Experts are raising doubts that artificial intelligence was used to create a video that police are calling a “deepfake” and is at the center of an ongoing legal battle playing out in Pennsylvania.
The incident made international news last month after the mother of a high school cheerleader was accused of manipulating images and video in an effort to make it appear as if her daughter’s rivals were drinking, smoking, and posing nude.
The mother, 50-year-old Raffaela Spone, reportedly sent the doctored content from an anonymous number to three cheerleaders and their coaches.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, which charged Spone with three counts of cyber harassment of a child and three counts of harassment, referenced the term deepfake when discussing the images as well as a video that depicted one of the alleged victim’s vaping.
Warminster police are encouraging more potential victims to come forward after one of the department s former officers was charged with sexually abusing four boys.
On Wednesday night, Chief James Donnelly III released a statement regarding the arrest of former officer James Carey. The victimization of anyone, particularly children, is a horrific and cowardly act. Warminster Police strive to protect all persons from being victimized, Donnelly s statement reads in part. The crimes described in this presentment, if proven, betrays that trust and scar not only the victims, their families, and our community, but also leave an indelible stain on our Police Department.
CMCH Man Charged With Sexual Abuse While a Cop in Bucks County
A man living in Cape May Court House was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexually abusing four teenage boys he encountered while he a Warminster Township police officer, dating as far back as the 1990 s.
James Carey, 52, faces a total of 122 counts of aggravated indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, official oppression, corruption of minors and related offenses.
“A police officer’s creed is to protect and serve his community,” District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. “In a perverse and criminal dereliction of his duty, James Carey instead took advantage of his power and credibility while on the job as a police officer to sexually abuse our community’s most vulnerable: our children.
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Carey was charged with 122 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, statutory sexual assault, official oppression and related offenses. The incidents noted in the court filing allegedly took place between 1996 and 2009.
The charges followed a grand jury investigation into multiple allegations against Carey, who was a Warminster police officer from 1989-2009. He had previously worked briefly for the North Wales Police Department and the Warwick Police Department in the late 1980s. Carey ingratiated himself into the lives of minor children, in particular, those who were already facing challenges in their lives, the presentment said. He used his position and authority to groom, not only the children, but their adult caregivers. The grooming tactics he used were pervasive, manipulative and calculated such that he not only lowered the minor s guard but also attempted to provide an assurance that his crimes would go unreported and if reported,