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February

Metro police ask public’s help in finding pastor accused of sex crimes

— Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Reynaldo Crespin, the 59-year-old second-grade teacher and pastor of New Horizon Christian Church who is the subject of a sex crimes investigation.

The 8 News Now I-Team first reported on Thursday that Crespin faces nine felony charges in the investigation of sex crimes against children.

I-Team: Las Vegas pastor wanted for sex crimes against children

Metro police said Friday Crespin is wanted for multiple sex crimes. He was a teacher at Hickey Elementary School in the northeast Las Vegas valley, but school district

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February

2 fugitives added to ‘Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders List’

— Two fugitives have been added to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders List.

Being sought are Michael Deray Johnson, 28, of Paris, and Christopher James Brett Clover, 39, of Wichita Falls, according to a Texas DPS news release.

A cash reward of up to $3,000 is being offered for each fugitive for information leading to their arrests. Tips remain anonymous.

From the Texas Department of Public Safety’s news release:

Michael Deray Johnson, 28, is a high-risk sex offender. He has been wanted since October 2018, when the

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February

Louisiana teacher pleads guilty to lacing students’ cupcakes with ex-husband’s sperm, other child sex crimes

A disgraced Louisiana teacher has pleaded guilty to “horrific crimes” against children and admitted to serving her students cupcakes that contained sperm from her ex-husband, who is awaiting his own trial on child sex crime charges, according to authorities.

Cynthia Perkins, 36, agreed to plead guilty and testify against her ex, 44-year-old former Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT member Dennis Perkins, who is also charged with dozens of child sex crimes, according to prosecutors.

“She not only waived any right to appeal, and attempt to avoid conviction, but she also spared the

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28

February

San Francisco Police will review its policies after DA claims it used sexual assault victims’ DNA in unrelated investigations, chief says

The San Francisco Police Department immediately will start reviewing its DNA collection practices and policies after the city’s top prosecutor accused it of using a law enforcement database with the DNA of rape and sexual assault victims to search for and identify possible suspects in unrelated investigations, its chief said Monday.

The pledge followed San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s claim that the police department’s crime lab tries to identify crime suspects by searching a database of DNA evidence that contains DNA collected from rape and sexual assault victims, but Boudin

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28

February

Police: Driver charged with attempted rape of 13-year-old girl

A driver was arrested after allegedly attempting to rape a teenage girl.

Police say Eudy Mejia is a driver with an unregistered car service.

They say he locked the doors of his car and tried to rape a 13-year-old girl.

Investigators say he stopped the car, asked for a kiss and took her cellphone.

The girl tried to get out, but police say Mejia took off – making it impossible for her to escape.

Police say Mejia parked the car and tried to attack her.

Investigators say the girl grabbed a plastic bottle, hit him and

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February

Sexual harassment in the military now a crime under Biden order

Sexual harassment was formally added to the Uniform Code of Military Justice on Wednesday, a move that advocates hope can both help punish offenders and prevent other serious crimes from developing.

The executive order from President Joe Biden also ends some legal questions about whether military officials could prosecute the crime directly or would need to use other misconduct charges to effectively punish violators.

“This is a mechanism for there to be accountability when that’s appropriate, and we really don’t have that right now with these crimes,” said Lynn Rosenthal, who led

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