A year-old Berkeley man was charged Monday with felony sex crimes against children after Berkeley detectives arrested him at his home Friday night, according to police and court papers. Authorities say both crimes happened on an ongoing basis from Jan. Peat also was charged with possession of child pornography, which is listed as a misdemeanor. On Thursday, according to court papers, a BPD officer had been assigned to investigate a cyber tip received earlier in the week from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They served a search warrant there Friday night. Peat said he had been alone with the girl on numerous occasions, police wrote, and had begun making the images when she was The charge of using a minor for sex acts is defined in court documents as having coerced someone under 18 to pose or model for images involving sexual conduct. Bail was not listed. Skip to content.

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A Jacksonville man who authorities say had sex with an underage girl he met online, tried to solicit dozens of other girls, and had child porn, has been sentenced to years in prison. The Onslow County Sheriff's Office received a report in May, from the Wilmington Police Department that then year-old Morgan Jeffrey Shepard had been involved in a sexual relationship with a minor that he met through social media. At the time of the alleged incident, Shepard was 29 years old and the victim was The victim said that Shepard had contacted her through social media and asked her to engage in sexual acts for money.
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A Palatine man who authorities say used his cellphone to record the sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl was ordered held without bail Friday. He's also charged in the abuse of a 5-year-old girl. Jeremy Reyes, 18, is charged with child pornography, predatory criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
How did you learn to have sex? Maybe you worked it out bit by bit with a partner. Maybe you talked about it with friends and got tips and tricks from them. Or maybe you watched porn.