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newsday.com

Two girls, ages 12 and 14, are recovering at home after being sexually assaulted by fourboys twice over a three-day period.  Four boys, three age 13 and one age 12, are accused ofattacking the girls last week at the Ramapo house where the victims live.  The boys attemptedto attack a third girl as well.  The boys are charged with felony sex crimes, second degreeburglary and second degree unlawful imprisonment.  The first assault occurred on June 11 andthe boys returned two days later for the second attack.
(New York)

huffingtonpost.com/Simon McCormack

Irene Khan, a 32 year old science teacher in West Melbourne, Florida, is accused of havingsex with a 14 year old student multiple times over the course of several months during the 2011 to2012 school year.
(Florida)

newsday.com/Timothy O’Connor

Gregory Hicks, a 52 year old Peekskill man, was convicted on March 27 of first degree rape,second degree assault, and two counts of first degree criminal sexual acts, all felonies.  Hewas sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for raping a female acquaintance in the laundry room ofthe building where he lived.  Hicks raped the woman in the laundry room on October 22,2010.  The incident began with him forcibly trying to remove her dress after kissingher.  The woman refused when he tried to have sex with and he

newsday.com/Ellen Yan

A stranger in a car offered a Tootsie Roll to a 9 year old boy in Center Moriches onThursday morning.  The boy was outside his Wagon Wheel Lane home, waiting for a bus when adriver in a black sedan approached him about 8 am.  On Monday, an 8 year old boy waiting for aschool bus in Manorville was offered a ride by a stranger in a white vehicle.  

newsday.com/Ken Schachter and Meghan E. Murphy

Marisa Anton, a 33 year old New Rochelle High School librarian, is charged with trying tolure a 16 year old male student into a sexual tryst.  Anton is accused of propositioning thestudent, sending him explicit material online and going to his house for an encounter, where shewas intercepted by police.  She is charged with disseminating indecent material to a minor andremains free on $5,000 bail.  If she goes to trial and is convicted of the Class D felony, shefaces a maximum sentence of up

ksl.com

Richard Wagner Jones, a registered sex offender who spent time behind bars for child sexabuse, is seeking a seat on the Granite school board.  Jones pleaded guilty to sexual abuse ofa child, a second degree felony, on July 30, 1990.  Several other related charges against himwere dismissed and completed his sentence, which included both prison time and parole, in2005.  Under state law and Granite School District policy, registered sex offenders arebarred, with exceptions, from visiting elementary and secondary schools.  District policyallows visits that are authorized and supervised with the