RI State Police Arrest 8 for Sex Trafficking, Solicitation of a Minor
Friday, July 24, 2015
Eight Rhode Island residents have been arrested for crimes allegedly exploiting children, as announced by the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on Thursday.
See the Arrest List BELOW
On March 23, the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit / ICAC Task Force received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding a possible sexual assault of a 14 year old juvenile female. The Rhode Island State Police, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Franklin Township (New Jersey) Police Department worked to located the victim in New Jersey on April 6. At the time the victim was located, Paul Monteiro, age 30, was arrested by HSI and charged federally with human trafficking. The prosecution of this arrest is being handled by the Providence office of the United States Attorney.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn collaboration with the United States Attorney's Office and the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, members of the ICAC Task Force conducted a subsequent investigation which resulted in the following individuals being charged with the offenses listed below
Arrests
* Hugo Ortiz, 31, of Central Falls is being charged with sex trafficking of a minor.
* Edwin Urizar, 31, of Johnston is being charged with sex trafficking of a minor and procurement of sexual conduct for a fee.
* Aaron Navarro, 20, of Pawtucket is being charged with indecent solicitation of a child and electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.
* Ryan Shea, 25, of North Providence is being charged with electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.
* Brian P. Meyer Jr., 19, of Bristol is being charged with indecent solicitation of a child and electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.
* Oriani F. Gonzalez, 24, of Providence is being charged with indecent solicitation of a child and electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.
* Geraldo Rodriguez, 24, of Providence is being charged with electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.
* Justin Burgess, 21, of Warwick is being charged with indecent solicitation of a child and electronically disseminating indecent material to minors.
Related Slideshow: Rhode Island Communities with the Most Sex Offenders
The State of Rhode Island Parole Board and Sex Offender Community Notification Unit provides a searchable online database of Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders, which are "moderate risk" offender and "high risk" offenders, searchable by city and town, zip code, or offender level. Not all towns in the state have registered sex offenders in the database.
In addition, categories include "whereabouts unknown", "moved out of state", "incarcerated out of state", "deported", and "deceased."
Below are the sex offenders registered on the site as of November 2013, ranked accoring to offenders per capita in each community -- which can change daily. The population numbers are taken from Rhode Island DLT 2011 estimates.
Search the site for names, and addresses, here.
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