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A St. Johns County teacher is accused of using the internet to entice a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity.

Matthew Christopher Yates, 27, of Hastings, was an eighth-grade teacher at Veritas Classical School, a classical Christian school in St. Augustine that teaches kindergarten through 10th grade. He was arrested after an FBI agent posed as a 14-year-old girl online.

The agent responded Feb. 11 to a notice posted on social media by a user who went by the name “English teacher,” according to federal court documents. The supposed child told

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – More than one hundred people, including three Disney employees, were arrested in a massive sex sting in Polk County.

Called “Operation March Sadness 2,” the six day undercover operation focused on human trafficking and prostitution.

Undercover detectives communicated online with the suspects and arranged for a meetup at a location where they were arrested after their arrival, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office which conducted the operation.

Among the 108 arrests made, the oldest person was 67-year old Derek Collins who showed up to a residence drinking Ensure, the

Agovino was on duty as a police officer in Peekskill, about 40 miles north of New York City, when he unlawfully entered a woman’s home under the pretense of investigating a crime, forced her to remove her clothes, and groped her.

Over the next five months, prosecutors said, he returned to the victim’s house four more times and sexually abused her twice more. On his last visit, the victim recorded their interaction and reported him.

“Michael Agovino disgracefully violated his oath of office and his responsibility to serve and protect the public

By RICHARD BAMMER | Vacaville Reporter

A 59-year-old man convicted last year of child sex crimes was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life, plus 12 years in state prison.

Darrell Michael Savelli, currently in custody at the Stanton Correctional Facility in Fairfield, is awaiting transfer to a state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility following the hearing in Judge Daniel Healy’s courtroom, Department 2, in the Justice Building in Vallejo.

A jury on Sept. 13 found Savelli guilty of oral copulation of a minor 10 years or younger; and four counts of

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – Police launched a manhunt this week for a man who groped a young girl on a Queens street, according to the NYPD.

The suspect approached the 11-year-old girl in the vicinity of 43rd Avenue and 97th Place and grabbed her butt, police said. The assault happened around 7:30 a.m. on Monday.

The NYPD released photos of the suspect on Thursday. Police asked for help identifying the man.

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting

At least one staff member at a Texas foster-care facility designed to help young girls who are victims of sex trafficking is accused of trafficking them all over again, according to state officials and court documents.

Nine current and former employees at the Refuge Ranch, a state-contracted rehabilitation facility in Bastrop County are accused of criminal activity amid allegations of neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and exploitation of seven girls at the facility about 30 miles southeast of Austin. The girls were left at the facility for more than a month