25 articles tagged “CSAM”
A 42-year-old registered predatory offender with prior criminal sexual conduct convictions was charged with possessing child sexual abuse material after a tip from Google flagged images uploaded to his account.
A 29-year-old Minneapolis man and registered predatory offender has been charged after investigators found 762 files of child sexual abuse material on his electronic devices, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County.
An 18-year-old from Monticello who was already under court-ordered restrictions for his phone and computer is now accused of storing child sexual abuse material on his school-issued laptop.
The investigation began Feb. 13 after police were contacted by a Best Buy supervisor who reported an employee discovered illegal material while remotely assisting a customer with a device issue.
Anthony Crowley pleaded guilty in September to one count of distribution of child sexual abuse material, and two counts of possession of abuse material were dismissed.
Damien William Quinn, who also used the name Ryan William Shattuck, is accused of posing online as a teenager to solicit and obtain sexually explicit images and videos from victims.
A summons was filed for 21-year-old John Dean McClain following a months-long review of CyberTips and device data, according to a Hennepin County complaint filed last week.
According to Dakota County court filings, prosecutors charged Teodros Raymond Pluntz in two separate cases that investigators say began on social media and continued in person.
35-year-old Preston Casey Palmer admitted to six felony counts involving solicitation of a child through electronic communication and distribution of sexual material to a minor.
Wagner is charged with a felony for solicitation of a child through electronic communication and a felony for engaging in electronic communication relating or describing sexual conduct with a child.
According to court records, 42-year-old Jeremy Francis Plonski pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one count each of production and distribution of child pornography.
Investigators discovered the suspect had been working with children as a ski coach and used Adobe Photoshop to digitally alter photos of them. Authorities say he morphed the children’s faces onto explicit images of child sexual abuse.
