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Stephanie Moore

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A teacher is accused of sexually abusing a student, according to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.

Albert Pavon, a teacher at Erwin High School, is charged with five sex offense charges related to the sexual abuse of a student, according to detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit

The charges are:

Indecent liberties with a child

Indecent liberties with a student

Three counts of felony dissemination of obscene material to a minor

Pavon is being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility on a $50,000 bond.

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Kimberly Dole

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance to provide further information on a man who was arrested for various sex-related crimes in the Bronx over the weekend.

According to officials, 32-year-old Kemoy Royal sexually assaulted at least two women between June 14, and June 19, inside of his apartment on Pratt Avenue near Connor Street in Eastchester.

Royal was arrested at around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 19.

Police were alerted to an attempted rape of a 26-year-old woman at approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June

By: News 12

R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had once wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women.

U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly imposed the sentence after hearing from several survivors who attested to how Kelly’s exploitation reverberated across their lives.

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By Brie Stimson

Federal prosecutors in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial said Wednesday the British socialite, convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls, should be sentenced to at least 30 to 55 years in prison, reflecting federal sentencing guidelines.

Maxwell, 60, was convicted of sex trafficking last December in a New York courtroom for grooming four girls to be abused by Epstein between 1994 and 2004. “Her practice of targeting vulnerable victims reflects her view that struggling young girls could be treated like disposable objects,” prosecutors said in their recommendation, calling her

YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – A North Carolina man was sentenced to prison for a sex crime involving a 3-year-old.

According to the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, Jason Procopio pleaded guilty on May 11 to one count of a first-degree statutory sexual offense.

Deputies said at the time of the crime in July of 2021, Procopio was 18 years old and the victim was 3 years old.

A judge sentenced Procopio to a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 19 years and four months. Upon release, he will be required to

by: George Stockburger

WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – A York County man has been arrested for multiple felonies relating to child sex crimes.

Gerald Smith II, of Dover, was arrested and charged with three second-degree felony counts of child pornography; one second-degree felony count of dissemination of photos/film of child sex acts; and one first-degree felony charge of photographing, videotaping, depicting on computer or filming sexual acts

Pennsylvania State Police say Smith’s arrest came after Troopers executed a search warrant in Warrington Township and seized devices that revealed images and videos depicting child