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July 6, 2020
Angela Kennecke
Keloland

 It was a story that headlined our evening newscasts for weeks in 2007. An 18-year-old page accused then-Democratic State Senator Dan Sutton of molesting him.

At the time, the Senate held hearings and voted to formally reprimand Sutton, but he was not kicked out of office and never criminally charged.

Monday night Dan Sutton took office as the mayor of Flandreau, but along with his new position have come new accusations of sexual abuse, which allegedly occurred more than two decades ago.

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July 6, 2020
WVVA

Beckley, W. Va. (WVVA) – A Lashmeet man was sentenced to federal prison for a sex crime against a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.

Joshua Kevin Laxton, 29, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for travel in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor.

Following his release from prison, Laxton will be required to serve 15 years of supervised release and will have to register as a sex offender.

“Horrific,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “Crimes against children are the other pandemic.

My prosecutors and our

July 5, 2020
Fulton Sun

 An Iowa man was extradited to Callaway County on Thursday following a bi-state investigation for child sex crimes.

On June 19, Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Wilson charged David Dodds, 58, of Corydon, Iowa, with five felony counts of sexual misconduct with a child younger than 15.

Dodds is a registered sex offender in Iowa based on prior convictions.

The aforementioned charges are the result of an extensive investigation conducted by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the Wayne County, Iowa Sheriff’s Office, according to a CCSO

February 5, 2020
Alex Guarino
WECT

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – Parents packed the New Hanover County School Board meeting Tuesday, demanding for superintendent Tim Markley to be removed.

Many of those parents and even a 12-year-old girl spoke out about the school sex scandal.

This all comes after investigators arrested Roland Grise band teacher, Peter Frank.

Frank is charged with a dozen felony sex crimes against female students.

It’s the third arrest of a school system employee on these types of charges within the past two years.

This was the second time this week the board

June 29, 2020
DW

 The cybercrime unit of the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia is investigating some 30,000 leads in a massive online child abuse probe, officials said on Monday.

The state justice ministry said the extent of abuse taking place and being shared online was “deeply disturbing.”

“I hadn’t reckoned with the extent of child abuse on the internet,” said state Justice Minister Peter Beisenbach.

Officers are investigating what could lead to around 30,000 unidentified leads. “We want to drag perpetrators and supporters of child abuse out of the anonymity of the internet,” said the ministry.

Those

March 13, 2020
Euronews

A retired surgeon accused of sexually abusing as many as 349 young children over decades – primarily his patients, in their hospital rooms — is facing justice at last, in the worst such case to come to light in France.

The trial opening Friday in the western city of Saintes is only the beginning, however.

It concerns four people allegedly targeted by Joel Le Scouarnec, 69, including two of his nieces. Other legal complaints against the doctor have piled up since the original investigation wrapped up, and prosecutors are preparing