Mount Vernon

Missing Teen Girl Found 2,000 Miles from Home at Michigan Sex Offender’s House
Child sex crimes

A missing 14-year-old girl was found this week at the home of a convicted sex offender in Michigan nearly a month after she vanished from her Seattle-area home. Keith Freerksen, 30, has now been charged with two counts of trafficking a minor for commercial sexual activity, two counts of using a computer to commit a …

Court
January 25, 2023

15-Year-Old Girl Sentenced in Death of Rival Cheerleader

A 15-year-old New York girl was sentenced Tuesday to 3 to 9 years for the stabbing death of a rival cheerleader last spring. Kayla Green, sophomore captain of the Mount Vernon junior varsity cheerleading squad, was killed in April 2022 in a brawl that broke out during a parade celebrating the state championship won by …