Category: California

Ex-County Council member faces more sex abuse charges
Photo: Clarendon County Detention Center / AP
By Associated Press
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A former county council member and South Carolina state tr ...

Sheriff: ‘Cannibals’ lured victim to cabin in Oklahoma woods, performed illegal castration
By Nolan Clay, The Oklahoman
POTEAU — Two men were accused Wednesday in a criminal charge of performing an illegal gender reassignment surger ...

Abuse investigator pleads not guilty in slain boy case
By The Associated Press
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois child welfare worker who investigated allegations of abuse involving a 5-year-old bo ...

Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 26 rapes, slayings
Photo: Los Angeles Times
By Don Thompson, The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State ...

Woman who killed her 5-year-old son gets 35-year prison term
By The Associated Press
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois woman who subjected her young son to years of physical and emotional abuse culmina ...

Allegations of rape, sex charges involving Waynesville officer involve 8 women
By WHIO Staff
MONTGOMERY COUNTY — A Waynesville police officer has been charged with rape and other sex crimes involving eight suspected vict ...

2 arrested in Happy Valley after stash of stolen items found in car
PHOTO: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
By Alex Hardgrave, OregonLive
Two suspects were arrested after Happy Valley police found a slew of stolen i ...

N.J. man paid for gas with $100 bill marked ‘For Motion Picture Use Only,’ cops say
PHOTO: South Brunswick PD
By Anthony G. Attrino, NJ.com
A clerk at a Middlesex County gas station unwittingly accepted a fake $100 bill that was int ...

Bill Aims To Make Sending Unsolicited Lewd Images Online A Crime In California
As reported by CBS Sacramento:
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A California lawmaker wants to make it illegal to send unsolicited lewd pictures to people online ...

South Australian man charged with starting Kingston bushfires
By Sam Hussey, AAP/7News
A 79-year-old South Australian man has been charged with intentionally lighting four grass and scrub fires in the state's so ...

Man broke in to university dorm in NYC, set fires as students slept, officials say
By The Associated Press
A man broke into a dormitory at a Jewish university and set fires, using matches intended for lighting a Hanukkah menorah, th ...

Former Missouri man, linked to homicide and pawn shop burglary, pleads guilty to drug trafficking, 52 illegal firearms
From KTTN
A former Kansas City-area man, who claimed self-defense after fatally shooting another man during a drug deal, pleaded guilty in federal co ...

19-year-old registered sex offender made 12-year-old girl perform oral sex after forcing her into a bathroom, arrested
By Akshay Pai, MEAWW
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON: A Washington teenager has been arrested and charged after he allegedly forced a young girl into a bathr ...

Franklin County man accused of raping daughter’s friend during sleepover
By Sam Clancy, NBC
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. — A 44-year-old man was charged this week after police said he raped his daughter's friend during a sleepov ...

David Blaine Under NYPD Investigation Over Sexual-Assault Allegations
PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images
By Pervaiz Shallwani, Lachlan Cartwright, and Mark Ebner | The Daily Beast
Superstar magician David Blaine is under inv ...

Florida man who raped neighbor, then offered to do her yard work gets 50-year sentence
By Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 20-year-old convicted of raping his neighbor and then offering to do work around her house to make it ...

Brothers who wrote bank robbery note on backside of probation form get prison
By John Tunison, MLive
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A pair of brothers are headed to prison after police say a bank robbery note -- written on the back of a p ...

Sheriff’s officer jailed after uploading vids of him having sex with minor, prosecutors say
By Craig McCarthy, NJ.com
A Middlesex County Sheriff’s officer had sex with a 17-year-old in Lehigh Valley and used social media to try to have sex w ...

Man Who Appeared On Netflix Series ‘Dope’ Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Oakland County
From WWJ News
TROY (WWJ) - A 21-year-old Troy man who appeared on the Netflix series "Dope" has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.
Accor ...

2 Children Found Buried 2 Years Apart in a Yard. Their Father, a Walmart Santa, Has Been Arrested
ABOVE: Elwyn Crocker Sr. (Effingham County Sheriff's Office)
BY GINA MARTINEZ, TIME
Police in southeast Georgia are trying to determine how two ch ...