child pornography-related charges.

Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez said investigators arrested Franklin Lee Whaples, of Melrose Lane, on Friday, and charged him with three felony counts of the possession of child pornography and felony transmitting obscene matter to a child using a computer.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Ozark man pleads guilty to child porn

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An Ozark man charged with molesting an 11-year-old girl last year pleaded guilty to other charges relating to child pornography on Tuesday, while a man in an unrelated case initially charged with attempted murder pleaded guilty to multiple other charges.

James Raymond Troxell, 33, of Brandi Lane in Ozark, pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography and was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison. Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams said Troxell is also expected to register as a sex offender.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Officials seize 36 albums of child porn during investigation

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MUSCLE SHOALS, AL (WAFF) – Colbert County officials arrested a man after they said they found dozens of albums containing child pornography.

60-year-old Myron Joe Sizemore of Muscle Shoals was arrested Thursday and charged with possession of pornographic material.

Police said Sizemore was indicted in September after emergency responders found the pornography in his home on August 3.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Man arrested for producing child pornography

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HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) – Huntsville police arrested a man on child porn charges Tuesday.

Investigators said 53-year-old Herman Oscar Watkins attempted to develop photos of nude children at two area Walmart stores.

Source: WSFA

Related News: New charges in global Facebook sextortion case

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A 31-year-old Montgomery, Alabama man is facing new criminal charges in connection with an online sextortion plot that investigators believe now spans the globe.

Christopher Patrick Gunn was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Montgomery with two counts of production of child pornography, three counts of interstate extortion, and three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce in furtherance of unlawful activity.

Those indictments are in addition to the two counts of possession of child pornography with which he had already been charged, U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., explained.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Fake Bieber accused of abusing girl online

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A CANADIAN man accused of posing as teen idol Justin Bieber and coaxing a young girl to perform sex acts online may have victims in up to five countries, authorities in Canada and the US say.

Source: News.com.au

Related News: McCormick gets 10 years, plans to appeal

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Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan this week sentenced Samuel McCormick to 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay a $3,500 fine for his March conviction of knowingly possessing obscene matter containing visual depictions of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Child Porn Suspect Takes bin Laden’s Spot on FBI List

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(Newser) – The FBI has finally replaced Osama bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, but the new addition doesn’t quite have the stature of the mass-murdering terrorist mastermind. The new face of alleged evil: Eric Justin Toth, an ex-third grade teacher who’s been on the lam since 2008, when pornographic images were found on his school camera, ABC News reports.

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Related News: Indiana Man Charged With ‘Sextortion’

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(Newser) – The FBI has arrested an Indiana man who allegedly blackmailed 14-year-old boys into uploading sexually explicit images and videos of themselves, MSNBC reports. According to chilling court documents, Richard Leon Finkbiner, 39, befriended the boys online and enticed them into uploading the explicit material. He then threatened to show it to friends or family if they wouldn’t upload more. Worse, evidence on Finkbiner’s computer suggests “several hundred” other victims of roughly the same age.

Source: NEWSER