Sources in New York say Jeffrey Epstein was found on the floor of his jail cell with injuries not expected to be life threatening. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the disgraced billionaire was denied bail after being booked into jail on sex trafficking allegations. How do you protect your children from predators? Join Nancy Grace and …
It’s been almost seven years since a young Georgia teen confessed to her parents she tried to slit her wrists after a trusted pastor sexually assaulted her. The victim, now 21, learned this week that the man she once put her faith in would walk away without any jail time. AJC reports that 40-year-old Jason …
Amid continued fallout surrounding new sex-trafficking charges against disgraced investment banker Jeffrey Epstein, an allegation by the attorney representing some of his alleged victims is making headlines this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, he is accused of exploiting multiple young girls. After pleading not guilty to the latest counts against him, a judge ordered that …
A California man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 25 years in federal prison for flying to England and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in 2014. According to a statement issued by Northern District of California’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, David John Telles, Jr., 43, used his phone, an online game, and social media app to …
Some Alabama sex offenders will be required to undergo “chemical castration” before parole release, under a new law. On Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill, despite objections from human rights groups. AP News reports that the controversial law will involve a convicted child sexual offender taking medication that decreases sex drive by blocking testosterone. …
A registered sex offender in Ohio admitted Monday to molesting two minor brothers who he came into contact with while volunteering as a church bus driver. As reported by WKRC, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced that Jory Leedy, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court to several counts of sex …
A former police officer in Hawaii who admitted to sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl recently learned he will not spend a day behind bars. In 2017, an Oahu grand jury indicted Teddy O. Van Lerberghe, 45, formerly with the Honolulu Police Department, on seven counts of sexual assault. According to the Star Advertiser, the assaults …
A Georgia man who admitted to sexually abusing a North Carolina girl and holding her captive for more than a year was reportedly spotted near a high school days after he was spared from prison. Per the Daily Mail, Michael Wysolovski, 33, lives with his mother at her Atlanta suburb home—located 330 yards from a …
A New York man has pleaded guilty to raping a young teen when he was working as a bus driver in the Watertown City School District. According to the Watertown Daily Times, 26-year-old Shane M. Piche entered the plea as part of a deal that resulted in no jail time for the registered Level 1 …
A Vermont man admitted he sexually assaulted his mother-in-law as she lay dying in hospice care last summer. He’ll now be a registered sex offender for life. Burlington’s ABC 3 News reports that Stephen Edwards, 71, was caught doing a lewd act on a 93-year-old woman at the Burlington Health and Rehab last July, after a …
Criminal charges for singer R. Kelly may be imminent as an Illinois grand jury reportedly met and is scheduled to review a tape allegedly depicting the singer sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Unidentified sources confirmed to The Blast that a grand jury assembled last week at the Cook County State’s Attorney Office in Chicago. They also …
Anthony Weiner was transferred to a halfway house in New York, following a prison sentence for sending sexually explicit text messages to a minor. FOX News reports that Weiner, 54, is now in a federal re-entry program based in New York, where he’ll live until his release in May. In 2017, the disgraced former congressman was …
