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Author: Natalie Swaby

SEATTLE — The effort to end the rape kit backlog has been a focus for Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, whose office runs the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.

Eight years ago, Washington had more than 10,000 untested rape kits.

“We had a number of kits sitting on shelves for a number of reasons,” state Representative Tina Orwall said in March.

Lawmakers like Orwall pushed for change, and progress has been made with thousands of kits tested, but there is still plenty of work to do.

“There is another problem that’s related, which

By: News 12 Staff

A Bronx teacher has been arrested on sex abuse and forcible touching charges, according to police.

Police say 48-year-old PS 70 teacher Norman Dunkley touched a 10-year-old girl’s breast and showed the girl, who is reportedly a student of Dunkley’s, a picture of a naked woman.

Officers add that three more girls have made allegations against Dunkley.

In a statement, the Department of Education responded in part, “This alleged behavior is absolutely unacceptable. The safety and wellbeing of our students is our top priority. This employee was removed from the

By: News 12 Staff

A high school paraprofessional in Midwood has been charged with child pornography and sextortion, according to authorities.

Police say Brian Quinones worked as a paraprofessional at Midwood High School just months ago and was arrested Wednesday. At this time, there is no evidence showing that any students were victims, but it is reported Quinones enticed minors to send him sexually explicit videos on apps like WhatsApp and then threatened to publicly release them.

Midwood High School removed Quinones as an employer last October when they learned about the investigation.

NEW YORK CITY — A man raped a woman at knifepoint in an apartment building elevator near the Bronx Zoo, police said.

Elevator surveillance video released by the NYPD shows the chilling moment Monday about 10 p.m. that a masked, bespectacled man pulls out a knife and corners a woman, 40.

The man had followed the woman into the elevator inside the Pelham Parkway building near Bolton Street and Lydig Avenue, authorities said. Once inside, video shows him pressing buttons before he pulls out a short knife and turns it toward the

by: Ethan Illers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Metro police officer and two teachers have been indicted in an investigation regarding the sexual abuse of a teenager.

Metro police say officer Corey Reed, 31, a five-year MNPD veteran, surrendered at the Downtown Detention Center Wednesday afternoon on one count of sexual battery by an authority figure. He allegedly inappropriately touched the then 13-year-old boy, who spent the night at Reed’s home in December 2017.

MarVelous Brown, 30, was the band director at Joelton Middle School when he met the victim in 2017 and

COLUMBIA, Mo. A Boone County man accused of sex crimes has been arrested in Illinois.

47-year-old James Bennett is booked into the Cook County Jail on Monday after being arrested at the Chicago O’Hare Airport on Monday.

He was charged with molestation, sodomy and sexual misconduct with a child under the age of 15.

The 6-year-old victim told investigators that Bennett would hold a hot metal spoon on him leaving red and sore spots on him. The victim also said he was hung upside down in a closet for punishment, even bringing in