July 5, 2017 Feds investigating Sandusky fine Penn State a record $2.4M The U.S. Department of Education is hitting Penn State with a record $2.4 million fine for violating a law that requires colleges and universities to report campus crimes and warn people if their safety is threatened.
July 5, 2017 Derrick Rose rape trial begins the day of the Knicks' preseason start NBA star Derrick Rose will begin trial in a $21 million rape lawsuit Tuesday, the same day the New York Knicks' preseason begins.
July 5, 2017 Prosecutor in Brock Turner sex assault case pushes tougher mandatory sentences The California attorney who prosecuted a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is sponsoring legislation to toughen mandatory sentencing.
July 5, 2017 Stanford women's swim team members say they were pressured not to speak about Turner Members of the Stanford University women’s swim team wanted to write to the judge overseeing the Brock Allen Turner sex-attack case about his creepy behavior — but were reportedly “pressured” by school officials not to speak out.
July 5, 2017 Teen runaway indicted on murder charge in on-campus death of Texas freshman A 17-year-old runaway from Texas' foster care system has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the death of a University of Texas freshman who disappeared as she walked toward her dorm in April.
July 5, 2017 Ex-Montana football player convicted of sexual assault gets parole after 6 years A former University of Montana football player sentenced to prison in 2013 after admitting to raping an acquaintance has been released on parole.
July 5, 2017 Jerry Sandusky's son arrested on child sex charges An adopted son of Jerry Sandusky faces multiple charges of sex crimes involving children, court papers revealed Monday, more than five years after the former Penn State assistant football coach was himself first arrested.
July 5, 2017 Wanted fugitive who was deported to Mexico in 2004 is arrested in NJ The 37-year-old man had been living in the U.S. illegally for an unknown period of time.
July 5, 2017 US authorities target hotels and motels in fight against sex trafficking To the thousands of motorists driving along Route 1 in Philadelphia, the Roosevelt Inn looks like any other roadside city motel. But there, inside a guest room, a 14-year-old girl was "sold into sexual slavery," barred from leaving for months and forced to engage in sex acts with 1,000 men as motel staff looked the other way, according to a new lawsuit.
July 5, 2017 Alleged MS-13 gang members accused in Houston woman's 'Satanic' murder Two alleged MS-123 gang members, Diego Hernandez-Riversa, 18, and Miguel Alvarez-Flores, 22, were arrested Monday in Houston and charged the following day with aggravated kidnapping.
