NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami-Dade police arrested a man Friday and charged him with 10 counts of interfering with child custody.
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The police department's Sexual Crimes Bureau investigated a tip from a concerned citizen on Dennis Brian Russell.
Detectives said that the unnamed citizen told officials Russell possibly had child pornography on his computer.
"He tells a lot of them that they are model material," Det. John Gaborik, of the SCB, said. "He takes pictures of them in bathing suits, provides them with cell phones and other items."
Members of the SCB went to Russell's photography business and found a 16-year-girl on the scene that said she had a special friendship with Russell.
Police said that the teen girl told them that Russell, 64, established a friendship with her, but that her parents didn't know about it.
A police affidavit provided to NBC 6 said that Russell encouraged the teen to be with him instead of going to school.
The teen also told officials that Russell gave her a cell phone and asked her to call him.
The teen said she was registered at a local high school and that her parents thought she was attending classes daily there but that she would go to Russell's studio instead.
Russell allegedly would pick the girl up from her high school and drive her to his photography studio, where he would take photographs of her in a bikini.
Det. Gaborik said he believes that there are many more victims.
"Based on information we have, he has been seen having many other victims come into his shop," Gaborik said.
Russell posted bond of $5,000 on Monday and was released from jail.
Police ask anyone with information concerning Russell to contact the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
I read this, and I am trying to figure out what these 16 year old girls are victims of. Ok, he gets them to skip school, but unless he is taking photos of them naked, and I am sure that they will eventually come up with the evidence to say that he is, they are NOT VICTIMS of anything.
Related Content: Images | Video
The police department's Sexual Crimes Bureau investigated a tip from a concerned citizen on Dennis Brian Russell.
Detectives said that the unnamed citizen told officials Russell possibly had child pornography on his computer.
"He tells a lot of them that they are model material," Det. John Gaborik, of the SCB, said. "He takes pictures of them in bathing suits, provides them with cell phones and other items."
Members of the SCB went to Russell's photography business and found a 16-year-girl on the scene that said she had a special friendship with Russell.
Police said that the teen girl told them that Russell, 64, established a friendship with her, but that her parents didn't know about it.
A police affidavit provided to NBC 6 said that Russell encouraged the teen to be with him instead of going to school.
The teen also told officials that Russell gave her a cell phone and asked her to call him.
The teen said she was registered at a local high school and that her parents thought she was attending classes daily there but that she would go to Russell's studio instead.
Russell allegedly would pick the girl up from her high school and drive her to his photography studio, where he would take photographs of her in a bikini.
Det. Gaborik said he believes that there are many more victims.
"Based on information we have, he has been seen having many other victims come into his shop," Gaborik said.
Russell posted bond of $5,000 on Monday and was released from jail.
Police ask anyone with information concerning Russell to contact the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
I read this, and I am trying to figure out what these 16 year old girls are victims of. Ok, he gets them to skip school, but unless he is taking photos of them naked, and I am sure that they will eventually come up with the evidence to say that he is, they are NOT VICTIMS of anything.
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