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January 18, 2021
Jiovanni Lieggi
KLFY

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A Lafayette man is in jail tonight after attempting to solicit a minor online.
If convicted of his crimes, 33-year-old Brandon Leon would be required to register as a sex offender, joining the almost two thousand other convicts.
Leon was arrested on Jan. 17, 2021 for several charges including indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer aided solicitation of a minor. If convicted, Leon could face over two decades in prison for his alleged actions.
“Especially since the pandemic, it seems to have exacerbated the problem

January 14, 2021
Andrew Feather, Tarvarious Haywood
WWMT

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Jazmonique Strickland, the wife of Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland, has been charged with eight felony counts related to child sexual assault and human trafficking of a minor, according to Kalamazoo County Court Records.
On Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, a Kalamazoo County judge issued an arrest warrant for Jazmonique Strickland.
“These are extraordinarily serious allegations. These are offenses for which it’s common that significant prison sentences are the outcome if people are convicted of those crimes,” Kalamazoo Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting said.
Strick Strickland, a former Kalamazoo

January 13, 2021
Collin Spilinek
Fremont Tribune

An ex-Fremont Police Department officer was sentenced to 30 months in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of sexually abusing a minor.
“She had her innocence, which she had a right to have, taken by you,” Judge Mark Johnson said.
Austin R. Williams, 35, stayed silent throughout his sentencing at the Dodge County Courthouse. He was found guilty of third-degree sexual assault of a child on Sept. 9 after six days of trial and was also charged with three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child

January 14, 2021
Gretchen Teske
Central Illinois Proud

PEORIA, Ill. – Gary L. Boyle, 36, of Decatur was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child and child pornography. The sentence will be served after Boyle completes a 40-year state sentence for predatory criminal sexual assault.
At a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 14, the government described Boyle as “a manipulative pedophile who consumes young children for his own sexual pleasure,” and as an avid collector of violent child pornography, according to a press release.
The charges are the result of

January 14, 2021
Jeanelle Slade
KTVQ

A Crow tribal member who fought for Crow treaty rights in U.S. Supreme Court and won is now behind bars in Billings facing multiple felony charges, including sexual abuse of children.
Clayvin Herrera, 39, is being held in the Yellowstone County jail on a $57,000 bond on charges of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, theft, strangulation of a partner or family member and sexual abuse of children.
Court documents state the FBI seized a phone that belonged to Herrera containing hundreds of images of children engaging in sexually explicit

January 20, 2021
Jeff Reinitz
WCF Courier

WATERLOO — Overall crime in rural Black Hawk County remained flat in 2020, but the county did see an increase in sex offenses and drunk driving arrests, according to numbers released Tuesday by the sheriff’s office.
Deputies responded to 16 sex offense calls in 2020, up from only three the prior year, and Sheriff Tony Thompson attributed the spike to conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
“When people are cooped up, held more closely together for longer periods of time, assaults, substance abuse crimes and sexual assaults can