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"CNN Breaking News" <BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com>
06/08/2012 10:24 AM

Eighteen child predator victims rescued, 190 suspects arrested during monthlong, nationwide ICE operation.


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Where is this? Anybody know?
 
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"CNN Breaking News" <BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com>
06/08/2012 10:24 AM

Eighteen child predator victims rescued, 190 suspects arrested during monthlong, nationwide ICE operation.


:what:

Where is this? Anybody know?
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nationwide ICE ... so the U.S.
 
~n/t~ said:
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"CNN Breaking News" <BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com>
06/08/2012 10:24 AM

Eighteen child predator victims rescued, 190 suspects arrested during monthlong, nationwide ICE operation.


:what:

Where is this? Anybody know?
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WASHINGTON — One hundred and ninety individuals were arrested and 18 victims identified and rescued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents during a month-long, nationwide operation targeting individuals who possessed, received, transported, distributed, advertised or produced images or videos of child *advertiser censored*.
"With the advent of summer vacation, children may have more time and access to the Internet, making this a good time to talk to them about online dangers. Many of the child exploitation cases under Operation Orion began with a child or teen chatting with someone he or she met online," said ICE Director John Morton. "Let this operation be a warning to anyone who would think they can use the Internet to exploit children: we are out there looking for you, we will find you, and you will be prosecuted."
Operation Orion took place May 1 to 31. Arrests were made by HSI special agents and partner law enforcement agencies. The majority of arrests were made throughout the United States, but also included arrests in Spain, the Philippines, Argentina and the United Kingdom.
Those arrested included:
Andrew Hallock, 28, of Sebastian, Fla., arrested May 2 in Sebastian for possession of child *advertiser censored* and illegal sexual enticement of a 15-year-old victim he met online.
Cedric Conner, 35, of Lafayette, La., arrested May 4 in Lafayette for production of child *advertiser censored* based on his sexual assault of a 7-year-old victim, whom Conner babysat.
Joshua Stewart, 23, of Rochester, N.Y., arrested in Rochester May 4 for coercion and enticement of a minor via the Internet, which began as "sexting" with the 13-year-old.
Andrew McKee, 35, of Oklahoma City, Okla., arrested in Garland, Texas, May 9 for coercion and enticement of a minor via the Internet. McKee met the 14-year-old victim on a social networking site and continued to harass the victim via texts, offering money in exchange for sex.
Thomas Wright, 54, of Bangor, Mich., arrested May 16 at his residence in Bangor on an outstanding federal arrest warrant for manufacturing and possessing child *advertiser censored*. Wright allegedly persuaded an underage boy to participate with him in illegal sexual conduct while he photographed the encounters. Wright also secretly videotaped the boy involved in other sexual activity. Wright later transported the images from his home in Michigan to Florida.
Michael Wojcik, 28, of Warren, Mich., arrested May 18. Wojcik turned himself in to HSI Detroit after being charged in a criminal complaint for receipt and possession of child *advertiser censored*. A search warrant executed at his home revealed more than 1,200 images and 109 videos of suspected child *advertiser censored* on computers and media storage devices.
Operation Orion was overseen by HSI's Child Exploitation Investigations Unit in Washington.
Last fiscal year, HSI initiated more than 3,000 cases into child exploitation and made 1,455 arrests. In that same year, the HSI Computer Forensics Program examined the equivalent of 16.5 million filing cabinets of data related to child exploitation cases.
The Child Exploitation Investigations Unit investigates the trans-border, large-scale production and distribution of images of child abuse, as well as individuals who travel abroad to engage in sex with minors. The unit employs the latest technology to collect evidence and track the activities of individuals and organized groups who sexually exploit children through the use of websites, chat rooms, newsgroups and peer-to-peer trading. These investigative activities are organized under Operation Predator, a program managed by the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit.
Operation Predator is a nationwide HSI initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders and child sex traffickers. HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators.
http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1206/120608washingtondc.htm
 
Good job! I hope they catch tons more of these sick people!
 
Awesome news!! Were any of these children missing? I have to read up on this case but this give me hope !!

Get these monsters off our streets!! :rocker:
 
WOW!!!

This is such great news!! The arrests make me so happy!

GB these victims and thank you, God!

Thanks, ~n/t~!
 
It puts a surge of hope in my soul to read this wonderful news!

Great job and a big thank you to all LE that worked so hard to save these children.

Heros, every last one of them.
 
This is the best news I have heard in a long time. 190 less people out there to harm children. I wish a dealth penalty for child rapists, as they should not exist and as long as we keep them alive they will exist. but that's just me.
 
I hope the victims get the help they need. This makes me so angry. To hurt a child and perpetuate the cycle of abuse.....it is hard to even express the awfulness of that. These perps really need to be kept off the streets and off the web for good. There is an extremely poor chance that they will ever change. : (
 
Halle-freaking-lujah! It's so good to hear news like this! I wonder if any of these spineless creatures will turn in others to get less time?
 
The month-long "Operation Orion" also resulted in 18 children being rescued, federal agents said.

Arrests were made mostly in the US but also took place in countries including Spain, Argentina, the UK and the Philippines.

The official in charge said many of the cases began with a child chatting with someone they had encountered online.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18377172


Please please please parents watch your children when online. :please:
 
Is this Mr. Thomas Wright the same one that owns the willow tree equestrian center in Bangor, Mi? That name/company keeps coming up, but I am not finding a middle initial or address he was arrested from.
 
I wish we could get all 190 predators on the tag line here. It might raise some victims for LE. :(
 
HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators.
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HSI= Homeland Security Investigations.

I have completed a tip form before...there is nothing to be nervous about.
 
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