Sex Crimes - Page 58

April 16, 2024

Married teacher caught 'putting her clothes on' after naked teen runs from car: police

A married Nebraska teacher allegedly sexually abused one of her teenage students and was charged with a felony that carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.

April 15, 2024

Top officials at NH detention center wouldn't take children's word over staff, witness claims

Top-level administrators at New Hampshire's disgraced Sununu Youth Services Center sided with staff against child accusers, according to witness and former employee Virgil Bossom.

April 15, 2024

Alaska Airlines passenger captured by FBI after repeatedly groping woman on flight

Dennis Bostick pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit a felony in a plea deal for groping his seatmate throughout an Alaska Airlines flight from San Diego to Seattle.

April 13, 2024

Tennessee man accused in Eliza Fletcher slaying convicted in 2021 rape of different woman

A Memphis jury found Cleotha Abston, 40, guilty of raping and kidnapping a woman in September 2021 – a year prior than when he allegedly kidnapped and killed Eliza Fletcher.

April 12, 2024

10 suspected illegal migrants busted for child pornography at Texas human smuggling 'stash house'

A group of nearly a dozen suspected illegal migrants have been busted for allegedly possessing child pornography at a Texas house that officials say was being used for human smuggling.

April 10, 2024

Ex-employee describes sex abuse, retaliation for complaints at NH youth detention facility

Karen Lemoine, a former employee at the Sununu Youth Services Center in New Hampshire, delivered the first witness testimony in the first trial over sex abuse at the facility.

April 10, 2024

DeSantis signs 5 laws cracking down on sexual predators, ability to abuse or 'groom' kids over the internet

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, where he signed five pieces of legislation into law aiming to protect children from predators.

April 9, 2024

Convicted pedophiles could face much darker future with GOP-backed bill: 'Can't rehabilitate a predator'

Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna will introduce bills increasing penalties against rapists and sexual abusers of children, including the death penalty against child predators.

April 9, 2024

First of nearly 1,200 lawsuits against New Hampshire youth detention center set for trial

David Meehan's case is the first of over 1,000 in an unprecedented criminal investigation into physical and sexual abuse at New Hampshire's state-run youth detention center.

April 9, 2024

Hundreds accuse Massachusetts doctor of sexual abuse, inappropriate examinations

Dr. Derrick Todd, a former rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, has been accused by over 200 woman and several men of sexual abuse.