{"id":151968,"date":"2021-01-28T17:02:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=151968"},"modified":"2021-01-28T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:02:24","slug":"nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; (<em>DOJ, Eastern District of New York<\/em>) &#8212; A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Carmine Simpson with the sexual exploitation of children. The charges relate to sexually explicit images and videos of children that the defendant requested and received from minors who he targeted on Twitter. Simpson was arrested today and will make his initial appearance via videoconference this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson.<\/p>\n<p>Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the arrest and charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of protecting the community as a sworn police officer, the defendant has preyed upon and sexually exploited the most vulnerable members,\u201d stated Acting United States Attorney DuCharme. \u201cThe protection of innocent children is a priority for the Department of Justice and this Office will continue to make every effort to ensure that those who contribute to the victimization of children will be brought to justice.\u201d Mr. DuCharme extended his grateful appreciation to the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Squad for its investigative work and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for its assistance on the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a law enforcement officer, Mr. Simpson swore an oath to protect the public he served. We allege he chose instead to manipulate some of our society&#8217;s most vulnerable citizens when he repeatedly enticed children to create sexually explicit videos and photos,\u201d stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney. \u201cMuch of this activity occurs through popular social media sites, so I&#8217;d ask parents and guardians to take some time to talk with your children about their online activities. You are the first line of defense in protecting our youth from predators. A moment of your time can save a lifetime of trauma. If you believe someone is trying to entice or sexually exploit your child, please report it to us by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI or going to tips.fbi.gov.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to court filings, Simpson, a police officer with the NYPD, allegedly targeted vulnerable children on Twitter for the purpose of having them create sexually exploitative photos and videos of themselves for the defendant. Simpson often represented to his victims that he was 17 years-old, and he sent them pictures of himself where he applied a filter to alter his own appearance so that he appeared younger. Simpson communicated with at least 46 children who appear to have been between the ages of 13 and 17. On Twitter alone, Simpson obtained at least 18 photographic images and 33 videos containing sexually exploitative material from children<\/p>\n<p>If convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, Simpson faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years\u2019 imprisonment. The charges in the complaint are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; (DOJ, Eastern District of New York) &#8212; A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Carmine Simpson with the sexual exploitation of children. The charges relate to sexually explicit images and videos of children that the defendant requested and received from minors who he targeted on Twitter. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":151970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter - Breaking911<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter - Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK &#8212; (DOJ, Eastern District of New York) &#8212; A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Carmine Simpson with the sexual exploitation of children. The charges relate to sexually explicit images and videos of children that the defendant requested and received from minors who he targeted on Twitter. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BN-TV948_NYPOLI_M_20170613180420.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"T. Grant Benson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantB911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"T. Grant Benson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"T. Grant Benson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8847e8dd9a4f75600ebf91da20833ab8\"},\"headline\":\"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\"},\"wordCount\":482,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Breaking News\",\"Crime\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\",\"name\":\"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter - Breaking911\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/category\/breaking-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking911\",\"description\":\"Best Non-Mainstream, Alternative News Source\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Breaking911\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/An0oOH0m6If4xThWzonPime0GLwB7VIUfJqruEluqmXT.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/An0oOH0m6If4xThWzonPime0GLwB7VIUfJqruEluqmXT.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Breaking911\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breaking911\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/breaking_911\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCi7BCQ_T4m6si1IQOnuz6RA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8847e8dd9a4f75600ebf91da20833ab8\",\"name\":\"T. Grant Benson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21227aab5f80040c19d732c1a122558a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21227aab5f80040c19d732c1a122558a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"T. Grant Benson\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/Breaking911.com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantB911\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/author\/grant\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter - Breaking911","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter - Breaking911","og_description":"NEW YORK &#8212; (DOJ, Eastern District of New York) &#8212; A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Carmine Simpson with the sexual exploitation of children. The charges relate to sexually explicit images and videos of children that the defendant requested and received from minors who he targeted on Twitter. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/","og_site_name":"Breaking911","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breaking911","article_published_time":"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BN-TV948_NYPOLI_M_20170613180420.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"T. Grant Benson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantB911","twitter_site":"@Breaking911","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"T. Grant Benson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/"},"author":{"name":"T. Grant Benson","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8847e8dd9a4f75600ebf91da20833ab8"},"headline":"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter","datePublished":"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/"},"wordCount":482,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Breaking News","Crime"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/","url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/","name":"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter - Breaking911","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-28T22:02:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nypd-cop-charged-with-soliciting-sick-videos-from-46-minors-on-twitter\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Breaking News","item":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/category\/breaking-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NYPD cop charged with soliciting sick videos from 46 minors on Twitter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/","name":"Breaking911","description":"Best Non-Mainstream, Alternative News Source","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#organization","name":"Breaking911","url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/An0oOH0m6If4xThWzonPime0GLwB7VIUfJqruEluqmXT.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/An0oOH0m6If4xThWzonPime0GLwB7VIUfJqruEluqmXT.jpg","width":500,"height":400,"caption":"Breaking911"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breaking911","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/breaking_911\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCi7BCQ_T4m6si1IQOnuz6RA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8847e8dd9a4f75600ebf91da20833ab8","name":"T. Grant Benson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21227aab5f80040c19d732c1a122558a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21227aab5f80040c19d732c1a122558a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"T. Grant Benson"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Breaking911.com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantB911"],"url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/author\/grant\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BN-TV948_NYPOLI_M_20170613180420.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6oxZ0-Dx6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}