Ride-hailing company Uber revealed in a first-of-its-kind safety report issued on Thursday that it received more than 3,000 reports of serious sexual assaults last year and nearly that many the year before. The company noted that the reports, covering 2017-2018, covered more than 2.3 billion rides — meaning that 99.9 percent of the rides were …
A Florida teacher is accused of having sex with her son’s 15-year-old friend for more than a year. Arrested on Monday, Susan Weddle, 40, has resigned from her position as a learning resource specialist position at the J.E. Hall Center. Last month, a high school guidance counselor contacted the Department of Children and Families after …
Nine more accusers have come forward alleging that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them, and that his friends were sometimes involved. The New York Post obtained a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit detailing the new allegations against Epstein, and in some cases, his associates. The alleged victims, all identified as Jane Doe, claim Epstein abused them between …
An Ohio man was sentenced to prison late last month for multiple sex crimes that involved adult women and underage girls — including two 3-year-olds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio announced on Monday that Matthew Jones, 44, will spend more than 22 years in prison after pleading guilty last December …
Two more women have reportedly come forward to accuse Scientologist actor Danny Masterson of rape. The Underground Bunker, a blog run by former Village Voice editor-in-chief Tony Ortega, broke the news Monday morning that the unidentified women have spoken to the Los Angeles Police Department about new allegations against the former star of “The Ranch” …
An Iowa man was arrested on Tuesday, following allegations that he transmitted HIV to a woman and a 13-year-old girl. Lamont James, 33, is accused of sexually abusing the girl over the course of two years. The now-16-year-old victim told police in June that she had been in a sexual relationship with James since she …
A Texas teacher arrested this week for having an improper relationship with a student reportedly performed oral sex on him at least twice in a classroom, according to an arrested affidavit seen by KVUE. Randi Chaverria, 36, resigned her position at Round Rock High School and turned herself in to the Williamson County Jail on …
A teacher’s aide in Texas is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old student on multiple occasions. Worthing High School employee Tedria Fluellen, 51, allegedly started abusing the teen boy in 2018. KHOU reported that the victim met Fluellen at his high school and had also attended the same church …
The man who confessed to murdering a 19-year-old University of Illinois-Chicago student reportedly told police that he became violent when Ruth George didn’t respond to his advances. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Donald Thurman, 26, was taken into custody and later confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering George on Saturday morning in a UIC parking garage. …
Jailed comedian Bill Cosby has maintained his innocence in his first interview since his imprisonment in Pennsylvania for aggravated indecent assault. In a telephone interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s BlackPressUSA.com, Cosby, 82, said he is mentoring and teaching other African American inmates through a prison reform program called Mann Up. Cosby, who is …
Arizona police have arrested a man they say has been sexually abusing teenaged girls on city buses since 2017, the Phoenix Police Department said in a Facebook post. Martin Huerta-Herrera, 53, has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse, the department said. Police said the first incident took place in April 2017 when two …
Prince Andrew has been given his marching orders and will not longer be keeping an office at Buckingham Palace. Citing local reports in the UK, the New York Post reports that the Duke of York was told on Friday that he and his staff need to clear out, days after Prince Andrew announced he would …
