UFO author appears in court on child pornography charges

[qwertyq]

According to various blogs, he's claiming that the government or some other shadowy figures are trying to frame him because he's trying get the truth about UFOs out to the public. He also says that he's going to state us much in his defense in court.

http://www.reporterherald.com/news/loveland-local-news/ci_25196461/ufo-author-appears-court-child-pornography-charges

UFO author appears in court on child pornography charges

Stanley Romanek claims more than 100 encounters with the extraterrestrial



A Loveland man who is well-known in the paranormal community for videos and images that he claims depict alien life appeared in 8th Judicial District Court this week on allegations of possession and distribution of child pornography.

Stanley Romanek, 51, was arrested Feb. 13 on felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child. According to Loveland police, a search warrant of Romanek's home in the 3900 block of Ash Avenue was executed in April 2013 and an arrest warrant was issued last week.

The investigation was initiated last year when the Department of Homeland Security identified the IP address belonging to Romanek as a location where images and movies containing child pornography were being publicly shared, according to an arrest affidavit.

The arrest affidavit also alleges that Loveland police detectives received a similar case from the Department of Homeland Security in a 2009 investigation, where a homeland security agent conducted downloads of child pornography files that were later identified as coming from an IP address listing to Romanek.

[arcane1]

1. While I'm grateful that he's been caught, one thing seems odd.

When did DHS start getting involved in crimes of this nature, that are not related to "homeland security"?

[qwertyq]

2. ICE has become a major federal law enforcement tool

They are into everything, kind of like the old Treasury revenue agents back in the 1920s.

[fadedrose]

10. Since they got an excuse to see what he has on ufo'S? nt

[frogmarch]

3. His wife said:

http://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2014/02/lisa-romanek-wife-of-alien-abductee-stan-romanek-responds-about-child-porn-allegations-2464402.html

Lisa Romanek:

Hi Jeffery,

Unfortunately this is Stan. We have been cooperating with this investigation, we don’t have a choice. What I will tell you is this. Stan didn’t do this. The charge us not what the paper is saying, the media always messes it up. The charge its for possession of child porn. Luckily we have years of proof of the hacking and remote access of our computer system. It is or belief that is how they planted whatever is there. We have not been made aware, as we still do not have an attorney in place to advise us off what’s happening. But we will be taking the UFO stuff into the court room!!!!

Be well…and thanks for asking with it attack as many others have done.

Good morning friends. I want to make a brief comment to you all regarding what has been happening the past couple of days.

If you haven’t yet seen the article you will in time. And I refuse to share the twisted story of Stans arrest that was ran in the paper on my FB page. It is everywhere…

I will give you the basics…Last April a search warrant was served. On this past Wednesday a warrant was issued, Stan cooperated by turning himself in. The charge as far as we know (without having an attorney in place until next week) is of possession of…NOT distribution. He was released Thursday, and can not access internet for the time being…as a condition of his release.

Anyone who follows Stan is already aware of the harassment, break-ins, hacking and remote access of our computers for starters that we have experienced.

It is our belief, that whoever has been accessing our system also left behind traces to verify the Office of Homeland Security tip that the police department received.

For those of you who have reached out for answers with love and concern … I hope this helps you understand what’s happening.

For those of you who live in fear and function in hate...please just unfriend us both and do not make this terrifying situation any worse with your ignorant threats and ugly statements. They will not be responded to and will be deleted and reported as abusive.

We will be taking UFOlogy into the courtroom. We know that this has EVERTING… to do with our being outspoken about the ET/UFO reality!

Thank you for your love and continued support…

Lisa

[GoneOffShore]

5. I'm guessing his wife is living in Denial and not Loveland.

[frogmarch]

6. Probably. :-(

[fadedrose]

11. But not postively

Doesn't anybody remember what "maybe" means, and innocent until proven guilty?

We're Democrats. I thought we were bigger.

[qwertyq]

7. Stan Romanek has a whole cult following

That refuse to believe that he has done anything wrong. Never seen anything like it. Most people would be picking up rocks ready to stone they guy but these UFO believers who believe this snake oil salesman are willing to give him a pass.

[frogmarch]

9. I'm surprised they aren't saying that aliens

put the pictures on his computer to get him in trouble. Oh, wait...maybe they are saying that.

[fadedrose]

17. Doesn't seem credible

Part of OP:

The arrest affidavit also alleges that Loveland police detectives received a similar case from the Department of Homeland Security in a 2009 investigation, where a homeland security agent conducted downloads of child pornography files that were later identified as coming from an IP address listing to Romanek.

He's no doubt very savvy in saving and posting UFO files that he wants secret, so how would he be so sloppy in using a USP address, in HIS name, to download from porn sites, something that would get him into so much trouble.

[librechik]

14. thanks for dropping in, Agent qwertyq!

Just egging things along?

Hope you enjoy your stay!

[qwertyq]

19. indeed

[fadedrose]

8. My computer was so screwed up

by some hackers - I think they came in on a recommended link to another site. Somebody apparently doesn't like me or DU by posting it, and I'm not positive it came from here.

I hope you are right and your husband will be exonerated of all charges. I follow UFO stuff on SCI Channel and History2; not so much into books anymore. Getting old, books heavy, eyes bad, and TV has so much newer stuff than it used to. I don't know if his pictures are any that I have seen.

It's hard for me to see a ufologist involved in porn because ufos trump most other topics (to people like me) and the thought of nakedness or sexual perversion are so very boring in comparison.

Good Luck

[frogmarch]

12. He's not my husband.

What I posted was what his wife had written. I found it at beforeitsnews.com

There are some new UFO programs coming on tv soon. Maybe they'll help wash this ugly story out of your mind.

[fadedrose]

16. Couldn't get the link open...

I know that two are coming on SCI Channel, Are We Alone?, starting Mar 2, Sun., 10:00 pm, for a whole week, and Close Encounters, weekly, premier, Mar. 4, 10:00.

http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/tv-schedule.htm

Hangar 1: The Ufo Files,Friday, Mar. 7, at 10:00 will be on History 2. I think it's a MUFON program and may be weekly, not sure.

Not an opportune time to have Romanek's work on either of the TV networks at this time. It might have material that some cynics will enjoy discrediting (although why they would be watching is a mystery to me).

Thanks again.

[chrisa]

23. What happened to your computer?

Usually "hackers" who do something to a computer are really just automated programs. They're viruses / trojans. You can get them anywhere.

Fyi (comment about the original post) - There have been cases of viruses using computers as storage for illegal material, but it's so rare that almost every claim of this happening is bull crap.

[fadedrose]

31. My IE 8 never worked right

Something came in and screwed things up.

I had a pc guy come over; none of the mal ware or virus stuff worked. He gave me Google Chrome and it works beautifully.

Took some time to get use to, still not real familiar with it.

Worst problem for sites I went to was History Channel. I could not get it to bring the schedule up to date from Feb 15. I took the trouble there, I'm sure. I had a link for it in Creative Speculation, and I don't think it works. It did when I first posted it. Other sites had problems.

I thought I replied to this, but got company and think I lost it, but there were links from here that froze my computer too often, but they weren't ufo links.. They were more about politics. Might have been about the pipeline or TPP...never got the information they provided....

Any I said that anyone thought I was posting Bull Crap is due to my limited experience with computer problems or those who create them.

[chrisa]

21. They both sound crazy. Either that, or he has psych issues and she's in denial.

[fadedrose]

26. You forgot the third "or"

Or maybe they're just telling the truth. It has been known to happen.

But thanks that your attitude doesn't make them sound like criminals, just merely off the mark a bit....

[HappyMe]

27. Or the guy's a creepy pervert

that likes kiddie porn.

[chrisa]

36. I've only heard of one case where a virus did this. None where direct hacking.

It's plausible, but highly unlikely.

They sound crazy because the "CIA is after me" is common for people with a mental sickness. A part of their brain is off-kilter, making them paranoid. If the CIA really hacked someone, they wouldn't leave behind an easily identifiable trail. That's assuming this isn't just an excuse for someone that wants to escape consequences for what they've done.

[REP]

4. Who knew UFO stood for "Underaged Fuckable Object"

The truth is out there, Stan: you're a sick fuck.

[HappyMe]

13. What a creep.

Eeesh! Blame the government or something for being a creepy perv.

[Berlum]

15. Black Ops smear job? Hell no. It couldn't possibly happen here.

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations

By Glenn Greenwald 24 Feb 2014

One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control online discourse with extreme tactics of deception and reputation-destruction. ...

...Today, we at the Intercept are publishing another new JTRIG document, in full, entitled “The Art of Deception: Training for Online Covert Operations”.

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/101686113

[snooper2]

18. please quit posting that information

we have asked before...

you were almost off the list but that is now under review again...


Check #445 file$009-*8*7 alpha wash

[Berlum]

20. So it goes...Klaatu barada nikto

[HappyMe]

22. lol!

And a Good Afternoon to you too.

[fadedrose]

28. Saw the original....

Last year's remake of "Day the Earth Stood Still Sucked" big time...

So glad I saw the original, great cast, great story, great acting, and memorable, right down to the Klacto Borada Nickto...

[Orrex]

24. Really? You're stealing lines from Martin Landau?

Not exactly boosting your credibility there.

[Berlum]

25. We don't need no steenkin crudibility

[fadedrose]

29. Michael Rennie & Patricia Neal said those lines

Michael to teach her in case he was in trouble, and her leaning up a big fence with Gort threateningly leaning over her, she scared to death, and manages to say, "Gort, Klactu Boradas Nicko"

Then I believe he picked her up and carried her into the spaceship..Not quite sure...

And the big guy then went over to get his master. No problem. Put him on the machine that makes aliens better, and he walked out an made a great speech.

People cheered, cried and clapped wishing that space ship would show up outside.

[Orrex]

30. Not those lines. Everybody knows those lines.

Everybody, from Ash to those three guys in Jabba's entourage.

I was referring instead to the specific "smear campaign."

[fadedrose]

32. Orrex, dear

I usually like and understand all your posts, but who in the dickins are Ash and Jabba and his entourage?

Sound too modern for my movie-watching, or tv-watching for that matter, and I know I never read their books.

I don't remember them from the old black and white movie..

Help the old lady out here...

[Orrex]

34. You caught me in a geek-gasm

Ash is from Army of Darkness, while Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto were characters in Jabba the Hutt's "vice den" in Return of the Jedi.

While I'm at it, the Martin Landau reference was to his character in the first X-Files movie, a whilstleblower who predicted that he'd be smeared with accusations of child porn.

[fadedrose]

37. Most of that is not geek, it's Greek to me

Watched X-Files religiously, but lost interest when "Kelly? had her baby; don't think that was her name...

Haven't seen or heard a peep from Landou since that slick tv program where the agent got his message and had to do the job, cia or fbi or something like that and the message self-destructed. I think they made that into a movie.

Never was a jedo fan or a Starwars fan. Too fictional, too unbelievable. I stick with "reallife" true ufo stories

Thank you for all of your efforts to enlighten me. I appreciate.

[fadedrose]

33. That "steenkin'

word sounds familiar.. "We don't need no "steenkin," and I forget the rest....

That great villain actor in a Clint Eastwood movie? Brave, Bad, Beautiful, maybe? Or was it Good, Bad and Ugly...

[Berlum]

35. "Badges"

[fadedrose]

38. Humphrey Bogart

Treasure of Sierra Madre

Nasty people in that one .... long time ago

Walter Houston, and I forget who