A newspaper in Massachusetts reports that a thirty two year-old man from Mississippi pled guilty to sexually abusing a 15 year-old boy on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship. The passenger, identified as Adam Christopher Boyd, now age 32, had been arrested in Bermuda for the crime one and one-half years ago. He was extradicted back
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Sexual Assault: Royal Caribbean Crew Member Sentenced to 13 Months In Jail
A newspaper in New Jersey reports that crew member Karan Seechurn was sentenced today to 13 months in jail for "abusive sexual contact."
Although federal prosecutors declined to identify the cruise line or cruise ship, the crime occurred on Royal Caribbean’s new cruise ship the Quantum of the Seas sailing from Bayonne, New Jersey last…
Pedophile Passenger Who Molested Child on Liberty of the Seas, Arrested Again in Pittsburgh
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a 76 year-old man from Pennsylvania who went on a Royal Caribbean cruise in 2009 in a quest to molest boys has been arrested in Pittsburgh for "unlawful contact with a minor" and "corruption of minors," as well as providing false identification to law enforcement authorities.
As we reported…
British Police Arrest MSC Cruises Crew Member for Child Porn
According to the Yorkshire Evening Post, West Yorkshire Police officers arrested a crew member on a Southampton-based cruise ship for possession of a vast amount of child pornography.
The newspaper article identifies the crew member as Howard Ellis, age 60. He reportedly worked as a musician on a cruise ship. The police arrested him…
Child Porn Pervert Arrested, About to Cruise with Disney
A Fort Myers, Florida news station reports that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested a man after finding child porn in his home.
NBC 2 reports that FDLE agents arrested Bryan Ludlam, age 42, a father of three young children.
He reportedly possessed child pornography, including videos depicting sexual battery of children as young…
43 Year Old Sexually Assaults Minor on Carnival Triumph
Breitbart reports today that a member of the Kansas National Guard pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines for the purposes of having sex on a Carnival cruise ship.
Paul Francis Grimm, age 43, from Wichita, Kansas flew a girl under 18 from her home in Ohio to Houston in order to take her…
USA TODAY’s “Best Cruise Ships For Infants & Toddlers” Misses the Boat
USA TODAY published an article today entitled "Baby on board: Best cruise ships for infants, toddlers."
Like most USA TODAY articles, it was mostly a "puff piece," trying hard to praise all of the cruise lines while writing nothing provocative or controversial.
The article picked four Disney cruise ships, three Royal Caribbean ships…
Disney Child Molestation Case: “Swept Under the Rug”
WKMG Local 6 (Orlando) aired the second segment of an interview with a former Disney security officer regarding an incident in 2012 when the Disney Dream staff captain ordered her to "keep her mouth shut" after she investigated the sexual assault of an 11 year-old girl by a 33 year-old Disney waiter.
The incident occurred…
Disney Dream Child Molestation Case: Staff Captain Instructed Security Officer Not to Contact U.S. Law Authorities
After a 33 year-old Disney waiter molested an 11 year-old girl aboard the Disney Dream at the port of Cape Canaveral, the cruise ship’s staff captain ordered a security officer not to contact local U.S. police officers or the FBI.
That’s what former Disney security officer Dawn Taplin told Orlando news station WKMG Local 6 in…
Child Porn Lands Cruise Passenger In Jail
The Palm Beach Post reports that a cruise passenger’s vacation ended dramatically when he was busted by federal agents who found child pornography on his computer.
Incidents involving crew members and passengers, all men, arrested leaving cruise ships with child porn on their computers, iPhones and flash-drives occur all too often.
In this case,the Palm Beach…