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EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A Socorro man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after admitting in court that he sexually abused children younger than 14, according to court records.
Thomas Abraham Drake, 39, pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of sex abuse of a child or disabled person under 14 years of age and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, records show.
Drake will receive 342 days of credit for time already served in jail, according to the records.
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Drake was arrested in December 2025 following an investigation that began in October 2025 after reports of sexual abuse of a minor under 14, investigators previously said.
During the investigation, authorities said they found evidence that Drake had abused other children, with incidents dating back to 2009, making three victims in total.
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SOAP LAKE, Wash. — A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 10, in connection with an investigation by the Soap Lake Police Department involving allegations of child assault and reckless endangerment.
Jose Felicito Machado Ayala was booked into the Grant County Jail on suspicion of second-degree assault of a child and reckless endangerment, according to jail booking records.
The charges are listed under Washington state laws RCW 9A.36.130, which addresses second-degree assault of a child, and RCW 9A.36.050, which addresses reckless endangerment.
The jail roster identifies the Soap Lake Police Department as the investigating agency and lists police report number 26SL1375 for both allegations.
Second-degree assault of a child is a Class B felony under Washington law, while reckless endangerment is a gross misdemeanor.
The jail records do not provide details about the alleged incident, including when it occurred, the age of the child involved, the nature of any injuries or the circumstances leading to Machado Ayala's arrest.
Both allegations were listed with a bail amount of $0 in the booking record. That designation does not necessarily mean the suspect was released or that a judge determined no bail was required.
Machado Ayala remains presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
Under Washington law , second-degree assault of a child applies to certain assaults involving children younger than 13. The statute includes assaults causing substantial bodily harm and certain cases involving a previous pattern of abuse.
Reckless endangerment involves conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person.
It was not immediately clear whether prosecutors had formally filed charges or when Machado Ayala would make his first court appearance.
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Kyle Clinton Foster of North Bend was sentenced to 27.5 years in prison after pleading guilty in Coos County Circuit Court to 15 child exploitation and luring charges, with Oregon law requiring him to serve at least 25 years without early release.
NORTH BEND, Ore. - A North Bend man was sentenced to 27.5 years in prison for sharing sexual images of children online, including photos he took of a 7-year-old child.
Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced the sentencing. "The facts in this case are unspeakably heinous," Rayfield said. "Nothing can undo the harm of these crimes, but our team will work every day to stop perpetrators from continuing to hurt children."
Kyle Clinton Foster pleaded guilty in Coos County Circuit Court. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force at the Oregon Department of Justice investigated and prosecuted the case.
The case started with a tip from the messaging app Kik. Apps like Kik must report child sexual abuse material when they find it on their platforms. Kik flagged an account that was sharing it and sent the tip to ICAC.
Investigators traced the account to Foster. They found he had sent more than 90 files containing sexual images of children to other users on the app. Some were photos he had taken himself of a 7-year-old child. He also sent material to, and had sexual conversations with, a 15-year-old in the United Kingdom Oregon law requires Foster to serve at least 25 of those years in full because of the seriousness of the crimes. He will have no time off for good behavior and no early release. Foster pleaded guilty to 15 charges. Those include two counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, 11 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse and two counts of luring a minor.
The ICAC Task Force has grown from 5 ½ full-time members to 20 during the last two years. This statewide task force has agents stationed across Oregon and has executed more than 90 search warrants involving child predators in the last year and half.
Special Agent Steven Bohn of the Oregon Department of Justice led the investigation. Senior Assistant Attorney General Elijah C. Michalowski prosecuted the case.
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