14 Men Face 541 Child Porn Charges In Manatee County: Sheriff

MANATEE COUNTY, FL — A months-long investigation by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of 14 men on 541 child pornography-related charges.

The MCSO Internet Crime Against Children task force launched Operation “One Way Ticket” in July. The task force obtained more than 200 subpoenas and 26 search warrants during the investigation, the MCSO said in a news release.

Detectives reviewed more than 100 individual devices, finding around 17,000 images of suspected child porn. This led to 541 felony arrest warrants for 14 suspects.

Those arrested include:

• Edwin Aguirre-Pineda, 55 (3 felony charges)
• Ryan Terryl Barg, 44 (36 felony charges)
• Michael John Bibby, 59 (50 felony charges)
• Riley Burroughs, 19 (50 felony charges)
• Michael William Blackmore, 64 (50 felony charges)
• Robert Edelman, 68 (50 felony charges)
• Walter Raymond Huddleston, 43 (20 felony charges)
• Raymond Eugene Hudson, 69 (15 felony charges)
• Seamus Eugene McNeela, 73 (50 felony charges)
• James Tyler Moschella, 19 (42 felony charges)
• Christopher Allen Schwartz, 51 (50 felony charges)
• Sergio Vasquez, 19 (50 felony charges)
• Parker Alexander Vastag, 23 (50 felony charges)
• Richard Paul Warno, 73 (25 felony charges)

Huddleston faces additional charges after soliciting an undercover federal agent posing as a minor, MCSO said. “This was discovered after the residential search warrant was conducted at his residence. He was arrested for the local charges, with federal charges pending, upon notification of his continued criminal activity.”

The 13 remaining suspects were arrested Wednesday. Because of their criminal history, the MCSO SWAT team arrested Aguirre-Pineda and Blackmore without incident, the sheriff’s office said.

Schwartz fled to Fort Myers after the search warrant of his residence and MCSO detectives worked with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Fort Myers Police Department to locate him. He was arrested during a traffic stop after he was seen driving over a bridge in Lee County.