Amish Beard Cutting Attacks: Defendants Plead Not Guilty
Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a spate of beard- and hair-cutting assaults last fall on other Amish. The 10 men and two women were indicted on seven counts, including federal hate crime charges, for their part in the unusual attacks, which began [...]
Teacher, 40, ‘had six-month sexual relationship with student, 14, after wooing him on Words with Friends and Facebook chat’
A teacher is accused of having a six-month sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student which started through the smart phone game Words with Friends, text messages and Facebook chats. Granada High School math teacher Marie Johnson, 40, from Livermore, California, was arrested and booked on 24 counts of sexual assault charges on Wednesday. Authorities believe [...]
Pamela Joan Rogers a former elementary school physical education teacher, had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy
Pamela Rogers just couldn’t stay away from the 13-year-old boy she was accused of having sex with. After serving 9 months in jail, she was arrested a second time in 2006 for contacting the boy and sending him sexually explicit texts, photos, and videos of herself. Read more: WikiPedia
Texas Mom Accused of Sending Nude Pics to Minor
Texas mother Lori Darling David is facing charges for allegedly sending nude pictures of herself to her friend’s 16-year-old son. The 37-year-old is charged with online solicitation of a minor. According to CBS affiliate KHOU, investigators said David used to be jogging buddies with the victim’s mother, and that the victim and David’s son, also [...]
Teacher Charged in Student Sex Case Makes Bail
Illinois high school teacher Ashley Blumenshine has been released on bond after being charged with having sex with a 16-year-old student. The 27-year-old dance teacher was arrested behind a Kohl’s department store in Plainfield, Ill. on Tuesday. Police say they caught her in a car with a 16-year-old boy and determined that they’d had sex [...]
Teacher convicted of having sex with student
Gail Gagne, a 28-year-old former teacher and coach at Cretin-Derham Hall, will have to register as a sex offender and pay a $300 fine after being convicted of having sex with a 16-year-old student. Judge Richard Sherer convicted Gail Gagne of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sex with the former student and football player [...]
Convicted child rapist arrested in attempted Arlington kidnapping
A convicted child rapist is back behind bars for allegedly attempting to snatch a 12-year-old Arlington girl off the street on Sunday. Arlington police say the girl was walking in the 18300 block 31st Ave. NE when 24-year-old Fredrick Thurmond grabbed her and tried to drag her into a nearby wooded area. The girl fought [...]
Weldon Marc Gilbert, Suspect In Child Rape Case, Allowed To Watch Child Pornography In Jail (huh?)
Weldon Marc Gilbert, a Washington man who is on trial for raping young boys and for producing child pornography, will be allowed in jail to watch as much of that child pornography as he’d like, according to a report from KOMO-TV. KOMO 4′s Keith Eldridge reports that the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that [...]
Mother, 33, sentenced to two years in jail after seducing 16-year-old boy on spring break
A 33-year-old woman who had a ‘spring-break fling’ with a 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to two years in prison followed by eight years of sex-offender probation. Mother-of-two Cindy Rotarius, from Apopka, Florida, met the teen at one of her daughter’s sports events and then invited him home where she had sex with him on [...]
43-year-old man infected with HIV charged with raping 12-year-old girl
A 43-year-old man who is HIV positive was arrested Friday for raping a 12-year-old girl, police said. Matthew E. Atha of the 1500 block of Northgate Road is charged with two counts each of rape and felonious assault, according to the Springfield Police Division. He was taken into custody after semen found on the girl’s [...]