On June 3, 2024, a New York defendant was sentenced to 43 years in prison for sexually abusing his stepson, according to gdelt. The abuse began when the victim was nine years old and continued for seven years, starting around September 2016 when the defendant began touching the child's genitals, and continued until 2023 with the stepson subjected to oral and anal sexual activity, gdelt reported. The NYPD arrested the suspect in May 2023 after his stepson disclosed the abuse to his school principal and guidance counselor, gdelt noted. The defendant was convicted of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, endangering the welfare of a child, two counts of criminal sexual act in the second degree, four counts of sexual abuse in the third degree and criminal sexual act in the third degree, gdelt added.

In a separate case, Joseph Primiero, a 28‑year‑old resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 216 months in federal prison followed by 12 years of supervised release, according to thefederalnewswire.com. United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the sentence, thefederalnewswire.com reported. Primiero was convicted of producing images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct on or about January 24, 2022, and on or about June 27, 2022, and of possessing additional images and videos depicting other prepubescent minors on May 22, 2024, thefederalnewswire.com stated. Assistant United States Attorney V. Joseph Sonson prosecuted the case for the government, thefederalnewswire.com added.