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Spanky the clown arrested on porn charges

From Terry Frieden
CNN Washington Bureau
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Posted: 6:40 PM EDT (2240 GMT)

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Thomas Allen Riccio appears in character as "Spanky" before a performance in Florida last year.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Spanky, a clown with the renowned Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, has been arrested on charges stemming from a child pornography investigation, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

Spanky, whose real name is Thomas Allen Riccio, 23, of Jacksonville, Florida, made an initial state court appearance Monday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he was traveling with the circus, the officials said.

He faces 10 counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

The arrest Friday was the latest in an ongoing international probe of subscribers to a child pornography Web site that was shut down in an international raid last July.

U.S. Customs agents leading the investigation worked with North Carolina authorities in making the arrest, officials said.

Teachers, camp counselors and others with access to children have been high on the priority list for customs officials.

Agents have arrested hundreds of people in recent months, after obtaining tens of thousands of names from a credit card billing company allegedly involved in handling payments for Internet porn sites.

The investigation, dubbed Operation Predator, linked Riccio to a company in Belarus that provided the billing services for more than 50 child porn Web sites worldwide, officials said.

In announcing the arrest, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that when agents searched Riccio's computer, they discovered "thousands of images, many of which involve prepubescent children engaged in various sexual and lewd acts."

"This man's profession as Spanky the clown brought him into contact with hundreds of families," said agent Albert Fitchett Jr. in Wilmington, North Carolina.

"Behind the clown nose, however, this man appears to have been supporting an industry that trades in the exploitation of children."

Elinor Patterson Baker Foundation of Connecticut

http://fdncenter.org/fc_stats/pdf/04_fund_sub/2002/50_found_sub/f_sub_d_02.pdf

The Elinor Patterson Baker Foundation: http://www.azgrants.com/demo/detail.cfm?PK_ID=262

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Foundations & Grantmakers Directory:

http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html

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Foundation Data Book
www.foundationdatabook.com

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Foundation Center
www.foundationcenter.org

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National Council on Foundations
www.cof.org

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U of A Student Govenment Assn.

http://sga.uah.edu/

Perhaps fundraising events such as football games, 10k runs, cycling events, etc.

Also need to approach U of Tennessee.

Another consideration - here is list of Veterinary Schools:

http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/aboutvets/vetschools.asp

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Paul Jolly
Director, PETCO Foundation
626-287-0952 office
626-287-9704 fax

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The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation

http://www.elvis.com/presleyplace/epcf/default.asp

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Does it make sense for someone from TN to contact Grand OO to see if they would be interested in sponsoring a fundraiser for TES?

http://www.grandoleopry.com/00_homepage/00_contact.asp

http://www.opry.com/04_info/04_news/asp/pressrelease.asp?prID=1083

Opry members George Jones, Alison Krauss, Barbara Mandrell, Lorrie Morgan, Charley Pride, Ricky Skaggs and Pam Tillis plus other Nashville entertainers including Billy Ray Cyrus, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Brenda Lee, Richie McDonald, Joe Nichols, Wynonna, Mark Wills and Darryl
Worley partnered with contestants for "Country Music Stars Week." The celebrities played for charities including Feed The Children, The Humane Society, Habitat for Humanity and others.

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Following are Humane Society links:

http://www.hsus.org/ace/352

http://www.hsus.org/ace/14860

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re: Goldie Hawn, the following link shows various celeb types in animal programs:

http://www.tigressproductions.co.uk/programmes/inthewild/elephants.html

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http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/envtsafety/citizenship/prairie.html

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Tennessee Aquarium sponsors

http://www.tnaqua.org/Get_Involved/Sponsors.asp

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http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.custsat.custsat_form_social.html

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What cable provider serves Tennessee? If its Mediacom, they give a lot to "local" charities http://www.mediacomcc.com/corporate_community.html

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The following is not for the purpose of 'beating up on' but as potential TES sponsors. Beating up can come later:

http://www.sfzoo.org/support/donors.htm

Others-scroll down-some are obvious local/regional supporters but others are national:

http://www.arf.net/About_ARF/Events/stars.html

http://www.arf.net/About_ARF/Events/Edge.html

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/support/sponsors.html

http://www.cosleyzoo.org/whatshappening/special_events.html

http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/sponsors.htm

http://www.louisvillezoo.org/support/sponsor/

http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/index.php?id=7_4_2

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Does anybody who works at WalMart in Hohenwald volunteer at TES? If so, they could get them a community grant...

http://www.walmartfoundation.org/wmstore/goodworks/scripts/WhatWeFund.jsp?BV_

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Steve Bass, President & CEO

Nashville Public Television

161 Rains Ave.
Nashville, TN 37203-5330

(615) 259-9325 Ext 206

Executive fax: (615) 254-7486

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a list from forbes of corporations making largest contributions:

http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/2002/11/21/cx_aw_1121give.html

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Ellen De Generes is an animal lover:

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/funstuff/onyourmind/index.html

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