A Michigan woman who allegedly raped a man at knifepoint earlier this year will likely not spend a day behind bars. MLive reports that Lestina Marie Smith, 18, pleaded no contest on September 13 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct—the …
A Waxahachie, Texas, man who sexually abused five children at his wife’s day care was sentenced to prison on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reports that Dennis Ray Avery, 58, victimized the five children—all younger than 6—at his wife’s home-based day care over a two-year period. After pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a …
The alleged mastermind is suspected of trying to “sell” footage of the assault to male acquaintances
Two Utah men allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl while a third captured the assault on video because he thought it was amusing, KSTU-TV reports. Leclair Dodjim and Richard Djassera face numerous sex crimes charges in connection with the case. Police were notified of the allegations September 9, when the girl’s father contacted police and told …
A Pennsylvania man who sexually assaulted six juvenile sisters he took in as “wives” was sentenced Wednesday to 30 to 87 years in prison. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Bucks County Judge Jeffrey L. Finley called Lee Kaplan’s abuse “corrupt, perverted, [and] atrocious” before handing down the lengthy sentence. In June, a court convicted Kaplan, 52, on 17 counts of child sexual …
A man who won one of New Jersey’s largest Powerball jackpots allegedly sexually assaulted a young girl for at least three years. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes accused Pedro Quezada, 49, of sexually assaulting a girl between the ages of 11 and 13 when he lived in Passaic. NJ.com reports that Quezada is charged with …
A mother who claims her son sexually abused her reportedly paid a former relative to kill him. The Independent reports that Ramcharan Dwivedi, 22, was found dead of stab wounds on August 21 in a quarry in Bhayander, India. And his mother allegedly arranged for his murder. Dwivedi’s mother, who will not be identified because …
A federal appeals court let convicted rapist Ma’lik Richmond play in a college football game Saturday, despite efforts by his university to prevent that from happening, as reported by ESPN. Youngstown State University had sought to block Richmond, 21, from playing in the game, but he sued this week to challenge that decision. U.S. District …
The police officer who lost his job after a violent altercation with a hospital nurse has a history of sexual harassment allegations against him. Salt Lake City Police Detective Jeff Payne is currently under investigation after video footage emerged of a tense encounter with nurse Alex Wubbels at the University of Utah hospital in July. …
A Cleveland woman reportedly flew into a rage on Tuesday and reportedly stabbed her boyfriend five times after she walked in to find him naked and on top of her minor daughter. Cleveland.com reports that the incident happened at a home off of West 58th Street in the Stockyards neighborhood, at around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. …
The legal team representing disgraced former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner submitted a sentencing memorandum late Wednesday night, asking a judge to spare their client from serving time in prison. The New York Times reports that Weiner’s lawyers asked Judge Denise Cote of Federal District Court in Manhattan to consider their client’s “remarkable progress” over …
The owner of a now-shuttered private boarding school pressured a teenager into sex, forced girls to undress for “body image therapy” and held other students in solitary confinement, authorities say. Prosecutors on Friday charged Benjamin Trane, the former director of Midwest Academy, with third-degree sexual abuse, sexual exploitation by a counselor and child endangerment, as …
