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Sex Offenders on MySpace? No Way!

Parish Predators: Are Daniel DiNardo and Juan Carlos Patino-Arango Cut from the Same Cloth?

Stroll Past the Sex Offenders

What's Wal-Mart Got Against Sex Offenders?

Sex offenders have rights too. Don’t they? At least one Missouri City woman who was convicted of a sex crime is out to prove just that in court after being fired from her job at Wal-Mart. Rebecca Vlasek, 37, claims that Wal-Mart fired her and more than 800 registered sex offenders, in line ... More >>

DNA Delivers the Verdict

Sex offenders have rights too. Don’t they? At least one Missouri City woman who was convicted of a sex crime is out to prove just that in court after being fired from her job at Wal-Mart. Rebecca Vlasek, 37, claims that Wal-Mart fired her and more than 800 registered sex offenders, in line ... More >>

Pinche Child Molesters

Sex offenders have rights too. Don’t they? At least one Missouri City woman who was convicted of a sex crime is out to prove just that in court after being fired from her job at Wal-Mart. Rebecca Vlasek, 37, claims that Wal-Mart fired her and more than 800 registered sex offenders, in line ... More >>

Parish Predators

Despite the bishop’s remarks to the contrary, the Galveston-Houston Roman Catholic Archdiocese had child molesters and let them go. But don’t blame just the Church.

No Way Out

How can homeless sex offenders comply with the registration laws?

Penned In

Almost nobody -- not even the trial judge or the victim -- thinks John Michael Harvey molested a child. So why's he still serving 40 years in prison?

Telling Secrets

Child victims of sex abuse put their pain on T-shirts for all the world to see. Do not avert your eyes.

Once Is Enough

A unique sex abuse center ensures that tender young lives aren't torn apart by the system

A Question of Rape

It couldn't happen inside a nice suburban school like Jersey Village High ... could it?

A Child's Word

When the charge is rape of a minor, a fair trial can be hard to come by.

Kill Bill

Readers respond to ill-defined proposed legislation.

A Doctor Who Is (Allegedly) Sick, Sick, Sick

Houston famously is the home of one of Michael Jackson's doctors; could it also be the home of a doctor who's like Michael Jackson? (Note: Throw a half-dozen or so "allegedly"s into that sentence.)Prosecutors have charged Bernard Albina, a 69-year-old orthopedic surgeon, with sexually abusing at lea ... More >>

An ICE Round-Up Of Sex Offenders Reaps Rewards

​Illegal Alien Sex Offenders is not, as you might imagine, the latest half-assed proto-surfpunk band out of Alief. Instead its the prize caught in a weeklong Houston-area sweep by the feds.The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced late Monday afternoon the results of that sweep -- 2 ... More >>

Texas' Youth Prisons Among The Worst For Sexual Abuse, Study Finds

​The Texas Youth Commission can't seem to stop its staff members from raping young inmates locked up at state facilities, according to a recently released federal report that paints the state agency as one of the worst in the country.The federal Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted the investiga ... More >>

That's One Happy Looking (Alleged) Child Molester

Photos courtesy Crime Stoppers​Doesn't Crystal Polanco look cheery in that mugshot?Why, it's almost like she just got finished giving alcohol to a 13-year-old kid and then sexually assaulting him.Crime Stoppers said Polanco and her husband Aaron were definitely down with the youngsters, and that's ... More >>

Expert Advice

Accused child-porn fan advises on outing sex offenders.

William Gammon: Prosecutor's Not Happy The Accused Child Porn User's Out On Bond

Even ICE agents were taken aback​William Gammon, the attorney who's pushed for aggressive homeowners' associations in court and in the legislature, is out on bond on charges of possessing a pornography stash described by an investigator as "one of the largest collections of extremely young c ... More >>

Justin Lewis: Katy Junior High Science Teacher Busted For Kiddy Porn

There's been a Pedobear sighting in Katy.​A Katy seventh grade science teacher has been arrested for possessing and promoting child pornography, the FBI announced today. The cul-de-sac-land home of Justin Wallace Lewis, 40, was stormed yesterday by Houston cops. Lewis was in the county jail last ... More >>

Carrie Kelly: Rare Child-Porn Indictment For A Woman

Photo courtesy Brazoria County SOCarrie Kelly, indicted for child porn​Back in April we reported on the arrest of Carrie Kelly, who was alleged to have sent more than 100 pictures of underage kids ahving sex to a Florida man.It's rare for a woman to be arrested for child porn, a federal official t ... More >>

Michael Joseph Snowden: Sexually Assaults 6-Year-Old Boy In Library Bathroom, Cops Say

Photo courtesy DPSMichael Joseph Snowden, registered sex offender​Here's one to make every parent shudder -- a six-year-old boy went into a bathroom stall at the Freed-Montrose Library to change clothes; while he was in there a convicted sex offender went in and sexually assaulted him. Michae ... More >>

Christopher Clark Pollett: Kids' Nonprofit Worker Charged with Child Porn (Updated)

Christopher Pollett, indicted for distributing child porn​A man who works for a nonprofit organization "dedicated to after-school programs and community development" has been indicted on child pornography charges, the U.S. Attorney's office announced today. Christopher Clark Pollett, 62, was ... More >>

Justin Michael Lee: Texas Revokes His Pediatric-Anesthesiology License Over Child-Porn Ring

Justin Michael Lee's license revoked​The Texas Medical Board has revoked the license of a pediatric anesthesiologist who pleaded guilty to involvement in an online child porn file-sharing site. Justin Michael Lee, who had been practicing most recently in Phoenix, pleaded guilty to "tran ... More >>

Alan Ray Steen: Just a Perv, Not a Child Pornographer

A tanning bed is not sexy, court rules​The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has formally ruled: Alan Ray Steen is a pervert, he's not a child pornographer. Steen liked to go to tanning salons and stick a video camera over the cubicle wall to tape women; one day the person he taped turned out ... More >>

Cleveland Gang Rape Story: District Attorney Mike Little, Only One Authorized to Talk, Takes Week's Vacation from the Office

Or something.​When Liberty County's District Attorney Mike Little gagged anyone involved in the Cleveland gang rape case -- in which an 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped brutally by multiple men and boys -- from talking, you'd think he'd hang around as the singular voice for his muted count ... More >>

Five Questions With Child Porn Prosecutors: Dealing With Stomach-Turning Evidence

How do you handle the subject of child porn at a cocktail party?​Prosecuting those who produce or enjoy child pornography is a vitally important yet seemingly horrible job -- to do it, you must face looking at the evidence. In some cases it's "easy" -- some child-porn consumers are like baseb ... More >>

Dealing with Child Porn

Prosecutors talk about the evidence,

William Gammon, Prominent Homeowners Association Attorney, Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

William Gammon pleads guilty to child porn possession​William Gammon, a leading figure in the move to make highly annoying homeowners associations even more powerful and annoying, has entered a guilty plea to charges of possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today. ... More >>

David Aric Ladewig: Child Porn-Laden Laptop Doesn't Make It Through Customs At Bush

Ladewig apparently didn't think feds wouldn't mind his massive child porn stash​David Aric Ladewig is an American citizen who lives and works in Cancun. On a return trip to the states, he brought along his laptop and an external hard drive. Which probably wasn't the brightest of ideas, becaus ... More >>

David Allen Smith: Busted for Kiddy Porn after Wife Turns Geek Squad Loose on Computer

He doesn't look like he'd have kiddie porn at ALL.​Marriage and a weakness for child porn. It's a combo that doesn't mix. The latest area man to find that out the hard way is 67-year-old David Allen Smith of Lufkin. Police there say Smith's vile stash came to light after his wife took thei ... More >>

Pedro Rosales: Allegedly Tried to Convince Kid to Take The Rap for His Child Porn

Pedro Rosales: That must have been some other body.​A Houston man caught with a computer full of child porn tried to convince "a juvenile family member" to take the rap for it, the U.S. Attorney's Office says. Pedro Rosales, 32, thought "that if the juvenile claimed the images/videos, the fam ... More >>

Robert L. Hedrick: Pan Am's Big Comeback Likely Stalled With Its President's Child-Porn Indictment

A child-porn indictment qualifies as a wrench in the plans​Robert L. Hedrick made a big splash last October, inviting former Pan Am employees back to Brownsville's original pan Am building to announce the creation of an airline with a similar name that had plans to fly routes from that city to ... More >>

James Walter Porter Jr.'s Child-Porn Haul: 10,000 Images, Hundreds of Magazines And An MP3 Player For His Post-Office Job

James Porter was a dedicated collector​Former postal worker James Walter Porter Jr., 57, pleaded guilty today to one count of child-porn possession, the U.S. Attorney's Office says, but what a count it was. The Pasadena man had moved out of the house he was renting; the owners then went there ... More >>

Arturo Enrique Ochoa: Gets 50 Years For Luring Boys His Mom Was Caring For Into Child-Porn Videos

Arturo Enrique Ochoa: Going away for a long time​Arturo Enrique Ochoa, 23, is going to federal prison for 50 years for using candy and video games to lure the young boys his mother was caring for into child-porn videos. Ochoa was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sim lake; he had ent ... More >>

Bennie E. Richardson IV: Says His Massive Child-Porn Stash "Relaxed Him"

Bennie E. Richardson IV liked to relax​Bennie E. Richardson IV, a 40-year-old Pasadena man, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography. Looking at the porn was a form of relaxation, he told cops when he was arrested. Richardson was arre ... More >>

Heights Burglary Ring Busted

Don't brag on Facebook, kids

Joe Paterno Will Retire at Season's End -- Not Good Enough

Not so proud a claim now.​"The worst people. The twisted and demented psychos who kill people for pleasure, the cannibals, the degenerate bastards that molest and torture little kids." -- Tony Soprano, in response to the question "Who deserves to go to hell?" Exactly, Tony. People like Jerry ... More >>

Teen Angels: 10 Musicians with a Penchant for Young Girls

​In the great 80s comedy Night Shift, there is a scene where Michael Keaton is driving down what appears to be the West Side Highway in New York in a brand new Cadillac with "Jumpin' Jack Flash" blaring from the speakers. In a bid to impress a mildly terrified Henry Winkler, Keaton attempts to ... More >>

Christopher Clark Pollett: Guilty Child-Porn Plea from Kids' Nonprofit Worker

Christopher Clark Pollett, a former employee of well-respected kids-and-family nonprofit agency Neighborhood Centers, Inc., has entered a guilty plea to charges of owning a massive cache of child pornography. Pollett was arrested in January, while still an NCI employee, and charged with possession ... More >>

Hands-On Experience

Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by police officers. Critics say the Boy Scouts, who oversee the program, should share the blame.

DJ Christopher Lowe: Recruited Neighborhood Boys for Child Porn

DJ Christopher Lowe will be going away for a long time.​A "stay-at-home dad" who often watched over neighborhood kids used them to produce child porn, federal prosecutors say. DJ Christopher Lowe, 37, pleaded guilty today to eight child-porn counts. Police discovered him through an investigat ... More >>

William Gammon, Influential Homeowners Association Attorney, Gets Four Years For Child Porn

William Gammon gets four years.​William Gammon, an attorney who has been instrumental in getting Texans' homeowners associations power to wield over nonconforming residents, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possession of child porn. Gammon, who entered a guilty plea to t ... More >>

Carrie Kelly: Woman Gets Five Years for Child Porn

Carrie Kelly going away for five years.​It's unusual for a woman to be arrested in a child-porn investigation, and when Brazoria County's Carrie Kelly was picked up last April, some commenters predicted the charges would soon be dropped. But Kelly entered a guilty plea for child-porn distribu ... More >>

Mark William Woerner: Urged Kids to Take His Child-Porn Collection to School

Share it with your school pals.​Mark William Woerner, 55, is being sent to federal prison for a long, long time -- 80 years, in fact -- and with the evidence produced at his trial, not many people are going to question that. Among his highlights, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office: Posse ... More >>

Bryan Ray Roe: Repeat Sex Offender Allegedly Assaults Autistic Boy, 9

Coryell County JailBryan Ray Roe: Not the hobbit-sized predator's first ride at the sicko rodeo.​Talk about every parent's nightmare...Police in Coryell County say that a nine-year-old autistic Abilene boy was molested at a rural Central Texas bluegrass festival. Charged with the crime is regi ... More >>

Comment of the Day: A Perfect Description of the Creepy Baylor Lecturer/Child-Porn Fan's Mugshot

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Dougals Demmon: Former National Park Ranger Convicted Of Child Porn

Retired ranger, child-porn fan​National Park Rangers are an American icon, with their Smokey-bear hats, green uniforms, and eagerness to help everyone enjoy the great outdoors. And then there are the Park Rangers like Galveston's Douglas Demmon, who has entered a guilty plea on charges of dis ... More >>