A two-week, nationwide anti-sex trafficking operation spearheaded by the FBI identified and located 200 victims and identified or arrested dozens of suspects. The FBI said that “Operation Cross-Country” located 59 juveniles who were victims of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. “Sex traffickers exploit and endanger some of the most vulnerable members of our …
A missing Alabama girl has been located in Kentucky, and the 43-year-old man she was with has been charged with kidnapping and rape. The 14-year-old girl was reported missing from her home in Phenix City on Tuesday, police said, according to WTVM. She was believed to be with someone she’d been chatting with online named …
A 19-year-old North Carolina man was arrested Wednesday and charged with sex offenses against a minor and trying to contaminate food at the restaurant where he worked. Dasan Prentis Leviner has been charged with dissemination of obscene material to a minor under 16, exploitation of a minor, and contamination of food or drink by a …
A former New Hampshire state lawmaker has been charged in connection with case involving a former daycare worker accused of taking nude photos of children at a Massachusetts daycare center and texting them to another person. Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, was charged with aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of children, according to the US …
An Alabama sports photographer was caught up in an undercover operation this week and charged with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act. Marvin Avery Gentry, 57, was arrested and booked into the Jefferson County Jail Friday night, AL.com reported. He was released early Saturday after posting a $60,000 bond. Homewood Police …
A Texas man was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, driving her to California, and raping her multiple times. Steven Robert Sablan, 61, is charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, the …
A former South Carolina church youth pastor now faces 91 criminal sex charges in two counties after an extensive investigation added more counts onto previous charges filed against him in Greenville and Greenwood Counties. The 20 new counts charge Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, with voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor, the Greenville News said. …
The principal of a southern New York middle school has been arrested on charges of luring a child and attempted rape. Daniel Erickson, 55, was arrested “following an investigation into suspicious behavior involving a minor that attends Johnson City High School,” the Broome County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators found that Erickson was communicating with a …
A Tennessee soccer coach has been charged with drugging children and recording himself raping the unconscious boys over the course of 20 years. The Franklin Police Department said that Camilo Hurtado Campos, 63, has been charged with child rape and sexual exploitation of children and that more charges are expected, WSMV reported. The victims ranged …
Arthur Antoine’s wife is also charged in the case because she knew about the sexual assaults and did nothing, investigators say.
A Minnesota teacher and coach was arrested this week for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at the teacher’s home in Rochester. Lindsey Rose Schneeberger, 24, was arraigned on Friday on three counts of first degree-criminal sexual conduct and given a $75,000 bond, the Post-Bulletin reported. Schneeberger was a volleyball coach and physical education teacher at …
An 84-year-old Georgia county commissioner has been arrested on child molestation and sexual battery charges. Effingham County Commissioner Reginald “Reggie” Loper was arrested and released on bail on Wednesday Documents obtained by WTOC revealed that a teenage victim and her mother reported multiple sexual assaults to the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office on January 5, the …
