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The boy, who authorities said was known to the victim, appeared in adult court in Chippewa County by video from a juvenile detention center.

He was identified only by his initials.

Judge Benjamin Lane agreed to Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell’s request for the high bond and ordered the defendant not to possess any weapons and avoid contact with minors, except for supervised visits with his siblings.

“Protection of (the) community also is necessary in this case given his statements regarding his intentions and his statements regarding that when he did get

By: WFTX Digital Team

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Three cases of sex crimes against children are now closed with the conviction and sentencing of 41-year-old Jose Enrique Ortega.

In the first case from 2020, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) traced digital information to Ortega linking him to the possession of child porn. Charges, in this case, included possession and intent to distribute. He was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for this case.

FDLE and Cape Coral officers uncovered evidence in the second case tying Ortega to a

NEW YORK — The leader of the Sarah Lawrence College sex cult was found guilty Wednesday and now faces life in prison for a decade of physical, mental and sexual abuse of a group of wayward college kids.

The Manhattan jury brought down the guilty verdict on all 15 counts. Lawrence Ray, wearing all white, stood motionless as the verdict was read.

It took the panel roughly a half-day to convict Ray, 62, of racketeering conspiracy for his 10-year reign atop “The Ray Family,” preying on the vulnerable young friends of his

By Aaron Walling

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – 65-year-old Patrick Fineday of Detroit Lakes was arrested for sex crimes against a minor. According to the report, this spanned from Feb. 13, 2017 to Oct. 11, 2021.

According to the Becker County Sheriff’s Office, they received a report in February this year of an 11-year-old victim. The suspect turned out to be Fineday and that this had been going on since the victim was in the first grade. The victim was interviewed and gave a descriptive detail of what happened to her

Emmanuel Perez, 37, was found guilty of three counts of sexual abuse of a child and one count of indecency with a child.

Author: Lupita Villarreal, Kierra Sam (12News)

BEAUMONT, Texas — A jury found a Beaumont man guilty on Thursday of three counts of sexual abuse of a child and one count of indecency with a child.

Emmanuel Perez, 37, was accused of abusing a 12-year-old victim who made an outcry about six incidents, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Perez was sentenced to 70 years concurrently in prison for each of the

By Jennifer Edwards Baker

HAMILTON, Ohio (FOX19) – A Butler County chiropractor who recently admitted to 11 sex crimes against nine of his former patients and employees was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison

Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel Haughey also ordered Dr. Stephen Boyd, 58, to register as a Tier III sex offender for life when he is released from prison and be on probation for five years.

The maximum sentence would have been 21.5 years.

Boyd was initially indicted on 26 sex-related charges following an investigation into claims that