http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=6923379&page=1
ABC News: Feds Seek Child Porn Suspect 'John Doe #17'
DOJ Trying to Identify Man Shown in Video Allegedly Sexually Abusing a Young Girl
By THERESA COOK and JASON RYAN
Feb. 20, 2009
(Photo Courtesy DOJ)
Members of the public with information about this case should contact their local FBI field office or call FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. at 202~324~3000.
Tips can also be submitted via the FBI's Web site, https://tips.fbi.gov/
A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted a man known only as "John Doe #17" on child pornography charges, and the Justice Department has released photos of the suspect in an attempt to identify him.
John Doe child porn indictment...
A federal grand jury has indicted a suspect only known as "John Doe 17" for allegedly transporting child pornography via the Internet.
The Justice Department has released photos of the man, whom investigators described as white with curly brown hair, weighing approximately 210 to 250 pounds, in an attempt to identify him.
The indictment charges that on or about May 5, 2007, "John Doe #17," described as "a white male, approximately 210-250 pounds, with curly brown hair" and appearing in images accompanying the documents, "did knowingly transport and ship in interstate and foreign commerce, specifically by means of a computer, child pornography."
The indictment, announced today, refers to a video file named "DV Out Tear - 02[177432]," which "contain[s] visual depictions of a pre-pubescent female posed nude and exposing her genitalia."
"We are confident if a relative or friend sees this picture of 'John Doe #17,' they may recognize him, and we're hoping the local police will contact federal authorities, then we'll be able to prosecute" the suspect, said U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein.
"Besides the traditional news media, if we get these pictures out on the Internet, someone may know the suspect and help identify him."
The Justice Department said the case stemmed from the investigation into a global child porn operation. A user of the service uploaded "two videos of a perpetrator, John Doe #17, engaged in the sexual exploitation of a pre-pubescent female," a department statement said.
Analysts were able to isolate images of the suspect's profile without showing the identity of the alleged victim.
Under the Justice Department's Endangered Child Alert Program, officials can open a case and begin to initiate a criminal investigation upon the discovery of a child pornography image.
John Doe #17 is the 12th suspect to be prosecuted as a result of the program's efforts.
If authorities are able to convict the suspect, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years upon conviction.
U.S. and international law enforcement agencies have used a similar approach to identify child pornography and child sex abuse suspects in the past.
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Suspect Images Released, Cases Already Cracked
Federal agents arrested Wayne Nelson Corliss in May at his apartment in New Jersey after a global manhunt.
Interpol had released cropped images of Corliss taken from a series of photos that showed him engaged in sexually explicit conduct with young boys in Southeast Asia. Tips from individuals in the United States confirmed his identity and led to his arrest.
Corliss pleaded guilty to child pornography and related charges in October and is due to be sentenced later this year.
In another case, authorities released an image in 2007 of a man who had originally been distorted with a swirl to conceal his identity. But technicians were able to unscramble it.
Authorities said they had obtained videos and photos showing the man sexually abusing young boys.
After a global appeal, officials were able to identify the man as Christopher Paul Neil, a Canadian who had worked as a school teacher who taught in several Asian countries.
A Thai court convicted him of sexual abuse and related charges. He is serving a prison sentence in that country.
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Anne
Here in my town we just had a twenty yr old mentally challenged woman that left town with a pedophile too and I think they were just caught yesterday in Missouri at a routine motor violation. Her mother went on to say that she met him at program here in town that offers programs for the Mentally Challenged...which I found sad in itself. Her mother described her with the mentality if a 4-18 yrs old in the mind....also explained to this young daughter of hers that this same man had violated her cousin and her mother said through her bad judgment choices she continued to be friends with this man.....now here is my question....
ReplyDeleteyou know all of this....and you still allow your daughter that by your description to still go there and not alert the proper people of this?
http://www.ncnewsonline.com/local/local_story_051083056.html
JUst sickening. Hopefully someone will speak up!
ReplyDeleteI would be willing to bet this predator has a criminal record already. You just can't reach this level of sick behavior without having run afoul of the law before. Law and decency prohibits tatooing a big "P" on their foreheads, but one can dream.
ReplyDeleteand if I see the creep I will happily deal with him...then let the authorities deal with him
ReplyDeleteI know what I would like to do to anyone who does this to a child. I would castrate them both surgically and medically! And the surgical part would be WITHOUT the benefit of anesthesia or a pain killer. These things ruin children for their entire lifetime. Some learn to cope in life but many do not.
ReplyDeleteThese people must be wired wrong in their brains! They are predators and should be dealt with accordingly.