Another Gets Prison in Exploitation Case - Updated

(Elkhart, Indiana) The Internet child exploitation case has snagged another woman who molested children at the direction of Steven Demink (aka Dalton St. Clair).

Autumn Marchant, 36, of 1417 Columbus Drive, Elkhart, admitted in May to molesting a young boy on camera the request of an online acquaintance.

Records in Elkhart Superior Court 3 detailed the case against her.

According to Elkhart Detective Lt. Peggy Snider, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security brought the allegations against Marchant to light.[…]

Marchant told officers she started out posing nude for Demink on camera, but at some point involved an 8-year-old boy as well as an underage girl, Snider wrote.

She and the girl fondled the boy, and she performed acts on the boy for his “health” and “she was following the instructions of ‘Dalton St. Claire’ so that she could have a happier life,” according to Snider’s affidavit.

For molesting young children, Marchant was sentenced by Judge George Biddlecome in Elkhart Superior Court to 20 years in state prison followed by 10 years of probation.

In her defense, Marchant told Judge Biddlecome that she is a single mom with no income and she has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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Demink Gets Prison in Exploitation Case - Updated
[Previous 8/4/11 post]
(Detroit, Michigan) Yesterday in U.S. District Court, Steven Demink was sentenced by Judge Gerald Rosen to life in prison.

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Woman Gets Prison in Exploitation Case - Updated
[Previous 3/23/11 post]
(Norfolk, Virginia) Following up on the Internet child molestation case involving Steven Demink and women he convinced to molest children, a 41-year-old Virginia Beach woman, Rebecca J. Nail, has pleaded guilty to molesting a boy and broadcasting it live over the Internet.

Nail admitted molesting the teenage boy and producing images at least six times, including taking pictures at a Maine nudist camp. Once, she aired a sex act with the boy over the Internet for a man in another state who, she says, persuaded her to do it.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Lee Martin said in a court filing that Nail "repeatedly and horrifically sexually abused a minor."

"She allowed that child to be exploited further by some pervert she met on the Internet," Martin said. "And she participated in plans to abuse other children. Accordingly, Nail deserves the harshest possible penalty."

The man on the other end off the Internet, Steven Demink, pleaded guilty to related charges and is awaiting sentencing in Michigan.

As a result, U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Friedman sentenced Nail to 30 years in prison.

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Internet Phony Talks Moms into Abusing Own Kids
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(Detroit, Michigan) In October 2010, a 41-year-old Michigan man, Steven Demink, was arrested for allegedly presenting himself online as a single father and licensed psychologist named Dalton St. Clair who coaxed single moms on the Internet to sexually abuse their own children as a form of therapy.

Sometimes the women would send him pictures of them committing the acts, while other times he watched it happen live via webcam.

The children ranged in age from 3 to 15.

In one case, Demink convinced a woman to perform sexually explicit acts with her 8-year-old autistic son claiming that it would help educate the child about sex. While she committed the acts of sexual abuse on her child, Demink watched it happen on his webcam.

At least seven children have been rescued and three mothers have been arrested.

This week, Demink pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to exploitation of children. Sentencing has been scheduled for June when Demink faces 15 years to life in prison.

Tip: Rita and Eugene