A sex offender who raped a child was released from custody this week because of concerns that he could become infected with coronavirus, WBUR reports. The Massachusetts Superior Court on Friday ordered that 54-year-old Glenn Christie be released from a state treatment facility, as long as he tests negative for COVID-19. According to the report, …
A New Jersey man was recently arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old while he was employed as her caretaker. Burlington County prosecutors said Edmondo DiPaolo’s arrest came after the victim’s family found an injury to the girl’s leg. KYW-TV reported that she has a degenerative brain disorder, is nonverbal and immobile, receives food and …
Embattled singer R. Kelly unsuccessfully sought his release from an Illinois prison amid the coronavirus pandemic. People reported that Kelly’s legal team filed a motion for bond on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. They claimed Kelly, 53, is at higher risk for contracting the virus and claimed that hand sanitizer and soap are in …
A Michigan man faces life in prison after confessing to repeatedly flashing people since the late 1990s. Kent County police conducting surveillance arrested Steven Todd Pastoor, 54 last week after reportedly finding him nude from the waist down on Interstate 196. MLive.com reported that authorities conducted several stings over the years to catch the suspect, …
A couple arrested in Nevada in February after the woman’s 11-year-old son’s body was reportedly discovered in the trunk of a car in Texas was hit with multiple child abuse and sex crime charges. Corey Trumbull, 31, was charged with capital murder, and both he and Stormy Johnson, 37, are facing tampering with evidence charges …
R. Kelly’s newest accusers reportedly turned over a ton of evidence to New York prosecutors who recently filed additional federal charges against the embattled singer. The Blast reported that the two women provided authorities with text conversations they had with Kelly, 53, and hotel records. Earlier this month, Kelly was hit with additional federal charges …
A convicted Alabama child rapist wants out of jail amid the coronavirus pandemic. In February, Pete Williston, a former Birmingham police lieutenant, was convicted of first-degree rape in connection with encounters that happened when the victim was a teenager. Williston was waiting on his April 3 sentencing when he learned that it had been delayed …
Alaska State Troopers have arrested an 18-year-old man and charged him with kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl last week in a tiny fishing village on the Kanektok River in western Alaska. Ida “Girlie” Aguchak was reported missing on late Monday afternoon, March 16, and her body was found two hours later at the Quinhagak …
Georgia officials said a former school and church volunteer who was serving a life sentence for molesting nine boys was killed in a prison altercation earlier this month. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Cesar Pastrana, 33, died March 13 from injuries he sustained in a fight with another inmate at Hancock State Prison in Sparta. …
Police in Ohio have arrested three women who allegedly sexually abused several boys and girls as young as 3 years old. Magan Richmond, 32, Tasha Stringer, 37, and Kathryn McMullen, 36, were charged with felony rape. The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted to Facebook that the women molested several children, between …
A Texas man learned that he will spend the remainder of his life in prison for a slew of sex-related crimes — including sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl. Billy Ryan Devenport, 36, was sentenced to life plus 370 years after confessing to repeatedly assaulting the victim and possessing sexually-explicit images of children. Authorities began investigating …
A Michigan woman learned on Monday that she will spend decades behind bars for filming herself sexually assault a 9-year-old girl and sharing the illicit footage on the Internet. Shannon Moore, 35, will serve 20 to 35 years in prison for abusing the underage victim in March 2019. She sent videos of the abuse to …
