intrepid Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) SICK. Hope he rots in prison! No need to have someone like him out on the streets. Actually, life in prison is too good for him! SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man was sentenced to life in federal prison Tuesday for buying Filipino children for sex and pornography in what prosecutors called one of most "lurid, willful, and disturbing" child exploitation cases in the nation. U.S. District Judge John Mendez said he was sickened by the crimes committed by Michael Carey Clemans, 57, of Sacramento. Prosecutors said he gave detailed instructions on how young girls should be posed, how their hair should be cut, whether they should wear makeup or have their bodies oiled. "His true plan was to find young girls, virgins, and then go have sex with them," Assistant U.S. Attorney Andre Espinosa said. "A 57-year-old man doesn't have sex with a 7-year-old girl — he rapes her." The sentence came after defense attorney Daniel Olmos argued that the judge should consider Clemans' cooperation in helping authorities catch his co-conspirators. But Mendez agreed with prosecutors, saying the "unthinkable, inexcusable" crimes outweighed the assistance. "He has taken away the childhood of those victims," Mendez said. Clemans was an Army veteran with no criminal record who lived in Bangkok for two years while working as a pilot for a small airline. He later returned to Sacramento and lived with his mother while traveling to the Philippines several times. He had "another side to his life," Mendez said. "Mr. Clemans is a dangerous man. A danger particularly to children." Authorities said Clemans began conspiring with a woman in the Philippines in 2014 to produce child pornography and obtain girls. He sent the woman, Lyan Tandeg, nearly $6,000 for equipment she used to photograph naked children so he could decide which ones he would rape when he traveled to the country, authorities said. He directed her to find orphans, victims of typhoons and other vulnerable victims. He paid a co-conspirator, Shellina Atad, to obtain temporary custody of Filipino children and produce child pornography, authorities said. Investigators found three of the children who posed for the pornographic photos, including one called "Angel," when they were 7, 9, and 10. Prosecutors brought them from the Philippines to Sacramento to testify at Clemans' trial. Tandeg and Atad were arrested in 2015 and sentenced to 15-year prison terms in the Philippines, according to court documents. At one point, authorities said Clemans was communicating with more than 50 child pornography providers and obtained more than 27,000 child pornography images. The internet and ease of global banking make it extremely easy for child pornographers to communicate, buy and sell children and pornography, and hide their identities, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said in highlighting 40 central California convictions over the last four years that brought sentences of 15 years or more. "The internet is borderless," said Ryan Spradlin, special agent in charge of the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations office in San Francisco. "An image on the web of a child being sexually abused can be seen by anyone anywhere in the world." Olmos acknowledged the "abhorrent" crimes but argued that Clemans should receive some sentencing consideration because he had a clean criminal record, accepted responsibility and let investigators use his online accounts to set up his co-conspirators for prosecution. A jury found Clemans guilty in September of buying children, conspiracy and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. He previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy, producing and receiving child pornography. Olmos said Clemans will appeal his life sentence. Clemans stood seemingly emotionless during the hearing, but Mendez let him hug his parents and other family members before he was led away. "Thank you for your support and love," he told his mother. "I'll see you on the other side." https://ph.yahoo.com/news/california-man-gets-life-buying-filipino-children-212339819.html Edited January 24, 2018 by Jollygoodfellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave Hounddriver Posted January 24, 2018 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, intrepid said: SICK. Yes, some people went to a lot of trouble to be sure he rots in jail. But no mention is made of the punishment for the "procurer" or the ones who sell the kids. All the authorities have done is get one customer off the street. As there are still people willing to sell kids then they don't give a crap that this guy is in jail, the next creep is just around the corner. Someone needs to start caring for the vicitms of typhoons and orphans that this creep preyed upon. If those kids were taken care of and not sold by their fellow countrymen and women then there would be no creeps to make the headlines. So I'm saying it is easy to find a creep to put in the headlines but there are a lot of people in authority in Philippines who need to stand up and take care of their own instead of blaming foreign creeps. Does anyone here really believe there are no filipino pedophiles here? Of course there are, they just don't make for a good story. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted January 24, 2018 Forum Support Posted January 24, 2018 to bad they couldn't extradite him to do time in a Philippine prison 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: But no mention is made of the punishment for the "procurer" or the ones who sell the kids. It did say Quote The sentence came after defense attorney Daniel Olmos argued that the judge should consider Clemans' cooperation in helping authorities catch his co-conspirators. So hopefully they were arrested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 43 minutes ago, Jollygoodfellow said: So hopefully they were arrested. This my Friend, will never come to our ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Glatt Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Thought they got 15 years in Phil. Just sentenced the gymnastics doctor here. got much less time than life. Only 185 years. Heck, they will probability turn him loose in 100-125 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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