Posted on 08/04/2011 7:35:41 AM PDT by topher
US officials Wednesday unveiled charges against 72 people in their largest global probe into Internet child pornography which smashed a "nightmare" online bulletin board catering to pedophiles.
The investigation launched in 2009 has led to arrests in the US and 13 other countries of participants in Dreamboard, which had a "VIP" ranking system for members trading in graphic images and videos of adults molesting children age 12 and under, often violently, the Justice Department said.
"Dreamboard's creators and members lived all over the world -- but they allegedly were united by a disturbing belief that the sexual abuse of children is proper conduct that should not be criminalized," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
"The members of this criminal network shared a demented dream to create the preeminent online community for the promotion of child sexual exploitation, but for the children they victimized, this was nothing short of a nightmare."
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This police officer is in for it. Police officers do not fair very well in prison.
The Libertine Party argues that emancipation of a minor is an economic issue, once the child is able to be economically independent, they are accorded the rights of adulthood.
There are six people in Southern California that I have not heard anything about. I wonder if they will find ties to Hollywood but more than likely ties to the Porn Industry.
The fit is far from perfect.
Yes, I know some will argue that we mature at different ages. It's a red herring argument. Not because they actually believe it, because they want to be "pure" in their ideology. Happens here on FR too.
"Kiddie porn is bad, therefore all porn is bad." The mantras on either side are completely predictable.
Article: O.C. men arrested in international child-exploitation case
I wonder if members of George Soros organization are members of Dreamboard. Though there were 72 indicted, there are about 600 members of Dreamboard.
Playboy advocated the hate rape of ten conservative women, including: Michelle Malkin, Michele Bachmann, Laura Ingram, and Peggy Noonan.
Playboy was forced to pull the story...
Finally, I worked parties at the Playboy Mansion in the 1970's and 1980's. I regret ever getting a cent from Playboy from work there.
It is my personal opinion that pornography leads to degeneration of family values.
Since Playboy was first published, the divorce rates have skyrocketed. Today, it is more common for people to have been divorced than to stay married.
I posted earlier in this thread about what Jesus said that you know a tree by its fruit. A Good Tree produces only good fruit -- a bad tree only produces bad fruit.
Playboy is a symptom, not a disease in itself.
Don’t forget Hustler Magazine running the “Chester the Molester” cartoon for several years as well. The cartoon made light of child sexual abuse, and the author was convicted of molestation himself.
Timothy Lee Gentry, 33, of Burlington, Kentucky
Michael Biggs, 32, of Orlando, Florida
Michael Childs, 49, of Huntsville, Alabama
Charles Christian, 49, of Tilton, Illinois
Desmond Meredeth, Baltimore, Maryland
Scott Lewandowski, Pueblo, Colorado
Eric Karl Myszke-Francis, Redmond, Washington
Paul Graham Fry, 54, Vienna, Elgin County, England[Canadian Citizen]
US Navy Command Master Chief (SCW/FMF) Robert Edward Cuff, 48, Fort Bliss, Texas
Robert D. Sprague, 57, Ferndale, Washington
Edward Oedewaldt, Arcadia[Shreveport area], Louisiana
Christopher Luke, 31, of Kenmore, New York [state]
Todd Stumpf, 60, of Buffalo, New York [state]
Richard Chandler [ex Kingsport police officer], Kingsport, Tennessee,
Larry Ridley, 33, Anahiem, California
Jerry Wright, 55, Santa Ana, California
Stephen Perez, 23, Santa Ana, California
Matt Wheeler, Parry McCluer High School, football coach, Buena Vista, Virginia
Brandon William Lane, 26, Kingston, Ottawa, Canada
David B. Lindsay, 31, Midvale, Utah
Shane Turner, 32, Roy, Utah
Jeffrey Rodriguez, Aurora, Colorado
Billy Jewell, 42, Burbank [Southwest Chicago], Illinois
Rush Blankenship, 26, Westfield, Massachusetts
Benet Schmidt, Cohoes, New York [state]
Daniel Deschenes, Terryville, Connecticut
David Whitten, Lynn, Massachusetts
Michael Biggs, 32, Orlando, Florida
Anthony Sowders, 28, [Bell County], Kentucky
Kevin R. Casey, 38, of Palos Verdes, California
Jason Simon, 42, of Glendale, California
Stephen Fairbanks, 35, of LaVerne, California
None of the six Southern California defendants were from Hollywood... Three were from Orange County, California, and the three from California above are from Los Angeles County [Palo Verdes, Glendale, and LaVerne are all in Los Angeles County]
The purpose of posting the names of defendants is to help any investigation. Though this is Federal, this might help Local Authorities with any local connections to the Defendants...
From the Bangkok Post. [The link to the article is: US charges 72 over 'nightmare' child porn network ...]
On May 10, Timothy Lee Gentry, 33, of Burlington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 25 years in prison; on May 31, Michael Biggs, 32, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced to 20 years; on June 22, Michael Childs, 49, of Huntsville, Alabama, was sentenced to 30 years; and on July 14, Charles Christian, 49, of Tilton, Illinois, was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison.
I believe, all of the above were listed on replies 50 or 51.
Also, I apparently missed a Dallas/Fort Worth individual who has been indicted:
Ivan Cerda, Coppell [Dallas-Fort Worth area], Texas
There is a legitimate concern that people who might know anyone charged might have children who might have been abused... Which is a good reason to post the names...
The scary one of those named is a high school football coach. He might have lured underage girls into sexual relationships -- possibly, or been responsible for that [getting high school football players to lure girls under 13 into sexual relationships...]
This is unproven, but possible...
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