A Texas man wanted for raping a child was arrested this week, just days after local police appeared on television asking for help finding him. White Settlement Police said that Steven Skalij had been previously arrested on a sexual assault of a child charge, but after a judge lowered his $500,000 bond to $100,000 and …
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 …
Police in Missouri are looking for a retired officer who has been charged with multiple child sex crimes. Prosecutors have charged Jordan C. Fowle, 57, with two counts of first degree child molestation, five counts of second degree child molestation, second degree sodomy, and second degree sexual abuse, according to KMOV. A no-bond warrant has …
A Texas man has been charged with sexually assaulting toddlers at the Houston mall where he worked at a kiosk and posting videos of the assaults online. Court documents describe four short videos of more than one attacker assaulting two 2-year-olds in a mall restroom at Houston’s Galleria. Arthur Fernandez III is the only person …
A former Connecticut elementary school teacher accused of molesting female students over several years was sentenced Tuesday to five years probation, with a 10 year prison sentence suspended. Prosecutors in New Britain had previously allowed James Eschert, 53, to enter an Alford plea, meaning he maintains his innocence but acknowledges prosecutors have the evidence to …
A Florida man has reportedly admitted he drove to Ohio, where he picked up a 16-year-old girl he met while gaming online, and brought her back to his Dunnellon home with the intention of eventually marrying her. The FBI linked the missing person case from Lima, Ohio, to Florida when they found that both the …
A Oklahoma middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with seven counts of lewd acts to a child, ranging from 2012 to 2017. Parents of the Woodward Middle School students said they reported physical education teacher Benjamin Hall’s activities to the assistant principal because the school’s head principal, Sarah Hall, is the accused teacher’s …
A 37-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison and 20 years probation after pleading guilty to raping a child under 4 years old. Court documents say that investigators began looking at Devon Shane Mitchell in February “for criminal activity unrelated to child sexual abuse.” In the court of the investigation, …
A former teacher at a North Carolina Christian academy has been arrested for having an appropriate relationship with a student. Tyler Melton, 26, is charged with felony sex acts with a student and indecent liberties with a student. He surrendered to police after they obtained warrants or his arrest and is being held on a …
A Mississippi man was arrested in Tennessee last month after he arranged a birthday trip to rape a 10-month-old baby. Dennis Allen Gaal, 49, was arrested on Tuesday in Chattanooga, WTVC reported. An affidavit obtained by the station siad that Gaal set up the trip via Telegram on November 17, but he didn’t know he …
A 32-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl in Quakertown earlier this year, and police believe there may be more victims. Miguel Angel Sanchez faces numerous counts of rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and other crime, WPXI reported. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said that the teen …
A Philadelphia man has been charged with abducting two girls, driving them to New Jersey, where he sexually assaulted at least one of them, and then abandoning the girls on the side of a the road. Benjamin Pessin faces one count of kidnapping, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and one count …
