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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Police Trace Child Pornography to Kennedy Township Man

A 47-year-old man is charged with owning and sharing lewd images and videos of children, according to court records.

A Kennedy Township man is slated to face a preliminary hearing in Coraopolis on charges he stored pornographic videos and images of children on his computer.  Jeffrey Guzzo, 47, of Helen Street, is charged with disseminating child pornography, possession of child pornography and possession of obscene and other sexual materials, according to court records.  In a criminal complaint, Moon Police Officer Reginald Humbert wrote he was conducting a investigation in November into the dissemination of online child pornography. Humbert located an Internet protocol address, later identified as belonging to Guzzo, that was sharing pornographic material via the BitTorrent file sharing network.  Police were able to download images shared through the IP…

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Couple Charged with Taking Child to Prostitution Sting Waive Hearing

Burgettstown man, fiancee will appear in January in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

A Burgettstown couple charged with taking a 6-year-old child to a Moon apartment complex where Moon Police were conducting a prostitution sting have waived their rights to a preliminary hearing.  Police said James Melvin Chappell, 48, and his fiancee, Dafney Sienicki, 30, took a 6-year-old with them Oct. 28 to the undisclosed township apartment complex where police were conducting the undercover operation.   Police detectives contacted individuals who were advertising sexual favors in exchange for money on websites, including Backpages.com, Eros.com and AdultSearch.com, and arranged to meet with them at the apartment.  Chappell is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of criminal conspiracy. Police waived a felony …

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