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By: News 12 Staff

A Florida man is facing charges for allegedly contacting a 13-year-old girl and persuading her to meet him in Dutchess County to engage in sexual activities.

The complaint says police were alerted about a teen being raped by a subject named Thomas at a hotel in the town of Poughkeepsie.

When they arrived, they found 32-year-old Thomas Rivera in the room and the girl in the bathroom. Police say the girl said Rivera tried to rape her.

Rivera is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, sexual abuse and

By: News 12 Staff

A man from Somerset County has been indicted in a May 2021 incident in which he allegedly took photos up the skirt of an underage girl at a Red Bank car dealership.

The incident happened around 1 p.m. on May 2, 2021. David M. Chapinski, 41, of Franklin, was arrested in August 2021 following a month’s long investigation.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office says the girl was at Auto Exotica on Newman Springs Road with her parents and two siblings looking at cars when Chapinski photographed her.

It’s not the

By Lorraine Taylor

Federal prosecutors say embattled R&B star R. Kelly should spend at least 25 years in jail for sexually abusing women and girls.

The recommendation comes after a New York City jury found the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, and other counts at a sex-trafficking trial last year.

Kelly, 55, is set to be sentenced on June 29. Prosecutors allege Kelly was operating what amounted to a criminal enterprise because his entourage of managers and aides would

Jamey Cross

The former Roland-Grise Middle School band teacher was convicted last month of 17 child sex abuse crimes he committed against his teenage students. On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser sentenced Frank to a minimum of 50 years and a maximum of over 62 years in prison.

Frank pleaded guilty to 12 other child sex abuse crimes levied against him — six counts of indecent liberties with a child and six counts of indecent liberties with a student. In an arranged plea deal, his sentence of 16 to 29 months

By: News 12 Staff

A Belleville man has been accused of strangling and sexually assaulting a child in a Clifton home.

The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office says that Andres Vasquez, 24, climbed into the window of the victim’s bedroom, confined the child in the room and then strangled and sexually assaulted them. The incident happened on May 31, according to authorities.

Vasquez was arrested on June 3. He faces multiple charges, including sexual assault, kidnapping and burglary. He is currently being held at the Passaic County Jail ahead of a court hearing.

A judge sentenced a Kenton County man to 20 years in prison in what the lead prosecutor described as a “horrific” case of child pornography.

Kenton Circuit Judge Kate Molloy sentenced Emmanuel Curry, 21, to 20 years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Emily Arnzen said the details of the case are horrific and involved children between 2 and 4 years old.

Curry pleaded guilty in April to 69 counts of possession of child pornography and 1 count of tampering with physical evidence without the benefit of a plea agreement.

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