Lincolnshire Mother Jailed For Child Pornography Offences + Other Female Child Pornographers

School manager jailed for child porn

Thursday, 27 May 2010

A school manager was sentenced to four months in prison today after she was found with indecent images of children and videos of bestiality, police said.

Melanie Gunn, 37, from Driby, Lincolnshire, admitted nine charges of possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography



Lincolnshire Police said today that they began an investigation after Gunn took her computer to an IT repair shop in Louth in July 2009.

The shop's owner found the indecent images and reported Gunn, who was independent learning manager at the John Spendluffe College in Alford, to police.

When detectives raided her home they discovered more images of child pornography, some in the most serious category, and sadistic videos, including acts of bestiality.

At Lincoln Crown Court today she was jailed for four months.

Gunn was also handed a lifetime ban from working with children and will be placed on the sex offenders register for seven years. She has already resigned from her job.

Detective Superintendent Guy Collings, who led the investigation, said: "Melanie Gunn was an outwardly respectable person, holding down a good job.

"I am delighted with the judge's decision to impose a custodial sentence as it sends out the clear message to anyone considering accessing these type of images that they will be dealt with seriously and can expect to go to prison.

"Behind every image there is a real child being abused and in distress."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/school-manager-jailed-for-child-porn-1984842.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/10175135.stm

http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/BREAKING-NEWS-School-worker-sentenced.6325362.jp

Sentencing Of Melanie Gunn At Lincoln Crown Court

27/05/2010

Melanie Gunn, 37, from Driby near Alford appeared at Lincoln Crown Court today where she was sentenced to four months imprisonment having pleaded guilty to nine charges of possessing indecent images of children and possessing images of extreme pornography.

The enquiry commenced after her computer was taken for repair to an IT business in Louth in July 2009. The proprietor of the shop discovered an indecent moving image of a child on the hard disk and reported his concerns to Lincolnshire Police.

Police launched an investigation that subsequently led to the arrest of Gunn and seizure of other computer equipment from her address. Further examination of this equipment revealed 79 indecent images of children varying from levels 1 to 5 plus 296 extreme pornographic images including images and videos portraying acts of sadism and bestiality.

Gunn, who resigned her position as Independent Learning Manager at the John Spendluffe College in Alford, pleaded guilty to a total of 9 counts of possessing still and moving images of children.

Sentencing Gunn, His Honour Judge Heath described the images as ‘absolutely disgusting’ and said “If it weren’t for people like you prepared to download such images, then those involved in this business would not prosper as they do”.

Detective Superintendent Guy Collings whose team lead the investigation spoke of his satisfaction with today’s sentence.

“Melanie Gunn was an outwardly respectable person holding down a good job. I am delighted with the Judge’s decision to impose a custodial sentence as it sends out the clear message to anyone considering accessing these type of images that they will be dealt with seriously and can expect to go to prison. Behind every image, there is a real child being abused and in distress”.

In addition to the four month sentence, Gunn has received a life time ban from working with children and will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for seven years.

http://www.lincs.police.uk/News-Centre/Press-Releases/27-05-2010-Sentencing-Of-Melanie-Gunn-At-Lincoln-Crown-Court.html

Melanie Gunn, 37, from Driby near Alford appeared at Lincoln Crown Court today where she was sentenced to four months imprisonment having pleaded guilty to nine charges of possessing indecent images of children and possessing images of extreme pornography.

The enquiry commenced after her computer was taken for repair to an IT business in Louth in July 2009. The proprietor of the shop discovered an indecent moving image of a child on the hard disk and reported his concerns to Lincolnshire Police.

Police launched an investigation that subsequently led to the arrest of Gunn and seizure of other computer equipment from her address. Further examination of this equipment revealed 79 indecent images of children varying from levels 1 to 5 plus 296 extreme pornographic images including images and videos portraying acts of sadism and bestiality.

Gunn, who resigned her position as Independent Learning Manager at the John Spendluffe College in Alford, pleaded guilty to a total of 9 counts of possessing still and moving images of children.

Sentencing Gunn, His Honour Judge Heath described the images as ‘absolutely disgusting’ and said “If it weren’t for people like you prepared to download such images, then those involved in this business would not prosper as they do”.

Detective Superintendent Guy Collings whose team lead the investigation spoke of his satisfaction with today’s sentence.

“Melanie Gunn was an outwardly respectable person holding down a good job. I am delighted with the Judge’s decision to impose a custodial sentence as it sends out the clear message to anyone considering accessing these type of images that they will be dealt with seriously and can expect to go to prison. Behind every image, there is a real child being abused and in distress”.

In addition to the four month sentence, Gunn has received a life time ban from working with children and will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for seven years.

Her father is a high court judge that's why her daughter is still at her home!!! Her husband Benn Gunn, working at TNG, watched bestiality pics with her as well and has been cautioned by the police.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/school-manager-jailed-for-child-porn-1984842.html

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Mum-37-jailed-child-porn/article-2224501-detail/article.html

http://www.cybertip.ca

Ottawa woman charged with child porn possession

June 4, 2010

OTTAWA — A 22-year-old woman has been charged with possession of child pornography, after a video was found on her work computer, police said Friday.

She is the third woman to face child pornography charges since the Ottawa Police high tech crime/Internet child exploitation unit was set up in 2005, said Acting Sgt. Maureen Bryden.

Across the province, OPP charged 295 people in 2009 with child pornography offences, but only one woman.

“It’s very rare. I’ve been in this business for 19 years and I only recall less than half a dozen,” said Det. Staff Sgt. Frank Goldschmidt, who heads the child exploitation unit. “You get the odd one, but it’s very, very uncommon.”

Police arrested the woman after they investigated two reports received from Cybertip.ca, a tipline for the reporting of child sexual exploitation on the Internet, on Thursday. One of the tips reported a conversation about child pornography in an online chat room, police said.

Police have charged Morgan Raycroft, 22, with possession of child pornography.

Raycroft, a large blond-haired woman wearing a black and grey striped shirt, sat silently with her eyes cast downward before being released from custody on a $4,000 bond. The Crown did not oppose her release.

Raycroft was ordered not to communicate with anyone she believes is under 16 and not communicate with a lawyer representing her employer.

She was also ordered to stay 500 metres away from any school, park, playground, pool, community centre or anywhere children under 16 may gather.

Raycroft is not to have access to a computer, MP3, Xbox, Nintendo, digital camera, cellphone, Blackberry, or iPhone that has video or image capacity or any devices where media files can be stored. She was also ordered not to attend any Internet cafés or public libraries where Internet can be accessed.

Raycroft is scheduled to appear in court on June 24.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+woman+charged+with+child+porn+possession/3113306/story.html

Sheboygan woman, 18, charged with e-mailing child porn

June 9, 2010

An 18-year-old Sheboygan (Wisconsin) woman was charged Wednesday for allegedly viewing and passing on a child pornography video via e-mail.



Leah R. Steinbruecker, of 2336 S. Ninth St., is charged with sexual exploitation of a child, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of seven and a half years in prison.

The video shows a girl approximately 8 to 10 years old performing sexual acts.

A criminal complaint said a state investigator discovered the video had been e-mailed from Steinbruecker’s house in April and alerted Sheboygan police in May. Investigators viewed the e-mail after serving a subpoena to Steinbruecker’s Internet service provider.

Steinbruecker initially denied any knowledge of the picture, but she later said she watched it “out of curiosity” and then deleted it, the complaint said. Confronted with the evidence, she admitted forwarding the video to other people, adding that she uses the e-mail address to send and receive pornography.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100609/SHE0101/100609079/Sheboygan-woman-18-charged-with-e-mailing-child-porn

Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Computer Crime Center



Agents Arrest Suwannee County Woman for Distribution of Child Pornography

Jun 16, 2010

Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Computer Crime Center and investigators with the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested Angela Dawn Shillito, 36, of O’Brien, Florida, for possession and distribution of child pornography.


Angela Dawn Shillito, 36, courtesy of Suwannee County Jail

The investigation began May 28 after investigators observed images of child pornography being shared over the Internet. The investigation revealed the images were transmitted from Shillito’s residence.

Shillito was charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography, a third degree felony, and 36 counts of distribution of child pornography, a second-degree felony. She was booked into the Suwannee County Jail.

FDLE is an active member of the three Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces in Florida. There are 59 federally-funded task forces nationwide created solely to investigate Internet crimes against children that include the online sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

Please visit the www.secureflorida.org Web site to review tips for keeping your children safe online.

For Further Information Contact:
Heather Smith, Kristen Chernosky or Mike Morrison
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/News/June-2010/Agents-Arrest-Suwannee-County-Woman-for-Distributi.aspx

http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/96471229.html

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100616/ARTICLES/100619572?Title=O-Brien-woman-arrested-on-child-porn-charges

McDowell woman pleads to child pornography charge

June 21, 2010

A McDowell Count, West Virginia woman admitted in federal court Monday that she e-mailed a picture of a nude 10-year-old girl to a man in Alaska.



Stacey Nichole Farmer, 32, of Squire, pleaded guilty to one count of transporting child pornography. Farmer wept as she described the contents of the picture to U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger.

"She was nude," Farmer said of the girl, who is now 12 but was 10 years old when the picture was taken. "She was lying on the bed with her legs spread."

When the judge asked if the girl's face was visible in the photograph, Farmer replied, "Yes, ma'am."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Schommer, referring to the girl only by her initials, said that the girl was wearing a dog collar and arm restraints in the photo.

"[Farmer] allowed a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct so that she could create images of it," Schommer said.

As part of Farmer's plea deal, the government dropped charges of permitting a minor to be used to create child pornography and production of child pornography.

Farmer, who is also known as Stacey Wright, produced several images of the minor between February and May 2009, according to a stipulation of facts entered as part of the plea.

The images depicted, among other things, sexual contact between Farmer and the minor," the stipulation reads.

There were also between 10 and 150 images of child pornography on Farmer's computer, according to the stipulation.

Farmer faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison with a possible maximum of 20 years when sentenced by Berger on Oct. 14.

In a separate case, a former child photographer was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week for receiving and possessing child pornography and receiving child pornography as a sex offender.

A federal jury convicted John Charles Wellman, 68, of Bluefield, of the charges in January 2009, according to court records.

Wellman, who took class pictures of young students in the Bluefield area, was required to register as a sex offender because of a 1987 conviction on charges of first-degree sexual abuse in Mercer County Circuit Court.

After West Virginia state troopers served a search warrant on his home in May 2007, Wellman admitted that he had collected child pornography for 30 years and had shared his extensive collection, which contained thousands of graphic images of children, over the Internet.

U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston sentenced Wellman to 25 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

The West Virginia State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted the investigation. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood.

http://wvgazette.com/News/201006210491?page=2&build=cache

http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=81781

Birmingham woman pleads guilty to child pornography charges

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Birmingham, Alabama woman pleaded guilty today to federal child pornography charges today at a federal court hearing in Huntsville, the U.S. Attorney and Secret Service offices announced.

Lisa Michelle Runyan, 46, pleaded guilty in the hearing before U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith.

Runyan is in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending sentencing, which is set for Oct. 19, according to federal court documents.

Runyan was indicted on one count of transporting child pornography across state lines in April 2007 and one count of possessing child pornography in December 2009, according to court documents.

Transporting child pornography carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office. Both the transportation and the possession charges carry a maximum fine of $250,000. Conviction of these offenses will require registration by the defendant as a sex offender, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorneys Office.

The Mountain Brook Police Department and special agents of the Secret Service worked together in the investigation that led to the charges against Runyan.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/06/birmingham_woman_pleads_guilty_1.html

"Once again an adult has chosen to exploit, rather than protect an innocent child," U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance said. "Prosecuting the crime and holding the violator accountable is the step we must take to help the victim heal and to reinforce that our society will not tolerate the abuse and exploitation of children."

http://mobile.myfoxal.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=222&nid=14442151&cid=4435&ith=3&title=Local+News

U.S Department Of Justice Press Release:-

http://www.justice.gov/usao/aln/Docs/March%202010/MARCH%2031,%202010%20BIRMINGHAM%20WOMAN%20INDICTED%20FOR%20TRANSPORTING%20AND%20POSSESSING%20CHILD%20PORNOGRAPHY.htm

Woman charged for obscene act of revenge against teen girl

June 25th, 2010

A Salt Lake City woman is facing a slew of charges for seeking revenge against a 13-year-old girl. She distributed fliers around Northwest Middle School that contained a photo showing the teen's face on a pornographic image.

"We consider these photos child porn. Under Utah law, any distribution of the photos is distribution of child porn." - Lohra Miller, SLCO district attorney



Danette Stark, 37, is behind bars facing 18 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Prosecutors say she Photoshopped the 13-year-old girl's yearbook photo with a pornographic picture she found on the Internet.

"This flier was a very realistic depiction that was very graphically displaying a young woman engaged in sex acts with an animal," said Salt Lake County District Attorney Lohra Miller said in a press conference Friday.

Prosecutes say Stark made dozens of copies of the fliers that also included several profane and derogatory terms at the bottom of the fliers.

But the parent of a student at Northwest Middle, who said her daughter is friends with the alleged victim, told KSL News off camera that Stark might be covering for her own daughter's actions.

The woman said Stark's daughter and the girl had a falling out. To save her daughter from getting in trouble, she believes Stark is taking the fall.

However, police say they have surveillance video of Stark with the fliers in the school. The May 25 video shows her walking into the seventh-grade girls' bathroom with the fliers. She also placed three or four fliers in the girl's locker.

The fliers were discovered the next day by a janitor. Ultimately, the school's assistant principal found 18 copies, resulting in 18 charges against Stark.

Stark says she made 30 copies, so prosecutors warn 12 fliers may still be out there.

"We consider these photos child porn," Miller said. "Under Utah law, any distribution of the photos is distribution of child porn. They should not be reproduced. They should not be shown to anyone."

Charging documents state Stark created the fliers to retaliate for perceived wrongs by the girl. Miller says regardless of the motive, the act is inexcusable.

"Any adult would recognize this behavior as unconscionable," Miller said. "You have enough to deal with as a 13-year-old girl, much less this type of conduct. I think it's very safe to assume that she has been traumatized by it and will have to deal with it."

Stark was arrested Thursday night and is being held on $50,000 bail. She faces one to 15 years in prison on each of her 18 second-degree felony charges.

Prosecutors warn if anyone finds a flier and redistributes it -- including making copies or posting it online -- it is considered distribution of child pornography under Utah law.

Vanessa George Mark II CEOP?

Officials at the government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) said under-reporting of incidents involving female abusers was a concern and warned that "copycat" abusers may attempt to replicate the abuse that took place at Plymouth's Little Ted's nursery, where George worked.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/04/uk-female-child-sex-offenders

Manitowoc Co. woman charged in child porn case

Monday, 28 Jun 2010



A Manitowoc County woman appeared in court Monday on a dozen charges of child sexploitation and sexual assault.

She allegedly touched the children - ages 2, 5 and 7 - and took pictures of them which she then shared to be sold.

FOX 11 is not identifying the woman because doing so would identify the minor victims.

According to court documents, the woman agreed to send pornographic images of children to a man she knew and he was going to sell them on the internet.

The man who was going to sell them told police he received about 1,000 pictures from the woman during a two month period.

The woman admitted to police she had taken pornographic pictures of her children with her cell phone and sent them to the man.

The woman is not in jail, she posted her $1,000 bond.

She is not to have contact with the man, or any children, unless at work where she is supervised.

The woman is awaiting appointment of a public defender. She is scheduled to appear in court on July 1.

Neither the district attorney nor the Manitowoc Sheriff's department was available for comment today.

FOX 11’s Becky DeVries is covering the story and will have more on FOX 11 News at Nine.

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/manitowoc-county-woman-charged-in-child-porn-case

http://www.htrnews.com/article/20100628/MAN0101/100628083/UPDATE-3-14-p-m-Police-crack-child-porn-operation

State police unit arrests Frostburg woman on child pornography charges

June 29, 2010

Members of the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit arrested a Frostburg woman Tuesday in connection with alleged possession and distribution of child pornography.



Toni M. Cozino, 24, of the 100 block of East Mechanic Street, was charged with one count of distributing child pornography and three counts of possessing child pornography.

Cozino remained jailed Tuesday afternoon on $25,000 bond, pending bail review Wednesday in district court.

If convicted, Cozino could be sentenced to up to 16 years in prison and/or $28,000 in fines.

Earlier this month, a trooper assigned to the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force identified a computer that was offering pornographic videos of children for others to download on the Internet. Troopers were able to trace the computer back to Cozino.

Investigators served a search warrant at Cozino’s residence Tuesday. The search yielded computers and multiple data storage devices. A preliminary analysis of the seized computers led to the discovery of child pornography. A complete forensic examination of the computers will be conducted, which could lead to additional charges.

The task force is comprised of police agencies from around the state. Its primary mission is to protect children from computer-facilitated sexual exploitation. The group works cooperatively with law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to provide resources to combat these crimes.

The task force also provides community awareness campaigns to help prevent the spread of these crimes through education.

http://times-news.com/local/x1671033755/State-police-unit-arrests-Frostburg-woman-on-child-pornography-charges

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/allegany-county-woman-caught-distributing-child-porn



http://www.mdsp.org/media/press_release_details.asp?identifier=956

Schnuffel wrote:Vanessa George Mark II CEOP?

Officials at the government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) said under-reporting of incidents involving female abusers was a concern and warned that "copycat" abusers may attempt to replicate the abuse that took place at Plymouth's Little Ted's nursery, where George worked.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/04/uk-female-child-sex-offenders

Manitowoc Co. woman charged in child porn case

Monday, 28 Jun 2010


A Manitowoc County woman appeared in court Monday on a dozen charges of child sexploitation and sexual assault.

She allegedly touched the children - ages 2, 5 and 7 - and took pictures of them which she then shared to be sold.

FOX 11 is not identifying the woman because doing so would identify the minor victims.

According to court documents, the woman agreed to send pornographic images of children to a man she knew and he was going to sell them on the internet.

The man who was going to sell them told police he received about 1,000 pictures from the woman during a two month period.

The woman admitted to police she had taken pornographic pictures of her children with her cell phone and sent them to the man.

The woman is not in jail, she posted her $1,000 bond.

She is not to have contact with the man, or any children, unless at work where she is supervised.

The woman is awaiting appointment of a public defender. She is scheduled to appear in court on July 1.

Neither the district attorney nor the Manitowoc Sheriff's department was available for comment today.

FOX 11’s Becky DeVries is covering the story and will have more on FOX 11 News at Nine.

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/manitowoc-county-woman-charged-in-child-porn-case

http://www.htrnews.com/article/20100628/MAN0101/100628083/UPDATE-3-14-p-m-Police-crack-child-porn-operation

UPDATE:-

Mother to face trial on sexual assault charges

Jul 1, 2010

A Manitowoc County mother was in court this afternoon facing charges of sexual exploitation and sexual assault of a child.

The 25-year old woman will face trial. Today, she pleaded not guilty to all charges against her.

Police say she admitted to taking pornographic photos of girls ages two, five, and seven. She also admitted to having sexual contact with the two year old.

To protect the identity of the alleged victims, we are not releasing the name of the woman at this time.

http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/97625454.html

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Mother viewed child porn videos out of 'morbid curiosity'

Tuesday, July 13, 2010



MOTHER-OF-ONE Michelle Gomm downloaded indecent movies of children and of adults having sex with dogs.

The 25-year-old admitted making four indecent movies of children, possessing four indecent movies of children and possessing 10 extreme pornographic movies.

She was yesterday given a suspended prison sentence at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Prosecutor Neil Ahuja said police executed a search warrant at Gomm's home in Campbell Road, Stoke, at 7.50am on Wednesday, March 17. She admitted to officers that she had been looking at porn and "weird stuff like animal sex".

The four indecent movies of children were all level four – level five being the most serious.

The movies included a girl having full sex with an adult male and an adult female having sex with two boys aged about 12.

Mr Ahuja said: "There were 10 movies of extreme pornographic nature. These included sexual intercourse between an adult male and adult females with dogs."

Gomm said she became curious about what sort of pornography was available. She said she used search words including incest and bestiality.

She said she was ashamed of her actions.

Paul Cliff, mitigating, said it was an unusual case.

He said Gomm became isolated after the birth of her child. "She was lonely and used the internet as a point of contact with the outside world. She developed a morbid curiosity," said Mr Cliff.

"I am told this is not motivated by a sexual desire.

"She is ashamed and mortified and is deeply embarrassed. She has caused shame for her family."

Mr Cliff added that Gomm has paid a heavy price as she can now only have supervised contact with her son.

Judge Paul Glenn said it beggars belief that a mother of a young child would offend in this way.

He accepted Gomm was not motivated by sexual desire.

"I can't see how anyone can find it a sexual motivation," said Judge Glenn.

He said if he sent Gomm to prison she would be released in weeks which he believed would be a pointless exercise.

Instead he sentenced her to four months in prison, suspended for two years, with two years' supervision and 100 hours unpaid work.

Gomm will be on the sex offenders' register for five years and is likely to be barred from a number of activities involving children.

Judge Glenn told Gomm: "The material is despicable, it is stomach turning.

"I can't believe that any mother of a four-year-old child would start to look at that sort of filth.

"The people on these movies would not have been willing participants, they were being abused.

"And people like you who watch this sort of stuff encourage the people who perpetrate this sort of abuse."

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Mother-viewed-child-porn-morbid-curiosity/article-2406157-detail/article.html

Woman in Brazil arrested for child molestation in Sacramento child porn probe

July 22, 2010


Karlla Cristina Do Nascimento, 23

Authorities have arrested and indicted a woman in Brazil in connection with a Sacramento man busted two months ago on suspicion of soliciting for a child sent from Brazil for sex.

Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Force detectives also think there may be a local victim of molestation involving suspect Benjamin Dee Kendrick they have yet to identify, said Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran.

The FBI and authorities in Brazil arrested Karlla Cristina Do Nascimento, 23, for child molestation, Curran said. She is suspected in an ongoing online relationship in which Kendrick and an associate in Brazil had conversations about sending the woman's young daughter to Kendrick for sexual purposes. Addendum: (Nascinmento is being charged with molesting two children in Brazil, and police say she lied about having a daughter.)

Kendrick was captured May 17 in Davis after a short police pursuit and nationwide alert. He was taken into custody on a $1,000,000 arrest warrant and on suspicion of solicitation to commit a felony and possession of obscene matter depicting sexual conduct of a person under age 18.

Curran said task force detectives had recovered more than 100 images and videos of child porn from Kendrick's home computer during a warranted search.

Detectives think there may be an earlier victim of child molest based on earlier conversations between the two suspects, Curran said.

Investigators believe the abuse occurred between 2005 and January 2009; the child was around 9 years old at the time of the molestation; the victim's parents knew Kendrick and the child had spent time at Kendrick's house.

Curran said investigators have contacted residents of neighborhoods where Kendrick lived but had not identified a victim.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of this victim was urged to call the hi-tech crimes task force at (916) 874-3002.

http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=87541&catid=2

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2010/07/woman-arrested-11.html

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-brazilarrestinsacramentocase,0,4929687.story

http://cbs13.com/local/suspected.pedophile.search.2.1820180.html

 

Abuse occurs a lot in churches. People, unfortunately, trust elders, ministers, etc. of a church and don't believe what their children tell them and that's the problem. Stupid parents!! Abuse can go on for years and there is a case in NZ where a member of a church, so called, had been at it for years and years and has only just been brought to justice. Being an old man now he most probably will get a smack on the wrist. So, the point is, it is everywhere and in all walks of life. The Mcs and Co. are no different to anyone else.

lynn wrote:So, the point is, it is everywhere and in all walks of life.

Whilst it is accepted amongst law enforcement that child pornography is everywhere and in all walks of life they are still divided on the numbers of women involved it seems:-

07/20/2010 - The operation also netted a female suspect suspected of possession of child pornography.

Nunes said that law enforcement is divided about the gender breakdown of child pornography suspects: some saying that women are rare and others estimating that women make up a larger percentage of the trade in such images.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15552570?nclick_check=1

Woman jailed for possession of child pornography

Saturday, July 24, 2010

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - A woman who became involved in a sexual relationship with a teenage boy and gave birth to their baby was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for possessing child pornography.



Jessica L. Bradley, 20, formerly of the Hanahan area, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, which is the state's law dealing with pornographic material and minors.

The pornographic images were not of the boy, who was about 15 when the sexual relationship started last year. She was 19.

Circuit Judge Roger Young sentenced Bradley to 10 years in prison, suspended to four years behind bars followed by five years of probation. The judge said he was troubled by her extensive involvement in pornography and apparent lack of remorse. He did note that she had been sexually abused as a youth.

Bradley, now 20, said little in court, other than to acknowledge the judge's questions. She has been in the Charleston County Detention Center for more than a year.

Jail time is warranted in the case, Young said during her guilty plea in the Charleston County Judicial Center, "to help you recognize the wrong of what you were doing."

Ninth Circuit Assistant Solicitor Debbie Herring-Lash, who prosecutes child sex crimes, said it is difficult to track how often incidents of women getting involved with teenagers occurs locally, largely because boys are much less likely to report the conduct.

Bradley was described as a neighborhood friend of the boy's family. According to courtroom statements, she sneaked the boy into her residence, where she exposed him to a variety of sexual materials, including videos.

The relationship began in the spring of 2009. Authorities later seized computers containing pornographic images.

In court Friday, the teenage victim told Young he is trying to overcome lingering emotional problems from his association with Bradley, including withdrawal and anguish.

"She actually made me withdraw from my friends," he said.

The case was investigated across several jurisdictions, including the North Charleston and Hanahan police departments, and the state attorney general's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Assistant Attorney General Priscilla Jones said the office made a legal decision not to pursue the case beyond Friday's five-count guilty plea.

Separately, the teen also is trying to gain custody of his 13-month-old daughter. She is in foster care through the Department of Social Services, his family said.

When Bradley is released from prison she will have to register as a sexual offender. Her prison sentence begins immediately.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/24/woman-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-exploitation