A Florida therapist is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old boy she was counseling. Law enforcement launched an investigation after learning of the allegations against Elizabeth Blanchard in late August, according to WJXT. Court documents say the teen was in group counseling at EPIC Behavioral Healthcare in St. Augustine but got into …
Police in southeast Georgia arrested a 17-year-old boy they found hiding under a 12-year-old girl’s bed. The Statesboro Police Department said that the girl’s mother notified them that the boy had arranged to sneak into her daughter’s room Wednesday afternoon and that the two may hae had inappropriate contact. Police arrived at the home while …
Federal authorities arrested a New York woman last week for allegedly disseminating sexually explicit videos of children as young as six months. Newsday reported that Renee Hoberman, 36, a child therapist for LifeStance Health in Melville, was arrested Wednesday for crimes she committed online while posing as a man. Hoberman reportedly also has been a …
A former California high school teacher was charged last week with sex crimes against a minor, three years after he was found in the bedroom of a 16-year-old student. Enochs High School Band teacher Patrick Mester was fired in March 2021 after he was arrested for inappropriate communication with the then-16-year-old student. Seven months later, …
A 29-year-old Michigan church youth and music director has been charged with multiple counts of sexually abusive activity toward children. Michigan State Police said they began an investigation of Zachary Radcliff, the son of the senior pastor of Oakwood Church in Augusta Township, earlier this month after receiving reports that he solicited porn from a …
A Kentucky man has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl after he drove to Alabama last month, pretended to be her father to check her out of school, and took the girl to an abandoned building, where he raped her. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Sgt. Josh Casson said Justin Stephens likely met the the girl …
A 47-year-old Florida man was arrested for groping a teenage “scare actor” at a Jonesville haunted house Friday night. Lonnie Joe Ward Jr. has been charged with lewd and lascivious behavior with a victim under the age of 16, the Alachua Chronicle said. The victim said Ward was the last person to go through the …
A Missouri man was sentenced to 23 consecutive life sentences for a multitude of child sex crimes, including trafficking, rape, and sodomy. Derek Brett Roberts, 44, was found guilty on the 23 counts in June in Henry County, KMBC reported. Because the sentences must be served conseutively, Roberts won’t be eligible for parole for 650 …
An Indiana police officer is facing charges of child exploitation and related offenses, according to court records. The federal charges come months after Richards was arrested on state charges. In Marion Superior Court, Richards faces 13 counts of child exploitation and one count of possession of child pornography, according to Indy Star. WTHR reports that …
An Alabama man wanted on multiple child sex abuse charges since his release on bond in August on other child sex abuse charges is finally back behind bars. The Mobile Police Department said Adam James Renk, 39, was charged in early August with sexual torture and sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 and …
A 19-year-old Michigan man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old sister after he lied about his age and family situation to stay at the girls’ family home for several days. Michigan State Police said that Ethan Dekalita told the family he was 14 and said he’d been abandoned by …
A Texas pediatrician’s assistant was arrested earlier this month and charged with indecency with a child. Little Spurs Pediatric Urgent Care in Irving contacted police in August after learning that Angel Nunez, 25, had allegedly had inappropriate contact with multiple children, KDFW reported. “These patients believed they were receiving a medical exam and were not …
