#sex-crimes

#sex-crimes

A Florida man pardoned by President Trump after storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 has been convicted of sex crimes involving two children. Andrew Paul Johnson, a 45-year-old handyman, was found guilty on Tuesday of five charges, including the molestation of one victim under the age of 12 and another under 16, Hernando County prosecutors announced on Wednesday. He was also convicted of lewd and lascivious exhibition and electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor.

Santa Rosa police identified 63-year-old Michael Tarvid as the suspect after learning he had used an email tied to a fake adult-film business to contact women, authorities said. Detectives allege Tarvid persuaded women to perform sex acts he recorded on his phone by presenting them as audition videos for future film projects and for clients seeking commercial sex. Investigators later received a tip that Tarvid was also attempting to solicit minors, police said.

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Ryan McCaffery, a former Long Island teacher, was charged with multiple counts of child pornography and soliciting explicit images from minors on social media.

A Queens man, 23-year-old Angel Ramos, faces multiple sex crime charges, including rape, after allegedly attacking a 14-year-old girl from church.

The victim, 14, alleged physical and sexual abuse between the ages of 5 and 13 by her father and stepmother.