Crime & Safety

EG Bus Monitor Arrested On Child Porn Charges

He was among the 11 men arrested across the state after an investigation into internet pornography involving children.

[CORRECTION: The EG man arrested is Scott Sanford, with an "n." The press release from the R.I. State Police misspelled his last name. We regret the error; the spelling has been corrected in this article.]

An East Greenwich school bus monitor was among 11 people arrested Thursday for possessing and sharing child pornography, according to the state police.

The state police's Computer Crimes Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force – together with U.S. Marshals and the U.S. Secret Service – conducted an undercover investigation to identify those involved in sharing images of child pornography on the Internet. 

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As part of the investigation, court-authorized search warrants were executed at residences throughout the state. 

Search warrants turned up numerous images and videos of child pornography on digital media. East Greenwich resident Scott Sanford, 35, of Moosehorn Road, was among those whose homes were searched.

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Sanford works as a bus monitor for Ocean State Transit in East Greenwich.

EG Supt. Victor Mercurio sent out an email to parents Thursday afternoon, alerting them that an arrest of a bus monitor had been made. Here is that email:

"This afternoon I was contacted by Sergeant Shepard from the Rhode Island State Police who informed me that a bus monitor employed by Ocean State Transit was arrested on a warrant.  This individual was taken to court this afternoon to be charged with possession and transfer of child pornography.  Subsequent to this action, the individual is no longer employed in this capacity.  Sergeant Shepard further indicated that as of this afternoon, the state police had nothing to lead them to believe that any East Greenwich student was the subject of any of the materials seized from the suspect's home. The East Greenwich School Department will continue to work in concert with both the state and local authorities on this matter.  More information regarding this matter and the district's response to it will be disseminated upon its availability to this office. Further information may also be obtained by referencing the Rhode Island State Police website."

Here are the arrests made Thursday in the sweep: 

  1. Daniel MacDuff, age 19, 58 Dartmouth Avenue, Providence

  2. Robert Greenwood, age 40, 97 Barrows Street, Providence

  3. Jason Martins, age 30, 1 Providence Avenue,  East Providence

  4. Michael McDonald, age 66, 115 Cottage Avenue, Portsmouth

  5. Eduardo Guzman, age 19, 218 Pleasant Street, Providence

  • William Morgan, age 30, 18 Maverick Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts

  • Donald Moore, age 65, 56 Staples Avenue, Warwick

  • Scott Sanford, age 35, 160 Moosehorn Road, East Greenwich

  • William Simcock, age 19, 60 Heaton Orchard Road, Richmond

  • Steven Mann, age 25, 581 Tiogue Avenue, Apartment #2, Coventry

  • Gregory Rickenbacher, age 28, 150 Union Street, Apartment #515, Providence


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