Category Archive for : ‘ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS’

March 4, 2020
Noah Feit
The State

A Lexington County man has been charged with sexually abusing multiple girls years ago, the sheriff’s department said Wednesday.
James Robert Pratt committed sex crimes against four preteen girls between 2011 and 2014, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
The 42-year-old Gaston man was charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual contact with a minor under the age of 11, according to the release.
“Based on forensic interviews, detectives determined Pratt had sexual contact with two girls at a Gaston home during the summer

March 5, 2020
Fox 5 Vegas

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man convicted of filming an infant being sexually abused will likely spend life in prison.
Kanawha Circuit Judge Tera Salango sentenced Richard Smith II, 41, on Wednesday to serve between 205 and 775 years behind bars.
Smith was convicted last month of 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, four counts of sexual assault and five counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in position of trust.
After handing down the sentence, Salango told Smith the videos he made

March 2, 2020
Zoe Tidman
Independent

A man has been jailed for a string of sex offences against teenage girls after police found him alone in a hotel room with a 14-year-old.
An investigation found Jordan Scarrott, 20, had communicated with children over social media and engaged in sexual activity with some over the course of half a year.
Scarrott, from Rochdale, pleaded guilty to sex offences with children and was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
Detective Chief Inspector Philip Key, from Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Sunrise team, said: “Scarrott is a

March 11, 2020
Pilar Melendez
The Daily Beast

More than two years after dozens of women bravely stepped forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, the disgraced movie mogul has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Weinstein, 67, was convicted last month of sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haleyi and raping former actress Jessica Mann. The Oscar-winner—who was handcuffed to his wheelchair as he was removed from the courtroom—faced a minimum of five years and as much as 29 years in prison.
“It is time

March 10, 2020
Sara Girard, Jack Lowenstein
Wink News

Accusations of rape and asking to trade sex for payment: That’s what’s at the center of a federal lawsuit filed against a Fort Myers attorney.
Attorney Guichard St. Surin responded Monday after four women who used to work for him say he abused his position of power to sexually harass them.
One of St. Surin’s former employees is accusing him of rape and soliciting sex from clients who couldn’t afford an attorney. He denies this and each of the claims outlined in the lawsuit, which included

March 9, 2020
Kristen Spicker
Daytona Daily News

DAYTON —
A 42-year-old woman accused of performing sex acts on five boys while working as a security guard at a Dayton recreation center pleaded guilty to charges Monday.
LaQuita L. Ross was convicted of two counts of rape and four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.

She is scheduled to be sentenced March 27.

She faces three to 11 years on each rape count and one to five years on each unlawful sexual conduct with a minor charge,