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00:00:00JOINING ME TODAY IS NICOLE
BOEHNER, DIRECTOR OF OUR CRIMES
00:00:01AGAINST CHILDREN INITIATIVE
UNIT.
00:00:04I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
UPDATE ON OUR ONGOING OPERATION
00:00:07THAT WE BEGIN THIS MORNING AND
IS STILL AT THIS POINT ONGOING.
00:00:11TODAY, I WANT TO DELIVER A
CLEAR, FIRM MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO
00:00:19ENGAGE IN CYBER CHILD ABUSE AND
SHARED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
00:00:24HERE IS MY MESSAGE -- WE ARE
GOING AFTER YOU ABOUT WE'RE
00:00:26GOING TO CUT YOU, WE'RE GOING TO
PUT YOU -- CATCH YOU, WE'RE
00:00:31GOING TO PUT YOU IN CHJAIL, WHIH
IS WHERE YOU BELONG.
00:00:37THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOCIETY
SHOULD SIMPLY NOT TOLERATE.
00:00:40THIS IS A DESPICABLE CRIME.
THIS THICK MEDIVATION OF YOUNG
00:00:43CHILDREN -- VICTIMIZATION OF
YOUNG CHILDREN IS INTOLERABLE.
00:00:51THE MISSION OF OUR OFFICES TO
PROTECT OHIO FAMILIES,
00:00:55ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN.
TODAY, OUR CRIMES AGAINST
00:00:56CHILDREN INITIATIVE UNIT, WHICH
I CREATED IN 2011, EXECUTES
00:01:02SEARCH WARRANTS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AS PART OF "OPERATION
00:01:07DOWNLOAD."
THOUGH THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES
00:01:12ARE NOT CONNECTED, THE CRIMES
ARE THE SAME.
00:01:13THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
INITIATIVE EXPOSED SEVERAL
00:01:25INDIVIDUALS LOOKING AT SHARING
CHOPPER NOT PREPARED MANY OF THE
00:01:27VICTIMS IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
WERE 11 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER.
00:01:28A TOTAL OF 28 AGENTS THIS
MORNING, SPECIALISTS FROM CRIMES
00:01:38AGAINST CHILDREN INITIATIVE,
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION, ALL AT
00:01:43BCI AS BEST EXECUTED THE SEARCH
WARRANT IN ALL FOUR CORNERS OF
00:01:48THE STATE.
HAMPDEN IN DENTON COUNTY, WILL
00:01:57BRIDGE AND WOOD, MENTOR IN LAKE
COUNTY, ANOTHER LOCATION WHICH I
00:02:00CAN THAT -- I CANNOT YET
DISCLOSED IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
00:02:06BECAUSE THAT OPERATION IS STILL
ONGOING AND THE INDIVIDUAL IS
00:02:07NOW BEING PICKED UP.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL LAW
00:02:15ENFORCEMENT AGENTS CONFISCATED
COMPUTERS AND OTHER MEDIA
00:02:19DEVICES, WHICH WE EXPECT WILL
CONTAIN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A
00:02:23HANDFUL TO SEVERAL HUNDRED CHILD
PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOS AND VIDEOS.
00:02:25AGAIN, THOSE ARE NOT BEEN
DOWNLOADED YET.
00:02:30THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
00:02:32STOPPING THIS KIND OF
EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF YOUNG
00:02:39PEOPLE IS WHY WE LAUNCHED OUR
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
00:02:41INITIATIVE IN NOVEMBER 2011.
I COULD GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON
00:02:48THE TOTAL INITIATIVE.
WHAT WE DID TODAY AS PART OF THE
00:02:52WORK OF THIS GROUP.
THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
00:02:54INITIATIVE IS DEDICATED TO THE
DELETE TO UNCOVERING AND
00:02:59INVESTIGATE CHILD PREDATORS,
STOPPING THOSE WHO SHARE OR
00:03:02DOWNLOAD CHILD PORNOGRAPHY,
WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE DOING
00:03:07TODAY AND ARE DOING TODAY,
THREE, RESCUED INCLINED --
00:03:10CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, FOUR,
RESPONDING TO VICTIMS IN THE
00:03:14FIELD, FIVE, PUBLICIZING FOR
WANTED SEX OFFENDERS, AND
00:03:20PROVIDING SPECIALIZED TRAINING
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
00:03:22LET ME REFERENCE THIS MAP, WHICH
REALLY SHOWS THE INVESTIGATIONS
00:03:34TAKING PLACE IN WHERE THEY HAVE
TAKEN PLACE.
00:03:35HE SEEDED NUMBER IN EACH COUNTY
-- YOU SEE THE NUMBER IN EACH
00:03:42COUNTY.
WE HAVE OPENED SO FAR 170 CASES.
00:03:58IN EACH CASE, WE WORK WITH LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
00:04:02AND THEN TURN OVER TO THE
COUNTY PROSECUTORS, WHO THEN THE
00:04:08DETERMINATION ABOUT CHARGES.
AND THEN PROCEED WITH THE CASE.
00:04:09MOST OF THESE CASES CENTER ON
THE ISSUE AT HAND.
00:04:14BUT THE UNIT HAS ALSO ORDERED
WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
00:04:20INVESTIGATE MORE THAN 40 RAPES
AND OTHER SEX OFFENSES AS WELL
00:04:22AS CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
CHILD PROSTITUTION, AND SEX
00:04:31OFFENDER REGISTRY VIOLATIONS.
ONLY TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE
00:04:33INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE DEALT
WITH.
00:04:33JASON SAM, WHO BROUGHT A CHILD
TO A CABIN WHERE HE SEXUALLY
00:04:40ASSAULTED A CHILD.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL
00:04:44BATTERY AND IS SERVING NOW A
THREE-YEAR SENTENCE.
00:04:45DAVID YOUNG, PASTOR, WHO WAS
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A
00:04:53TEENAGER HE MET WHILE TEACHING
A CLASS IN HIS CHURCH.
00:04:57HE PLED GUILTY TO 15 COUNTS OF
UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A
00:05:02MINOR AND WAS SENTENCED TO 15
YEARS IN PRISON.
00:05:03STEPHEN BUSH, INVESTIGATING AND
RESTED FOR THE RAPE OF A NINE-
00:05:10YEAR-OLD CHILD.
WHICH WAS A TRUSTED FAN --
00:05:13FRIEND OF THE VICTIMS FAMILY.
THE CASES CURRENTLY PENDING IN
00:05:17COURT.
OUR SPECIAL PROSECUTIONS SPECIAL
00:05:19PROSECUTIONS UNIT HAS BEEN ASKED
BY THE LOCAL PROSECUTOR TO
00:05:20HANDLE THE CASE.
WILLIAM NOBLE, WHO FACED
00:05:24SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER
DOWNLOADING AND SHARING CHOPPER
00:05:28NOT A FEE, ALSO ADMITTED TO
PHOTOGRAPHING LOCAL CHILDREN.
00:05:31-- SHARING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
OUR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
00:05:36INITIATIVE ALSO POST NOTICES
ABOUT THOSE CONVICTED OF
00:05:46OFFENDING CHILDREN.
WE POST THEM EVERY WEEK OR TWO.
00:05:51THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
SIMPLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
00:05:57THEY ARE SEX OFFENDERS, THEY
HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, THEY ARE
00:06:00NOT REPORTING, NOT DOING WHAT
THEY SHOULD DO.
00:06:01SO FAR, 33 OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN
PUBLICIZED BY OUR OFFICE.
00:06:04OF THOSE, 19 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
OR LOCATED.
00:06:08PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION TO LOCAL LAW
00:06:12ENFORCEMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO
INVESTIGATE CASES LIKE THESE
00:06:16THEMSELVES.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE DO.
00:06:18SINCE JANUARY 2012, WE HAVE
OFFERED FOUR COURSES AND PEER TO
00:06:23PEER FILE SAVE -- FILESHARING
AND UNDERCOVER ONLINE
00:06:30INVESTIGATIONS.
WE ARE DOING THAT IN PARTNERSHIP
00:06:33WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CRIMES
AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE,
00:06:38WHO COME A BY THE WAY, DO A
GREAT JOB.
00:06:40SO FAR, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
FROM 20 COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
00:06:48TRAINED IN ADDITIONAL COURSES
ARE BEING OFFERED THROUGHOUT
00:06:502013.
A FINAL COMMENT, THIS MONTH
00:06:55HAPPEN TO BE CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION MONTH AND NATIONAL
00:06:59SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
OUR EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
00:07:03MONTH, AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE
FUTURE.
00:07:07THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK
ON AT OUR UNIT.
00:07:09WE WOULD EXPECT FOR -- FURTHER
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
00:07:16WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS
00:07:20GOING ON TODAY OR ABOUT THE
OVERALL PICTURE ABOUT WHAT WE
00:07:24HAVE BEEN DOING.
ANYBODY?
00:07:25>> CAN YOU GIVE US MORE FOR
MISSION ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING
00:07:30TODAY?
>> IN THE FOUR LOCATIONS AROUND
00:07:36OHIO, WE OBTAINED WARRANTS
AGAINST -- TO GO INTO HOMES.
00:07:40THOSE WARRANTS ARE BEING
EXECUTED AS WE SPEAK OR HAVE
00:07:44BEEN EXECUTED THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE FOUR TARGET INDIVIDUALS.
00:07:50THESE INDIVIDUALS, ONE HAS BEEN
ARRESTED, TWO WINS OF THE PAID
00:07:56A LOCAL PROSECUTOR WILL TAKE THE
CASE DIRECTLY TO THE GRAND JURY
00:07:59TO SEEK AN INDICTMENT, AND
FOUR, THE INDIVIDUAL IS BEING
00:08:07QUESTIONED AT THE TIME AND NO
DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS
00:08:08FAR AS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> SEARCH WARRANTS OR WARRANTS
00:08:14FOR ARREST --
>> SEARCH WARRANTS.
00:08:17THESE ARE ALL AT HOMES, I
BELIEVE.
00:08:22>> COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE
HE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU
00:08:32MIGHT CALL ADULT PORNOGRAPHY
AND -- WHICH IS NOT REALLY
00:08:39ILLEGAL IN THE SAME WAY AS A
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
00:08:40>> WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, IN WHICH WE
00:08:47MEET CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
00:08:52HAS MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THAT IS
NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST
00:08:56AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER WAY.
STATES ARE FULLY ABLE TO
00:09:01REGULATE THAT INTO CRIMINALLY
PROSECUTE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
00:09:05THE THEORY BEHIND THIS, THESE
ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
00:09:08CHILDREN.
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS ESSENTIALLY
00:09:12DIFFERENT THAN ADULT
PORNOGRAPHY.
00:09:15THE COURTS HAVE VIEWED IT
DIFFERENTLY.
00:09:18WHAT WE HAVE HERE, TO MAKE IT
VERY CLEAR, IS PEOPLE WHO ARE ON
00:09:24THE INTERNET, WHO ARE TAKING
FILES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, AND
00:09:32IF YOU LOOKED AT THESE, IT WOULD
SAY CAN YOU.
00:09:35-- WOULD SICKEN YOU.
IT IS SICKENING TO SEE THIS.
00:09:43YOU HAVE A VERY YOUNG CHILDREN,
SOMETIMES A VERY VERY YOUNG
00:09:45CHILDREN, WHO ARE SUPPOSEDLY
ENGAGED IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
00:09:53ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT'S
WHAT THESE PICTURES ARE.
00:09:57VERY DEVIANT INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE LOOKING AT THESE.
00:10:05WHAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING
IS THEY SHARE THAT.
00:10:06THEY WILL HAVE 20, 30 PICTURES
OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, SHARE IT
00:10:15WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
THAT IS A CRIME IN THE STATE OF
00:10:18OHIO.
THE VICTIM CONTINUES TO BE
00:10:21VICTIMIZED.
DID IT THE VICTIM WAS
00:10:26VICTIMIZED THE FIRST TIME THE
PICTURES WERE TAKEN, AND THE
00:10:27VICTIM CONTINUES TO BE
VICTIMIZED TIME AFTER TIME
00:10:29AFTER THAT AS MORE INDIVIDUALS
LOOK AT THIS AND SHARE THOSE
00:10:33IMAGES.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT SOME OF THE
00:10:38INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE IN THIS
TYPE OF ACTIVITY ALSO DO ACT
00:10:42OUT, ALSO NOT ONLY THAT IN
THEIR HOME OR SIT IN THEIR
00:10:47BASEMENT AND LOOK AT THE STUFF,
AND LOOK AT THESE CHILDREN, BUT
00:10:49SOME OF THEM THEN DO TAKE
ACTION AGAINST CHILDREN.
00:10:55THEY DO MOLEST CHILDREN.
THAT IS NOT TRUE IN EVERY CASE.
00:10:58BUT THE VICTIMIZATION OF THAT
CHILD AND THE SHARING OF THIS --
00:11:05THESE IMAGES IS A CRIME UNDER
OHIO LAW.
00:11:09THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ENFORCING
TODAY.
00:11:10>> DO YOU KNOW IF THESE
CHILDREN ARE LOCAL CHILDREN IN
00:11:18THE MOST RECENT CASES?
ARE THE FILES COMING FROM
00:11:23OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES?
>> WE ARE PREPARED TO DO
00:11:30WHATEVER WE CAN DO.
IMAGES, AS YOU POINT OUT, ARE ON
00:11:34THE INTERNET.
IF ANY OF THE CHILDREN CAN BE
00:11:39IDENTIFIED, AND IF WE CAN FIND
OUT WHO THEY ARE, WE WILL
00:11:46CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION.
HIS FIRST QUESTION WAS, ARE ANY
00:11:51OF THESE CHILDREN LOCAL PEER
AND WE DO NOT HAVE THAT
00:11:53INFORMATION.
>> WE ARE NOT AWARE.
00:11:55AT THIS POINT, WE ARE NOT AWARE
OF ANY LOCAL CHILDREN.
00:12:01THE FORENSICS HAS NOT BEEN
COMPLETED YET ON THE COMPUTERS,
00:12:07SO WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE
ANALYSIS WILL GIVE.
00:12:10IN TERMS OF THE PRODUCTION OF
CHOPPER NOT A FEE, ANYTIME THAT
00:12:13WE ARE AWARE OF AN INDIVIDUAL
PRODUCING IT, WE DO WHATEVER WE
00:12:18CAN TO OUR FOR THEM.
IF THEY ARE CREATING IT IN THEIR
00:12:21HOME, IF A RESOURCES TO DO THAT,
CERTAINLY WE WILL GO AFTER THEM.
00:12:28WE WILL FIND THE EVIDENCE ON
THEIR COMPUTER ON AND WE WILL GO
00:12:29AFTER THEM.
>> THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT, AS
00:12:38YOU KNOW.
THAT IS A MATTER FOR THE FEDERAL
00:12:39AUTHORITIES.
AND WE CAN WORK WITH AND IF THAT
00:12:43IS WHAT IS DETERMINED.
>> THE PERSON WHO DID THE
00:12:50ORIGINAL VIDEO, ONE AT THEIR
CRIME BE MORE SERIOUS --
00:12:57WOULDN'T THEIR CRIME BE MORE
SERIOUS?
00:13:00>> YES.
THE CRIMES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
00:13:04NICOLE, DO YOU WANT TO LIST
THOSE.
00:13:05>> PANDERING SEXUAL ORIENTED
MANNER INVOLVING A MINOR.
00:13:12POSSESSING THE IMAGE IS A FOURTH
DEGREE FELONY.
00:13:17SHARING THE IMAGE, SELLING IT,
LEASING IT IN ANY WAY IS A
00:13:22SECOND-DEGREE FELONY.
DOES THE -- THOSE ARE ARE
00:13:26ENGAGED IN PRODUCING THE IMAGE
COULD BE CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY
00:13:30TO RATPRE, WHICH IS A FIRST-
DEGREE FELONY.
00:13:36>> LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR --
THERE ARE TODAY A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:13:41IN OHIO WHO ARE DOING THIS AT
THIS VERY MOMENT.
00:13:42MY MESSAGE IS -- THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
00:13:46IF YOU THINK YOU CAN SIT IN YOUR
HOME AND LOOK AT YOUR COMPUTER
00:13:54AND TRANSMIT PICTURES OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY, OF LITTLE CHILDREN,
00:14:01AND NOT GET CAUGHT, YOU ARE
WRONG.
00:14:05YOU ARE GOING TO GET CAUGHT.
THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
00:14:10TARGETED TODAY IS JUST THE
BEGINNING.
00:14:13THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
00:14:18WE KNOW THEY ARE OUT THERE.
WE KNOW WHERE MANY OF THEM ARE
00:14:22PEER AND WE ARE GOING TO GO GET
THEM.
00:14:22AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO DISCLOSE
HOW WE DO IT.
00:14:27BUT THIS IS AN ACCEPTED
PRACTICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
00:14:34THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
>> REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION,
00:14:40DO YOU THINK THAT TO GET MORE
AWARENESS, PUBLICIZING THIS MORE
00:14:48HAS RESULTED IN MORE --
>> LET ME ASK NICOLE TO EXPLAIN
00:14:58THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS WE
GET INVOLVED.
00:14:58BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE.
00:15:02WHAT WE DESCRIBED IN THIS RAID
TODAY, IT ENDS ON GOING
00:15:07OPERATION, IS ONE PIECE OF THIS
WHOLE THING.
00:15:08BUT OUR WHOLE IDEA WAS TO WORK
WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO
00:15:17BE OF ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT, TO BE US -- TO BE
00:15:22OF ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS.
WHAT ARE YOU DESCRIBED TWO OR
00:15:29THREE EXAMPLES?
>> WE GET CALLS FROM LOCAL LAW
00:15:35ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT MAY
NEED HELP FOR EVER 80 OF
00:15:40REASONS, OR THEY JUST DON'T
HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THE TIME.
00:15:43THEY ARE SHORT ON MANPOWER OR
EXPERTISE.
00:15:47WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
DONE IS COMMIT EXPERTS TO THE
00:15:57INVESTIGATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OVER OHIO, TO
00:16:02DO MORE TRADITIONAL
INVESTIGATIONS, LIKE WHAT WE
00:16:03WOULD CALL NON-INTERNET CASES.
LABOR, PHYSICAL EXCUSES, SHAKING
00:16:08BABY, HEAD TRAUMA CASES, THINGS
OF THOSE NATURE.
00:16:14IN ADDITION, WE ARE VERY
PROACTIVE.
00:16:16THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
COMMITTED -- HAS COMMITTED
00:16:21PERSONNEL TO DO THE TROLLING ON
THE INTERNET AND TO GO AFTER
00:16:22THOSE THAT ARE SEEKING TO
SOLICIT SEX FROM MINORS ONLINE
00:16:27AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE
TRADING IMAGES OF CHILD
00:16:29PORNOGRAPHY.
SO IT IS TWOFOLD.
00:16:32WE ARE PRO-ACTIVE WITH THE INNER
SIDE -- INTERNET SITE AND WE
00:16:38ALSO WORK WITH THE LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT SIDE ONCE WE GET
00:16:39THE CASE DEVELOPED TO THE POINT.
WE ARE ALSO VERY REACTIVE
00:16:44WHENEVER THE LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NEEDS
00:16:47ASSISTANCE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
00:16:48COMMITTED THESE RESOURCES FOR US
TO GO OUT AND PROVIDE WHATEVER
00:16:50LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE TO THE
INVESTIGATION.
00:16:54>> IF WE HAVE A SMALL COUNTY,
THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE, WE CAN
00:17:00PUT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE TOGETHER.
WE CAN SEND OUT INVESTIGATORS,
00:17:05WE CAN SEND OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERTS IN THE AREA OF HELPING
00:17:11VICTIMS.
WE CAN ACTUALLY PROSECUTE THE
00:17:17CASE ITSELF IF THE LOCAL
PROSECUTOR WANTS US TO DO THAT.
00:17:18SO WE CAN SEND A WHOLE TEAM IN
FOR THAT INVESTIGATION.
00:17:23THAT IS WHAT WE DO.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T NEED A
00:17:26WHOLE TEAM.
SOMETIMES ANY PART OF A TEAM.
00:17:28AND WE WILL SEND THOSE RESOURCES
OUT.
00:17:30THE OTHER THING A YOU COULD
TELL FROM MY STATEMENT THAT WE
00:17:34ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO EXPAND
THIS BY TRAINING MORE OFFICERS
00:17:38IN HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF
CASE.
00:17:43WE ARE DOING THAT THROUGH
SPECIALIZED COURSES.
00:17:48WE HAVE TRAINED A LOT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
00:17:49THE WHOLE IDEA IS A MULTIPLIER
EFFECT.
00:17:51WE CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE, BUT IF
WE TRAIN PEOPLE, THEN THEY HAVE
00:17:57THE ABILITY TO DO A LOT OF THIS
THEMSELVES.
00:17:58WHAT'S NICOLE TALKED ABOUT, THE
INTERNET SOMETIMES -- PEOPLE
00:18:05CONFUSE THE SAME THINGS.
PEOPLE -- WE ARE GOING AFTER
00:18:09PEOPLE WHO ARE FILESHARING.
THE OTHER THING WE ARE DOING IS
00:18:11GOING ON THE INTERNET AND GOING
INTO THE CHAT ROOMS AND HAVING
00:18:19OUR AGENTS GO IN AND PRETEND
LIKE THEY ARE CHILDREN.
00:18:21THAT IS A MORE OVERT ACT.
THAT ACT IS WHEN THE PERSON WHO
00:18:29IS -- THE CREDITOR WHO IS ON THE
INTERNET -- PREDATORS, YOU KNOW
00:18:34, GO WHERE THE KIDS ARE.
SEXUAL PREDATORS GO WHERE THE
00:18:38KIDS ARE.
HISTORICALLY, THEY WOULD GO TO
00:18:41PLAYGROUNDS, OR A KID WALKING
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
00:18:45TODAY, THEY GO ON THE INTERNET,
THEY GO INTO CHAT ROOMS.
00:18:48THE SURPRISE FOR THEM IS THAT WE
ARE THERE.
00:18:51SO THAT IS A SEPARATE TYPE OF
INVESTIGATION THAN WHAT WE ARE
00:18:55TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
>> TODAY YOU'RE GOING AFTER
00:19:04PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE FILES, BUT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE STUFF AND
00:19:10ARE NOT SHARING THEM, JUST THE
POSSESSION OF THEM IS A CRIME.
00:19:17>> IT IS A CRIME UNDER OHIO LAW.
IT IS A FELONY UNDER OHIO LAW.
00:19:23I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT
THAT IS.
00:19:24I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
THE BILL SHARE, BUT A WHOLE
00:19:33BUNCH OF THEM SHARE.
IT IS A NETWORK OUT THERE.
00:19:35ONE PERSON HAS A BUNCH OF
IMAGES, AND THEY WILL SHARE
00:19:42WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE WILL SHARE THEIR
00:19:44IMAGES WITH THEM.
IT IS CONSTANTLY GOING ON ALL
00:19:47THE TIME IN OHIO AND ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
00:19:49>> ARE YOU ALSO GOING AFTER
PEOPLE WHO JUST POSSESS?
00:19:54>> I WASN'T WITH A IT IS A CRIME
IN THE STATE OF OHIO, AND I
00:20:00WOULD NOT SUGGEST THE POSSESS
IT.
00:20:01>> IF YOU COULD ELABORATE MORE
ABOUT THE CONCERN YOU HAVE WITH
00:20:16CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, WITH OTHER
THINGS THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED
00:20:21WITH AS FAR AS DANGEROUS --
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF
00:20:29STATISTICS.
I HAVE LEARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM
00:20:30STATISTICS.
I THINK ANYONE WHO HAS LOOKED AT
00:20:34THIS WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE WHO WHAT THEY DO IS
00:20:42VICTIMIZE KIDS BY LOOKING AT
THEIR IMAGES.
00:20:44THAT IS A CRIME.
THEY DON'T GO BEYOND THAT.
00:20:47THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO
VICTIMIZE CHILDREN BY LOOKING
00:20:53AT THESE IMAGES AND SHARING
THESE IMAGES, WHO THEN ALSO GO
00:20:58OUT AND ACT OUT AND DO AN OVERT
ACT.
00:21:01WHAT PERCENTAGE THOSE ARE, YOU
CAN CHECK THE STUDIES THAT HAVE
00:21:13BEEN DONE.
MANY STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE.
00:21:17BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE PERCENTAGE BECAUSE
00:21:20DIFFERENT STUDIES SHOW DIFFERENT
PERCENTAGES.
00:21:23BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING ITS DUE IN
00:21:27FACT ACT OUT AND DO IN FACT
MOLEST CHILDREN.
00:21:30NO DOUBT.
>> --
00:21:35>> NO, THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
00:21:40WE'RE GOING THEM -- WE ARE GOING
AFTER THEM TODAY.
00:21:43CHILDREN TIME AND TIME AGAIN --
AND TO A CHILD PHOTOGRAPHY IS A
00:21:47CRIME UNDER OHIO LAW.
IT IS A MORE SERIOUS CRIME
00:21:52UNDER OHIO LAW TO SHARE THOSE
IMAGES WITH OTHERS.
00:21:54THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY, AND THAT IS WHAT
00:21:57THIS OPERATION THAT IS ONGOING
TODAY -- THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
00:21:59DOING.
ANYBODY ELSE?
00:22:02>> SHARE LITTLE MORE, WHETHER IT
IS --
00:22:13>> WE CAN GET YOU THE ADDRESSES.
WE CAN GET ADDRESSES ON THREE
00:22:21LOCATIONS SO FAR.
WHERE THE WARRANTS HAVE BEEN
00:22:23SERVED.
WE WILL GET YOU THAT.
00:22:26>> CAN YOU SAY HOW MANY WERE
RESULTING IN CONVICTIONS?
00:22:36>> BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE, WE
ARE INVOLVED NOT TOTALLY, WHERE
00:22:46WE DON'T DO THE PROSECUTION.
MANY OF THEM, WE MAY HAVE BEEN
00:22:52INVOLVED AT ONE LEVEL AND THEN
THE PROSECUTOR TOOK THE CASE.
00:22:54SOME OF THESE WE CAN'T TRACK.
SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
00:22:57IT IS A LOCAL RELATIONSHIP THAT
WE HAVE.
00:23:05OUR INVOLVEMENT, SOMETIMES, WE
DO THE WHOLE THING.
00:23:09THEN WE CAN TELL YOU.
>> ON AN UNRELATED TOPIC, THE
00:23:18CONNECTICUT SHOOTINGS, 9/11, THE
MORE THE THINGS HAPPEN, THE
00:23:32BOSTON MARATHON THING, IS THERE
SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT DONE IN
00:23:35OHIO THAT WE ARE GOING TO START
DOING?
00:23:38>> I THINK ANYTIME YOU HAVE A
TRAGEDY LIKE THIS, IT REMINDS
00:23:42US OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY
KNOW, WHICH IS WHENEVER YOU HAVE
00:23:52A HIGH-PROFILE EVENT, THE ODDS
OF A PROBLEM CERTAINLY GO UP,
00:24:00WHETHER IT IS A BOSTON MARATHON
OR A SUPER BOWL OR A BIG
00:24:03FOOTBALL GAME.
THESE ARE TARGET ENVIRONMENTS.
00:24:06THAT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE
ANYBODY.
00:24:09BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWS THAT.
SECURITY PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
00:24:14A LOT OF THE SECURITY THAT GOES
ON YOU AND I NEVER SEE.
00:24:17IT IS GOING ON.
A LOT OF MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
00:24:25A LOT OF YOUR MONEY IS BEING
SPENT ON SECURITY.
00:24:26SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR
LESSON FROM BOSTON.
00:24:29OTHER THAN IT IS A DIFFERENT
WORLD WE LIVE IN.
00:24:39IN YOUR LIFETIME AND MY
LIFETIME, IT IS NOT GOING TO
00:24:41CHANGE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
00:24:42VIGILANT.
WHETHER OR NOT THIS TERRORIST
00:24:48IS A HOMEGROWN TERRORIST OR
WHETHER THE TERRORIST IS FROM
00:24:49OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
DOESN'T MATTER A WHOLE LOT AS
00:24:55FAR AS THE VICTIMS, AS FAR AS
THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO IS
00:25:01DEAD.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE --
00:25:07THE RESOURCES IN THIS COUNTRY,
WE WILL FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT
00:25:09DID HAPPEN.
>> ANY UPDATE ON AN INTERNET
00:25:16CAMPAIGN?
>> WELL, YES.
00:25:20WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE NEWS
FOR YOU TOMORROW.
00:25:25ANYTHING ELSE?
STAY TUNED, WE WILL HAVE NEWS
00:25:32TOMORROW.
IT COULD BE IN THE MORNING.
00:25:34[LAUGHTER]
COULD BE IN THE MORNING.
00:25:42WE WILL HAVE COFFEE AND
DOUGHNUTS FOR YOU.
00:25:43MAYBE A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
ANYBODY ELSE
00:25:48?
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