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Jose Manuel Santos, 38, of Bridgeport, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in New Haven. (Shutterstock)
WALLINGFORD, CT A former bus driver has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for trying to sexually entice a 13-year-old girl who was a passenger on his route in Wallingford, according to authorities.
Jose Manuel Santos, 38, of Bridgeport, was also accused of planning to have the victim killed to prevent her from testifying against him, authorities said.
Santos was also sentenced Wednesday to seven years of supervised release following the prison term, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham announced.
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Santos worked for Curtin Livery as a bus/van driver in Connecticut with responsibilities that included transporting children going to and from a middle school in Wallingford, according to authorities.
Sturgeon Bay man charged with child pornography in federal court
STURGEON BAY - A Sturgeon Bay man was indicted with two counts of child pornography in federal court Tuesday.
Christopher J. Kone, 36, was charged with producing child pornography. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
He was indicted due to Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative against child sexual exploitation and abuse.
His arraignment is scheduled on Friday afternoon, and he is being held at the Door County Jail.
The Door County Sheriff s Office was involved in the investigation.
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BOSTON – An Illinois man was indicted Tuesday, Jan. 12, by a federal grand jury in connection with producing child pornography of a 14-year-old Massachusetts girl.
Domenique Dequon Hines, 23, of Crystal Lake, Ill., was indicted on one count of production of child pornography. Hines was charged by criminal complaint and arrested in Illinois on Dec. 3, 2020.
According to the charging documents, Hines and a 14-year-old Massachusetts victim initially met on Instagram and exchanged phone numbers and began communicating via iMessage. A review of the iMessages revealed that Hines informed the victim that he is 23 years old and the victim confirmed her age. It is alleged that thereafter, at Hines request, the victim took sexually explicit photos of herself and sent them to Hines.
Updated: 3:32 PM EST January 13, 2021
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced Wednesday that a Bridgeport man was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, and for obstructing justice by attempting to have the minor victim murdered.
According to a release, 38-year-old Jose Santos was a bus/van driver who transported children to and from a Wallingford middle school.
Santos was arrested in November of 2018, a month after officials were notified that he was sexually soliciting a 13-year-old girl who was a passenger on his route.
During an investigation, police located over 200 text messages or calls between Santos and the 13-year-old on her phone.
Connecticut Teacher Sentenced To Prison For Trading Child Porn While Posing As Teenager
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He pleaded guilty in September
Police confiscated 121 photos and nine videos depicting child porn from his electronic devices
A former teacher from Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for trading more than 100 images of child pornography while posing as a teenager on the messaging app Kik.
Dylan Koerner, 29, a former music teacher at Hartford elementary school had pleaded guilty in September to soliciting, receiving and distributing child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Koerner posed as a teenage boy on the messenger app and convinced girls as young as 12 years to send nude pictures. He then traded those images with other Kik users for more child porn images, the news release said.