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Registered sex offender in Arlington back in jail facing child porn charge

An Arlington man is in federal custody, accused of sharing online pornography involving female infants and toddlers, according to online court records.

Barry Robert Turner, 42, is a registered sex offender (shown here), having served two years in prison on a 2005 conviction in Tarrant County for indecency with a child by sexual contact.

But FBI agents now believe Turner on Dec. 11, shared by email a one-minute video of a man having sex with a toddler.

-- Bill Miller

Grapevine choir teacher pleads guilty to distributing child pornography

A former choir teacher at a Grapevine middle school on Thursday admitted in federal court to distributing child pornography, federal authorities said.

Daniel Oberlender, 45, will be sentenced in June, the authorities said.

According to documents filed in the case, Oberlender used his Apple Macbook computer to connect to the Internet and used Skype software to share a video file depicting a minor engaged in sexual conduct.

Alex Branch has more in this report.

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Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/01/25/4575488/former-grapevine-choir-director.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/01/25/4575488/former-grapevine-choir-director.html#storylink=cpy

Two Arlington men headed to prison for separate cases of child pornography

A North Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a child pornography case linked to his laptop computer seized at a California airport, according to The Associated Press.

Prosecutors say 47-year-old Todd M. Fowler of Arlington was sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge in Fort Worth. Fowler in May pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography using file-sharing software.

Authorities on May 28, 2011, carried out a search warrant at Fowler's residence while he flew home from a trip to Hong Kong.

A stopover at San Francisco International Airport led customs agents to seize his computer. Prosecutors say the laptop had been used to download hundreds of child pornography images.

There is more information in this news release from the U.S. Attorney's office. It includes information about another Arlington man, Michael Borah, 37, who also was convicted in a separate child pornography case.

 

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/14/4412184/north-texas-man-gets-10-years.html#storylink=cpy

Fort Worth man draws 20-year sentence for child pornography

A Fort Worth man has received the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of receiving child pornography, according to a new release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. U.S. District Judge John McBryde also ordered lifetime supervision for Christopher T. King, 34, after his release from federal prison. King admitted to using the Internet to search for child pornography. The Fort Worth police department and federal agencies investigated the case.  

Fort Worth man sentenced on child pornography conviction

A Fort Worth man found to have more than 2,500 images of child pornography on his computers has been sentenced to almost 12 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, the Justice Department has announced. Louis E. Gray, 40, has pleaded guilty in July to one count of possessing child pornography. In sentencing Gray, U.S. District Judge John McBryde imposed a 141-month sentence, exceeding the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. The investigation began after a detective with the Orange County, Texas, sheriff's office investigating people who swap child pornography found Gray's IP address. A special agent with Homeland Security went to Gray's home with a search warrant and discovered the pornography involving pre-teens, court documents show.       

Navy command master chief accused of child pornography

The senior enlisted adviser for the Joint Task Force North at Fort Bliss was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into child pornography, NavyTimes has reported. Command Master Chief Robert Edward Cuff, a 28-year Navy veteran, has been charged with engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, conspiracy to advertise the distribution of online child pornography and conspiracy to distribute pornography, according an indictment. NavyTimes reports that Cuff is accused of being a member of an online bulletin board, Dreamboard, that encourages the sexual abuse of young children. 

Former Saginaw man prison-bound on child pornography charges

Saginaw police investigating a possible sexual assault of a child last year obtained a search warrant for the computer of a 34-year-old man and found numerous images of child pornography and two videos. The man, Matthew Merideth, told the Justice Department he was attempting to hunt down people preying on children. Monday, Merideth was sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a two-count indictment, an Amarillo station reported. 

Canadian gets 25 years for operating brothel for pedophiles

A federal judge in New Jersey has sentenced a Canadian man to 25 years in prison for running a brothel for pedophiles in Thailand.

John Wrenshall pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to engage in sex tourism and to the production and distribution of child pornography. Children as young as 4 were depicted, the Associated Press reported.

-- Lance Murray

Ex-legislator who fought child porn, sentenced for viewing it

In a case of irony, a former lawmaker who championed legislation fighting child pornography in New Jersey hase been sentenced to a five-year term for viewing nude images of underage girls.

The onetime legislator, Neil Cohen, 59, will serve the term either in prison or a mental hospital, the Associated Press reported.

Cohen's lawyer said his client suffers from several mental issues and is suicidal, the AP reported. He's been in the hospital for several months, the AP reported.

-- Lance Murray

Police: Teacher may have victimized up to 70 kids in child porn

A teacher at an El Paso high school has been arrested on charges that he made and possessed child pornography and police say they've identified 65 to 70 children who may have been victimized by the man, the El Paso Times reported.

Marco Alferez, 34, was a teacher at Irvin High School.

Among the 98 videos found on his computer were some that showed children as young as elementary school age exposing their genitals and others allegedly show Alferez having sex with minors, the newspaper reported.

-- Lance Murray