Vice president of Bikers Against Child Abuse arrested for little one porn possession | EUROtoday

The vp of the Buffalo department of Bikers Against Child Abuse has been arrested on fees of kid porn possession.

John C. Todaro, 49, was arrested Wednesday for selling a sexual efficiency by a toddler and possessing a sexual efficiency by a toddler, in accordance with the New York State Police.

Bikers Against Child Abuse, Inc. (B.A.C.A.) pledges “to create a safer environment for abused children”, in accordance with the mission assertion on their web site.

The tax exempt non-profit additionally seeks to “empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live.”

Police have said thanks to his role within the group, Todaro had opportunities to be around children.

Investigators from Clarence, just northeast of Buffalo, conducted a sweep of the 49-year-old’s electronic devices as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation supported by the Troop A Computer Crimes Unit, according to a statement from the New York State Police. It’s not clear what tipped investigators off.

Todaro was released on his own recognizance and will appear in court in Amherst again in May.

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New York State Police have asked anyone with information to contact them at 585-344-6200.

The Buffalo chapter was established in 2014. In 2023, the group’s efforts saw them awarded “Bikers Against Child Abuse” month in Erie County.

According to the charity’s web site, an abused little one can contact the B.A.C.A, the place a toddler liaison first speaks to them.

“The Liaison [then] contacts the family, and an initial ride is organized to meet the child at their home or in some other location where the child will feel comfortable,” in accordance with the web site.

The group of bikers designated to that space then rides to fulfill the kid, who’s given a vest with a B.A.C.A. patch sewn on the again to put on.

Children who’ve suffered abuse will then bear a step-by-step means of being built-in into the group as a “family member” and B.A.C.A members will even attend the court docket hearings the place, if the youngsters are required to testify towards their alleged abusers, offering a decide permits it.

However, this isn’t the primary time B.A.C.A members have been tied to little one intercourse abuse crimes.

In 2009, David Wayne Garvey, a member in Houston, was arrested for possession of child pornography. His membership was subsequently revoked. He was sentenced in 2011 to 20 years on four counts of “possession with intent to promote child pornography,” according to court records seen by The Independent.

In 2018, members of the B.A.C.A Sam Bass chapter in Round Rock, Texas, were arrested in July 2018 for 23 counts of abusing foster children in their care, including indecency with a child and injury to a child, according to an affidavit seen by CBS News.

The accused were a married couple, Daniel and Shirley Rodriguez.

A 12 months later, Oklahoma B.A.C.A. member Richard David West, 41, was arrested and charged with lewd or indecent acts or proposals to a toddler below the age of 16, in accordance with public data seen by The Independent.

The Independent contacted Bikers Against Child Abuse (B.A.C.A) for remark.