Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly was hit with additional federal charges in New York on Friday for allegedly giving an underage girl and woman herpes and failing to disclose he had the disease. An indictment filed in the Eastern District of New York includes charges of coercion and enticement, coercion of a minor, racketeering, and …
A 19-year-old man turned himself in Wednesday night after two months on the lam, accused of using Snapchat to lure underage girls to his home and raping them. Dominic Yocco, of Florrisant, Missouri, was charged in July with four counts of first-degree rape, two counts of second-degree rape and one count of statutory rape, the …
A homeschool tutor in New York has been sentenced to prison after admitting to trying to meet an underage girl for sex. The U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Southern District of New York announced that Jeffrey Weber, 59, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for attempted child enticement. Weber corresponded with who he thought was …
A high school teacher in Florida is facing criminal charges after he was reportedly caught with a 14-year-old female student in an Airbnb rental. The Miami Herald reported that Diego Guzman Carranza, 30, a biology teacher at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, was arrested Thursday after police found the pair together in a Wilton Manors …
A former parent volunteer at an Oregon elementary school was ordered to be held on nearly $16 million bail as he faces 107 charges related to child sex crimes. Antonio Francisco Marquez, 41, is also on active duty with the U.S. Army and was initially indicted in May 2018 on 6 sex abuse charges involving a girl …
A Florida woman who admitted to having an affair with her husband’s relative on the television show “Divorce Court” was arrested Thursday after a 15-year-old boy told police that he possibly fathered her newborn baby. According to The Tampa Bay Times, Shadow Nicole Lantry, 26, is facing lewd and lascivious battery charges for having sex with …
A New Mexico father was arrested this week for allegedly prostituting his 7-year-old daughter for drugs. Over the past year, staff at Lew Wallace Elementary School noticed odd behavior involving the little girl and reported it to police. According to KRQE, it was last May when the girl made alarming comments to a teacher, including “Mom …
‘This is not who we knew’
A judge had harsh words—and a prison sentence—for a Virginia man who confessed to performing sex acts on his Rottweilers. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Stephen Matthew Taylor, 31, was convicted of two counts of animal cruelty. The charges stemmed from an investigation of his roommate, Craig Knox, 36, on multiple charges, including rape of a child. Police …
A former teacher aide at a Brevard County, Florida, private school is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student with special needs. Florida Today reported that Alana Chasky, 35, allegedly had a sexual relationship with the boy between February and September. Palm Bay police said the assaults didn’t happen on campus. Detectives said that Chasky also worked as …
A Macomb Township, Michigan, couple is accused of holding a woman with special needs captive and forcing her to sell sex. The Detroit Free Press reported that Michael Welch, 38, and Misty George, 30, allegedly kept the 29-year-old woman—who has physical and mental disabilities—in an outside shed, took her support money, and created online ads to sell …
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors accused Anthony Weiner of convincing an underage girl to fondle herself and strip over the Internet while he watched. Court documents obtained by the New York Post alleged that the embattled ex-politician partook in three illicit Skype sessions where the victim “made clear that she was not just a minor—she was, in fact, …
