Vanderbilt doctor arrested on child sexual exploitation charges

Dr. Kevin J. Preece

Photo by: Sumner County Sheriff’s Office

Posted 9:18 PM, Jan 22, 2026

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Sumner County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Dr. Kevin J. Preece early Thursday following an investigation into child sexual exploitation.

Authorities said the arrest followed the execution of a search warrant at Preece’s Goodlettsville home. He is charged with 15 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and is being held in the Sumner County Jail on a $1.15 million bond, according to jail records.

Detectives confirmed Preece is a doctor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt Medical Center. The investigation remains ongoing, and no further details are being released at this time.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/sumner-county/vanderbilt-doctor-arrested-on-child-sexual-exploitation-charges

Former Commissioner of Virgin Islands Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation Sentenced for Bribery Scheme

Friday, January 23, 2026

A former Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation (SP&R), Calvert White, was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for soliciting and accepting a bribe from a government contractor in exchange for assistance in attempting to obtain a $1.43 million dollar government contract. His co-conspirator, Benjamin Hendricks, was also sentenced yesterday to 68 months in prison for his role in the same scheme.

“Calvert White rigged a public bid process in exchange for a bribe,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “He abused the trust of those who live in the community he was supposed to serve. The Criminal Division will continue to prosecute government corruption. Such conduct undermines the integrity of our institutions at every level of government.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-commissioner-virgin-islands-department-sports-parks-and-recreation-sentenced-bribery

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-commissioner-virgin-islands-department-sports-parks-and-recreation-sentenced-bribery

North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Creation and Distribution of Videos Depicting Animal Torture and Mutilation

Friday, January 23, 2026

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty yesterday to crimes based on his involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys.

According to court documents, Robert Craig, of Charlotte, conspired with others to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos” which depicted acts of sadistic violence against baby and adult monkeys. The conspirators used encrypted chat applications to direct money to individuals in Indonesia willing to commit the requested acts of torture on camera. Craig signed a statement of facts saying he shared a video in which a monkey was mutilated, and other videos shared by the conspirators also depicted mutilation as well as sodomization of monkeys.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-charges-related-creation-and-distribution-videos-depicting