A retired Idaho priest who admitted to possessing and distributing child porn was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole. The Idaho Statesman reported that the Reverend W. Thomas Faucher, 73, received the de facto life sentence following a rambling 17-minute statement where he attempted to explain how he became entangled …
A California man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl was recently sentenced to 28 years in prison. The Los Angeles Times reported that Gualberto Torres-Vargas, 40, pleaded guilty to continuous sexual abuse, sodomy by force of a child under 14 years old, performing a lewd act on a child under 14, and forcible …
An Iowa prosecutor allegedly came to court drunk for the second time in three months—an ordeal that recently led a judge to dismiss the state’s case against a man who admitted to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. According to the Des Moines Register, Clarke County attorney Michelle Rivera, 42, was arrested Friday on suspicion of operating while …
Authorities in Oregon say video footage linked a Linn County man to the sexual abuse of a victim while she was incapacitated. The alleged incident occurred several years ago, according to investigators. As KPIC reported, Linn County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested 46-year-old Eric Wayne Dille on Thursday on suspicion of criminal counts including first-degree unlawful …
A janitor was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison for molesting 10 girls at a California middle school he previously worked at. Per The Los Angeles Times, ex-janitor Michael Anthony Barry, 60, pleaded no contest last month to five felony counts of a lewd act upon a child, five misdemeanor counts of child molesting, …
Authorities in Rhode Island say a woman was arraigned this week after her arrest on suspicion of operating a house of prostitution while subjecting a toddler to an unsafe living environment. According to WJAR, 36-year-old Tina Tucker of Johnston is facing criminal counts including procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, first-degree child abuse, and …
A man who had been charged with the brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl now wants to be released on bail until his trial on lesser charges. Fabian Gonzales is one of three people who were initially charged in the August 2016 murder of Victoria Martens, whose partially dismembered body was found burning in a …
A former high school soccer coach in Connecticut who was arrested on suspicion of flashing a teen in Fairfield and a woman in Norwalk now claims the incidents might have been a simple misunderstanding. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 29-year-old David Sharpe was arrested earlier this month after allegedly flashing a teen girl in October. Authorities …
An FBI sting resulted in the arrest of a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force who’s accused of trying to meet a 14-year-old girl at a hotel after he met her online. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Willie Newson, 47, was placed on leave following his arrest Tuesday night at the Radisson in Marietta. Newson is …
An American Catholic priest was recently charged in U.S. federal court for allegedly sexually abusing numerous young boys in the Philippines, where he’s lived since the 1960s. According to CNN, authorities said Reverend Kenneth Bernard Pius Hendricks, 77, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, was arrested in the Philippine city of Naval after several boys came forward …
A private screening of a Lifetime documentary series premiere exploring the sexual assault allegations against R. Kelly was cancelled following a bomb threat targeting the New York City venue where alleged victims were set to speak. CNN reports that local law enforcement recommended the theater at NeueHouse Madison Square be evacuated after an unknown caller …
Authorities in Connecticut say a high school soccer coach was inside of his vehicle in October when he flashed a young girl standing nearby. According to the New York Post, 29-year-old David Sharpe was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged crime in Fairfield earlier this year. The girl was walking in an area …
