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March 6, 2020
Jacob Helker
ABC 7 Amarillo

RANDALL COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — John Lee Thompson will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Randall County jury sentenced him for six child sex crimes this week.
According to a release from Randall County District Attorney Robert Love, Thompson was convicted four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child.
Upon his conviction, he asked the jury to determine his sentence. Thursday, the jury returned a life sentence for each count.
Because the victim was under age 6, Thompson

March 6, 2020
Katie Bernard
Kansas City

A former Kansas prison employee will remain out of jail on $50,000 bond awaiting his appeal after he was sentenced in Shawnee County District Court Friday for unlawful sexual relations with an inmate.
Tomas Co, who taught women at the Topeka Correctional Facility how to make dentures, was initially charged with five counts of unlawful relations. He was sentenced to 32 months in jail for one of those counts after a jury acquitted him of the other four in January.
He was also ordered to register as a

March 11, 2020
Jenese Harris
News 4 Jax

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man who once served time in prison for sex crimes has become the new pastor of Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Jacksonville, and some said they’re concerned that he’s leading the congregation.
The Rev. Darrell Gilyard admitted to molesting two girls and was sentenced to three years in prison in 2009 followed by probation. He’s currently a registered sex offender in the state of Florida.
Lynn Jones, an editor for the Jacksonville Free Press, said she received calls of concern about Gilyard being

March 8, 2020
Danielle Wallace
Fox News

A plastic surgeon primarily based in Ohio was arrested Friday by the FBI for allegedly drugging multiple women to the point of unconsciousness and raping them on camera.
Dr. Manish Gupta, 49, is charged with illegally dispensing controlled substances, aggravated sexual abuse and sex trafficking, Toledo’s WTVG reported. He was booked into Lucas County Corrections Center in Toledo Friday afternoon after a federal search warrant on his phone, residence, personal vehicle and two offices in Lucas County uncovered sex toys, camera equipment, SD cards and vials of

March 4, 2020
Noah Feit
The State

A Lexington County man has been charged with sexually abusing multiple girls years ago, the sheriff’s department said Wednesday.
James Robert Pratt committed sex crimes against four preteen girls between 2011 and 2014, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
The 42-year-old Gaston man was charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual contact with a minor under the age of 11, according to the release.
“Based on forensic interviews, detectives determined Pratt had sexual contact with two girls at a Gaston home during the summer

March 5, 2020
Fox 5 Vegas

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man convicted of filming an infant being sexually abused will likely spend life in prison.
Kanawha Circuit Judge Tera Salango sentenced Richard Smith II, 41, on Wednesday to serve between 205 and 775 years behind bars.
Smith was convicted last month of 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, four counts of sexual assault and five counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in position of trust.
After handing down the sentence, Salango told Smith the videos he made