Wayne Nelson Corliss - Pedophile suspect found in N.J

[2NJSons_Mom]

Pedophile suspect found in N.J.; played Santa, painted faces
By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Writer
10 minutes ago
 


NEWARK, N.J. - An actor who played Santa Claus and painted children's faces was arrested on child sex charges early Thursday after an international manhunt, just the second time Interpol sought the public's help to find a suspected pedophile.

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Wayne Nelson Corliss, 58, was arrested Thursday morning in his Union City apartment. He is suspected of sexually abusing at least three boys from Southeast Asia thought to have been 6 to 10 years old, according to the international police agency.

Corliss is charged with producing child pornography and could face 10 to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark. He was to appear in court Thursday afternoon.

Colleagues know Corliss, who acted under the stage name Casey Wayne, as a witty man who liked to write and eschewed 9-to-5 jobs in favor of acting and entertainment gigs — including painting faces and playing Santa Claus at parties, said Raven Squire, the superintendent of the Union City apartment building where Corliss has lived for more than a decade.

"He's a very amiable man, a great sense of wittiness," Squire said. "He seemed very stable, always paid his rent."

Corliss' arrest came two days after Interpol took the rare step of asking for the public's help. Two years of investigation had failed to determine the identity, whereabouts or even the nationality of a man shown engaged in sex with children in images associated with a Canadian child pornography investigation in 2005.

It was only the second time that Interpol had launched such a public manhunt for a suspected pedophile. The first time, in October, led to the quick arrest by police in Thailand of Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian. Neil went on trial in March, accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy.

Interpol said Wednesday that its appeal this time produced more than 200 leads — potential names, locations and photos of the suspect — in the first 24 hours.

Photos seized by police in Norway in 2006 showed the abuse, the international police agency said. The man did not appear to make any effort to hide his identity in the photos seized from the computer of a man later convicted of child sex offenses, officials said.

Photos released by Interpol showed a gray-haired white man wearing glasses or lying on a checkered mattress or blanket in a yellow plaid shirt.

A computerized Interpol database of child abuse images played a part in the manhunt. The first photos seized in Norway and others received in the two years since were run through the database of more than 520,000 images.

In all, the database and police investigations helped turn up a total of around 800 images, including nearly 100 of the man himself and others of his suspected victims or places where he is thought to have committed his alleged crimes, Interpol said.

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Associated Press writers John Leicester and Angela Doland in Paris, Beth DeFalco in Trenton, N.J., Geoff Mulvihill in Mount Laurel, N.J., and videographer Ted Shafrey in Union City, N.J., contributed to this report.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/interpol_manhunt

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videos on link, as well.

Edited  to add name to thread subject.

[Peaches]

Where's the picture of the POS? 

I bet he isn't the only one involved.   

[2NJSons_Mom]

It seems the original photo in the article is no longer there.  They have one that is at a distance as they arrested him and also a drawing.....I found that someone captured that original picture and put it on youtube....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0d4zRxGXCE

[MuffyBee]

Oct 29, 2:52 AM EDT

NJ actor focus of child-porn manhunt pleads guilty

 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A small-time New Jersey actor admitted in federal court Tuesday to producing child pornography images of himself having sex with boys as young as 6 years old in Thailand.

Wayne Nelson Corliss, 59, pleaded guilty to five counts, including production and possession of child pornography and traveling to foreign countries to engage in illicit sexual activities.

"This is undoubtedly among the most depraved conduct we've seen, with the extent of the victimization," said Michael Drewniak, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark.

Corliss, a part-time actor, has been described by friends and colleagues as an educated, witty man whose stage name was Casey Wayne. The white-haired, bespectacled man made extra money by dressing up as Santa Claus and painting faces at children's parties, colleagues said.

He was arrested in May after Interpol made a rare public plea for help identifying a man seen in raw child porn images seized in Norway. Once the request was made, leads received in the first 24 hours helped authorities find Corliss in his apartment in Union City, N.J.

In his plea Tuesday, Corliss admitted corresponding by e-mail with John Wrenshall, a Canadian citizen living in Thailand who set up a system in which Corliss and other men could pay Wrenshall up to $200 for access to boys as young as 4 years old.

Corliss also admitted to staying at Wrenshall's home with Mitchell Jackson and Burgess Lee Burgess, two other Americans living in Alabama. During stays in 2000, 2001 and 2002, they filmed themselves having sex with the boys. Corliss admitted performing oral sex on two boys, ages 6 and 9, during the visits.

Burgess and Jackson have been indicted and are awaiting trial in Alabama. Authorities are continuing to investigate Wrenshall, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The child pornography production charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years. The three counts of traveling abroad for illicit sexual activities each carry a 15-year maximum sentence, and possession of child pornography has a 10-year maximum sentence.

Each count also includes a fine up to $250,000.

Chester Keller, a public defender representing Corliss, did not respond to a telephone message left at his office Tuesday.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERPOL_MANHUNT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

[Nut44x4]

Where's the picture of the POS? 

I bet he isn't the only one involved.   

In the first photo you can see a child standing next to him at his left...

[Nut44x4]

this freak reminds me of Marten van den Berg in Natalee's case. Bunch of freaks.