Two girls rescued from child porn fiend

Six year old child sexually molested

Rescuers find two children, 

using a beer can a glasses

Cross border cooperation puts bad guys away

Law enforcement from two countries worked together to put a child molestor where he can't hurt widdle gurls anymore.  Canadian authorities spotted pictures of a six year old girl having sex with an adult male. Since the kiddy porn pics were new, the authorities were optimistic they could catch the pedophile. Fresh pictures means fresh leads and a new child in danger from child porographers. 

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police found the child porn images and sent them to the Toronto Police Services. After analysis, a blurry beer can from a rare manufacturer was seen. The beer is only made in the Northeastern U.S. This information was sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, also known as NCMEC.

At the same time, investigators from the Bellfast, Maine Police department and the State Police from Maine discovered the images. After analyzing the dirty pictures they discovered the child in the  pornographic photo wore eyeglasses. This information was sent to the NCMEC. Law enforcement from the U.S. and Canada began a cooperative effort to find the little girl. 

The Beer can and eye glasses helped narrow down the location of the perpetrator. The manufacturer of the beer said their special brew was distributed in six states only, including New York and Maryland. The manufacturer and model number of the glasses were quickly identified.

After these encouraging leads, a team of very dedicated investigators started in on the pain staking foot work required to track down a man who did evil things including having sex, with children. On August 1, 2008, a special agent from the New York using the Innocent Images National Initiative Program opened the case and began canvassing ophthalmologist in the six state region where the beer was distributed.

Bingo! After three weeks of hard work an eye doctor in Maryland recognized the child and called FBI agent Michael Sabric in the FBI New York Office. As it turned out the child had been in the doctor's office that very day! It was her first day of school.

Sabric organized a surveillance team and they set up on the house where the girl lived. When she came home from school the agents were able to identify her from her photo as the victim. At that point a search warrant was easy to get.

Special Agent Rachel Corn from the Baltimore Cyber Squad met with a judge and obtained the warrant. At 10:00 p.m. the police were knocking on the door of a man who steals the youth from children. The Cyber team assembled a forensic child interviewer, a victim assistance representative the evidence response team and together they made the bust.

It didn’t take long to get to the bottom of the matter. The child identified two perpetrators and both men were arrested. In October, one of the men involved was sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor and producing child pornography. His accomplice had already received a 36-year sentence.

In the old days one branch of law enforcement didn’t know what the other was doing. Today, not only is U.S. law enforcement cooperating, but law enforcement on both sides of the border work together to put those who exploit children down for good.

Not every child abduction and pornography case ends with rescued children.  In this case, two children were found to be victims, the 6 year old and her sister.  The investigators who worked hard to stop kiddy porn, child abuse, and sexual exploitation of a minor were relieved to bring suffering victims of child pornography to safety.