By Matt
Agorist
Baltimore, MD — As TFTP reports on a regular basis, police
officers, as well as child predators in the civilian world, often
escape accountability despite horrifying crimes against children. A
former officer from Baltimore was about to be one of these
statistics last October after the prosecutors declined to prosecute
him for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. The ex-cop’s desire to
prey on children was so strong, however, that he would be caught
multiple times and receive a massive sentence as a result.
Former Baltimore County corrections officer, Thomas Michael
Mannion Jr., 46, was handed down a massive 400-month sentence in
federal prison after being caught in the rape of at least two
children and the production of child pornography.
As the Baltimore Sun reported, Mannion was originally�charged
with raping a 13 year old in May 2019, but circuit court
prosecutors declined to prosecute him on rape charges less than two
weeks after the federal child porn indictment was filed in October
2019, court records show.
“Thomas Mannion is a predator and our children and communities
are safer because he will now serve more than 33 years in federal
prison,†said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur in a news release.
“We are grateful for the collaboration of our law enforcement
partners to remove this sexual predator from the community so he
can no longer victimize our children.â€
Last year, Mannion, who rented an apartment in Baltimore, was
seen by his neighbor luring a 13-year-old girl into his home. On
May 6, 2019, Mannion was arrested after his neighbor reported to
police that they saw him in bed with the naked 13 year old.
Upon investigation, police found that Mannion had groomed the
girl from a conversation on Grindr, a dating app targeted at
members of the LGBTQ community. When they searched his phone and
computer, police found a trove of illicit video and images of the
child. They also found images of a 14-year-old boy who Mannion
later admitted to luring through Grindr as well.
As the Sun points out, in a plea agreement, Mannion said he met
with several other minors who he found on the same dating app even
after the minors told him their age. Mannion discussed his sexual
interest in children that he knew or had contact with while talking
with users of the application.
According to the Justice Department, Mannion’s case was
brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative
launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the
growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The 400-month or 33-year sentence is certainly encouraging
considering the sheer number of police officers and other child
predators who commit unspeakable crimes against children only to
receive wrist slaps in return.
In fact, earlier this month, TFTP
reported on the case of former Honolulu police officer Kramer
Aoki who was sentenced for his crimes against a 17-year-old girl.
During a traffic stop, Aoki abused his power and sexually assaulted
the teenage girl in his custody.
For sexually assaulting an underage girl while on duty, Aoki
faced a maximum sentence of five years. While five years is still
fairly low for his crimes, what he actually received was
disgusting. Aoki will serve just 14 days in jail,
will not have to register as a sex offender, and if he abides by
the terms of his plea agreement, the charge will be wiped
from his record.
Hopefully, sentences like Mannion’s become the norm and not
the exception.
Source:
The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and
former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior
experience gives him unique insight into the world of government
corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an
independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on
mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at
Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on
Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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Officer Caught in the Act of Raping a Child Receives 400 Month
Prison Sentence
