Category Archive for : ‘DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT’

December 9, 2019
AP News

LEXINGTON,Ky. (AP) — A Tennessee woman was indicted Monday on human trafficking charges after authorities accused her of coercing an 18-year-old into prostitution.

Savannah Elizabeth Gribanow, 26, was indicted in Fayette County, Kentucky, on charges of human trafficking, promoting human trafficking, tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property worth more than $10,000, the Lexington Heral-Leader reported. Gribanow was arrested on Nov.25.

The victim told police that Gribanow held her against her will and forced her to travel to different hotels from Knoxville, Tennessee to Lexington “for the purpose

December 18, 2019
Julia Hollingsworth, Junko Ogura
CNN

Tokyo, Japan (CNN Business)A freelance journalist who became a symbol of Japan’s #MeToo movement has won a civil case against the high-profile journalist she accused of raping her.
In a packed Tokyo District Court room on Wednesday, a judge ordered Noriyuki Yamagchi to pay 3.3 million yen, or more than $30,000, in damages to Shiori Ito. Ito sought 11 million yen, or more than $100,000, in damages to compensate for her physical and emotional suffering.
Ito alleged that in 2015, Yamaguchi — a former reporter for Tokyo

December 10, 2019
Chris Miller
WWL Radio

A Lacombe man faces second degree murder and sexual abuse of animals charges following the death of a woman in October. Deputies arrested John Jacob Jenkins this morning.
“Shortly before noon on Oct. 7, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call in reference to a medical emergency at a residence on Lake Road in Lacombe,” the sheriff’s department said. “Emergency Medical personnel also responded to the residence and attempted to revive an unresponsive white female, later identified as Jennifer DeBlonde Jacob, but were unsuccessful.”
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November 22, 2019
Brie Stimson
Fox News

A two-day human trafficking and prostitution sting operation in the Kansas City, Mo., area last week led to 21 arrests — including a suspect police say held a woman and her child hostage in their home for months, according to federal immigration authorities and a local report.
Jeffrey Higgins, 48, had allegedly refused to leave the victim’s Kansas home since June and forced her into prostitution, Fox 4 in Kansas City reported.
The victim told police Higgins injected her with meth and heroin against her will when she

November 15, 2019
Sedalia Democrat

A Sedalia man has been arrested on charges of sodomy, child molestation, and incest.
Roy R. Pounds, 41, has been charged with felony first-degree child molestation, felony incest, felony statutory sodomy/attempt deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 14-years-old, and felony statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy-deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 12-years-old. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
According to court documents, the juvenile victim recently sent a text message to Pounds that stated Pounds had been telling

October 31, 2019
Erik Ortiz
NBC News
 
 
For the past four decades, a loophole in North Carolina’s sexual assault law has gone unchecked: A man can’t be guilty of rape if a woman agrees to sex — even if she withdraws her initial consent.

Another loophole has also persisted: It’s not a crime to have sex with someone who is incapacitated, such as through drugs or alcohol, if that person was responsible for their own condition.

But those legal loopholes are on their way to being closed after lawmakers in the state Senate and House, which