A Utah man is behind bars after police say he kidnapped a 15-year-old high school student in broad light before taking her to his home and raping her. CBS2 reports that the incident happened on Monday afternoon in West Valley City, as a teen girl was walking near Hunter High School at around 2:20 p.m. …
Singer Nicki Minaj’s brother Jelani Maraj was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter, the New York Post reported. Maraj was convicted on charges of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a child in November 2017, two years after his arrest, as …
A Massachusetts man charged earlier this month with kidnapping an 11-year-old girl as she walked home from school has now been charged with her rape, MassLive reported. Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni on Friday added three counts of aggravated rape and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14 against …
A North Carolina pastor has been charged with 116 sex crimes with minors over a period of 15 years, ABC 11 reported. Rodney Luffman, 58, was arrested and charged with 84 counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, 18 counts of statutory rape against a child between the ages of 13 and 15, 13 …
A North Carolina man has been charged with holding a woman as his sex slave for five years, Fox 8 reported. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it received a tip from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and launched an investigation immediately, leading them to Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48. He was arrested without incident at …
A registered sex offender in Florida who was arrested on Saturday in connection with a series of unsolved rapes from the 1980s reportedly kept a secret dungeon in his home. Robert Koehler, 60, was accused of sexually assaulting at least 44 women from South Miami to Deerfield Beach between May 1981 and February 1986. Since …
A Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against Lyft, months after one of their drivers allegedly raped her in the backseat of his car. Cristen Giangarra, 30, has accused ex-Lyft driver Larry Ward, 53, of sexually assaulting her on June 22. Ward had picked Giangarra up after a night of drinking; her lawyers claimed she …
A North Carolina man has been accused of keeping a victim as a virtual sex slave for five years. ABC News reports that Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48, was arrested on Wednesday and is facing a human trafficking charge after the the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said he allegedly kept a woman in “sexual servitude” for …
Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand Thursday and recounted how Harvey Weinstein raped her in her New York apartment 25 years earlier. The New York Post reported that Sciorra, 59, has accused Weinstein, 67, of raping her in her Manhattan apartment in 1993 or 1994. Before the alleged assault, Sciorra said he sent her two care …
A former Maryland police officer was indicted on Tuesday, months after he allegedly raped a woman following a traffic stop. In September, then-Fairmount Heights officer Martique Vanderpool, 30, and a colleague reportedly pulled over a female driver in Capitol Heights. The Prince George’s County Police Department said in a statement that Vanderpool placed the driver …
A Louisiana woman is behind bars after police say she sexually assaulted two young children. WBTV reports that 18-year-old Lakien D. Perry has been charged with 20 counts of sexual battery, first-degree rape, and pornography involving a juvenile. According to Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kayla Vincent, authorities were alerted to Perry after the Louisiana …
On Saturday, authorities in Florida arrested a registered sex offender who they believe committed a series of rapes during the 1980s. According to the Miami Herald, Robert Koehler, 60, was recently accused of sexually assaulting at least 44 women from South Miami to Deerfield Beach between May 1981 and February 1986. The then-unidentified suspect was …
