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1228: Ben Wharton

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Rape

Albert Benjamin Wharton was a pastor at several churches in Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida. In December 2023, he was arrested in South Carolina and extradited to Virginia where he was charged with twenty-two counts of indecent liberties with a child under age thirteen while in a custodial position and eight counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

1227: William Gleason

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Exploitation of a Child

William Gleason of Toms River, NJ, was head of the South Toms River Recreation Commission and a former Toms River councilman. He was also a foster parent. Then he was accused of sexual abusing one of his foster children. He was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 13, aggravated sexual assault of a child between the ages of 13 and 16, sexual assault of a victim more than four years younger than him, aggravated criminal sexual contact, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

1226: Brock Fredin

Stalking/Harassment

Fredin has a history of stalking and harassment and had been adjudicated in court as stalking/harassing three separate women. He has three fifty-year restraining orders to protect three women. He’s been accused of rape, though he was not indicted. He’s also been convicted twice of violating restraining orders.

1225: Jose Saez, Jr.

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Exploitation, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Grooming, Sexual Exploitation of a Child

After a brief look at his cell phone, they arrested him for producing child sexual abuse material. Remember, the videos and pictures cannot be produced without abusing and exploiting children. The incidents that were brought to FBI attention allegedly happened between August 14th and his September 28, 2023 arrest. However, he is alleged to have produced child sexual abuse material with more than thirty children often by coercing them into producing videos and sending them to him.

1224: John Sweeney

Familial Abuse & Violence

In 2005, Sweeney’s wife Gayle called 911 alleging he physically abused her. The police came and wrote up a report. This became a bigger scandal because the state police wrote up a second incident report sanitized of any abuse allegation. The domestic violence allegation came out in 2006 and contributed to his election loss. Incidentally, when reporters found evidence that the police altered their records to protect Sweeney, the state police did not investigate how that happened. The investigated who leaked it.

1223: Johnathan Andrew Edwards

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

He was arrested and charged on December 5th, 2023. He was charged with ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. That is one count for each of the ten girls from ages seven to seventeen whom he allegedly raped. He was also charged with obstructing justice because he is believed to have destroyed digital evidence of his sexual abuse of minors.