South Carolina authorities arrested 11 men last month for trying to contact minors for sexual exploitation. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said that multiple agencies participated in the sting operation and that more arrests may take place. “Officers pretended to be underage teenagers as the suspects messaged them through social media apps,” Lexington County Sheriff …
A California substitute teacher has been arrested on suspicion of molesting four girls in a classroom in Santa Ana. Police said that Peter Morales, 69, taught in the Santa Ana Unified School District for 18 years before he stepped away from a regular teaching gig to become a substitute. The alleged victims told investigators that …
Boston transit police on Friday charged a man with the indecent assault of a 4-year-old at a Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority station near the Boston Common. Officers said they were called to the Park Street Station by the child’s mother, who told them her child was assaulted by a man she didn’t know on the …
A 15-year-old girl who was missing for 11 days was found after sexually explicit images of her were posted on a prostitution website, leading authorities to locate her in a hotel room booked by a registered sex offender, Fox News reports. Now, eight people have been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to sell …
A Pennsylvania high school choir director has been arrested, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old female student, after her husband learned of the relationship and reported it to school officials. New Wilmington Borough police last week charged Olivia Lois Ortz, 26, with two counts of sexual contact with a student, one count …
An actor with a minor role in the blockbuster “Doctor Strange” has been found guilty of sexual activity with a child . Zara Phythian, 37, along with her husband Victor Marke, 59, were sentenced to eight years and 14 years in prison respectively, The Independent reported. Phythian played the role of “brunette zealot” in the …
A Georgia police department has arrested a man they say kidnapped a raped and child at a popular park on Mother’s Day. WXIA reports that Austin Stovall has been charged with rape, aggravated sexual battery, child molestation, false imprisonment, kidnapping and first degree cruelty to children by the Kennesaw Police Department. The department did not …
An Alabama man, out on bond on child pornography charges in February, was arrested again Wednesday after he allegedly solicited a 12-year-old girl for sex via the internet. Lee County investigators said that they received a tip from another agency about Robert Joseph Stetina, 28, saying he was “attempting to solicit what he thought as …
A California man has been arrested and is believed to have groomed at least 80 children and used them to create child pornography. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said they launched an investigation in December 2021 following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an online account that was befriending …
A Middle Tennessee grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old man on multiple child sex crimes, including rape and sexual battery. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said it had also rescued a 5-month-old child believed to have been sexually assaulted by the suspect, identified as Eli Jarrad McCord. The sheriff’s office said it launched an investigation …
A Virginia elementary school employee has been charged with sexually assaulting several children on the school grounds. Jonathan George Skocik, the information technology specialist at John Jenkins Elementary School in Woodbridge, was arrest on riay after a month-long investigation by Prince William County Police and Child Protective Services. The victims, four 8-year-old girls, told a …
A 23-year-old Chicago man was arrested on charges of sexual assault and kidnapping after he allegedly grabbed a 7-year-old girl from a South Shore park, dragged her into a building, and forced his penis into her mouth. Details filed in court said that a witness to the kidnapping called police Thursday afternoon at about 5:30 …
