Related News: Man arrested for sex abuse

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Andalusia Star News published an article titled Man arrested for sex abuse.

An Opp man was arrested Thursday morning on charges of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old.

After an alert from the Department of Human Resources that something was happening to the victim, Opp Police Department investigators arrested 57-year-old Timmy Wayne Norris.

The incident happened within the city limits, and the victim was a young female with whom Norris was familiar, according to OPD Chief Mike McDonald.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Hueytown man arrested on 16 counts of sex crimes involving young boys

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A Hueytown man is in custody on nearly $1 million bond after authorities say he sexually abused three young boys under the age of 12.

Jason Tobias Kreider, 33, preyed on children whose families he befriended, authorities said. Investigators learned he would tell the children that if they told anyone, they would be placed in DHR custody and taken from their loved ones.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Woman arrested after posting selfie of shoplifted dress

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A 27-year-old Illinois woman was arrested Monday after posting a selfie to Facebook showing off a dress that she allegedly stole from a local boutique.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: Child enticement suspect called dangerous

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Child enticement suspect called dangerous.

“He offered to give the girls shoes right in front of Alexander Court apartments,” Ash said. “The oldest one said ‘we don’t talk to strangers’ and he literally chased them two blocks.”

Ash said Hester allegedly chased the girls all the way back to one of their homes where a parent came out and confronted him. Ash told the court Hester took his shirt off as he ran back to the Alexander Court apartments.

Ash said police arrested Hester at the apartments shortly after he’d just shaved, which he believed was in an effort to evade police.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Sex offender charged with living too close to daycare

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Sex offender charged with living too close to daycare.

Dothan police arrested a convicted sex offender Wednesday for allegedly moving too close to a local day care business.

Court records show Dothan police arrested Hakimsaid Fararhd Darby, 51, of Seminary Road, and charged him with three felony violations of the Alabama community notification act.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: 12-year-old Wisconsin girl stabbed 19 times; friends arrested

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A bicyclist found the wounded girl alive Saturday, lying on a sidewalk in Waukesha, Police Chief Russell Jack said. She was in stable condition at a hospital Monday.

The girls were trying to impress a certain “Slenderman,” the complaint read. One of the girls encountered the name on a website known as Creepypasta Wiki.

Slenderman is a fictional character is an Internet meme that often appears in horror stories, videos and images. One of the suspects told police that Slenderman is the site’s supposed leader, and to climb into his realm, a user must kill someone.

Source: CNN

Related News: Man faces charges for soliciting, obscene material

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Andalusia Star News published an article titled Man faces charges for soliciting, obscene material.

A Rose Hill resident is facing charges in two counts of electronically soliciting a minor and transmitting obscene material after law enforcement officers from Covington and Henry counties arrested him Friday.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Covington Co. woman arrested on child porn charges

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Covington Co. woman arrested on child porn charges.

A 5-month child pornography investigation is coming to an end with the arrest of a Covington County woman, according to the District Attorney’s office.

Ashley Bostwick Eiland was arrested by investigators with the D.A.’s office Wednesday and transported to the Covington County Jail.

Eiland, who is charged with possession of obscene materials, is being held on a $100,000 cash bond.

The arrest comes after Andalusia police officers and the district attorney’s office executed search warrants at Eiland’s home and work. The December 5, 2013 search resulted in the seizure of multiple cell phones, electronic devices and the suspect’s work computer.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Health care executive charged with soliciting child in Geneva Co.

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An Atlanta healthcare executive was arrested last week and charged with soliciting a child for sex in Geneva County.

Michael Lee Graue, 58, is charged with electronic solicitation of a child. He was arrested Friday in the parking lot of Mom’s Kitchen in the town of Hartford.

Source: WSFA

Related News: WSFA 12 special report: Student-teacher relationships

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Approximately 431 teachers were arrested in the southeast from 2007 to 2011 for sexual misconduct according to a study in the “Journal of Childhood Sexual Abuse”.

Here in Alabama, nearly 70 teachers have been accused of inappropriate actions with a student in the last two years with more than half of those in the last ten months.

Last month, a Selma teacher, LaTangela Wiliams, pleaded guilty to having sex with students. Anthony Ray Staten Jr., a substitute teacher at Alabama Christian Academy, was charged with having sexual contact with a student. Then a Southlawn Middle School teacher was charged with indecent exposure.

The most recent case came Friday when police charged a north Alabama soccer coach, David Jacobs Barrow, with sexual abuse and Human Trafficking.

Source: WSFA