TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: child assault

  • Shaun Roethlisberger

    Shaun Roethlisberger

    Man pleads guilty in Myspace sex case:

    A registered predatory sex offender accused of having intercourse with a 14-year-old girl he met through a popular Internet site pleaded guilty Friday in St. Louis County District Court to two crimes.

    Shaun Michael Roethlisberger, 22, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct and with violating predatory offender registration provisions for not notifying authorities of his current address.

    St. Louis County prosecutor Vern Swanum and Duluth defense attorney David Keegan said Friday that part of Roethlisberger’s sentence will be dependent on a psycho-sexual evaluation and whether he is amenable to sex offender treatment at a local facility.

    Duluth Police Chief Roger Waller had called a news conference at City Hall in June to announce Roethlisberger’s arrest. Waller said it was an “important community event” to remind parents of the potential dangers young people face on the Internet.

    According to the criminal complaint, Roethlisberger, formerly of Ely, has a prior fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction and was required to register as a predatory sex offender under Minnesota law.

    Police said that Roethlisberger met the girl on the Internet site Myspace.com. The girl told police that after she and Roethlisberger communicated online they talked on the telephone about having sexual relations.

    They met near the Miller Hill Mall and went to his house and had sex. They met again in a park in West Duluth on May 20 and had sex.

    The teenager said Roethlisberger knew she was only14 years old because she was identified that way onMyspace.com. She told police the defendant told her not to tell anyone about their sexual encounters because if she did, he would go to jail.

    Another registered sex offender goes on to prey again. Why bother to see if he’ll take to treatment? It’s obvious that he won’t. Anyway, we do have Roethlisberger’s MySpace.

  • Thomas Zuffante

    Thomas Zuffante

    Man charged in sex assault met minor on MySpace.com:

    A 21-year-old Mount Prospect man was arrested and charged last week for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl he met on the MySpace.com Web site.

    Thomas B. Zuffante, 21, was charged Friday with felony aggravated criminal sexual abuse and manufacturing child pornography. Mount Prospect Police said Zuffante communicated with numerous girls younger than 17 years old through the MySpace.com Web site and that he had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old Elgin girl. Police said Zuffante possessed sexually explicit photographs of himself and the 15-year-old.

    The charges against Zuffante came after a three-month investigation.

    Officer Dirk Ollech said Zuffante had been previously arrested July 5, 2005, and was charged then with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old Wheeling girl.

    We have Zuffante’s MySpace, but it’s been set to private.

  • California creeper sentenced to 4 years

    California creeper sentenced to 4 years

    Man Gets 4 Years For MySpace Tryst With Girl:

    (CBS) MURIETTA, Calif. A 29-year-old man was sentenced to four years in state prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a girl he met on Myspace.

    Paul Michael Serna also pleaded guilty to one count of burglary in connection with the incident. He was arrested at about 4:30 p.m. May 16 in the parking lot of a WinCo Foods grocery store, Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Earl Quinata said.

    Serna was there, believing he was going to meet another minor, but instead met waiting sheriff’s investigators, who arrested him, Quinata said.

    The mother of the victim called police when she found out that her daughter possibly had sex with Serna, police said.

    I was unable to find a MySpace for Serna.

  • Portland craigslist predator

    Portland craigslist predator

    Man who advertised for teen models on craigslist arrested for sex abuse:

    A convicted Portland-area sex offender who advertised for teenage “models” on the popular Web site craigslist was arrested Tuesday for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl, authorities said.

    Douglas Steven French, 36, is being held in the Washington County Jail. French faces charges of sex abuse and using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, said Sgt. David Thompson, spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

    He said Washington County detectives learned that French had posted an advertisement on craigslist for “16 to 19-year-old models.” The name given under the listing was “Premier Modeling.”

    The 17-year-old victim responded to French’s add and over the past month, French had been meeting with her on a regular basis, Thompson said. During that time, French allegedly provided her with alcohol and illegal drugs.

    French was arrested in 2004 after being found in Montana with missing Molalla, Ore. girl Cynthia Lamb, who was 16 at the time. Lamb had been missing for nine months. She met French online and had moved to Montana with him, according to Thompson.

    A sex offender who went on to strike again. Who would have thought?

  • 14-year-old Chicago girl raped

    14-year-old Chicago girl raped

    Sex attack victim found on Web site:

    Three Chicago teenagers have been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl they met through MySpace.com, a Web site popular with teens and young adults.

    Tony Pacheco, 17, and Angel Alverio, 18, were arrested Sunday along with a 15-year-old boy whose name is not being released because he is a juvenile. Pacheco, of the 6400 block of North Hamilton Avenue, and Alverio, of the 1500 block of West Wilson Avenue, were being held Monday on $400,000 bond. A Juvenile Court judge found probable cause to detain the 15-year-old, said Andy Conklin, a spokesman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

    Pacheco and Alverio, both students at Senn High School on the North Side, had been corresponding with the girl on MySpace.com, Assistant Cook County State’s Atty. John Henning said at the teens’ bond hearing Monday. Henning did not know how long the teens had been corresponding.

    The pair allegedly set up a meeting with the girl, who is also from Chicago, at an undisclosed location on July 24 and drove her to the home of the 15-year-old in the 4800 block of West Walton Street, Henning said. There, they allegedly drank alcohol and played video games, he said.

    “The victim passed out and when she woke up,” she was being sexually assaulted, Henning said. That pattern was repeated several times, and the last time she awoke she was in an alley, Henning said.

    I couldn’t find one for Alverio. I might have found one for Pacheco, but I can’t say for sure that it’s his, so any help would be appreciated.

  • Nathan John Contos

    Nathan John Contos

    I did an entry about Nathan John Contos here. He’s the paramedic from Santa Cruz who allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl he met on MySpace. His MySpace has not been found as of yet, but a reader named Rebecca found Contos’ Yahoo Profile.

    Looks like a winner.

    UPDATE: A commenter named Doug believes that this is Contos’ MySpace. Doug found it by using Contos’ AOL handle of Nateiskiller.

  • The Paramedic Predator

    The Paramedic Predator

    Man pleads no contest in MySpace sex case:

    SANTA CRUZ — A former paramedic faces a maximum sentence of three years, eight months in state prison for having sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl he lured to his house after meeting her on the Internet.

    Nathan John Contos, 27, pleaded no contest in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Thursday to two counts of child molesting and a misdemeanor count of possessing child pornography. He likely will have to register as a sex offender, attorneys said.

    Contos, of Santa Cruz, conversed with the girl in an AOL chat room and through the popular MySpace.com for about a month before meeting and engaging in what investigators have called “inappropriate sexual contact.” He also asked the girl to send him nude photos of her, which she did.

    Sheriff’s deputies arrested him in February.

    “He’s an adult who intentionally went onto the Internet, targeted a child and molested her,” prosecutor Jeff Rosell said. “He’s a predator.”

    The no-contest plea means Contos does not dispute the charges against him and is considered by the court as equal to a guilty plea.

    “Today he accepted responsibility for the mistake he made,” lead defense attorney George Gigarjian said Thursday.

    His attorneys said they will ask that Contos be sentenced to probation and that it’s unlikely a judge would mete out the maximum sentence. Contos has no criminal history, his attorneys said.

    “We think Nathan is a good young man,” said Gigarjian, who added that about two dozen people attended Thursday’s court proceedings to support his client.

    Good young men don’t molest 14-year-old girls and possess child porn.

    And I’m in a slump. I haven’t been able to find any MySpaces in a while. So if you know where Contos’ MySpace is, please let me know.

  • Yet another Conn. Creeper

    Yet another Conn. Creeper

    Man Charged In MySpace Case:

    A 26-year-old wedding videographer from Somers was charged Tuesday with having illicit sexual contact with a 15-year-old local girl whom he brought to Massachusetts after meeting her on the popular Internet website MySpace.com.

    Jason Palmeira was arrested at his residence by the FBI, Simsbury police and state police. He is charged with using the Internet to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of attempting to have, and having, illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

    Palmeira was presented in U.S. District Court in Hartford and released after posting $100,000 bail. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith ordered Palmeira to reside with his parents at their home in Springfield. Smith also restricted Palmeira’s access to the Internet, according to a news release.

    The federal arrest affidavit says the girl posted a message on the online networking website in June, saying she wanted to meet single guys in Connecticut who are under the age of 18. On June 21, Palmeira sent an e-mail saying he was 26 and the two began communicating through e-mails and the phone, according to authorities.

    In July, the girl asked Palmeira if it was okay if the two did not engage in sex and Palmeira responded that they could do what she felt comfortable with, according to the affidavit. He talked with the girl about taking photographs of herself. On July 12, he sent her an e-mail saying he could get together over the next two days, according to the affidavit.

    Palmeira traveled on July 13 from Massachusetts to Connecticut to meet the girl, picking her up in a green sports car. He drove the girl to Massachusetts, bringing her to a location he described as his girlfriend’s house, the affidavit says.

    Once at the house, Palmeira is accused of having sexual contact with the girl, putting his finger in her vagina and driving her back to Connecticut, dropping her off at the Simsbury Public Library the following morning, according to the affidavit. He later sent an e-mail to her, saying that he hoped she didn’t get into too much trouble with her parents, that he was sorry and that he felt bad about cheating on his girlfriend. Several days later he e-mailed her, telling her to lie about her name and to call him.

    Eventually, Palmeira was busted by the girl’s mom.

    I wasn’t able to find his MySpace, but I did find his business site. I get the feeling that TLC will no longer be doing business with him.

  • Williams or Wisham

    Williams or Wisham

    Girl’s affidavit says ex-publicist claimed sexual encounters with 50 kids:

    This story is actually back from the beginning of this year, but I’ll tell you later why I’m talking about it…

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A teenage girl who allegedly had a lengthy sexual relationship with a former NASCAR publicist told authorities the man claimed to have victimized more than 50 children across the country, court documents say.

    Richard “Chip” Williams, 48, was charged last week with raping a child — a 14-year-old girl whom he met on the Internet when she was 11 — and soliciting a minor for sex over the Internet. He is being held in lieu of $2 million bail.

    An affidavit says the 14-year-old girl said she knew the man who had sex with her as “John Wisham,” which police say is the identity Williams used online.

    She said Wisham claimed “to have been with over 50 children in various forms of sexual exploitation.”

    In the affidavit, Detective George Moore says he read a sexually explicit online conversation between the girl and “Wisham,” then watched as she engaged the man in another explicit online conversation.

    During another online chat, the girl introduced “Wisham” to an undercover officer, who posed as a 15-year-old girl, the affidavit said. It said “Wisham” discussed sex in the online chat.

    According to an anonymous tip I received, this is the MySpace used by Williams as “Wisham” but there isn’t a whole lot to see there.

  • Cleveland area predators

    Cleveland area predators

    Broadview Heights men accused of raping girls met on MySpace:

    CLEVELAND — Two Broadview Heights men are accused of raping young girls they met on the web site MySpace.

    Channel 3 News first told you about 21-year-old Albert Azolino back in March.

    He is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Strongsville student lured to his home through internet chat.

    Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason says Azolino and 33-year-old friend Timothy Norman face rape, unlawful sexual contact with minors, and pandering charges.

    The prosecutor warns parents to be leery of the kids spending time on this web site.

    “It’s like a catalogue for predators,” Mason said. “It’s got the pictures of the kids so anybody who wants to get online — they go on to myspace.com, look at the pictures and click on it. Up comes the profile of the person they just click on.”

    Mason says the suspects would offer alcohol to the kids then photograph them during sex acts.

    If convicted the two could face life in prison.

    I was unable to find the MySpaces of either suspect. If you know of them, please let me know.