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 United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Kennel, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force, Assault of an Intimate Partner by Strangulation and Suffocation, and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner. Rodd  Rankeen Rough Surface, age 45, was indicted in August of 2022.  He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on September 7, 2022, and pleaded not guilty to the Indictment. The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to life in federal

A “serious child sex abuse problem” in the nation’s schools confirms the problem is real – and the numbers of victims are rising. Through May 13 of this year, 135 educators had been arrested for child sex crimes in the United States, according to an analysis by Fox News Digital.  But in a recent updated report, Fox News says the number of arrests rose by nearly 50 by the end of June – a total of 181 educators, for an average of one arrest every day.

The disturbing pattern has led figures such as Christopher Rufo, a

Dylan Stableford

Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite who was convicted late last year of helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison. “A sentence of 240 months is sufficient and no graver than necessary,” U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan said while issuing the verdict. Nathan addressed those gathered inside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, including Maxwell and some of her victims. “Ms. Maxwell directly and repeatedly and over the course of many years participated in a horrific scheme,” Nathan said. “Ms.

By: News 12 Staff

Police say a Norwood day care worker was arrested on child pornography charges and that one child at the facility was a victim.

The NYPD says Silfredo Castillo Martinez worked at Lina’s Garden Day Care for more than 10 years before he was arrested earlier this month.

Valles says her two sons, ages 5 and 9, attended the day care at 3525 Decatur Ave. for years and never had any complaints.

“It was great, I had no problem with them. And I asked them, and they said nothing happened with

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Richmond County deputies are looking for a man in reference to a sexual battery incident that happened inside a bookstore.

Deputies say on Sunday around 5:47 p.m., the sheriff’s office responded to the Barnes & Nobles bookstore on Wrightsboro Road.

According to the incident report, the manager of the store told a deputy that a 9-year-old girl who had been inside the store with her grandfather was allegedly groped by an unknown man.

The manager said the man came up to the girl and asked her to pick up

Mike Andrews

YORK, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A former assistant principal of Northwestern High School who pleaded guilty to sex crimes in May was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday.

Kenneth Williams was Assistant Principal when he was accused of sexual misconduct with a student in 2016.

Williams pleaded guilty on May 31 to the charges of sexual battery with a student, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and disseminating obscenity.

Queen City News was Williams was sentenced to 18 months on his sexual battery charge. He was also