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February 4, 2014

February 4, 2014 By dmcantor 2100 Superior Court Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25 Child Pornography Reduced, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 38C Furnishing Harmful or Obscene Materials to a Minor, 800 Miscellaneous Crime Victories, Case Victories, Maricopa County Superior Court Victories

State v. Mr. C (DMC No. 4292)

REDUCED | 2 COUNTS of CHILD PORNOGRAPHY/4 COUNTS of FURNISHING OBSCENE MATERIALS to a MINOR REDUCED to PROBATION with ZERO DAYS JAIL – State v. Mr. C. (DMC No. 4292) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2003-036856): Mr. C. was going through a nasty child custody battle when his baby’s mother accused him of molesting their 2 year old daughter. There was no evidence of any molest, and charges were not brought regarding Sexual Conduct with a Minor. However, charges were brought that Mr. C. had allegedly distributed pornography to a teenage male who lived in the same apartment complex. Also, there were allegations of child pornography on his computer. We were able to have the case reduced to a single count of furnishing harmful or obscene materials to a minor with probation and zero days jail. Originally Mr. C. could have been facing 20 years minimum in prison on just the 2 counts of child pornography.

January 10, 2014

January 10, 2014 By dmcantor 113 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 21 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25A Child Pornography Pre-Charge Victories, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. H (DMC No. 10626)

NOT CHARGED (ALL) | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY– State v. Mr. H. (DMC No. 10626) (Century Link Investigated): Mr. H. received a letter from Century Link, along with lawsuit documents that he had illegally downloaded child pornography onto his computer. He immediately got us involved, and we discovered that multiple people (including his teenage sons) had accessed his computer. The site that was downloaded allegedly contained “teen porn”. We were able to keep him from being charged with criminal charges, and had the lawsuit from Century Link dismissed for a small settlement, (due to the fact that “someone” in his household had downloaded the videos). Mr. H. had originally been facing multiple decades in prison if he were to have been charged and convicted.

January 10, 2014

January 10, 2014 By dmcantor 113 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25A Child Pornography Pre-Charge Victories, 30-32 Indecent Exposure Victories, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 32 Indecent Exposure Pre-Charge Victories, 38 Miscellaneous Sex Crimes Victories, 38C Furnishing Harmful or Obscene Materials to a Minor, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. R (DMC No. 10213)

NOT CHARGED (ALL) | 4 COUNTS of CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (DCAC)/INDECENT EXPOSURE/FURNISHING OBSCENE MATERIALS to a MINOR and PUBLIC DISPLAY of EXPLICIT SEXUAL MATERIAL ALL NOT CHARGED– State v. Mr. R. (DMC No. 10213) (Avondale Police Department Investigated): Mr. R. was a maintenance worker who was observed by another maintenance worker staring out the window touching himself through his pants. It was alleged that there were children outside the window that he was looking at them at the time. He was initially arrested for “indecent exposure”, but then other maintenance workers said Mr. R. kept a duffle bag at the stop that had child pornography inside of it. There were images of underage naked girls inside that duffle bag. When police went to interview neighbors, one neighbor had heard rumors that he had shown pornographic images to children as young as 7 in the neighborhood. We became involved in the case and sat down with Detectives as they interviewed Mr. R. Mr. R. denied owning the duffle bag, nor exposing himself or showing explicit photos to children. Police fingerprinted the photographs and could not find any prints of Mr. R. on the photos. Detectives were convinced to inactivate the case and did not file persuaded with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Mr. R. would have been facing a minimum of 40 years in prison if convicted.

January 10, 2014

January 10, 2014 By dmcantor 113 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 21 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25A Child Pornography Pre-Charge Victories, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. T (DMC No. 6477)

NOT CHARGED | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (DCAC) NOT CHARGED – State v. Mr. T. (DMC No. 6477) (Gilbert PD Investigated): Mr. T. took in a roll of film to a Walgreens to have it processed for photographs. On the roll, were 2 pictures discovered of his daughter exposing herself and touching herself (she was 5 years old). When Detectives got involved, they executed a search warrant and took all of Mr. T.’s computers. We sat down with Mr. T. and the Detectives, and allowed them to interview Mr. T. In addition, we showed Detectives that the person taking these photos was about the same height as the 5 year old, and it was during the 5 year olds birthday party in which many children were present that day. In other words, another 5 year old child probably took the pictures. Mr. T. was eventually cleared, and no charges were ever brought.

January 10, 2014

January 10, 2014 By dmcantor 113 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 21 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25A Child Pornography Pre-Charge Victories, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. G (DMC No. 6749)

NOT CHARGED | 4 COUNTS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (DCAC) NOT CHARGED – State v. Mr. G. (DMC No. 6749) (Phoenix PD Investigated): Mr. G. is a gay male who ordered four adult pornography 8 millimeter tapes from EBay. When he received them, he took them to a local video store to be converted. While being converted, the employee of the store noticed images of child pornography and called police. When Mr. G. was contacted, we became involved and brought him into the station to sit down with police in order to be questioned. We also presented covers of the four boxes, which showed adult males (not children). Mr. G. had never viewed the tapes, nor did he have any way to view them, prior to taking them into the video store. After meeting with Detectives, they still routed the file for charges with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. We were able to convince the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office that there was “no intent” and they decided to not bring charges. Mr. G. was originally facing a minimum of 40 years in prison.

December 19, 2011

December 19, 2011 By dmcantor 2000 Juvenile Court Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25 Child Pornography Reduced, 300 Sex Crime Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. H (DMC No. 7155)

REDUCED | Child Pornography, State v. Mr. H. (DMC No. 7155) (Maricopa County Superior Court No. JV-544956): REDUCED to Probation – Mr. H. was a 17 year old male who was utilizing a file sharing software “Limewire.” While downloading music and videos, he came across what appeared to be child pornography. Due to his youth and inexperience, he downloaded these images. He thought they were “gross” and would use them to “freak out” his friends. The FBI traced the images to his computer and executed a search warrant. His mother brought him down for questioning and let him speak to police. This resulted with him being charged with Child Pornography. We were able to keep the case in the juvenile system, as opposed to being transferred to the adult system where Mr. H. would have faced 10 years in prison, per video. Ultimately, the case was resolved with probation until his 18th birthday, 60 days of deferred jail, and various counseling. When he successfully completed his counseling and probation, the jail was deleted and he did not have to register as a sex offender. He now has nothing showing on his adult record.

November 17, 2011

November 17, 2011 By dmcantor 113 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 21 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25A Child Pornography Pre-Charge Victories, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories

State v. Mr. S (DMC No. 1472)

NOT CHARGED | POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (DMC No. 1472) State v. Mr. S.: Mr. S. had taken some photographs of his male acquaintances, who were 21 and 23 years old. When the photos were developed, the Walgreens employees notified police. A Detective thought the people in the photos may be under 18 years of age. We made contact with the detective, informed her of the ages of the 2 male acquaintances, and also pointed out that under the scientific matrixes used to identify the ages of people in photographs; this wasn’t even a close call. The Detective agreed to not to file charges and stated she would be destroying the photos. We indicated she could not destroy the photos as 1) they were evidence and, 2) our client had done nothing wrong. The photographs were returned to our client, and no charges were filed.

November 17, 2011

November 17, 2011 By dmcantor 2100 Superior Court Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25 Child Pornography Reduced, 300 Sex Crime Victories, Case Victories, Maricopa County Superior Court Victories

State v. Mr. L (DMC No. 3901)

REDUCED | POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY State v. Mr. L. (DMC No. 3901) (Maricopa County Superior Court No.: 2003-005553CR): Mr. L. was a student at ASU who lived in a dormitory. He discovered a website which rewarded people listening to music by giving them points which could be redeemed for prizes. Mr. L constructed a computer program which allowed numerous people to listen to music while he would personally accumulate the point. During the course of this site, child pornography was received on this website and distributed. He was subsequently arrested and charged with ten (10) counts of possession of child pornography. The mandatory minimum he was facing was 100 years in prison. We were able to show the prosecutor the innocent intent of this website, combined with Mr. L’s youth, in order to obtain a plea to attempt (the lowest level felony). Although Mr. L had typed in certain requests which could be construed as a solicitation for child pornography, he did receive probation with one (1) years of jail time with work release. The norm on these cases is ten (10) years in prison.

November 15, 2010

November 15, 2010 By dmcantor 1900 Federal Court Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25 Child Pornography Reduced, 300 Sex Crime Victories, Case Victories

U.S. vs. Mr. F (DMC No. 9901)

REDUCED | POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – U.S. Government vs. Mr. F. (DMC No. 9901) (U.S. District Court – District of Arizona No. CR10-01661-001): Mr. F. was an adult male who lived in a group home for those with Autism. He was high functioning and was able to log on to his computer and download a large quantity of child pornography. Due to his restrictive learning development, we were able to negotiate with the prosecutors in order to reduce this case to a plea of probation with no jail time. Only counseling and monitoring were required. He was originally facing the standard minimum plea offer of 5 years in prison, which elevates to 20 years in prison if he were to have proceeded to trial and lost. This case was an example of how diminished capacity can result in a massive reduction in penalty.

August 11, 2009

August 11, 2009 By dmcantor 113 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 21 Sex Crime Pre-Charge Victories, 24-25A Child Pornography Victories, 25A Child Pornography Pre-Charge Victories, 300 Sex Crime Victories, 900 Pre-Charge Case Victories, Case Victories, City Court Victories

State v. Mr. T (DMC No. 6477)

NOT CHARGED | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (Gilbert Police Department Investigated) Mr. T. was at a local Walgreens pharmacy picking up film from his 5-year-old daughter’s birthday party when police showed up and took him in for questioning. It had turned out that another child had obtained one of the many disposable cameras available to the children at the party and had taken photos of Mr. T’s daughter’s private parts. By reconstructing the height of the photographer and the angle of the camera (which showed the photographer was 3-feet tall), we were able to prove that another child had taken the photos and not Mr T. He went from facing a mandatory minimum 30 years in prison to not being charged at all.

Gilbert Police Department

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