Sex offender nabbed seeking computer service facing new charges

OK, let no one misconstrue my point, I do not support child porn, but study this article closely. Guy takes computer to store for repair, rather than repairing the computer, the employee spent his time SEARCHING whatever pictures were on the computer. What gives him authority to do such? Its the same as, hiring someone to clean your carpets, and they search through your personal draws looking for whatever, no difference.

7-29-2010 Massachusetts:

A Level 3 sex offender convicted of multiple child sex crimes in Michigan is set to appear before a judge today for a bail hearing on new child pornography charges in the Bay State, prosecutors said.

____, 48, of Chelsea, was charged in April with four counts of possession of child pornography after an employee at a Revere Staples found pornographic pictures of a young blond boy on the supsect’s computer, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley.

Wark added ___ had taken the computer to Staples to be repaired.

The employee contacted Revere police, who turned the computer over to state police for a forensic examination, Wark said. The examination also revealed links on ___’s computer to pedophilia chat rooms.

___ was released on $1,000 bail at his district court arraignment. He was indicted last week by a Suffolk County grand jury and ordered held by a clerk magistrate without bail pending today’s hearing, Wark said. He has pleaded not guilty.

___’s Sex Offender Registry Board online flier indicates he was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in 1991 and convicted of assault with intent to rape in 1992.

In 1993, ___ was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, the online record shows.

He is represented by attorney David Burgess. The bail hearing is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. in Suffolk Superior Court. ..Source.. Laura Crimaldi

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Sex offender fighting to attend family church in NH

A few facts. Viewing child pornography is a non contact crime; he viewed 60 pics. Now, if we were to believe the woman's theory, then we must be fearful of lawyers and judges who have, in the course of their jobs, likely have viewed many many many pics of child porn, and deathly afraid of the police who have arrested such criminals; none of these have yet to be sentenced. Amen.

6-24-2010 New Hampshire:

CONCORD, N.H. -- A convicted sex offender is fighting for his right to attend a New Hampshire church.

Jonathan Perfetto is fighting for a fresh start, and his battle is playing out in New Hampshire's highest court and in the neighborhood where he wants to attend church.

One woman who lives near the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Manchester-South, where Perfetto could attend service several times per week, is concerned.

“When it comes to just coming to the neighborhood, and I’m sure it puts everyone on edge,” said the woman.

Perfetto spent seven years behind bars for child pornography possession.

“He pled guilty to 61 counts of child pornography, and so we feel it’s an extreme risk,” said New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Cort.

Cort is arguing against Perfetto, saying under his probation, he can’t have any contact with children under the age of 17. The church Perfetto wants to attend is family-oriented.

Cort believes Perfetto could be a risk to children in the congregation, saying “if he didn’t (pose a risk), he wouldn’t have received the sentence that he did.”

Perfetto’s ACLU lawyer argued this client would be supervised by a church elder at all times.

Some agree that Perfetto is entitled to his religious freedom.

“I feel if he’s being supervised at the time he’s in church, it should be OK,” said one man.

Church leaders said they’ve never met Perfetto, while some parents hope they never have to.

“Just watch as closely as we can,” said the woman that lives near the church.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court won’t rule on the case until the fall. ..Source.. WHDH.com

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Not everything claimed to be child porn, is child porn

August 2009:

Here is the main company used by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to analyze pictures that are claimed to be child porn. The program they have developed is quite interesting. Pay particular attention to my highlight, as that drives UP the number of images. See also "Finding child porn and Daily Show clips... without hashes or keywords" by ars Technica

With that said: LTU Technologies: Making sense of visual content

Child Abuse Investigations

THE SITUATION:

Specialized police departments are storing, accessing and utilizing databases containing hundreds of thousands images. Child abuse investigations typically involve the examination of high volumes of seized visual assets (on hard drives, DVD-ROMs, etc.). The illegal, pornographic content found in these seizures is usually added to a centralized image database. However, the management, comparison, and search for evidence in these images is a time consuming and prohibitively large task that must be performed in situations where urgency is the key.

* Image-based search within a centralized data center
* Content-based search within large image databases
* Easy and intuitive access to visual assets
* Identification of series of images using visual comparison techniques
* Automatic comparison of large sets of images with a reference database


THE CHALLENGE

Transform unmanageable visual libraries into strategic assets in the field of investigation.

LTU was approached by several police organizations around the world to create a system to aid in the investigation of child abuse criminals and distribution rings.

Since the content managed by those organizations is sensitive and prohibited by law, it is necessary to create an internal, restricted-access system to automate the comparison of current seizures with the organization’s thousands of confidential, documented images.. A system is needed which facilitates the correlation between the elements found in current cases (hard-to-describe, undocumented, unqualified) with images, clues, and evidence.


THE SOLUTION

Implement LTU’s powerful image recognition application to increase the efficiency of the investigation process.

LTU implemented within several police organizations a specialized version of its LTU engine (Image-Seeker) application with an Autoscan function. These law enforcement agencies are now able to compare and match images, a task previously impossible with their manual procedures.

The LTU system has improved the investigation speed and success rate by giving the investigator ability to:

* Compare recently seized images, about which little or no information is known, to a police database of images and videos that have identifiers or characteristics attached. By comparing visual clues, the investigator is able to identify the source of an image, links between known criminals and suspects, details about the location a picture was taken, and sometimes the people within the images.

* Match single images to a series of images or videos. Since images are often sourced from a roll or a video segment, there are rarely many stand-alone images. Investigators can now find and match a “missing link” image to its original series, or a similar series. This information provides investigators with insights into details about the camera used, the style of the photographer, and even camera angles which may reveal facial features not previously seen.

* Link apparently harmless images of children to a series that has been documented and captured as illegal. For instance, a photo from a recent seizure of a child smiling might actually be part and parcel of a porn series, which would have otherwise gone unlinked without an image similarity recognition system.

* Help identify similar features of images, such as clothing or backgrounds. This information allows the police to identify victims who have been abused repeatedly, but in different locations, for instance.

THE LTU IMAGE-SEEKER APPLICATION

Image-Seeker (now LTU engine) can be used for:

Direct implementation for organizations with large volumes of strategic visual data.
Integration with knowledge management and media asset management software via API's. LTU can provide consulting expertise on the integration of its software with other applications.


THE BENEFITS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Improve the fight against child abuse activities and help in dismantling image distribution rings.

Since several police organizations use the LTU system in current criminal affairs, the information that can be released to the public is restricted. However, feedback is positives and indicates that LTU technology has been instrumental in helping solve many cases. In one instance, images found in the seizure of a suspect were compared using LTU’s system to the police database. The results of the comparison revealed similar images, which contained the very suspect. The specialized police department concerned was able, therefore, to charge the suspect not only on possession and duplication charges, but on criminal participation charges, as well.

In current seizures, the police often capture more than 100,000 child abuse images in one location. Previously, investigators would have been unable to sort through or pull information from these images manually, and the images would have gone unused due to time restrictions. With LTU’s technology, the automated investigation system is now able to extract incriminating evidence from these images regarding the suspect in question, and potentially other participants.

Related Products:

LTU engine [1]

LTU finder [2]

Related Industries:

Law Enforcement [3]

Legal Technology Services [4]

Related Clients:

France - Gendarmerie Nationale [5]

Italy- Commumnications Police [6]

NCMEC [7]

US Department of Homeland Security [8]

Related Technologies:

Image Matching [9]

Similarity Search [10]

Related Use-cases:

Data triage in computer forensics [11]

..Source.. LTU Technologies: Making sense of visual content

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