A Tennessee man was brought back from Florida last week to face charges that he raped an 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant, the Maryville Police Department said Wednesday. Mynor Leonel Jeronimo-Velasquez, 31, fled to Florida with a 9-year-old girl in September, six weeks before Maryville police conducted a wellness check on the older girl and …
Eight Colorado men, ranging in age from 23 to 58, were jailed on child prostitution charges last month after multiple Colorado law enforcement agencies conducted a sting operation aimed at getting child predators off the streets.
A Florida man who posted bail after being charged with trafficking a minor and child pornography in California was arrested again this week back in his home state — this time on charges related to stalking and witness intimidation, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The sheriff’s office said that …
A former Alabama couple has been sentenced to a combined 1,161 years in prison for sexually abusing two juvenile family members, allegations that first surfaced in 2007, WIAT reports. Lisa Marie Lesher, 41, was sentenced Monday to 738 years after her conviction on October 1 on two counts of rape in the first degree, four …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and uploading videos to the Kik messenger app, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. John D. Taylor, 32, was arrested on Friday, the sheriff’s office said. He’s being held without bail on one count of sexual battery on a child, …
A registered sex offender in New York was criminally charged Friday with sexually assaulting an minor girl on repeated instances. WRGB reported that Victor Dorato, 46, sexually abused the victim in Kinderhook for a seven-month period, starting when the girl was younger than 14. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Dorato on October 21, …
A south Alabama couple already charged with child sex abuse have now had child pornography added to their charge sheet, WSFA reports. John Bright, 49, and Tiffany Hughes, 32, were initially arrested in September when the Dale County Sheriff’s Office received a tip about sexual abuse involving a minor child under the age 12 and …
A New Jersey youth pastor was charged this week with child sex crimes after investigators said he blackmailed young boys to perform sex acts online, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. Sean Higgins, 30, allegedly posed as a teenage girl online and coaxed at least six boys to send him nude photographs. When they did, …
A now former police officer in southern Louisiana was arrested Friday and charged with multiple child sex charges, including rape. Casey Hoffman, 28, faces seven counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles under 13, two counts of producing porn involving juveniles under 13, and three counts of first degree rape of a juvenile under 13, …
Federal authorities in Texas announced Thursday that two men were charged with human trafficking for the sale and purchase of a 19-year-old. Alfonso Juarez, 35, was arrested at his home in Dallas, Texas, while Robert Hubert, 66, was apprehended at his residence in Roebuck, South Carolina. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
A New York man is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on two occasions. Sean Johnsen, 35, was arrested and charged with third-degree rape for alleged incidents that occurred in Westbury on August 17 and 21. Citing authorities, the Daily Voice reported that Johnsen is a coach of a Nassau County …
Los Angeles County prosecutors added more sex crime charges to the docket against Ron Jeremy on Wednesday, the second time this summer they’ve amended the complaint against the 67-year-old porn star. Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, was arraigned on three counts of forcible rape, two counts of forcible oral copulation, and one …
