898: Michael Scott Langton
Child Molestation
They corresponded on an encrypted app and he asked her about her and her daughter having sex. She screenshot the conversations and brought them to the police.
Tag: Law Enforcement
785: Jimmy Ray Neal
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Jimmy Ray Neal was a Putnam County, Tennessee commissioner until he resigned in July 2022. He was arrested in May, 2022 for possession of child sex abuse material. The US Attorney alleges he was the administrator of a CSAM sharing group on Kik, a popular app for pedophiles. His trial has been postponed to August 2023.
784: Matthew Chappell
Improper Conduct or Comments, Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images, Sexual Harassment
Matthew Chappell was a candidate in the Republican primary for Virginia House District 11 and came in third with 18.5% of the votes in the first round. Ranked choice voting dropped him out in the fourth and final round. He got 18.5% of ballots even though his past sexual misconduct as a police officer in Georgia was revealed before the election.
730: Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca
Child Indecency, Solicitation of a Minor
Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca was a deputy on the Jacksonville Sheriff’s office. A teen boy met Carmona at a gym and connected with him on Snapchat in the expectation that Carmona would give him workout advice, which he initially did. He began requesting photos of the teen without his shirt and then he began sending explicit pictures of himself.
728: Paul Mumford
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Paul Mumford was a retired Tampa police officer, though he remained a Reserve Officer. He was arrested in 2022 for possession of more than a hundred items of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material.) He was fired as a Reserve Officer after his arrest. Ironically, he worked on the sex crimes unit.
655: Jason Boyet
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Jason Boyet was a Louisiana state trooper who was convicted of distribution of child sexual abuse material. He was Trooper of the Year in 2018. A tip that he was producing and distributing child sexual exploitation material led to an investigation and, eventually, to pleading guilty to distribution.
654: Jack Strain
Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Incest
Jack Strain was the Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana. He was elected in 1995 as a Democrat but switched to the GOP in 2003. In 2015, he was defeated in an election for his sixth term. He was accused of raping four boys. There were five victims. He was convicted two counts of aggravated incest, four counts of aggravated rape, misconduct with a child, and sexual battery. Other victims contacted the prosecutor but were not needed for the trial. Strain asked judge to set aside the conviction, but that did not happen. He was sentenced to four life sentences with no parole.
635: Alexander Bebris
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Alexander Bebris was a chief of police in Ohio before moving to Wisconsin where he unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Outagamie County. In December 2018, investigators searched his home and found child sexual abuse images. In December 2020, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison, but he was out on appeal.
609: Doug Litwhiler
Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor
A man created a Facebook page titled Schuylkill County Sheriff Candidate Doug Litwhiler likes young girls. He posted text messages sent to a woman when she was seventeen. He said he had been told by three different women that Litwhiler pursued them when they were underage. After posting, many other women came forward with their own screenshots.
531: Tony Yocham
Child Molestation, Child Rape
Tony Yocham was the Chief of Police for Hamilton, Texas. He also ran for Sheriff of Somervell County but lost the Republican primary. That was a good thing for Somevell County as he was arrested for sexually abusing a child since she was 8 years old until 2020 when she was 15.