A level-three sex offender in Massachusetts was recently arrested for kidnapping at least one boy he met online. WBZ-TV reported that Charlese Horton, 42, friended one of the victims on Facebook. The victim claimed Horton repeatedly messaged him and demanded he remove certain people from his page, for unknown reasons. When the victim ignored Horton, …
An Illinois man is behind bars for sexual assault after allegedly abusing a child in his care for almost years, police say. NBC 5 reports that from June 1, 2016, until April 1, 2018, an unnamed child was temporarily living with Kevin Tayon, 46, at a home in Pontoon. The child was 7 and 8 …
An Illinois woman who sexually abused two children with her husband was sentenced late last month to 75 years in prison. On Tuesday, the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office announced in a Facebook post that Andrea Leisgang, 38, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault and predatory criminal sexual assault. Along with her husband, Jeremy Leisgang, …
A US Border Patrol agent in Arizona has been charged with sexually abusing several children over a period of years after a lengthy investigation that ended with him barricading himself inside a church and holding police at bay for four hours. Dana Thornhill, 49, was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday, AZCentral reported, when …
California prosecutors have charged convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein with an additional count of sexual assault by restraint for an alleged 2010 incident. In a statement, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said the newest charge against Weinstein, 68, stemmed from an assault in a Beverly Hills hotel room. While law enforcement reportedly first interviewed …
A sex offender set free by former Kentucky Gov Matt Bevin (R) after losing his re-election bid last fall has been arrested on a federal charge of producing child sex abuse material, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. Bevin commuted Dayton Jones’s life sentence to time served in December, telling the Courier-Journal there was “zero, zero” evidence …
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 …
