*Hat Tip: Phillip King
In December, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Division joined with the Rowan County Department of Social Services in an investigation involving the possible sexual exploitation of a child.
During the course of the investigation, Rowan County Sheriff’s investigators determined that the suspects had possessed and traded pornographic images of a child.
The investigation continued with detectives discovering that Wendy Arlene Kasper, 36, of Salisbury, had engaged in sexual acts with a dog on numerous occasions and had committed the felony of secretly video recording a child in a bathroom for the purpose of sexual gratification, according to law enforcement.
The investigation indicated that Kasper was involved in child pornography dissemination with Joshua Douglas Martorelli, 33, according to reports. Martorelli is also from Salisbury and is possibly involved in a larger child pornography group that is still under investigation. This information is being shared with other jurisdictions, including the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation.
On Friday, Jan. 6, Kasper was arrested for the felony charges of secret peeping with a recording device, possessing photographic images from secret peeping and three counts of crimes against nature. Kasper was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $25,000 secured bond.
Detectives have obtained arrest warrants for Martorelli for the felony charges of possessing photographic images from secret peeping, and two counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Detectives are still attempting to locate Martorelli, who was last seen in the Old Concord Road area of Salisbury.
Anyone with information on the location of Martorelli is asked to contact Lt. C.A. Moose at 704-216-8687 or Detective C.J. Gordy at 704-216-8710. To remain anonymous, and possibly collect an award of up to $1,000, information can be submitted 24/7 via the web at http://tips.salisburyrowancrimestoppers.org or by calling the Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.
