December 30, 2015 Bill Cosby appears in court over sex crime charges Laura Ingle and defense atty weigh in
December 20, 2015 Ex-Illinois lawmaker charged with child porn possession, in graphic federal complaint An Illinois state lawmaker who resigned his House seat in March was charged Monday with possession of child pornography, in a federal complaint that detailed graphic online chats.
December 20, 2015 Vermont state senator pleads not guilty to sex charges A Vermont state senator pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he tried to extract sexual favors in exchange for rent, used sex as a punishment and told a woman they could both earn extra money if she had sex with farm workers.
December 15, 2015 Massachusetts teen convicted in rape, murder of high school math teacher A Massachusetts teenager was convicted Tuesday of raping and killing his high school math teacher when he was 14.
December 2, 2015 Fugitive Massachusetts child rape suspect who cut off GPS is caught after driving into NY lake A Massachusetts child rape suspect who police say cut off a court-ordered GPS monitoring device and went on a cross-country crime spree has been captured after a month on the lam.
December 2, 2015 Indiana team that raided Fogle's home used mobile laboratory, special investigation techniques When they arrived at Jared Fogle's home last month, law enforcement officials were armed with more than a search warrant: They rolled up with a mobile forensics laboratory that has revolutionized how Indiana investigates child-exploitation and pornography crimes and helped make the state a national model.
December 2, 2015 Lawyer for victims says website has no immunity since it helps pimps write successful ads A lawyer for Backpage.com told Washington's Supreme Court that a lawsuit filed by three sex trafficking victims should be thrown out because the website has immunity under a federal communications law.
December 2, 2015 Ex-hero Philadelphia officer leaves jail after 16 months as rape, trafficking charges dropped A former Philadelphia police officer honored by the White House before being accused of the gunpoint rape of two prostitutes has left jail after the case unraveled.
December 1, 2015 Auto-erotic asphyxiation eyed in Ariel Castro death; prison guards falsified logs Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro may have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation, not suicide, and two prison guards falsified logs documenting their observation of him in the hours before he died, the state said Thursday.
