Related News: MPD officer caught on video drag racing gets his job back

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The Montgomery Police Department is confirming that the motorcycle officer who was captured on video drag racing with a private citizen will get his job back.

WSFA 12 News first reported the story earlier this week after video of the race was posted on YouTube. The story has since gone viral with national reports from outlets such as CNN and NBC’s Today Show.

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Related News: FBI releases images of suspected child predator

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The FBI needs your help to find a child predator.

His identity is currently unknown but agents say he may be involved with child exploitation and the sexual abuse of a minor.

Video of the man engaging in sexually explicit activities was found online in April 2013 by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Investigators have isolated images from the video in the hopes of tracking this person down.

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Related News: Andrew Bartels’ child sex abuse trial date pushed back

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The trial date for a Montgomery man accused of child sexual abuse is being pushed back until early next year.

Montgomery Circuit Court judge Charles Price ordered the trial for Andrew Bartels to begin on February 24, 2014. It was supposed to take place in late August of this year.

Bartels, 39, was arrested in October 2012 and later indicted on three counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years of age.

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Related News: Sheriff: Man charged in missing Harris County girl’s disappearance

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Wright allegedly met the teen from Harris County in an online chat room. The conversation then went to text messages, where sexually explicit messages were exchanged between Wright and the teen.

Wright allegedly picked up the teen and raped her. Authorities believe Wright dropped the teen back off at home when she walked through the door of a home at 7 a.m. on Monday. Deputies from the Harris County Department met with the girl, who told them she had a sexual encounter with an adult man. 

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Related News: Ala. lawmaker lobs bill to castrate sex offenders

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The Florence Times Daily reports Republican Rep. Steve Hurst of Munford is trying again to pass a bill requiring sex offenders over the age of 21 whose victims were 12 or younger to be surgically castrated before being released from prison.

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Related News: Eufaula man charged with having sex with minor

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The Barbour County Sheriff’s Dept. says it has arrested a suspect and charged him with rape and sodomy for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a child.

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Related News: Missing Huntsville teen rescued in human trafficking case

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A Huntsville teen reported missing in a kidnapping/human trafficking case has been rescued, according to authorities in Louisiana.

Investigators said the victim, whose identity is not being released, left Huntsville freely on Sept. 20 with the two suspects. Once they arrived in Beaumont, Texas, the suspects took the victim’s phone and gave her a “GO” phone.

According to the Lake Charles Police Department in Louisiana, a personal website advertising the teen as an escort was set up and she was told she would provide escort services for men. After one night in Beaumont, the victim and both suspects traveled to Lake Charles. Once there, the suspects established another website advertising the victim as an escort.

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Related News: Tallassee police charge man with enticement of a child

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The Tallassee Police Department says it has arrested and charged a suspect with enticement of a child.

Tallassee police say 24-year-old Randy Travis Navarre was arrested late Thursday evening and charged with electronic solicitation of a child.

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Related News: Man charged with sex trafficking high school girls

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A Millington man is accused of sex trafficking young girls from as many as three West Tennessee high schools.

According to U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton, III, Michael A. Lilley, 49, was recruiting girls as young as 15 years old to work as prostitutes at his home. A news release about the charges revealed Lilley and one other person would provide alcohol and drugs to the girls.

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Related News: Investigators ask for help identifying possible sexters

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Huntsville investigators need your help identifying men who police believe are violating an eighth-grader continuously by sending her lewd pictures of themselves.

Sexting is a crime that grows as technology advances. Some teens believe it only affects your reputation. But when it involves children, it inherently involves police.

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