One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Dale Co. man charged with transmitting obscene material to a child.
Officials in Dale County say a man is under arrest and charged with four counts of transmitting obscene material to a child.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Huntsville man, Decatur mother and daughter among 4 charged in Internet prostitution detail.
Police officers from Huntsville and other jurisdictions have been investigating this operation, which used online tactics to solicit prostitution to individuals and businesses among areas of north Alabama. Dewaun Cartral Stephens, 34, of Huntsville was a particular target for Huntsville police. He is charged with two counts of first-degree human trafficking and is in the Madison County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Also arrested were Tammie Denise Garner, 53, of Oakman and Tiffany Lee Meck, 24, of Decatur. Both are charged with soliciting prostitution. Meck’s mother, 43-year-old Geneva Elaine Meck, is charged with aiding and abetting prostitution for allegedly providing means for her daughter’s solicitation.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Disturbing allegations released in sexual abuse case against suspended Guntersville High soccer coach.
Prosecutors today released disturbing allegations against the Guntersville High School volunteer soccer coach charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse.
According to court records, David Barrow has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old and two counts of human trafficking. He was originally charged with three counts of sexual abuse and one count of human trafficking when police announced his arrest on May 9.
Court records made public this afternoon outline the specific complaints against Barrow, who has been suspended from his volunteer position at Guntersville High School.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled $100,000 bail amount set for man accused of sexually assaulting school girl near LeFlore High School.
The man who prosecutors say sexually assaulted a teenage schoolgirl on a shortcut home will have to come up with at least $10,000 cash to get out of jail, based on a judge’s ruling Monday.
Jermaine Young was arrested on April 11 and charged with first-degree rape stemming from the April 7 incident. Mobile police said, around 4:30 p.m. that afternoon, they found the 16-year-old girl after she escaped the attack.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled ACA president responds after substitute charged with sex crimes.
Staten was a permanent substitute teacher for two years at ACA, and also worked with the football team as an assistant. He was also an alumni of the school.
Sewell says this has been difficult for the ACA family, “Just because of having known him, we certainly were surprised”, but calls this an isolated incident, based on the information gathered by the administration. School officials are currently cooperating with investigators and say they know very little about the evidence gathered at this point.
Child Protect is also participating in this investigation, carrying out the forensic interview with the alleged victim. According to the agency, preliminary evidence suggests Staten was the student’s substitute teacher.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled 1 arrested, 2 sought in sexual assault of Barbour Co. child.
A Clio man is under arrest and charged with sexual intercourse and deviant sexual intercourse with a child as well as first degree rape and first degree sodomy. At least two other suspects are being sought.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Student-teacher sex: Are more female teachers being charged?
All of the accused are women. In fact, about one-third of the cases of possibly inappropriate relationships investigated by Alabama education officials in 2013 involved women.
“It may not be happening more, but now there’s more punishment,” said Josh Klapow, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at UAB’s School of Public Health. “We don’t know those incidents that aren’t being caught and aren’t being reported.”
Social media, authorities say, helps to fuel the fire.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled California educator accused on YouTube of sexual abuse charged with 16 felonies.
A California educator who authorities say is the person accused in a YouTube video of sexual abuse by a former student was charged Monday with 16 felony counts of child sex abuse, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said.
Andrea Michelle Cardosa was charged with five counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child and 11 counts of lewd acts on a child, the DA’s office said.
Cardosa was arrested Monday evening by sheriff’s deputies and is expected to be arraigned Thursday. She faces possible life in prison if convicted of the aggravated sexual assault charges.
Source: CNN
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled NASA employee, 49, charged with having sex with 14-year-old boy in Limestone County.
A Limestone County woman and NASA employee has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy, the Athens E-News Courier reports.
According to the E-News Courier, Susan Loraine Whitfield, 49, of Harvest, was charged Wednesday with five counts of second-degree rape and one count of bribing a witness.
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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Fox News published an article titled Colorado teacher asked students to send topless photos, police say.
The Fruita Police Department says 58-year-old public school teacher Randy Majors is facing 3 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and 5 counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child.
According to an arrest affidavit, a parent told police she was going through her 16-year-old daughter’s Facebook account and found a message asking her daughter to send nude pictures of herself and to not tell anyone. Police say they later discovered several conversations with other students ranging from 15 to 17 years old.
Source: Fox News
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