Friday, June 8, 2012

Feds: Worldwide Child Porn Ring - Of Nepiophiles

I came across this information while researching for this blog. Yesterday the US Department of Justice put out the following press release http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/June/12-crm-729.html
I have cut and pasted it below. This was a nepiophile ring. A nepiophile is an adult who is sexually attracted to children from 0-5 years. The research I have done on this type of paraphilia is that it is very rare. Nepiophilia is also known as infantophilia. So to have an international organized ring of nephiopiles is almost unheard of. The main person who made and distributed this child sexual abuse media is David Bostic:
Bostic was arrested Nov. 17, 2010, and pleaded guilty to multiple charges in June 2011.  He was sentenced on Nov. 22, 2011, to 315 years in prison, one of the longest sentences in Southern District of Indiana.
There have been a total of nine nepiophiles prosecuted as part of this ring so far. With over 20 nepiophiles who have been arrested. I tried to find individual stories on each of the 9 nepiophiles and they are all grouped together in articles. Several have just gone ahead and plead guilty. The good news is that at least 12 children have been found and are now safe. This is always good news. A lot of the time the children in child sexual abuse media are not found. Pedophilia is bad enough but people who are attracted to infants and toddlers makes my head hurt trying to comprehend how someone could find them sexually attractive. To me this is deviance at its finest.

One of the things that pedophiles claim is that they have "consentual" sexual relationships with children. Which is impossible because children under the age of consent can not consent to a sexual relationship period. That's why there are age of consent laws. I don't know how they would be able to qualify consentual with an infant. I did come across one definition of nepiophilia that stated it is a loving relationship between an adult and infant. Barf, Barf, Barf. Gag, Gag, Gag. The level of depravity that a person has to be at to allow themselves to give into their unnatural attraction must be astounding. Of course they would seek solace with others with the same depravity. And the scary thing is they all think it is natural.

Agencies like B4U-ACT who are part of the movement to normalize pedophilia. Believe that pedophilia is a sexual orientation and not a mental illness. So they wouldn't see anything wrong with this. I am grateful that these child sexual predators have been caught and that children are a little safer for it. I also pray that those 12 children who were rescued are receiving the best mental health services they can. Adults who purposely do things, especially sexual things to children make me so mad I can spit. They don't seem to care the level of harm they have caused. Or realize the depth of what they did and it's impact on a child. They set the next generation up to suffer and the cycles goes on and on. I for one would love to be part of ending this cycle. Not through force, or crimes but through education. The more people who are aware of this and care about it, the easier it will be to bring it out into the open. Then dialog can occur which I hope would lead to children being safer. Children shouldn't have to worry about people harming them. A child only gets one childhood and the better childhoods children experience the healthier, mentally, emotionally and physically adults they become. And that is what will break this cycle. Rosie

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Four More Defendants Plead Guilty in Indiana to Participating in International Child Pornography Distribution Ring
A Total of Nine Defendants Prosecuted in Indiana to Date as a Result of “Operation Bulldog”
WASHINGTON – Four men have pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Indiana for their participation in an international child pornography distribution ring, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today. 
The guilty pleas were entered yesterday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis and are the result of “Operation Bulldog,” a multi-jurisdictional effort to dismantle and prosecute the members of the international child pornography distribution ring.  A total of nine defendants have been prosecuted in the Southern District of Indiana for their participation in the group. 
 

“This operation uncovered a dangerous and depraved group of criminals who were devoted to trading sexually explicit images of children under the age of five,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer.  “As a result of our investigation and prosecution, seven members of the group – including three of the four men who pleaded guilty yesterday – are now serving lengthy prison terms, and two others are awaiting sentencing.  Child pornography rings pose a threat to children around the world, and we will continue to aggressively pursue those who participate in such groups.”

 “I applaud the work of the investigators and prosecutors on this case, who took a search warrant in Bloomington and successfully brought to justice defendants from all over the world,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Minkler.  “More importantly, as a result of this 18 month operation, more than two dozen children here in Indiana and across the globe have been rescued from their tormentors.”
Shaun Kuykendall, 32, of South Carolina; Richard Szulborski, 21, of Pennsylvania; Javahn Algere, 23, of Louisiana; and Jeremy Labrec, 22, of Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.  In addition, Kuykendall was sentenced to 25 years in prison, Szulborski was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Algere was sentenced to 12 years in prison.  Labrec will be sentenced at a later date.
On Nov. 17, 2010, the FBI and state and local law enforcement partners executed a federal search warrant at David Bostic’s residence in Bloomington, Ind.  Investigators determined that Bostic, 26, possessed hundreds of images and videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit acts, and that he had actively distributed this child pornography to other individuals through various means.  According to court documents, investigators also discovered that Bostic had produced child pornography on multiple occasions over the previous two years, creating sexually explicit images of four minor females, all of whom were between the ages of two months and three years, as well as a minor male who was four years old.  Evidence gathered at the scene demonstrated that Bostic had distributed the images of child pornography he produced to multiple individuals.
Bostic was arrested Nov. 17, 2010, and pleaded guilty to multiple charges in June 2011.  He was sentenced on Nov. 22, 2011, to 315 years in prison, one of the longest sentences in Southern District of Indiana.
Following Bostic’s arrest, a review of the evidence determined that Bostic was a member of a large group of individuals trading sexually explicit images of children, primarily focused on child pornography depicting children under five years of age.
According to court documents, some of the images produced by Bostic depicting Indiana children were distributed among the members of the group.  Within days of Bostic’s arrest, Operation Bulldog was launched to identify and apprehend the members of the group.  Since then, more than 20 members of the group have been apprehended in the United States and abroad. WASHINGTON – Four men have pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Indiana for their participation in an international child pornography distribution ring, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today.
The guilty pleas were entered yesterday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis and are the result of “Operation Bulldog,” a multi-jurisdictional effort to dismantle and prosecute the members of the international child pornography distribution ring.  A total of nine defendants have been prosecuted in the Southern District of Indiana for their participation in the group. 

“This operation uncovered a dangerous and depraved group of criminals who were devoted to trading sexually explicit images of children under the age of five,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer.  “As a result of our investigation and prosecution, seven members of the group – including three of the four men who pleaded guilty yesterday – are now serving lengthy prison terms, and two others are awaiting sentencing.  Child pornography rings pose a threat to children around the world, and we will continue to aggressively pursue those who participate in such groups.”
“I applaud the work of the investigators and prosecutors on this case, who took a search warrant in Bloomington and successfully brought to justice defendants from all over the world,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Minkler.  “More importantly, as a result of this 18 month operation, more than two dozen children here in Indiana and across the globe have been rescued from their tormentors.”
Shaun Kuykendall, 32, of South Carolina; Richard Szulborski, 21, of Pennsylvania; Javahn Algere, 23, of Louisiana; and Jeremy Labrec, 22, of Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.  In addition, Kuykendall was sentenced to 25 years in prison, Szulborski was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Algere was sentenced to 12 years in prison.  Labrec will be sentenced at a later date.
On Nov. 17, 2010, the FBI and state and local law enforcement partners executed a federal search warrant at David Bostic’s residence in Bloomington, Ind.  Investigators determined that Bostic, 26, possessed hundreds of images and videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit acts, and that he had actively distributed this child pornography to other individuals through various means.  According to court documents, investigators also discovered that Bostic had produced child pornography on multiple occasions over the previous two years, creating sexually explicit images of four minor females, all of whom were between the ages of two months and three years, as well as a minor male who was four years old.  Evidence gathered at the scene demonstrated that Bostic had distributed the images of child pornography he produced to multiple individuals.
Bostic was arrested Nov. 17, 2010, and pleaded guilty to multiple charges in June 2011.  He was sentenced on Nov. 22, 2011, to 315 years in prison, one of the longest sentences in Southern District of Indiana.
Following Bostic’s arrest, a review of the evidence determined that Bostic was a member of a large group of individuals trading sexually explicit images of children, primarily focused on child pornography depicting children under five years of age.
According to court documents, some of the images produced by Bostic depicting Indiana children were distributed among the members of the group.  Within days of Bostic’s arrest, Operation Bulldog was launched to identify and apprehend the members of the group.  Since then, more than 20 members of the group have been apprehended in the United States and abroad.
In addition to Bostic, Kuykendall, Szulborski, Algere and Labrec, the following defendants have pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Indiana: Danny L. Druck, 58, of Kentucky; Chris Reid, 37, of Michigan; Todd King, 41, of California.  Reid was sentenced to 35 years in prison and Druck and King were each sentenced to eight years in prison.  A plea agreement for another charged defendant, Nicholas King, 28, of Washington, has been filed in the Southern District of Indiana.

Additional defendants were identified in the course of this investigation and have been referred to federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in other districts across the country and around the world, including Sweden, Serbia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

A total of more than two dozen children have been rescued as a result of Operation Bulldog.  Efforts to identify additional defendants and victims in the United States and abroad are active and ongoing.

This case was investigated by the FBI, with local assistance from the Indiana State Police, the Kokomo, Ind., Police Department and the Brownsburg, Ind., Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney A. Brant Cook of the Southern District of Indiana and Trial Attorney Michael Grant of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

The defendants sentenced were ordered to register as sex offenders and were sentenced to supervised release at the end of their prison term. 

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.  Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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