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1068: Percy Wilbur Rock, Jr.

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Percy Wilbur Rock, Jr. was a candidate in the Republican primary for Greencastle-Antrim School Board in Pennsylvania. He was arrested after the ballots had been printed and software coded so he remained on the ballot. He got 763 votes.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided police with an IP address that had been observed uploading Child Sexual Abuse Material. Police tracked it to Rock who told the police he has been viewing CSAM for ten years or more

1013: Daniel W. Merrick

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Daniel W. Merrick is a former Messianic Christian pastor, a Christian musician, and author of several books. Most are Messianic Christianity apologia while others are his family genealogy. He was arrested and charged with over 880 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

963: Richard J. Corkery

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Richard J. Corkery was the Republican mayor of Coaldale, Pennsylvania. In April 2011, the police received an anonymous letter telling them they should investigate Corkery who, the letter stated, had been fired for looking at child sexual abuse material on his work computer. They found child sexual abuse material and tied it to him.

He was convicted and sentenced to 9 to 36 months and 3 years probation. He served 36 months but then violated his probation by being around children

922: Robert Fenton

Child Molestation, Grooming

Robert Fenton was the youth pastor at Abide In the Vine church in Owego, New York, when he told a couple he was drawn to their daughter and wanted to marry her. Her family lived in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, just over the state line from Owego. She was fourteen. The parents approved, church leaders approved, and the courtship began. She was pulled out of school and homeschooled which gave Fenton private time with her. He began sexually abusing her.

760: Teddy Daniels

Familial Abuse & Violence

A few weeks before the primary, his wife sought an order of protection alleging he was stalking her and threatening her, their child, and the dog. He threatened to kill the dog in front of the children. He was barred from possessing firearms as well. A week later, he got the order thrown out, just in time for the primary.

741: Gregory Nies

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor

Gregory Nies was on the town council and three-time mayoral candidate. He was well-liked and active in the community. However, he was also preying on children. In 2009, a girl went to the police and told them she had been sent inappropriate messages from someone posing as an 18-year-old woman. The police investigated, found the IP traced back to Nies. A search warrant revealed he had been communicating with several minor girls, posing as a young girl himself to persuade them to send him nude photos. His computer also had child sexual abuse material. They also discovered he was sexually abusing a young girl.

613: Philip Godlewski

Child Indecency, Child Molestation

Philip Godlewski is a Q-Anon insurrectionist. He made a lot of money in Q-Anon social media and traffic payments for his videos on YouTube, Telegram, and Rumble. He would ramble about Democratic pedophiles drinking baby blood and other ridiculous conspiracies. Then he sued a local paper for defamation and the discovery revealed he was convicted for corrupting a minor.