A former software engineer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for carrying out the “largest data breach” of classified materials in the agency’s history. He also faced charges related to child abuse imagery, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Joshua Schulte, a 35-year-old former CIA programmer, was […]
A New Jersey councilman and his son, both of whom are also school teachers, have been released from jail and are now on house arrest after police discovered thousands of images of child pornography in their shared home. Jeffrey Grossman, 65, and Steven Grossman, 24, appeared in the state Superior Court in Hackensack on Oct. […]
CHICAGO—R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those simultaneously with a separate 30-year sentence on racketeering and sex trafficking convictions. The sentence means Kelly could leave prison alive, when he’s about 80. Prosecutors had asked […]
CHICAGO—R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Wednesday on multiple charges of child pornography and luring underage girls to have sex with him but not guilty of obstructing a 2008 state case that ended with his acquittal. In his latest trial, Kelly—whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly—was found guilty by a jury on […]
A Des Moines survivalist who allegedly faked his own death and fled the state to avoid trial on alleged child pornography charges is back in custody, according to a statement from the US Marshals in the Southern District of Iowa. US Marshals found and arrested 28-year-old Jacob Greer in Spanaway, Washington, on Monday. He had […]
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee on March 22 refused to define what a woman is or say whether she agreed that punishments for possessing or distributing child pornography should be strengthened. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked during day 2 of her confirmation hearings whether she could provide a definition of the word “woman.” […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday to investigate criminal activity involving the availability of pornography in the state’s public schools, saying the agency should refer such instances “for prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.” In a letter to Morath, the governor noted recent reports that Texas students have been […]
