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11/16/09 GILBERT
BONNEY LAKE PILOT SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, SEX TRAVELING AND OBSTRUCTION
Longest Sentence possible under terms of the plea agreement

10/2/09 MINIFIE
WOODINVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 7+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Former Youth Sports Coach Used On-Line Chat Program to Trade Child Pornography

9/18/09 HILL
FORMER YOUTH COACH SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Kelso Man had one of Largest Collections of Child Pornography Prosecuted in Western Washington

9/17/09 FAIR, et al
SEVEN RESIDENTS OF SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER INDICTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Prior Convictions Mean Sex Predators Face Mandatory Minimum Ten Year Prison Terms

8/25/09 GILBERT
VANCOUVER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PRODUCTION AND RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Admits Making Pornographic Videos of Young Relatives

8/25/09 HOKE
SEATTLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant is Former Employee in Information Technology at Seattle Children’s Theatre

8/3/09 HICKMAN
PRIOR SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO OVER ELEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Collected Child Pornography Less Than Five Years After Being Released from Prison

7/6/09 WELCH
NAVY ENLISTED MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Traded Child Porn On-Line While Stationed Aboard USS Abe Lincoln

6/22/09 WELLER
OCEAN SHORES MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Identified Using Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Technology

6/22/09 MINIFIE
WOODINVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Used On-Line Chat Program to Trade Child Pornography

6/19/09 JIMICUM
TULALIP TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX CRIMES
Defendant Pleaded Guilty in Midst of Trial to Molesting Young Relatives

6/12/09 PARKIN
GRANITE FALLS MAN SENTENCED TO 7+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Man Sent More Than 8,000 Images Using Computer Chat Program

6/5/09 MINIFIE
WOODINVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Allegedly Used On-Line Chat Program to Trade Child Pornography

6/1/09 HOSPEDALES
ARMY SERGEANT CHARGED FEDERALLY FOR SEX TRAFFICKING JUVENILES
Defendant Allegedly Set Up Apartment and Craig’s List Ads for Juvenile Prostitutes

5/22/09 EDWARDS
TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE
Man Raped Girl Under the Age of Twelve

5/8/09 PARSONS
AUBURN MAN GETS 4+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Sent Pornography to Two Different Agents Posing On-Line as Young Girls

5/4/09 PRESLEY
VANCOUVER MAN SENTENCED FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORN AND FLEEING AHEAD OF SENTENCING
Defendant Sentenced to Extra 18 Months for Absconding

5/1/09 OBEE
MUKILTEO SENIOR CITIZEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Even after a Warning Visit From Law Enforcement Man Continued to Download and Send Child Porn

4/24/09 GILBERT
LAKE TAPPS PILOT PLEADS GUILTY TO 35 COUNTS OF PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, SEX TRAVELING AND OBSTRUCTION
Plea on Eve of Trial Follows Day-long Settlement Conference

4/15/09 HOKE
SEATTLE MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Employed in Information Technology at Seattle Children’s Theatre

3/27/09 CRUM
BURIEN MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
Violation of Adam Walsh Act Enacted in July 2006

3/16/09 BECKER
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Judge Imposes Lifetime Supervised Release

3/13/09 ALTON
KELSO MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Hid Camera to Videotape Young Female in Bathroom

3/12/09 WELLER
OCEAN SHORES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Identified Using Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Technology

3/06/09 FRANCIS
KENMORE MAN SENTENCED TO 12+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD PORN CHARGES
Man Faces Additional State Sentence for Molesting Young Child

2/13/09 EDWARDS
TRIBAL MEMBER FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE
Jury Finds Man Guilty of Molesting Girl Under the Age of Twelve

1/23/09 FARMER
WOODINVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant had More than 1600 Images of Child Porn on his Computer

12/9/08 ALTON
KELSO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Hid Camera to Videotape Young Female Relative in Bathroom

11/26/08 PRESLEY
FORMER VANCOUVER MAN CAPTURED AFTER FLEEING AHEAD OF CHILD PORN SENTENCING
Defendant Faces Additional Prison Time for Failing to Appear for Sentencing

11/21/08 MERCULIEF
TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON AND LIFETIME SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR SEX ASSAULT ON TODDLER
Defendant Must Undergo Treatment and Register as a Sex Offender

11/17/08 PRESLEY
FORMER VANCOUVER MAN CUTS GPS BRACELET, FLEES AHEAD OF CHILD PORN SENTENCING
Defendant Described as “Sexually Fixated on Children”

11/13/08 COMBAT ONLINE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE UNVEILS NEW PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COMBAT ONLINE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
Campaign Educates Parents, Targets Potential Online Predators

9/29/08 BECKER
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Domestic Violence Complaint Leads to Discovery of Child Porn

9/19/08 TAKEUCHI
VANCOUVER MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Used Internet to Try to Meet Single Women with Children

7/18/08 SMITH
WASHINGTON NATIVE WHO TRANSPORTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FROM ASIA SENTENCED TO 32 MONTHS IN CUSTODY
Defendant Copied and Transported Child Pornography from Disks Sold on Thailand Streets

6/27/08 GOUIN
DES MOINES REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 17+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Fled to Canada and was Extradited to Stand Trial

6/19/08 BLACKBURN
PORT ANGELES MAN SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Identified as Part of “Operation Emissary”

6/12/08 WELLER
OCEAN SHORES MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Identified Using Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Technology

5/30/08 KNIGHT
REPEAT SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO A DOZEN YEARS IN PRISON, LIFETIME SUPERVISION FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN - Clark Countty Man Had Previously Been Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Prison for Child Rape

5/13/08 BECKER
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Domestic Violence Complaint Leads to Discovery of Child Porn

4/29/08 KABACY
OLYMPIA OB-GYN SENTENCED TO 6 + YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Doctor Tracked by Law Enforcement After Exchanging Child Porn with Atlanta Man

3/19/08 GOUIN
DES MOINES REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Fled to Canada and was Extradited to Stand Trial

3/5/08 PRESLEY
VANCOUVER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

2/8/08 MANNING
SPANAWAY MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHIPMENT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Man Sent Child Porn to Undercover FBI Agent in Attempt to Get Access to Young Girls

1/4/08 BLACKBURN
PORT ANGELES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Identified as Part of "Operation Emissary"

1/2/08 TAKEUCHI
VANCOUVER MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Allegedly Used Internet to Try to Meet Single Women with Children

12/17/07 MCGLOVER
CALIFORNIA MOTHER AND SON SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH SEX TRAFFICKING OF JUVENILES - Juvenile Brought from California to Washington to Work as Prostitute

12/14/07 JEFFERSON
TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF INFANT SON - Admits He Threw Child, Causing Fatal Head Injury

11/30/07 MERRILL
PUYALLUP MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant was Identified as Part of Nationwide Investigation "Operation Emissary"

11/30/07 KABACY
OLYMPIA OB-GYN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Doctor Tracked by Law Enforcement After Exchanging Child Pornography with Atlanta Man

11/21/07 MANNING
SPANAWAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SHIPMENT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Man Sent Child Porn to Undercover FBI Agent

10/2/07 GRAY
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER - First Use of Adam Walsh Act in Western District of Washington

9/18/07 MCGLOVER
CALIFORNIA MOTHER AND SON PLEAD GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH SEX TRAFFICKING OF JUVENILES - Juvenile Brought from California to Washington to Work as Prostitute

9/14/07 REED
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Man Had Bought or Traded for Thousands of Images

9/7/07 VANDEWERFHORST
WHIDBEY ISLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

9/7/07 ANDERSON
CAMANO ISLAND MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Identified in Three Investigations Trading Child Porn On-Line

8/9/07 REGALADO
SEX OFFENDER FROM CANADA SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant was arrested at the Border with Hundreds of Images of Child Pornography

7/6/07 MERRILL
PUYALLUP MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Nationwide Investigation "Operation Emissary"

5/29/07 GRAY
SEATTLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER - Defendant Agrees to Five Year Sentence For Conviction under the Adam Walsh Act

3/21/07 SHAFFER
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Caught in "Operation Emissary" Based in New Jersey

3/21/07 DIEHL
ABERDEEN MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO HAVE SEX WITH A MINOR - Defendant Had Plan to Kidnap Young Girls to Mold into "Slaves"

3/16/07 STREICH
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MOLESTING CHILD ON FORT LEWIS MILITARY BASE - Repeat Offender Preyed on Children of Deployed Soldiers

2/23/07 MAXFIELD
MONTANA MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO SEATTLE TO HAVE SEX WITH A MINOR - Defendant Thought he was Chatting with "Mom and Daughter," Not Undercover Cop

1/25/07 YOUNG
WHIDBEY ISLAND MAN SENTENCED FOR USING THE INTERNET TO ENTICE A MINOR TO TRAVEL FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Crime Uncovered when Girl Mistakenly Took Plane to Washington D.C.

1/6/07 SHAFFER
TACOMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Caught in "Operation Emissary" Based in New Jersey

11/3/06 STOKER
FORMER SILVERDALE RESIDENT SENTENCED TO FIVE YEAR PRISON TERM FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORN - Used Internet to entice 11-year-old Girl to send Nude Photos

10/24/06 YOUNG
WHIDBEY ISLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING THE INTERNET TO ENTICE A MINOR TO TRAVEL FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Crime Uncovered When Girl Mistakenly Takes Plane to Washington D.C.

9/7/06 ENNASSIME
LAKEWOOD COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY TO FORCED LABOR AND HARBORING ALIEN - Couple Admits forcing Moroccan niece to work long hours for no pay

7/28/06 GUIMONT
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN - Man Engaged in On-line Chats about Molesting Children

7/11/06 DEADBEAT PARENTS
FEDS ARREST DEADBEAT PARENTS FOR CHRONIC FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT - On-going Operation to Crack down on Support Scofflaws

7/7/06 O'BRYANT
VANCOUVER WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN - Safeway Store Employee had used Camera Phone to Take Picture of Child in Restroom

7/5/06 STOKER
SILVERDALE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORN - Used Internet to Entice 11-year-old Girl to Send Nude Photos

6/5/06 RUBENAKER
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 151 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Search of Computer Leads to Seven Arrests - Two Additional Suspects Charged with Molestation

5/5/06 BOWLING
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Man Had Hundreds of Graphic Images on His Computer

2/17/06 DAY
OREGON WOMAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON KIDNAP ATTEMPT - Pair planned to kidnap co-worker's child

1/27/06 KHALEGHI
BELLEVUE MAN SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL KIDNAPING - Man attempted to take two small children to his native Iran without wife's permission

12/16/05 ENNASSIME
Lakewood Couple Indicted for Forced Labor and Harboring Alien - Couple allegedly forced Moroccan niece to work long hours for no pay

9/30/05 LETOTO
Marysville Man Gets Four Years for Possession of Child Porn

9/1/05 PATTERSON
Sequim Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography

8/31/05 DREBLOW
Spanaway Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

8/11/05 FLORES-LOPEZ
Mexican National Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison in Connection With Kidnaping; Foiled by Amber Alert

4/1/05 KINGSTON
Former Microsoft Employee Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Pornography at Work

3/25/05 LEE
Port Angeles Parolee Sentenced to 57 Months for Possessing Child Pornography

3/10/05 DAY
Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty to Vancouver, Washington Kidnap Attempt

3/9/05 JABLONSKI
Tulalip Tribal Member Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

3/9/05 BRADBURY
Level III Sex Offender Gets Ten Year Term for Possession of Child Pornography

1/14/05 HIEBERT
Bonnie Lake Man Gets More Than 10 Years in rison for Producing and Possessing Child Porn

1/14/05 PATTERSON
Sequim Man Convicted of Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography