Rosenschein was already being held without bond on child pornography charges when a federal grand jury indicted him on 16 new charges last month and one of the crimes is alleged to have taken place while Rosenschein was practicing in Joplin.
Rosenschein waived the reading of the indictment during a session that took only three minutes.
The indictment shows that Rosenschein's crimes allegedly took place between January 21, 2010, when the doctor still maintained a practice in Joplin, and November 8, 2016.
The 2010 charge says Rosenschein possessed a hard drive that contained child pornography.
Nine of the counts against Rosenschein are for distributing child pornography and the other seven for possession.
Initial arrest
The charges against Rosenschein were spelled out in a detention motion, which noted that photos had been confiscated that appeared to have been taken in a medical setting, raising the possibility that Rosenschein had taken pictures of his patients.
NCMEC forwarded this information to the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, and Bernalillo County Sherriff’s Office (BCSO) Detective Kyle Hartsock initiated a criminal investigation.
Detective Hartsock first reviewed the distributed files and confirmed that the images contained child pornography. Detective Hartsock observed that the image distributed on July 31, 2016, is a color image depicting a prepubescent boy laying on his stomach on a bed with a distinct patterned bedspread and pink/purple blanket. (The next two paragraphs describe photos of an adult and the boy engaged in anal sex.)
Detective Hartsock obtained a subpoena for the internet service provider associated with the IP address and learned that the account was registered to Defendant, a pediatric surgeon employed by Presbyterian Hospital.
On November 7, 2016, Detective Hartsock obtained a state search warrant for Defendant’s residence, which was executed the following day. During the execution of the search warrant, law enforcement located a 16-year-old boy (John Doe) inside Defendant’s bed wearing only underwear.
Defendant falsely identified John Doe as his nephew, but law enforcement later determined that John Doe was a former patient of Defendant’s.
The search of Defendant’s residence revealed numerous electronic devices that were seized for further analysis. The forensic analysis on most of the seized devices remains pending. Several of the devices are encrypted and will require further analysis in order to gain access. During the search law enforcement located a thumb drive attached to a keychain found in the ignition of Defendant’s vehicle, which was found to contain over one thousand images and videos of child pornography. This thumb drive is the subject of Count 3 of the indictment.
Defendant was first interviewed by Detective Kyle Hartsock during the execution of the search warrant and was later interviewed by FBI SA Marcus McCaskill. During his first interview, Defendant stated that John Doe was a former patient who stays with him from time to time. Defendant stated he owns two planes and a helicopter and has flown John Doe to several locations throughout the United States.
During his interview with SA McCaskill, Defendant admitted that he is sexually attracted to underage males “on occasion,” but has not had sexual contact with a minor since approximately 1994 in Paris.
When asked about chatstep.com, Defendant admitted that he has likely used the name “Carlo” in the past. Although he stated that he usually uses the name “Steve.” Defendant accepted responsibility for the thumb drive and stated that he obtained it in Europe several years ago. He stated that he had not looked at the thumb drive in approximately seven years, however the forensic data indicates that the files were accessed as recently as May 2016.
The complete forensic analysis of the seized thumb drive indicates that the device contained approximately 1,042 images and 78 videos of suspected child pornography. The initial file comparison from NCMEC indicates that Defendant possessed 41 files of previously identified children. Is it clear from the files contained on the thumb drive that the focus of the collection is prepubescent and pubescent minor males.
Following the execution of the first search warrant, federal law enforcement officers learned that Defendant’s home contained a “secret room” located inside the residence. This room was not discovered during the execution of the first search warrant.
Pursuant to a federal search warrant, agents re-entered Defendant’s residence and gained access to the room where they located two safes. Inside one of the safes, agents located five printed photographs depicting a dark-complected, possibly foreign-born, minor male child who was approximately 11 to 15 years of age based on body and pubic development.
Four of the photographs depicted the child nude in the shower. The time stamp on the back of the photo noted “Avril 94” (April 1994). Agents also located flight logs detailing an entry for travel to the Koh Kong province of Cambodia in March 1994.
An Apple iPhone3G was seized from Defendant’s office inside his residence. Defendant provided BCSO officials with the password to access this phone. The forensic analysis of the phone revealed a Yahoo Messenger account with the user name “cambodia1994.”
Hundreds of Yahoo chat messages were recovered from the phone, most of which focused on sexually explicit conversation. “Cambodia1994” primarily identified himself as “Steve” and claimed to be a teenage male living in the United States. “Steve” engaged in sexually explicit conversations with multiple users, often presenting himself as a minor working in a “club” and being forced to have sexual contact with adult males. “Steve” describes violent sexual experiences and how he is increasingly enjoying the contact.
(The next portions of the motion featured verbatim transcripts of the conversations.)
Law enforcement also seized an iPhone6 from Defendant’s residence. The forensic analysis of this phone revealed approximately one dozen photographs that appear to have been taken in a hospital or medical setting.
Investigators learned that it is against Presbyterian Hospital policy for physicians to take medical photographs on their personal phones. Several of the photographs depict close up views of genitalia.
A December 2017 news release said the FBI was searching for information from people who had dealings with Rosenschein when he worked in northwest Arkansas:
The Albuquerque Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking information from individuals who may have had contact with Dr. Guy Rosenschein in Arkansas.
Rosenschein, 64, of Albuquerque, N.M., worked in northwest Arkansas as a pediatric surgeon and pediatric urologist from approximately 2001 to 2012. Anyone with information regarding Rosenschein’s contact with minors should contact the Albuquerque Office of the FBI at (505) 889-1300.
Rosenschein was also practicing in Joplin at the same time that he was in northwest Arkansas.
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Wow, just wow. Of all the different idiotic posts I've read on this blog, this guy comes along and ho-hum.
Maybe if this guys second amendment rights were threatened or his political opinions were strongly stated some of the idiots might have a stupid comment. You know, the really important things.
Sounds like they have the Doc just where he belongs: in custody pending trial.
Has the Glob reported on this ?
I accidentally deleted a comment from a reader who wanted to know if the Globe had reported on this. As far as I can tell, since I first wrote about Dr. Rosenschein in January 2017, 18 months ago, there has not been one word in the Joplin Globe about this.
Thats terrifying. Patients have a right to know if their child was a victim to this creep. I get that Joplin may not want it known that a pedophile was hired at one of the biggest hospitals here but they need to focus on protecting the kids not their image.
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