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March 21, 2021
David Matthews, Sierra Fox
Fox 5 DC

A Maryland youth football coach now faces child sex abuse charges.

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office says 50-year-old Moshe Michael Imel of Owings, Md. was charged Thursday with four counts of sex abuse of a minor.

Sheriffs say two victims came forward with allegations dating back to 2009 and lasting till the present.

Imel coached youth football in Calvert County and nearby locations, police said.

A source tells FOX 5 that Imel coached with the Patuxent Rhinos youth football team based in Upper Marlboro, as well

March 8, 2021
De’Anthony Taylor
BR Proud

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A Shreveport man is facing up to more than a century in prison after he was convicted Friday of molesting children under the age of 13 and having illicit photos of children in his cell phone.

According to the Caddo Parish District’s Attorney’s Office, 49-year-old Kevin Tramell Gaines Sr. was found guilty by District Judge Donald Hathaway Jr. on three counts of molestation of a juvenile under the age of 13 and one count of pornography involving juveniles.

Judge Hathaway heard 10 state witnesses,

March 20, 2021
Dom Calicchio
Fox News

An armed child-rape suspect who left Arkansas, where he was wanted on 11 felony counts, was killed in Arlington, Texas, this week after pointing a gun at police during a traffic stop, according to a report.

“We are thankful no innocent community members or officers were injured,” the Arlington Police Department wrote on Twitter.

Suspect Juan Jimenez-Salas, 46, was later found to be an illegal immigrant from Mexico who had previously been deported from the U.S., authorities told FOX 4 of Dallas-Fort Worth.

The suspect was accused of repeatedly

March 18, 2021
WYFF4

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A woman and man who offered babysitting services in their home in Greenville County are now accused of child sex offenses involving more victims, between the ages of 3 months and 7 years.

WYFF News 4 first told you about the arrest of Brooke Schmitz, 22, and Donovan Williams, 23, on March 12 when they were arrested for sex crimes against children.

Since their arrest, Greenville County investigators said they have gotten calls and identified six additional victims.

Lt. Ryan Flood said that on March 16 investigators brought

March 18, 2021
Danielle Wallace
Fox News

Fort Hood leadership blocked sexual assault reporting, shamed victims and failed to identify “textbook” examples of grooming and “serial” offenders, investigators told Congress this week, following an independent review conducted in the wake of 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillén’s disappearance and murder, and a string other deaths and suicides connected to the U.S. Army base in Killeen, Texas.

The House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee held a hearing on the issue on Tuesday, looking to examine ways to reform criminal investigations in the military in the wake of

March 16, 2021
Karin Johnson
WLWT

LEBANON, Ohio — A former youth sports coach accused of sex crimes against children asked a Warren County judge to amend conditions of his bond.

Eric Schmidt, 42, of Mason is not supposed to be around minors except for his own children. During a hearing Tuesday, Schmidt asked Judge Robert Peeler for permission to attend his children’s’ sporting events.

“I think just a blanket that he can’t go to any of his kids’ sports games in the spring when they’re all in public, outside, when he can stay at