Sexual Offenses

Sean Walsh: Feds Send Him Child-Porn Catalog, He Orders, Is Busted

Modern marketing involves aggressively targeting a potential customer and then quickly and efficiently fulfilling his needs. And when you think of the words "efficiently" and "fulfilling his needs" you think of nothing else but the federal government right? Right? Okay, okay -- maybe the feds don' ... More >>

Juan Villareal: HISD Teacher Pleads Guilty To Distributing Child Porn

A third-grade teacher in the Houston school district entered a guilty plea Tuesday to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. Juan A. Villarreal, 52, a third-grade teacher at Anderson Elementary in Westbury, has taught in the district for 11 years, but he was out of a job once he ... More >>

Shane Trumble: Extensive Child Porn Collection and Kids' Underwear Found in New Caney Trailer Home (This Is So Wrong)

This dude's alleged actions are grosser than grossest. It also may be disturbing to some readers -- you've been warned. At approximately 6 p.m. Wednesday, Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constables requested a search of the New Caney motor home occupied by Shane Anthony Trumble, his father and his ... More >>

James Anthony Rubio: One of the State's 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders Caught in Bandera

One down, nine to go. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced that it has captured James Anthony Rubio, one of the state's 10 most wanted sex offenders, on Monday in Bandera as the result of a tip that paid $5,000 to the tipster. Rubio, 55, is the first on the state's list to be caught in 20 ... More >>

Lawyers for Alleged HGO Rape Victim Speak Out

Lawyers for a woman who claims she was raped as a minor while working on a production for the Houston Grand Opera are bewildered by a grand jury's decision not to indict the accused rapist last year. "We feel that the ball was dropped," says Rick Prieto, who represents Amber Dewalt, now 18. "We fee ... More >>

Marvin Gay, Sr., and the 10 Worst Rock-Star Parents of All Time

Twenty-eight years ago this week, Marvin Gay, Sr., received a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation for the voluntary manslaughter of his son, the R&B legend Marvin Gaye. Gay pled guilty after shooting his namesake dead in the L.A. home given to him and his wife by Gaye, who was 44 ... More >>

Gordon Oehmig: Former St. Thomas High Wrestling Coach of the Year Nabbed For Child Porn

A former Prep Coach of the Year from St. Thomas High has been arrested after authorities found 1,500 digital images and 500 videos of child porn on his computers, court documents show. Gordon Daniel Oehmig, 29, is no longer at the school, but coached there from from 2009-12, when he won the coach o ... More >>

Matthew Eyerly: Produced Child Porn, Says His Girlfriend Also Sent Him Nude Pics of Her Kid

Matthew David Eyerly pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Eyerly, 35, "admitted to digital and oral contact with the genitals of the child and having taken pictures of these acts," the USAO said. "He sa ... More >>

Michael Elbert Young: Fifth Escapee in 18 Months from GEO Group Facility

A high-risk child rapist who hopped over his halfway house's barbed wire fence Thursday night is the fifth sex offender to abscond from the privately run Southeast Texas Transitional Center in 18 months. According to the Houston Chronicle story linked above, authorities say Michael Elbert Young, wh ... More >>

Larry James Kramer: Webchats About Loving "Jailbait," Gets 12 Years for His Large Child Porn Collection

Larry James Kramer of Dickinson will serve more than 12 years in federal prison for possession and distribution of child pornography, a federal judge has decided. The investigation that led to a guilty plea began when he was seen trading child porn on a publicly accessible Web site, and when he was ... More >>

James Kong: Child Porn And A Whole Lot Of Guns & Ammunition

A very well-protected child-porn stash​Child-porn investigators had their man: James Kong, 26. They knew he'd been exchanging child pornography on his computer, but they got a little surprise when they knocked on his door in the 16800 block of Gaelic Lane in the northwest part of the county. ... More >>

Douglas Demmon: Former National Park Ranger Convicted of Child Porn

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 distributing child porn. Demmon, 65, is ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

Heights Burglary Ring Busted

Don't brag on Facebook, kids

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Dealing with Child Porn

Prosecutors talk about the evidence,

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Expert Advice

Accused child-porn fan advises on outing sex offenders.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Kill Bill

Readers respond to ill-defined proposed legislation.

A Child's Word

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

Pinche Child Molesters

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 >>

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

Sex Offenders on MySpace? No Way!

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

DNA Delivers the Verdict

A Question of Rape

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