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Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: sharon on October 17, 2006, 01:04:40 PM
(I didn't know where to put this. Klaas -- no hurt feelings for me if you move it)


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Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video

By Pedro Ruz Gutierrez
Orlando Sentinel
Posted October 17 2006, 10:20 AM EDT
 
An Orange County man was arrested on child-pornography charges after federal agents uncovered videos of him and his 15-month-old daughter, authorities said.

The man, whose name is being withheld by the Orlando Sentinel to protect the girl's identity, was ordered held without bail Monday at his initial appearance in Orlando federal court.
 
An undercover Internet sting led to the arrest. The man chatted online with a Tennessee-based FBI agent posing as a 13-year-old girl last month, court records show.

Agents with the Innocent Images Task Force in Central Florida interviewed and arrested the man Sunday. The task force includes a Seminole County sheriff's detective and a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent.

The man "admitted to producing three videos of himself and his daughter engaged in sexual activity," FBI agent Keith Scott wrote in a charging affidavit. The suspect also "admitted to transmitting these videos to multiple individuals over the Internet."

According to Scott:

On Sept. 19, FBI agent Michael Spearman in Memphis, Tenn., chatted online with someone using Yahoo screen name "smoker p."

Reviewing that user's profile, Spearman found "references to trading pictures and videos of 'smoker p' and his daughter 'having fun.' "

On Sept. 27, Spearman -- again posing as a 13-year-old girl -- received two digital movies from "smoker p" that involved sexual activity between "an adult male" and a "female toddler."

Internet subscriber and user records kept by Yahoo, BellSouth and Level 3 Communications later linked the Yahoo screen name to the father's address at an apartment complex off Semoran Boulevard.

Agents showed the e-mailed video files to the girl's mother, who identified the child. The girl remains with her mother, who is not suspected of any wrongdoing, agents said.

The girl's father is being held without bail at the Seminole County Jail in Sanford. He was assigned an assistant federal public defender Monday.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: nonesuche on October 17, 2006, 04:13:01 PM
this is so disgusting and discouraging, I'm speechless ! :cry:


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: sharon on October 17, 2006, 04:31:58 PM
I agree :(

Just when I think I've heard it all...... :cry:  :cry:


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: justinsmama on October 17, 2006, 04:43:57 PM
Yup. just reading the title of the thread made me think "How can one respond to such a thing?" Too bad there is not life without parole for this.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: pdh3 on October 18, 2006, 10:56:07 AM
Was there always this much disconnection between parents and children?
I know child sexual abuse is nothing new, and I know parents have been involved in sexually abusing their children for probably thousands of years. But it seems to be an almost common occurence now, and so many parents seem to have no ability to put their kids first, and show them real parental love and protection. We are hearing about this kind of thing daily. It is so appalling and disturbing to think that someone would use his own baby in this way. I am sickened by it.
What is wrong with our world? Is it just being reported more often, when it was hidden before, or are people just more evil now?


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: sharon on October 18, 2006, 11:27:43 AM
I agree pdh3.

How do you break that sacred connection between a parent and a child? It's unimaginable to me -- the people you are supposed to be able to trust to look after you. Harm you this way. And even worse :cry:

And the mother had no idea.

I'm hoping it's because the mother worked and this child was left in the care of her father alot.

Or they're divorced and this happened during times the baby was with the father.

Otherwise it makes no sense. This is a 15 month old baby :cry:  :cry:


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: nonesuche on October 18, 2006, 12:00:33 PM
I believe it was tylergal who posted about the "beast" meaning the PC and the information age, on the lively.

At one time I brought quite a bit of research from NOW and also other world organizations, regarding the propensity of the web to grow sexual predators and also pedophiles at an alarming rate. I never read something like this now without Tyler's appropriate call ringing in my ears, it is indeed a BEAST.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: pdh3 on October 18, 2006, 06:13:40 PM
I wish I had seen that post. But I could have access to porn if I wanted, and do harm to my children if I wanted. I'm not that kind of person, and I love my kids in a healthy, appropriate way....like a Mother. I just cannot think of any reason why I would ever have harmed my babies. I was not raised in a perfect  middle-class home, and my family was troubled at times. I was often neglected, and did not have the best examples of unselfish parental love to model my behavior on.  But I recognized that I could be a great parent, kind, loving, protective, and be able to discipline in an effective way. I chose a different path. What is so lacking in these kinds of people that they can't overcome their background, or choose to restrain themselves from harming their own children? I know many people who were sexually abused as children, but have never touched a child in a sexual way.
What is lacking in a parent who does this?
I keep thinking of that guy who molested his newborn baby in the hospital. Now this Dad violates his baby. I'm just mystified by this behavior.
Is it the fact that everything is sexualized to the point that people are
desensitized?
Is it being spoiled and selfish to the point that this can occur?
Is it drugs and alcohol?
Mental Illness?
All of the above?
It's bad enough when it's a stranger, or a distant relative or family friend. It's just too much when it's Daddy, and the victim is a baby.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: mrs. red on October 18, 2006, 06:59:37 PM
the other thing is PH3... is let's face it, these days no one is expected to take responsibility for what they do... it's all oh poor me and I can't make a CHOICE to do better....

it's like that poem that goes around from time to time about we have taken God out of everything so he left... (I know he didn't... but that isn't the point)... and yes unfortunately, the web can be the best and the worst of things...


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: Carnut on October 18, 2006, 08:59:59 PM
Yep, I think PDH3 nailed it, except maybe for the desensitized part, I can't see how that would tend to cause the behaviors.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: mishy on October 18, 2006, 10:52:19 PM
:shock:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: A's Fever on October 19, 2006, 12:09:24 AM
Is it possible that these things do not occur more often, but that the news is shared over the internet and travels so fast, so that we are constantly exposed to such news and therefore think it happens all the time?  I've noticed on the missing persons forum, for example, that although some of these cases make my local newspaper (and I live in a major metropolitan area), many do not.  But I browse this site and several news sites daily, so many cases of kidnapping, murder and molestation become part of my consciousness.  But if I only read my local paper and did not use the internet, they would not be.  Maybe before the internet, all this was out there, we just did not know.  Has the internet created a beast, or brought an existing one to our attention, or both?  Just a thought.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: Carnut on October 19, 2006, 12:40:28 AM
Yes, A's I'm much more in favor of the internet being a much faster and detailed messenger of things that have always been out there but not in the 'local' area of interest.

Just like TV brought the world closer together faster, especially after satellite broadcasts, just following in the footsteps of radio, telegraph, pony express, smoke signals and drums.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: nonesuche on October 19, 2006, 01:08:00 AM
this PDF is from the NY Senate, if you only read through page 4 of this PDF, the information is there straight from our FBI cyber-crimes Unit:

http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sws/childsafety/rpt_internet.pdf


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: nonesuche on October 19, 2006, 01:09:02 AM
Another good explanation of the phenomenon of easy access to pornography and it's impact

http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/jjjournal/jjjournal598/net.html


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: pdh3 on October 19, 2006, 11:21:42 AM
carnut.....My children cannot even watch TV or look at a magazine or listen to music without being bombarded with sexual images and sexually charged content. It is everywhere, and young people today do not place the same importance on sex that we did.I've even seen billboards on the interstate that had strong sexual content. It's just part of everyday life to them. I was watching the World Series with my son, who was 5 at the time, and as it cut to a commercial, a racy Victoria's Secret commercial flashed on the screen before I knew it. It was not appropriate for a family program, which baseball should be, and I knew then that I had to start educating my children on what was acceptable, and what was not, before they got the wrong ideas about sex. So far, it's worked. But most kids are exposed to sex and violence and selfish behavior all day long in the media from the time they are babies, and it does desensitize them to the point that anything and everything is no big deal, and the limits are set much too low.
My older daughter had a class in high school on mass media, and this was one of the subjects they covered. She had heard it all from me before, but the class reinforced her training to be aware of media influences on her way of looking at things, especially as a young woman.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: A's Fever on October 19, 2006, 01:52:13 PM
When it comes to sports being wholesome family entertainment, I am more concerned about the constant barrage of beer and alcohol ads than a racy Victoria's Secret ad.  Kids are shown from a very young age that alcohol is a very big part of adult life.  These commercials constantly, and I mean every 10-15 minutes, show that adults who who have an alcholic beverage are happy and having fun.  And we wonder why high schoolers drink.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: Carnut on October 19, 2006, 03:07:09 PM
Yes, drinking, drugging, and sex are now considered commonly accepted behaviors by most of society.

I know in my youth alcohol and smokes were readily available from someone's parents or adult relatives.

Now a days, it seems most adults and parents accept all of the above as commonplace, again I blame it on the hippies changing the world and culture with the 'if it feels good do it' and 'don't respect authority' mantras.

The media and the internet are just reflections of todays societal mores.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: A's Fever on October 19, 2006, 04:50:25 PM
Well, Carnut, we seem to agree on a couple of topics, but I gotta tell you you're talking to one of those hippie chicks, UC Berkeley class of '86.  Too young to remember the Summer of Love, but old enough to be attracted to Berkeley and its reputation, academic and otherwise  :wink:


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: Carnut on October 19, 2006, 05:09:56 PM
Quote from: "A's Fever"
Well, Carnut, we seem to agree on a couple of topics, but I gotta tell you you're talking to one of those hippie chicks, UC Berkeley class of '86.  Too young to remember the Summer of Love, but old enough to be attracted to Berkeley and its reputation, academic and otherwise  :wink:


Yeah, I know, I'm just jealous I couldn't cut loose like the hippies, talk about being a nerd.


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: A's Fever on October 20, 2006, 01:12:14 AM
Quote from: "Carnut"
Quote from: "A's Fever"
Well, Carnut, we seem to agree on a couple of topics, but I gotta tell you you're talking to one of those hippie chicks, UC Berkeley class of '86.  Too young to remember the Summer of Love, but old enough to be attracted to Berkeley and its reputation, academic and otherwise  :wink:


Yeah, I know, I'm just jealous I couldn't cut loose like the hippies, talk about being a nerd.



Yeah . . . I thought I detected a hippie dude lurking beneath the nerd disguise.   :)


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: nonesuche on October 20, 2006, 02:04:45 AM
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/feds-net-125-in-nationwide-child-porn/20061019043409990004?_ccc=4&cid=842

Feds Net 125 in Nationwide Child Porn Sweep
Bible Camp Counselor, Scout Leader Among Suspects
By WAYNE PARRY, AP

   
"This type of depraved conduct is something a civilized society cannot tolerate," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said.

   
NEWARK, N.J. (Oct. 19) - A Bible camp counselor and a Boy Scout leader were among 125 people arrested nationwide in an Internet child pornography case in which subscribers purchased photos and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults, federal authorities said Wednesday.

The case originated in New Jersey, but quickly spread to 22 states. The defendants were charged with either possession or receipt of child pornography. Additional arrests are expected.

Prosecutors said the Web site alerted subscribers that its content was illegal and urged them to be discreet about their purchases.

"When I say `hard-core' pornography, I am talking about child pornography that includes images of children as young as six months involved in bondage and sodomy," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said. "This type of depraved conduct is something a civilized society cannot tolerate."

Christie said none of the defendants appeared in any of the images they obtained from the Web site. He would not identify the Web site or say whether it is still in operation.

Among those arrested were a Bible camp counselor from Vancouver, Wash.; a Boy Scout leader from Mission, Texas; and a pharmaceutical researcher in New Jersey.

Several of those arrested nationwide have prior records for molesting or sexually assaulting children, officials said.

One defendant from San Diego told agents at his arrest that he had molested at least eight children over a 30-year period, and boasted of being able to identify particularly vulnerable children, said Christie.
   
Another defendant from Sacramento, Calif., was found to be in possession of a hand-held video camera with a videotape showing him sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, Christie said.

"I'm the father of four young children between the ages of 13 and 3," Christie said. "This is every parent's worst nightmare. It is just deeply disturbing to know there are people like this out there in our neighborhoods."


10/19/06 11:18 EDT


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Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: pdh3 on October 20, 2006, 02:04:09 PM
I am heartsick about the suffering of these children. Just heartsick. :cry:


Title: Feds say dad used 15-month-old daughter in porn video
Post by: sharon on October 20, 2006, 05:59:24 PM
I read that yesterday, None.

Same reaction as to the first one. Just speechless.  :cry: