Posted on 05/26/2011 5:29:47 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
Ross police reported today that new victims have emerged in the case against Russell Freed, a Brentwood man accused in federal court of extorting teen girls to send him pornographic pictures of themselves via text messages and the Internet.
Mr. Freed, a Turnpike Commission project engineer, is charged in a criminal complaint with extortion of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexual conduct. The charge reflects a national surge in cases of "sextortion," in which compromising electronic pictures are used to entrap minors into supplying more and more explicit images of themselves, and sometimes into meetings.
A Federal Bureau of Investigations affidavit released Wednesday said Mr. Freed used tricks and threats to get three girls, around age 15, to send him sexual pictures of themselves, and also tried to extort revealing pictures from the mother of one of the girls. He would threaten to release photos he already had unless they provided him with more images.
"The investigation has shown that Russell Freed was able to gain these photographs through a methodology referred to as social engineering," wrote Ross Detective Brian Kohlhepp, in a press release. His department worked with the FBI to track communications leading them to Mr. Freed.
"We believe Freed studied the [online] pages of a number of juvenile girls. Simultaneous to this, Freed created a page in social media in the persona of a young female.
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Now, I'm curious, just how vigorous a defense the union might provide over any sanctions or proposed termination of this cretin might be.
prison is too good for this kind of scum
Just in case anyone was not aware, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is the mother of all patronage jobs and everything about the PA Turnpike stinks to high heaven.
I’ve driven hundreds of miles out of my way to avoid that road, and will do it again when needed. The only road in America I hate more is the New Jersey Turnpike.
Cheers!
A relative of mine (distant.. I’ll say) was a whistle blower against the Penna turnpike crimes. But I dare say, what does this crime have to do with the PennaPike ?
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