Florida Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Sextortion and Cyberstalking

Christopher P. Gunn, 31, previously of Walton County, Florida, was indicted on multiple charges involving the online sextortion and cyberstalking of young girls ranging in age from 13 to 17 years old. The indictment was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

The federal indictment alleges that Gunn, who was recently arrested on related charges in Alabama, extorted images and videos of minor females in “various states of undress, naked, and engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” The indictment also charges that Gunn violated federal cyberstalking statutes by engaging these females online with the “intent to injure, harass, and cause substantial emotional distress.” The conduct with which Gunn is charged in the Northern District of Florida is alleged to have occurred between October 2009 and March 2011. In total, the indictment alleges that Gunn victimized 11 minor females who resided in various states throughout the nation.

Gunn is currently in custody in Montgomery, Alabama on a federal indictment that also charges him with the production and possession of child pornography. If convicted on all charges in the Florida indictment, Gunn faces over 50 years in federal prison.

This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David L. Goldberg. An indictment is merely a formal charge by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until the government proves their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to the satisfaction of a jury at trial.

California Man Sentenced to 300 Months in Prison for Production and Possession of Child Pornography

Edward Lee Sullivan, of Oakland, Calif., was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for production and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California.

Sullivan, 39, was found guilty on Feb. 25, 2011, of one count of producing and one count of possessing child pornography after a 13-day bench trial before U.S. District Court Judge D. Lowell Jensen of the Northern District of California.

Evidence presented at trial showed that during a two-week period in March 2008, Sullivan trained a 14 year-old girl to work for him as a child prostitute. During the course of those two weeks, Sullivan produced numerous photographs and videos of the minor, which documented the steps Sullivan took to prepare the girl to work as a prostitute and as an actress in pornographic movies. According to trial evidence, Sullivan filmed at least one pornographic video of the minor, which depicted Sullivan instructing the minor as she performed oral sex on him. At the time Sullivan committed these crimes, he was on parole following a 2002 state conviction for pimping and sexual conduct with a 14 year-old girl.

Sullivan also was sentenced on March 23, 2012, to lifetime supervised release following the completion of his prison term.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew S. Huang and Maureen C. Bessette of the Northern District of California and Trial Attorney Alecia Riewerts Wolak of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. The investigation was conducted by the FBI; the Berkeley, Calif., Police Department; and the Oakland Police Department.

Texas Teacher is Accused of Having Sex with 2 Teenage Boys

Holly Lopez, a 32-year-old special education teacher at Lexington Middle School in Lee County, Texas, is accused of having sex with an eighth-grade student and his friend on February 11. The boys are 13 and 14 years old.

In the affidavit, Lopez exchanged about 841 text messages with one of the boys between January 18th and February 11th and another 292 messages between February 11th and February 20th.

The student told police that Lopez regularly helped him with his math. Over the school year, their relationship became inappropriate.

According to the student, Lopez, on the night of the incident, came over to his friend's house with condoms and had sex with both of them.

Lopez's bail is set at $50,000 for each charge. Lopez has resigned her position at the school.

California Middle School Teacher is Placed on Leave After Student Finds Teacher's Porn Past

A 31-year-old science teacher, Stacie Halas, at Richard B. Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard, California, was placed on administrative leave 3 days after students had found X-rated video clips of their teacher.

Several video clips were on adult-only websites.

LA School Teacher Charged with Molesting 23 Children

61-year-old Mark Berndt was arrested on Monday and remains in jail on a $2.3 million bond. He has been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ranging in age from 6-10 years old.

The investigation began when a film processor turned over 40 photos depicting children with their mouths taped shut. The acts were committed over a period of time from 2008 to 2010. Berndt worked for the Miramonte Elementary School in south Los Angeles.

Woman Tries to Offer Sex with Her and Her Daughter for $25

In Southgate, Michigan, the owner of DaSilva's Pawn shop had an unusual proposition regarding a $25 payment on a notebook computer. A woman not only offered herself but also her young daughter to perform a sex act with a clerk in order to pay for a pawned notebook computer.

The owner of the pawn shop called police and protective services after the clerk refused. The woman and her daughter were caught on surveillance footage. According to the clerk, the daughter, after her made the offer to the clerk, said, "just you, mom. Not me."

NJ Teacher Accused of Having Sexual Affair with 16-Year Old Female Student

Kyle Daniw, a 32-year-old history teacher and basketball and track coach at Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls, NJ, faces charges after allegedly having a sexual affair with a 16-year-old female student.

According to investigators, Daniw met the female student when she was a freshman and allegedly had an affair with her the following year.

Amarillo School Teacher Accused of Having Sex with 15-Year-Old Boy

Julie Ann Moore, a 34-year-old Sanborn Elementary School third-grade teacher, was released on bond Tuesday after turning herself in on a charge she had sex with a 15-year-old at an Amarillo High football game this fall. The Amarillo Independent School District placed Moore on paid leave shortly after authorities last month seized her iPhone.

Moore could face punishment for sexual assault of a child which is a second-degree felony punishable by two to twenty years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

According to the police, an investigation was launched last November after Moore was seen by a Texas ranger acting suspiciously with a young boy at an Amarillo High School football game.

Investigators said that Moore invited the boy to her car during the game's half-time show and showed him a box of condoms in the car's center console.

Moore then allegedly drove the boy to a nearby apartment complex parking lot where the two had sex in the back seat of her car. The pair then returned to the school in time to watch the second half of the football game.

The student told police that he and Moore had exchanged dozens of sexually explicit text messages and inevitably had sex on three separate occasions.

His parents voluntarily surrendered the boy's cell phone and two computers to police for forensic analysis.

Although the arrest report centers on one victim who Moore allegedly had sex with, investigators listed three 15-year-old boys Moore was allegedly sexting with.

In November, Texas Rangers served a search warrant at Moore's home, seizing several electronic devices including a laptop computer, USB flash drives and an AT&T SIM card.

Cain: Family Comes First

Herman Cain is talking with his family about his campaign and whether or not he should stay in the race.

Ginger White, the latest woman to come out, was on ABC's "Good Morning, America" to tell her story again. She said that she was disappointed by Cain's characterization of her. She went on to say that her relationship with Cain was "a very casual affair". Cain would take her on trips and give her gifts and money. She claimed that the money was not for sex.

Cain said that he should have an final answer regarding his campaign in one week.