Eleven Rocklanders - 10 adults and one juvenile - have been charged in an online child pornography investigation, according to Rockland law enforcement officials.
The Rockland County Sheriff's Department and the Rockland District Attorney's Office said the arrests follow an investigation that included local police agencies along with U.S. Immigration and Customes Enforcement, Homeland Security, the U.S. Secret Service, the state Crimes Against Children Task Force and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chilren.
The Rockland County Sheriff's Department said that with the assistance of the Stony Point Police Department and the Town of Ramapo Police Department, 11 search warrants were conducted over the past three months in Rockland, leading to evidence collection and the subsequent 11 arrests.
The charges include: Promoting an Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child (D Felony); Possessing an Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child (E Felony).
Arrested were:
Donald Carpenter, Stony Point
Silvio Mazzella, Stony Point
Jon Koenigheit, Suffern
Michael Schranz, Suffern
Wesley Didrichsen, Suffern
Neil Tesher, Spring Valley
Jacob Filous, Suffern
Damian Champagne, Suffern
Mitchell Newman, Suffern
Linton Wright II, Spring Valley
And, a juvenile.
