A man in Arizona has been arrested after investigators found that he faked his death to avoid registering as a sex offender. Benjamin Hollins, 50, had adopted an assumed name in Mesa when investigators found him living with a family — with young children — who had no idea he’d been convicted of sex offenses …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with repeatedly raping three teen girls he dated between 2016 and May 2020, TribLive reported Monday. Pennsylvania state police began investigating after a tip to the state’s child abuse hotline, Childline, this summer. The tip said that an alleged victim had told an acquaintance that Joshua E. Kunkle, 18, …
A convicted sex offender in California forced his way into a vehicle in San Leandro and kissing a 2-year-old on the lips, the San Leandro Police Department said. Ralf Peter Schmidt-Dunker, 45, was arrested last week and formally charged with committing a lewd act with a child under 14 this week. The incident took place …
An Arizona man convicted of sexual abuse in Iowa 15 years ago has been charged with threatening an Iowa legislator over a requirement in the state’s sex offender registry law the he register in Arizona, where he has lived since 2016. According to a federal complaint, Cody Ray Leveke, 36, had been communicating with state …
Comedian Sarah Silverman revealed that Louis CK has masturbated in front of her in the past — but unlike the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, Silverman said she gave consent. The star and host of “I Love You, America” appeared on Howard Stern’s show on Sirius XM radio and talked about her …
Neighbors and lawmakers in Rhode Island are outraged that a man convicted of raping and sexually assaulted a child now lives less than a mile from where he abducted a 10-year-old boy. WJAR reports that Richard Garner now lives in Providence, less than a mile from the deli where he abducted the boy in 1988. …
A male cheerleader at the University of Central Florida in Orlando has been accused of putting a female teammate in a chokehold long enough for her to lose consciousness and collapse — in addition to allegedly sexually assaulting two other teammates. WKMG reports that Dawan Carter Jr., 22, has been arrested by campus police on charges …
Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner will be released from prison ahead of his scheduled 21-month sentence. CBS News obtained records from the federal Bureau of Prison showing that Weiner is expected to be released May 14, 2019, 83 days ahead of his previously scheduled release date. The New York Daily News had first reported the news, …
Florida police say a teenager lured men over the summer on a dating app in order to rob them , then advised them that they’d be the ones in trouble if they went to police since she’s underage, the New York Post reported. According to an affidavit released by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Ednita …
Moments after a judge ordered Bill Cosby to serve a minimum of three years in state prison for a sexual assault, the former TV sitcom star burst into laughter in the courtroom. Page Six reports that Cosby was seen joking and laughing with his legal team after Judge Steven O’Neill sentenced him to 3 to 10 …
Over 2,300 suspected online child sex offenders were arrested over the course of a “three-month, nationwide, operation conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces,” the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. The investigation identified 195 suspected offenders who allegedly produced child pornography or committed child sexual abuse, as well as 383 children who suffered …
A New York man who previously served 13 years in prison for sodomizing a 5-year-old girl was recently jailed for allegedly posting an ad on Craigslist, a violation of his parole. A Level 3 sex offender, Terri Havens 49, was placed on parole last September but reportedly violated it by breaking his curfew and using …
