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Karate teacher gets 90 years in child porn case
October 14, 2014 5:58 PM
By The Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. - (AP) -- A federal judge has sentenced a karate teacher to 90 years in prison for molesting three boys and making child pornography in northern New York.
U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy handed down the sentence Tuesday on Ryan Staples of Chateaugay. The judge agreed with the recommendation of prosecutors.
They say Staples didn't fully take responsibility.
His attorney told the judge that sentence was unduly severe, worse than a federal guideline sentence for murder, and that Staples himself had been molested at age 8 or 9 by a man he met through Boy Scouts.
Staples pleaded guilty to three counts of producing child pornography in May, admitting that in 2010 he molested boys who were nine, 11 and 13 years old. He posted images on a website from which investigators tracked him.
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Karate teacher gets 90 years in child porn case
October 14, 2014 5:58 PM
By The Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. - (AP) -- A federal judge has sentenced a karate teacher to 90 years in prison for molesting three boys and making child pornography in northern New York.
U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy handed down the sentence Tuesday on Ryan Staples of Chateaugay. The judge agreed with the recommendation of prosecutors.
They say Staples didn't fully take responsibility.
His attorney told the judge that sentence was unduly severe, worse than a federal guideline sentence for murder, and that Staples himself had been molested at age 8 or 9 by a man he met through Boy Scouts.
Staples pleaded guilty to three counts of producing child pornography in May, admitting that in 2010 he molested boys who were nine, 11 and 13 years old. He posted images on a website from which investigators tracked him.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Press-Republican
May 3, 2014
Man guilty of making child porn
By FELICIA KRIEG
Press-Republican
---- — ALBANY — A Chateaugay karate instructor admitted Friday to producing child pornography.
In U.S. District Court in Albany, Ryan Staples, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The charges involve three juvenile victims.
Staples said he videotaped and took photographs of himself “engaged in sexually explicit conduct” with the children, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in the release.
He faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years on each count, with a lifetime term of supervised release.
Staples also faces a maximum fine of $250,000 on each count and is required to register as a sex offender.
CLASSES IN TWO TOWNS
Staples, whose business was called Staples Contact Karate, held classes in Chateaugay and Brushton, and he had planned to start classes at the YMCA in Plattsburgh in December 2013, his website says.
In Chateaugay, the classes were held in the Town Hall, according to the site, and children as young as age 4 could register for sessions.
“Our instructors are friendly and will be there to help you every step of the way,” the site says. “At Staples Contact Karate, we’ll give you the attention and personal training you will need to achieve the goals at our school.”
‘DESPICABLE CRIME’
“Child pornography creates a permanent record of a child’s sexual exploitation, and each time it’s shared online, that child is victimized again,” Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero said in the release.
“Traumatizing children for sexual purposes is one of the most despicable crimes HSI investigates. HSI will continue to relentlessly pursue child predators to rescue innocent victims and bring their abusers to justice.”
“We will continue to aggressively pursue anyone and everyone who seeks to traumatize and sexually exploit our children,” said U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
The Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Investigations in Rouses Point conducted the investigation.
Hartunian commended the investigators, “who worked so hard to bring this defendant to justice.”
SENTENCING SCHEDULED
Staples, who is in police custody, will be sentenced in Albany on Sept. 11 by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Kopita.
Email Felicia Krieg:[email protected]: @FeliciaKrieg
Press-Republican
May 3, 2014
Man guilty of making child porn
By FELICIA KRIEG
Press-Republican
---- — ALBANY — A Chateaugay karate instructor admitted Friday to producing child pornography.
In U.S. District Court in Albany, Ryan Staples, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The charges involve three juvenile victims.
Staples said he videotaped and took photographs of himself “engaged in sexually explicit conduct” with the children, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in the release.
He faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years on each count, with a lifetime term of supervised release.
Staples also faces a maximum fine of $250,000 on each count and is required to register as a sex offender.
CLASSES IN TWO TOWNS
Staples, whose business was called Staples Contact Karate, held classes in Chateaugay and Brushton, and he had planned to start classes at the YMCA in Plattsburgh in December 2013, his website says.
In Chateaugay, the classes were held in the Town Hall, according to the site, and children as young as age 4 could register for sessions.
“Our instructors are friendly and will be there to help you every step of the way,” the site says. “At Staples Contact Karate, we’ll give you the attention and personal training you will need to achieve the goals at our school.”
‘DESPICABLE CRIME’
“Child pornography creates a permanent record of a child’s sexual exploitation, and each time it’s shared online, that child is victimized again,” Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero said in the release.
“Traumatizing children for sexual purposes is one of the most despicable crimes HSI investigates. HSI will continue to relentlessly pursue child predators to rescue innocent victims and bring their abusers to justice.”
“We will continue to aggressively pursue anyone and everyone who seeks to traumatize and sexually exploit our children,” said U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
The Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Investigations in Rouses Point conducted the investigation.
Hartunian commended the investigators, “who worked so hard to bring this defendant to justice.”
SENTENCING SCHEDULED
Staples, who is in police custody, will be sentenced in Albany on Sept. 11 by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Kopita.
Email Felicia Krieg:[email protected]: @FeliciaKrieg