A Missouri state trooper has been placed on administrative leave after police in West Plains charged him with rape. Court documents say a woman reported that Ethan Minge came to her home on July 27 and tried to have sex with her, KMBC reports. When she repeatedly said no, he allegedly pushed her onto her …
A New Hampshire man has been charged with raping a young mother 34 years ago in Peabody, Massachusetts. Darrell Lavoie, a 59-year-old professional photographer, was ordered held on a $100,000 bail on Monday when he appeared in court charged with aggravated rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering, WBTS reports. …
A Utah judge has sentenced Nicholas Rossi, a Rhode Island man who fled the country and faked his own death, for a second rape conviction Tuesday. According to KSL, Tuesday’s sentence stemmed from a 2008 Orem rape, the same year Rossi, 38, also raped a former girlfriend. Judge Derek P. Pullan, in Utah 4th District …
A 21-year-old Minnesota man reportedly admitted raping a 51-year-old woman on a Vadnais Heights street earlier this week, telling detectives he did so because “F*** it, since I’m a virgin.” Tristen Alan Leritz is charged with criminal sexual conduct in the the Tuesday night attack, which took place while the victim was taking a walk, …
An Oklahoma man charged with raping and assaulting two high school girlfriends has avoided prison, sparking outrage from the victims’ loved ones. According to the New York Post, 18-year-old Jesse Mack Butler, of Stillwater, pleaded no contest last week at the to a series of felonies, after a deal with the district attorney’s office. The …
A Rhode Island man who faked his own death before fleeing overseas to Scotland is headed to prison. According to the Associated Press, District Judge Barry Lawrence called 38-year-old Nicholas Rossi “a serial abuser of women” before an “indeterminate sentencing” to at least five years in prison on one of two counts of rape. Earlier …
Three children in Ohio are facing charges after prosecutors say they sexually assaulted and tried to kill a 5-year-old child last month. According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, the incident happened near East 148th Street and St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, in a field on September 13. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police found the …
An Idaho psychiatrist has been arrested for allegedly raping a patient with a foreign object. Boise police said they investigated the claim for nearly a month before taking 45-year-old Alexander Wills into custody on a charge of forcible penetration by use of a foreign object. Police said they were called about the incident on September …
A North Carolina man already charged with kidnapping has now been charged with additional counts — including rape — in a neighboring county. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office charged Winston Aaron Eccleston, 26, with kidnapping in May after a woman who had been missing since January turned up and told a harrowing tale. An arrest …
A Minnesota man who kidnapped a 12-year-old girl while she played in her backyard is headed to prison. A Hennepin County District Court judge sentenced Qalinle Dirie, 42, to 12 years behind bars for first-degree criminal sexual conduct. His sentencing followed a May conviction. The incident happened in June 2024, in the 900 block of Sheridan …
One of the two migrants charged in the rape and murder of 12-year-old Texas girl Jocelyn Nungaray has been linked to the rape of an American woman on vacation in Costa Rica. Jocelyn’s case sparked an immigration controversy last summer when suspects, Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, and Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, both Venezuelan …
Self-proclaimed misogynists Andrew and Tristan Tate have been charged in the United Kingdom with multiple counts, including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking, and prostitution. According to The Associated Press, prosecutors authorized the charges against the influencer brothers earlier this year, although they were not publicized. The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed the charges on Wednesday. …
