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November 18, 2020
Gerard Albert
Myrtle Beach on Line

A man convicted of 13 previous sex crimes is now being accused of child rape in Conway.
Myrtle Beach Police arrested Jonathan Runyon this week on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of indecent exposure. Runyon most recently lived in Myrtle Beach, according to an address listed on his South Carolina Sex Offender Registry. He lists a Conway work address.
Runyon, 37, was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Tuesday and is being held without bond.
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November 19, 2020
Stephen Rex Brown
NY Daily News

The sex crimes unit of the Bronx District Attorney’s office was rife with sexual harassment, a prosecutor charges in a new lawsuit seeking $2.5 million.

Assistant District Attorney Heba Abdelaal says she was subjected to constant inappropriate jokes and comments about her figure — and then was labeled humorless and disgruntled after she tried to distance herself from colleagues. Coworkers allegedly told Abdelaal, who is Muslim, that her religion made her too sensitive to the office’s culture.

In a Manhattan Federal Court suit filed Wednesday, Abdelaal

November 17, 2020
Kevin Grasha
Cincinnati

David McBride was 15 in the summer of 2018 when court documents say he committed a series of sex crimes on two different days.
Four women were victimized, prosecutors say.
McBride, now 17, initially was prosecuted as a juvenile, but last year his case was moved to adult court. He pleaded guilty in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to charges including rape and attempted rape, and was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison.
The first incident happened the afternoon of July 19, 2018 on a residential street in Roselawn.

November 22, 2020
Ky3

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – A Springfield man accused in a 2018 manslaughter case now faces criminal charges for sex crimes while out on bond.
A prosecutor filed charges against Austin Larue, 25, on Wednesday. According to court records, Larue is charged with first-degree rape, assault and sexual abuse in connection to incident from March, 15 2020.
Authorities issued a warrant for Larue’s arrest Wednesday after probable cause was found in the investigation, per court records. Larue was booked into the Greene County Jail on Wednesday in relation to the case.

November 23, 2020
Ann McAdams
WECT

BENNINGTON, Vt. (WECT) – Police in Bennington, Vermont arrested 67-year-old Peter Drutchal Sunday night on warrants out of Wilmington, NC. Wilmington Police took out the warrants against Drutchal after two victims came forward alleging Drutchal had molested them in the 1970s and 1980s when he lived in the Wilmington area.

The victims, who requested that we not publish their names at this time, told WECT they first met Drutchal when he worked for the Boy Scouts’ High Adventure program. The program utilizes outdoor recreation facilities to teach youth

November 5, 2020
WTKR

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of child pornography, according to the Department of Justice.
Zachary Clouse, 27, was originally identified by law enforcement in November 2016 when Canadian authorities found Clouse posting images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct to an Internet bulletin board. Clouse, aka Boylover9, asked for violent videos of children being sexually abused from other members of the forum, as well as posting his own.
Later, in 2018, Clouse posted a Craigslist advertisement seeking a “sick perverted boyfriend.” When