Category: Sex Crimes
A CBS News report recently talked about the dilemma facing law enforcement agencies in regard to the ever increasing number of sex offenders. That is, with the number of registered sex offenders now teetering around 716,000, representative of a 78% increase since 2001 according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, it is becoming more and more difficult for law enforcement to keep a watchful eye over parolees that still may represent a high risk at repeat offending. The article mentions one such offender, released from prison on parole, who in a matter of months was once again… Read More
Los Angeles local ABC affiliate KABC-TV, channel 7, reported that Covina police recently arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of child molestation. According to the report, the man has been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy that he met on the popular social networking site, MySpace. Supposedly, the man and teenager arranged a real life meeting with each other, and the incident of sexual assault took place at that meeting. While police continue to investigate this case, they are still looking for other possible victims that the man may have had similar interactions with. In many sex crimes, physical… Read More
According to the Los Angeles Times, film director Roman Polanski will be extradited to the United States so that he may face child-sex charges dating back to 1978. Polanksi is currently being held by Swiss officials, and is fighting the extradition. Based on correspondence sent between the two countries, extradition seems likely at this point. Reportedly, U.S. officials were tipped off by the Swiss federal office of justice that Polanski would be entering Switzerland to attend the Zurich film festival. He was then arrested as he stepped off an airplane at a Swiss airport. In 1978, Polanski was accused of… Read More
Los Angeles authorities have used DNA samples to identify three auto burglary suspects, according to an article. Police have taken one man into custody for the burglary in Los Angeles and are searching for the other two. Blood left on a door handle identified one of the individuals to his car theft. His DNA was a match for a car burglar who smashed the window of a sports car parked near 4th and Hill streets in 2007 and removed cash. In another case, blood found on a paper bag left by a car burglar in 2008 was collected and placed… Read More
A 29 year old El Monte man, who disclosed on his application to the highway patrol that he had viewed pornography on his computer, was arrested and charged with suspicion of committing lewd acts with a minor, according to a published LA Times report. The disclosure on his application spurred an investigation by CHP officials, working in conjunction with the FBI on a multiagency task force. Hernandez also admitted having viewed illicit photos of a minor within a month of filling out the application, a disclosure that probably had more to do with the full blow investigation then his admission… Read More
The latimes.com website reported in a story on June 13, 2009 that Christian Hernandez, 29, from El Monte, had been arrested for possessing child pornography. Laura Eimiller, FBI spokeswoman stated Hernandez divulged on his application to the CHP that he had viewed illegal porn on the internet, which led to a multiagency investigation. He acknowledged he had viewed child porn of a minor within a month of filling out his application. Investigators with the CHP carried out a consent search of Hernandez’s home and found child pornography on a computer he was using which included sexually explicit photos of a… Read More
The website hbindependent.com reported in a story on April 9, that a former Talbert teacher Daniel Axtell, 38, of Santa Ana pled guilty in December 2008 to six counts of lewd acts in California, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object and one count of first-degree burglary. The acts took place in 2005 but the girl did not report Axtell until 2007. Authorities reported that Axtell had made friends with the student who then talked about her family and personal problems with him. Axtell gained the girl’s family trust by mentoring her and attending family events. The girl… Read More
According to an article article on March 11, 2009 that Robert Zicari, 35 and wife Janet Romano, 32 pled guilty to distributing videos showing deviant sexual conduct in a federal court in Pittsburgh. The couple had been in a court battle for more than six years. They were fighting whether the First Amendment protected such videos that show lewd acts. Some scenes in question are those depicting simulated rape. Zicari and Romano still will contest the government’s claim that for sentencing purposes the videos should be considered sadistic or masochistic. Whether you have been charged with a sex crime in… Read More
Orange County Music Teacher Accused of Lewd Acts with Student Carlie Rose Attebury, 29, a Orange County high school music teacher has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in sexual conduct with a male student. According to an article in The Orange County Register, police arrested Attebury on October 13, 2008 and charged her withlewd acts with a minor in Orange County. The teacher has reportedly been placed on administrative leave pending the police investigation. Sex crime charges can have serious repercussions in the life of an individual especially when he or she is a person of authority in the… Read More
Torrance High School Coach Pleads Guilty to Molesting Students Barry Sacks, a former Peninsula High School coach in Torrance, pleaded guilty on October 27, 2008 to two counts of child molestation in Torrance. According to an article in the Daily Breeze, the 49-year-old Sacks was sentenced to 60 days in jail. He must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, serve 30 says of community service on a Caltrans work crew and remain on probation for five years. In addition, he must also undergo 52 weeks of sex offender counseling. This plea bargain got seven… Read More
