http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged child porn en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 00:34:11 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/head-minn-st-mankato-football-coach-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/ The head football coach at Minnesota State, Mankato, was charged Wednesday with two counts related to child pornography after authorities said they found nude images of children on his cellphone. Todd Hoffner, 46, of Eagle Lake, was charged with one count of using minors in a sexual performance or pornographic work, and one count of possessing child pornography. Both are felonies. Police began investigating last week after a university official went to them with... ]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:05:37 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/head-minn-st-mankato-football-coach-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/palm-coast-man-in-underwear-stabs-computer-in-child-porn-raid/ A Palm Coast man suspected of downloading hundreds of child pornographic files stabbed his computer with a two-handed Samurai sword as federal agents raided his home this week, according to an arrest affidavit. Kamil Mezalka, 21, faces a federal charge of downloading child pornography over the Internet, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. If convicted, he faces a minimum of five years and up to 20 years in federal prison. According to a ... ]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 09:34:12 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/palm-coast-man-in-underwear-stabs-computer-in-child-porn-raid/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-captain-convicted-of-child-porn/ A former Connecticut police captain who had faced up to 20 years in prison for possessing a massive trove of child pornography was sentenced to half that on Friday after his lawyer argued he suffered from job-related stress. Former Granby Police Capt. David Bourque pleaded guilty last year after he was caught with more than 26,000 still and video images of child pornography. Federal authorities said it was one of the largest and most disturbing child pornography cases they've seen... ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:54 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-captain-convicted-of-child-porn/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-charged-for-viewing-child-porn-on-flight/ An American man who police say viewed child pornography in the first class area of a flight has been arrested. Internet-based newspaper Huffington Post has reported 47-year-old Utah man Grant Smith, of Cottonwood Heights, was arrested after a viewing the images on his laptop during a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Boston. Massachusetts Police said a fellow passenger alerted the flight crew when they saw Mr Smith viewing the images. Mr Smith was arrested w... ]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:20:50 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-charged-for-viewing-child-porn-on-flight/ http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/anonymous-hackers-performs-vigilante-attack-on-online-child-porn-hub/ 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous has fired the first shot in what it claims will be a war against Internet child pornography. The renegade hacking collective - which has been criticised by law enforcement agencies in the US and the UK - shut down the largest host of such illegal material on the Web. ]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:09:22 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/anonymous-hackers-performs-vigilante-attack-on-online-child-porn-hub/ http://www.wtfnews.org/religion/bishop-charged-with-not-reporting-child-porn/ Kansas City's Catholic bishop was charged Friday with not telling police about child pornography found on a priest's computer, making him the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic official indicted on a charge of failing to protect children. Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese Bishop Robert Finn, the first U.S. bishop criminally charged with sheltering an abusive clergyman, pleaded not guilty to one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child abuse. ]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:12:07 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/religion/bishop-charged-with-not-reporting-child-porn/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/sexting-teens-charged-with-child-porn-laws/ HUNDREDS of teenagers have been charged over producing or distributing child pornography amid growing concern that "sexting" has reached epidemic levels. In the past three years, more than 450 child pornography charges have been laid against youths between the ages of 10 and 17, including 113 charges of "making child exploitation material". ]]> Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:28:29 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/sexting-teens-charged-with-child-porn-laws/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/child-porn-concerns-over-nintendo-game-dead-or-alive-dimensions/ Nintendo's new handheald DS game (Dead or Alive: Dimensions) has come under fire for promoting looking up character's skirts within the game that is classified as PG in Australia. "The Federal Government has launched an investigation into Dead or Alive: Dimensions, which went on sale in Australia last week. It has already been taken off shelves in Europe for possibly breaking child pornography laws. The game, which depicts well-endowed 3D warriors de... ]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 20:33:07 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/child-porn-concerns-over-nintendo-game-dead-or-alive-dimensions/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/kiddie-porn-accidentally-submitted-for-funeral-tribute/ The thumb drive Josue Rivera, 38, gave a Bridgeport funeral director to play at a service was supposed to be a memorial slideshow of the person who had passed away. Instead, it contained dozens of images of child pornography, according to the U.S. Marshal Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force. ]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 07:50:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/kiddie-porn-accidentally-submitted-for-funeral-tribute/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-used-library-computer-for-child-porn/ A MAN who allegedly used a public library computer to download and distribute child pornography has been charged, police say. The 21-year-old went to the Rouse Hill library three times within a week and allegedly accessed child abuse images via internet chatrooms. On his second visit, police said he viewed, downloaded and distributed the images, and on another occasion he allegedly traded in child porn. Investigators swooped on the man's house, in the... ]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:59:50 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-used-library-computer-for-child-porn/