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December 15, 2020
Olivia Hyde
NBC 2

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A Cape Coral man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child sexual abuse and child neglect out of Lee County and 25 years for similar crimes in Alabama.
Daniel Spurgeon, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a minor and no contest to multiple other counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and child neglect in Florida, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Spurgeon was also sentenced to 25 years in Alabama for similar charges,

December 18, 2020
Megan Diskin
VC Star

A Camarillo man was charged Friday in connection with sex crimes involving children, according to Ventura County Superior Court records.
Michael Scott, 26, was charged with seven felonies related to possession of child pornography, sexually assaulting a child and trying to gain access to another child for the purpose of sex, records show.
Scott pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
According to a news release from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, officials in the Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force told sheriff’s detectives that Scott “was possibly engaging in

December 15, 2020
Renju Jose, Richard Pullin
News Yahoo

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Wednesday welcomed an Israeli Supreme Court decision to approve the extradition of a former school principal accused of sexually assaulting students at a Jewish school in Melbourne.
Malka Leifer, who lost her appeal against extradition on Tuesday, is wanted by Australian police on 74 sexual assault charges, including rape, involving girls at her former school.
“The decision of the Israel Supreme Court, dismissing Leifer’s appeal is welcome news, particularly for alleged victims in Australia,” Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter said in a

December 11, 2020
Chris Lavender
Go Up State

Two arrests were made Thursday in connection to a case in which two girls said they were sexually abused.
Aaron Eugene Dodson, 65, and Andy Lee Dunbar, 41, both of 101 Vass St., Spartanburg were each charged with eight counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree, attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor first degree, unlawful neglect of a child and incest.
Dunbar also was charged with two additional counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree.
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December 10, 2020
Geoff Ziezulewicz
Navy Times

A military appellate court has upheld the conviction of a former U.S. Navy chief who pleaded guilty last year to sex crimes that occurred while he was stationed in Bahrain.
The case of former Chief Logistics Specialist Calvin Halfacre was one of a rash of sex and trafficking cases involving Thai women and sailors stationed on the Middle Eastern island in 2017.
That year, three women working as prostitutes accused Halfacre of brutally raping them in his off-base apartment.
Navy prosecutors lost track of the women and none were

December 11, 2020
The Monitor

Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. announced Friday that a 30-year-old Mission man pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of child.
In a news release, authorities said Jose Javier Rodriguez received a 30-year sentence for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and aggravated sexual assault of a six-year-old child, according to a news release.
The defendant is not eligible for parole.
“There is nothing more precious than the life of a child. Our office will continue to fight for justice and put these sexual predators