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May 1, 2022

Autopsy for teen girl found dead in San Francisco homeless district reveals disturbing new details

An autopsy for 16-year-old Victorria Moran-Hidalgo, whose half-naked body was found in a San Francisco street early one February morning, showed she had several drugs in her system, including fentanyl, but the manner of her death was ruled as undetermined due to evidence suggesting someone might have sexually assaulted the teen.

April 30, 2022

Former Idaho lawmaker found guilty of raping intern

A former Idaho lawmaker was convicted Friday of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern after a dramatic trial in which the young woman fled the witness stand during testimony, saying “I can’t do this.”

April 29, 2022

Ukraine war: International Planned Parenthood Fed. provides abortion pills, rape kits to victims of invasion

Human rights groups have document incidents of rape and torture in towns and cities around Kyiv after Russian troops withdrew and shifted their focus to the eastern part of the city.

April 28, 2022

FBI warns teen boys increasingly targeted in online 'sextortion' schemes

FBI is warning of an uptick in reports about adult “sextortion” offenders posing as young girls on gaming platforms or social media to manipulate teen boys into sexually explicit behavior.

April 27, 2022

Former 'Making the Band' star facing sex trafficking charge in Las Vegas

Rapper and reality TV star Kevin Lamont Barnes Jr., 37, is facing a felony sex trafficking charge in Las Vegas. Barnes, who uses the name Chopper, was featured on the early 2000’s MTV reality series "Making the Band."

April 27, 2022

Adams' NYC jail chief resists Rikers Island federal takeover amid scandals, transgender inmate rape conviction

NYC Correction Commissioner Louis Molina insisted he was up to the task of enforcing sweeping reforms at Rikers Island, where a transgender inmate recently pleaded guilty to raping a female inmate.

April 27, 2022

MTV ex-reality star rapper recruited sex trafficking victims using large social media following: police

Kevin “Choppa” Barnes, a rapper and former reality star on MTV’s “Making the Band,” is accused of using his large social media following to recruit sex worker, the Las Vegas Police Department said.

April 27, 2022

California man posed as girl to allegedly lure 80 children into making porn, police say

Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, was arrested after he allegedly posed as a girl online to lure more than 80 children into making pornographic videos, which he kept on his computer, police said.

April 23, 2022

California Judge sentences man linked to sexual abuse of more than 20 kids

A federal judge in California sentenced a man involved with sexually abusing more than 20 children, acts that were recorded and distributed on the internet, prosecutors said.

April 20, 2022

Texas Border Patrol agents arrest child predators, gang members trying to enter US illegally

Two child predators and multiple gang members were arrested trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border within the past week, officials said late Tuesday.