By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s district attorney dropped part of the criminal sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence emerged that cast doubt on the account one of his three accusers provided to the grand jury. The development was announced in court Thursday with …
A former middle school principal in New York who was arrested last year for allegedly sexually abusing a teen he met on Craigslist was recently offered probation as plea negotiations go into their third month. The Post-Standard reported that Mark Trabucco, 40, was arrested in April 2017 after the victim, who is younger than 17, …
An undercover online operation in Florida led to the arrest of 13 men accused of soliciting sex acts from children, including a man who worked as a cook at a Florida resort and an HIV positive paint store employee. ABC reports that the Polk County Sheriff’s Department (PCSO) announced that as part of an operation …
Authorities in Wisconsin are crediting tips from a number of locals in their ability to arrest a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman early Thursday morning. According to WISC, Platteville police believe Amadeus Sazon Toney grabbed a stranger and dragged her across the road shortly after midnight in an apparent attempt at a …
Authorities in California have arrested an elementary school principal on suspicion of inappropriately touching four female students. According to the New York Post, 49-year-old Richard Garcia is accused of a string of incidents that occurred between 2012 and 2014, when he taught second grade at McCabe Elementary School. The allegations came to light several months …
A seventh woman came forward this week with accusations against a former University of Delaware baseball player, who’s already accused of raping six other women, NBC Philadelphia reports. The suspect, Clay Conaway, 22, is charged with first-degree rape in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman at a Georgetown home in June. …
A North Carolina man recently released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence for murder is behind bars again on suspicion of raping a deaf woman as she was sleeping inside her home. As NBC News reported, 37-year-old Freeman Scott Ireland was arrested late Monday evening after authorities responded to the alleged victim’s home. According …
A teen high school student is facing three felony counts of rape after female classmates accused him of forcing them into sex acts. Fox 59 reports that Plainville High School student Levi Stewart has been charged as an adult following a report documenting claims that he had been “threatening, intimidating and harassing young female students …
A 12-year-old girl was located safe on Tuesday after she disappeared with a man she met through an online app. The suspect is now behind bars, accused of luring the child in and sexually assaulting her. ABC13 reports that Jorge Bastida, 22, was training to become a school police officer with Cy-Fair ISD, but has since …
Authorities in Massachusetts say a coach was arrested after he called police to break up a group of people who showed up at his gym to accuse him of rape. According to the New York Post, officers took 41-year-old Robert Hersey into custody in front of the crowd who claimed he sexually assaulted their loved …
Four Navy sailors are expecting to be court martialed following allegations that they engaged in group sex with an underage girl. NBC News has obtained charge sheets showing that four sailors allegedly engaged in sex acts with a girl who is between 12 and 16 years old in September 2017. The alleged assault took place …
A Pennsylvania man on the lam since last week after being charged with child rape and assaulting an officer was reportedly found Friday in the bedroom closet of an Aston home. According to Lehigh Valley Live, U.S. Marshals arrested David Allen Hamilton Jr., 47, without incident after receiving a tip indicating that he was staying with a family member. …
