Timothy Beers got nailed by the beer; Child abuse & kiddie porn

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A Bowie man has been sentenced to 36 years for producing child pornography and abusing two Maryland girls after authorities recognized a beer can and unusual eye glasses in a photo.

Federal prosecutors said that 47-year-old Timothy Beers also paid $75,000 to the victims after pleading guilty to charges of sexually exploiting a minor and producing and possessing child pornography.

He sexually abused a three-year-old girl and a five-year-old girl and made videos of the acts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...051403302.html

The key to solving the case was a Toronto police officer's online discovery two years ago of a child-porn photograph in which a particular brand of beer could be seen in the background.

The officer--Det.-Const. Warren Bulmer--was working as part of a global network of investigators, including the RCMP and Interpol, that seeks to identify and rescue victims of Internet child pornography.

The breakthrough in the case came in May 2007 when Bulmer gained access to illegal photos being shared electronically by members of a child-pornography ring.

"These images had been intercepted from a public area of the Internet," Bulmer told Canwest News Service. "There were clues in those images. One in particular had what at first looked like some sort of can or cup. I did some work on that image, enhanced it to the point where I could read enough of the label. And it turned out to be a beer can."

The image-enhancement software showed that one of the adults involved had been drinking "Black& Tan" -- a brand of beer produced by Yuengling, a 175-year-old Pennsylvania brewing company.

Bulmer did some research on the firm and discovered that Yuengling's distribution area was "very tight" --only about 12 states in the northeast corner of the U. S.

"And there were only six where Black&Tan was even distributed," said Bulmer.

After an alert was issued to child pornography investigators in those states, a detective assigned to an Internet-crimes task force in Maine discerned another clue in the photograph-- an unusual "Disney brand" pair of child's eyeglasses that could be traced to a limited number of ophthalmologists in the area.

A prosecutor and FBI agent in New York closed the loop. They tracked down a Maryland ophthalmologist who prescribed a pair of the Disney glasses to a girl he recognized as one of the victims in the photo.

The girl's father turned out to be Beers' former neighbour, and coconspirator in producing the pornographic scenes shot with Beers' camera.

"Then the FBI got involved," recalls Bulmer, "and eventually they kicked down this guy's door in Maryland."

Beers was arrested last August, and sentenced last Thursday at a U.S. district court in Baltimore. The prosecution of the girls' father is ongoing.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ca...316/story.html

[Angelinfl]

You gotta do what you gotta do to get rid of these perverts so they don't hurt more children!

[akika666]

father = coconspirator! damn you!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I thought it was pretty cool how they nailed them. Sounds like a "Law & Order" episode. I bet it does not often happen that way.

[evervigilant]

Brilliant ! Na Duchronaigh got him caught lol !

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Brilliant ! Na Duchronaigh got him caught lol !

I didn't know you spoke Irish! LOL

[ScribbleMuse]

Yay, Law Enforcement! I keep these guys in prayer for strength. Could you imagine having to watch this crap?? I am just glad that some are strong enough to truly analyze and find these victims and nail the worthless animals who are abusing them.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

U.S. justice officials are again praising the "awe-inspiring" detective work of a Canadian police officer who unlocked a major child-pornography case in 2007 after identifying a regional brand of beer in the background of an illicit online photograph depicting the abuse of children.

Last week, Joseph Vieson, 43, of Annapolis, Md., was sentenced to 45 years in jail, to be followed by supervised release for life, for his role in producing child pornography.

It was the second conviction in the case, following that of Maryland resident Timothy Beers in May to a 36-year sentence.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ca...684/story.html

According to court documents, Vieson and Beers began conspiring together in 2006 to sexually abuse the two young girls - both younger than 6 at the time. The two sexually molested the girls, photographed and took video of the abuse and then distributed the images over the Internet.

Prosecutors declined to say how the men knew the girls. (Previously he was identified as the girls father)

Vieson said yesterday he could not apologize for what he did to the girls, because there are no words to make up for what he did to them.

"I'm sick. Something is fundamentally wrong with me," he said yesterday in court.

William C. Brennan Jr., Vieson's defense attorney, used his client's "clear, unequivocal admission of guilt" yesterday to ask the court for lenience. He said Vieson should be sentenced to "slightly less" than Beers, who he said had a prior conviction.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sandra Wilkinson argued the opposite. She said Vieson was the more culpable of the two men and that Vieson encouraged Beers to molest the girls.

She added that the girls are still suffering from the abuse the men inflicted on them; that they are in counseling.

"They really have not been rescued yet," she said. "They have so much more to do."

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/new...hild-porn.html

[backlash]

I don't know what's worse: The fact that the father was involved, or that there is a market for this type of shit out there.

[sorrow_discord]

I don't know what's worse: The fact that the father was involved, or that there is a market for this type of shit out there.

I hear you.

I do not know how these investigators do this, looking for child porn and talking with the sick pervs. They gotta have nightmares or at the very least be haunted by this shit. ewww

[badfish76]

See ya, Pervos. Have fun with Bubba!

Thank you, LE!

[cubby]

they both should be shot and just have done with it!! No leniency no mitigating circumstances just shoot them!!

and why is it that only after they are caught do they say how sorry they are and that there must be 'something' wrong with them. they stilll knew right from wrong all along.

[backlash]

they both should be shot and just have done with it!! No leniency no mitigating circumstances just shoot them!!

and why is it that only after they are caught do they say how sorry they are and that there must be 'something' wrong with them. they stilll knew right from wrong all along.

100% Agreed. That's also why these fuckers need to suffer for a long time. No quick ending to their pain with death. A good ass raping every day for the rest of their life ought to suffice.