Sexual assault

New York 09/09/20, 02:31

A federal executive department responsible for enforcing the law and administering justice will provide legal representation for the president's libel case against a controversial media personality. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed it will take over President Donald Trump's legal counsel in a defamation case against Elle Magazine columnist Elizabeth ...

2020 Campaign 04/26/20, 21:38

When a young girl accused her boss of sexual assault in 1993, even though he was a high profile politician, the mainstream media apparently ignored the allegation. Now a video from 1993 has surfaced, and although the allegation has not been proven, the video adds credibility to her story. It ...

U.S. 02/03/20, 07:55

A St. Paul, Minnesota man was convicted Tuesday, Jan. 28, of raping his girlfriend’s 4-year-old twin daughters and giving them both a sexually transmitted disease, according to a report. Arturo Macarro Gutierrez, 36, was convicted on four counts of criminal sexual conduct, including two in the first degree and two in ...

U.S. 01/07/20, 17:55

Three California men ages range from 21 to 25 were arrested after being charged with kidnapping and sexual assault of an underage female. The victim was found in home in Chino Hills after investigators used leads from social media to track her down.  Ontario police arrested Irving Galvan, 22, at his Chino ...

U.S. 01/04/20, 10:06

A 31-year-old Colorado Department of Corrections officer was arrested on Friday, Jan. 3, in connection with a sexual assault on a 14-year-old. According to the Fountain Police Department, Khurtis Maasch of Colorado Springs was arrested on five felony charges: two counts of sexual assault on a child and three counts of ...

U.S. 11/05/19, 16:21

The Harris County Sheriff's Office needs your help to find a man accused of abducting, assaulting, and raping a 15-year-old girl while she was walking a trail in Cypress. It occurred in May along a walking trail in the Longwood Village neighborhood, but the suspect sketch has just been released. HCSO-Child Abuse ...

U.S. 11/01/19, 14:09

University of Nevada, Las Vegas student, 19-year-old Paula Davis, was sexually assaulted as she died from a pair of gunshot wounds to the back of her head, according to police. Her former boyfriend, Giovanni Ruiz, has been accused of killing Davis. The 21-year-old is facing a murder with a deadly weapon ...

U.S. 10/14/19, 18:04

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect wanted in the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl while she was checking mail at a northwest Houston apartment complex on Aug. 31. The incident happened around 1 p.m. in the 6200 block of Antoine Drive, Houston, Texas, according to ...

U.S. 08/16/19, 16:44

What would you do if you walked into a room and saw a man sexually battering your child? It sounds disgusting, but we've been hearing about it a lot in America. The story of this Florida mother will trigger the outrage of anyone. It was a Wednesday night when a mother ...

U.S. 06/11/19, 18:17

A woman says she was sexually assaulted by a gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles and is upset the school apparently knew about it from her social media post but never contacted her as it investigated other incidents that led to criminal charges.The Los Angeles-area woman ...

U.S. 06/11/19, 13:56

A student who remains enrolled at West Virginia's Marshall University despite a conviction for a 2016 attack against a female student is facing charges of assaulting two more women.Court records filed Thursday show 22-year-old Joseph Chase Hardin was indicted on second-degree sexual assault charges involving two women in 2018. Hardin ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 12:35

The Latest on a possible serial killer in Detroit (all times local):1:32 p.m.Detroit Police Chief James Craig says he believes a man being held in connection with the deaths of three women and charged in the sexual assault of another is responsible for those crimes and others.Detroit City Councilman Scott ...

U.S. 06/07/19, 15:49

After California detectives used a popular online DNA database to track down a suspect in the decades-old Golden State Killer slayings, other police agencies quickly adopted the same technique.Since that case was cracked last year, at least 50 other killings and rapes have been solved nationwide by using partial DNA ...

U.S. 06/05/19, 17:54

Prosecutors have filed new sexual assault charges against a Utah man accused in the death of his 5-year-old niece.Authorities say additional evidence from the state crime lab led to the counts of child rape and sodomy filed Wednesday against 21-year-old Alex Whipple.Police say he killed Elizabeth "Lizzy" Shelley on May ...

U.S. 06/04/19, 16:26

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a measure into law on Tuesday that aims to eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Texas.Abbott's approval comes as states across the country are using legislation to bolster testing requirements and attempt to clear their own buildup of untested rape kits.The ...

U.S. 05/31/19, 20:54

A New Jersey man who admitted to raping and killing his 11-year-old neighbor was sentenced to life in prison Friday, three months after pleading guilty on the eve of his trial. Twenty-year-old Andreas Erazo will have to serve 85% of his sentence, or roughly 64 years, before being eligible for parole, ...

U.S. 05/30/19, 19:44

Prosecutors charged R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday with 11 new sex-related counts involving one of the women who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage, including counts that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious he faces. Cook County prosecutors ...

Health 05/25/19, 10:12

Serious problems persist at Wyoming's largest mental health facility four years after employees left an incapacitated woman on a couch without food, water or bathroom use for over 24 hours, according to two groups that provide legal and advocacy services to patients in need.They include a suicide, attempted suicides, the ...

Sports 05/24/19, 19:28

Art Briles, the former Baylor football coach who was fired three years ago amid a sexual assault scandal at the Baptist school, has been hired to lead an East Texas high school program. Mount Vernon superintendent Jason McCullough announced Friday the board of trustees had approved a two-year contract with Briles, ...

Football 05/24/19, 08:29

Prosecutors have rested in the trial of a Maine man charged with raping and killing a childhood friend in Bar Harbor.Jurors on Thursday watched a surveillance video that showed 22-year-old Jalique Keene carrying Mikaela Conley's body across an elementary school playground on the morning of June 1, 2018.Friends and family ...