January 8, 2015 Ex-Ferguson corrections officer accused in lawsuit, criminal case of sex with pregnant inmate A former Ferguson corrections officer faces felony charges and a lawsuit for allegedly having sex with a pregnant inmate and allowing her to escape.
January 8, 2015 North Carolina man charged with kidnapping, rape of Maryland girl who disappeared last week A North Carolina man is facing multiple charges in the disappearance of a 12-year-old Maryland girl who was found days after vanishing.
January 8, 2015 New trial to start for Detroit man charged in abduction, rape, slaying of girlfriend's niece A new jury trial is expected to start for a 23-year-old Detroit man charged in connection with the abduction, rape and slaying of his girlfriend's 5-year-old niece.
January 8, 2015 Judge reduces sex-offender requirements for Ohio football player who served time for rape A judge has agreed to lower the sex-offender registration requirements for an Ohio high school football player who served time in a juvenile facility for the rape of a 16-year-old girl.
January 8, 2015 Inspector general blasts Maryland medical board's licensing of doctor who served time for rape The Maryland Board of Physicians put patients at risk by licensing a physician who had served 3 1/2 years in a Florida prison for raping a woman at gunpoint, according to a report released Wednesday.
January 8, 2015 Suspect in disappearance of Virginia student transferred for hearing in unrelated case The man charged in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student who was found dead has been transferred to a jail in Fairfax to await a hearing in an unrelated rape case.
January 8, 2015 Report claims 5 New Orleans detectives poorly investigating hundreds of sex, child-abuse cases In a new blow to New Orleans' troubled Police Department, a city inspector general's report claims five detectives failed to do substantial investigation of hundreds of cases of sex crimes and child abuse.
January 8, 2015 Florida man who killed wife, then raped and killed 10-year-old stepdaughter to be executed A Gadsden County man who shot his sleeping wife in the head and then raped and murdered his stepdaughter is schedule to die by lethal injection at Florida State Prison.
January 8, 2015 Divorce finalized for former Ravens cheerleader charged with raping classmate of her son A former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader who has been charged with raping one teenage boy and providing others with alcohol is divorced from her estranged husband, a prominent Maryland energy executive.
January 8, 2015 Arias trial to resume after break during which authorities were accused of destroying evidence The sentencing retrial of Jodi Arias is scheduled to resume Wednesday after a nearly two-week break during which news organizations protested a decision to let a skittish defense witness testify in private and authorities were accused of destroying evidence.
