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1545- Michael Joseph Pusateri 

Maryland- Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material  Michael Joseph Pusateri, 59, of Baltimore County in Towson, MD was arrested on rape, assault, sex abuse of a minor and soliciting child pornography charges, county police said. According to WBAL in Baltimore, police said Pusateri has a role as a Parkville Recreation Council softball coach, as well as…

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, CSAM

1470: Michael Brown

Michael L. Brown, founder of FIRE School of Ministry was investigated for sexual misconduct and the claims were found to be valid. He abused his position as minister in relationships with 2 women, one was 18 and told to call him Daddy. The Firefly report was released in April, 2025.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Coercion, Hostile Workplace, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Stalking/Harassment

1469: Michael Bo Peacock

Michael Bo Peacock was a extremely successful basketball coach, coaching the True Texas Hoops, a basketball academy, and also serving as the head coach at Grapevine Faith Christian School in Texas. He was also a co-conspirator in a multi-state conspiracy to extort children to produce child sexual abuse material which he and his co-conspirator uploaded and shared.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion

1425: Russ Casey

Russ Casey was a Justice of the Peace in Tarrant County, Texas. He was running for re-election in the Republican primary when he was discovered to have forged his petition signatures. Ironically, this came to light as his accusations of that exact same thing against his primary opponents were being investigated. He pleaded guilty to voter fraud and was sentenced to probation. This is notable in that he committed voter fraud in the same county as the Black woman Crystal Mason who got ten years.

However, he seems to have skated on the more serious allegations of indecent exposure, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse brought by his former clerk. He apologized to her and that settled it for her.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Coercion, Indecent Exposure, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment

1417: Scott Finkbeiner

Derek Scott Finkbeiner was the Sheriff of Hot Springs County in Arkansas. While sheriff, Finkbeiner warned a local drug dealer that federal investigators were investigating the dealer, even pointing out where they had placed a surveillance camera. He is also alleged to have smoked meth while in uniform. He was also accused of coercing an informant to smoke meth and perform sex acts on him. He was arrested by the FBI in November, 2023. He remained in office during the ongoing investigation against him.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Coercion

1349: Ryan Capps

Ryan C. Capps was a teacher at Durant Middle School in Oklahoma. In 2022, he enticed a student to engage in sexual activity which he used to produce child sexual exploitation material. He was convicted on May 1, 2024, in a jury trial.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Exploitation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion

1322: Trevor Ranere

Trevor Aaron Ranere was a Bannock County Sheriff’s Deputy. He is accused of sexual abusing a sixteen-year-old girl. According to the girl’s statement, she was working at an assisted living facility and called to report a prowler. Renare answered the call.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Coercion, Sexual Battery

1230: Christopher Terranova

Christopher Terranova was a New York Police Department. He was arrested in May and was suspended with pay in September. He then retired. He was ordered held without bail in December until a January hearing. He is accused of using coercion to pressure children to send him explicit pictures of themselves. For example, one of his alleged victims is a fifteen-year-old boy who was a victim in a robbery. Terranova is said to have used the police database to get the boy’s cellphone number, texted a nude picture of himself, and demanded one of the boy.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Exploitation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Extortion

1225: Jose Saez, Jr.

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.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Exploitation, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Grooming, Sexual Exploitation of a Child

1186: Michael Tobin

Michael Tobin was a police officer in Clarksville, Iowa. He was accused of showing sexually explicit images and videos from a criminal case to a minor from September 2021 to February 2022. The minor reported it to police in March 2022. The city fired him and in September 2022 he was arrested and charged with 3 felonies and 8 misdemeanors. In October 2023, he was convicted on all charges.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Assault