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By Max Bennett

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — A Delaware County man and woman have been charged with crimes related to child pornography and child sex assault, according to authorities.

Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer Wednesday said Gia Michelle Cubler, 20, of Woodlyn, and Matteo Thomas Arriaga, 20, of Ridley Park, have been charged with multiple felony counts for the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault with a person less than ten years old, endangering the welfare of children,

LaDarius Alton Smith, 33, and Ulises Rene Garcia, 22, were each indicted Tuesday on two counts of sex trafficking of a child. Their attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

On April 12, agents with the North Texas Trafficking Task Force were notified by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services about a runaway juvenile. The 16-year-old girl was seen on a website that advertises commercial sex, according to court documents.

An undercover agent contacted Smith and arranged to meet the girl that evening for sex at a hotel

By: News 12 Staff

The NYPD is searching for a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman after attempting to lure her into his car.

Police say on Friday, the man pulled up to the 54-year-old woman on Saint Marks Avenue asking if she needed a ride.

When she refused, he got out of his SUV, walked up to her and struck her in the stomach before taking off with her purse.

The victim continued walking home but the man returned and met her down the block, sexually assaulted her and then left

by ANTONIO HARVEY

A national network of coordinated task forces dedicated to investigating, prosecuting, and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children nearly lost an effective key program.

Thanks to Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), who secured $5 million in state funds, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program (ICAC) stays in operation.

“As a former commander of the Sacramento Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force, I know firsthand how valuable ICAC is to protecting our young ones from sexually violent predators,” Cooper said in a May

By: News 12 Staff

Police say a Norwood day care worker was arrested on child pornography charges and that one child at the facility was a victim.

The NYPD says Silfredo Castillo Martinez worked at Lina’s Garden Day Care for more than 10 years before he was arrested earlier this month.

Valles says her two sons, ages 5 and 9, attended the day care at 3525 Decatur Ave. for years and never had any complaints.

“It was great, I had no problem with them. And I asked them, and they said nothing happened with

BY SIMONE JASPER

A 73-year-old accused of committing sex crimes was a substitute teacher in North Carolina, officials told news outlets. Richard Gene Martin had worked for Guilford County Schools but wasn’t an active substitute as of April 26, the district said. Weeks later, he reportedly was facing several charges, including indecent liberties with a student and first-degree statutory rape. A lawyer believed to be representing Martin didn’t immediately share a statement with McClatchy News on May 25, “The allegations, although they are very serious allegations, are just that allegations at