ESSEX — For Maureen Flatley , there is possibly no task greater than protecting children. Flatley, who has lived in Essex since 2002, was recently named president of…
Read more Essex resident heading up Stop Child PredatorsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did…
Read more FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minorsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did…
Read more FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minorsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the…
Read more US Virgin Islands reach $105M settlement with Epstein estateORLANDO, Fla. — A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz learns this week how much prison time he…
Read more Gaetz friend says lighter sentence deserved for cooperationLONDON — Lawyers for a British woman whose U.K. citizenship was removed after she travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group argued Monday that she…
Read more Lawyer: Ex-Islamic State bride was child trafficking victimTHESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek police say that they have arrested a 35-year-old German citizen who has four outstanding arrest warrants on him for fraud and cybercrime, three from…
Read more Greek police nab German suspect sought on 4 arrest warrantsDES MOINES, Iowa — An judge on Friday set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim in Iowa who killed…
Read more Hearing for Iowa teen who killed rapist moved to JanuaryA Tennessee man filed a lawsuit Friday claiming that operators of the Kanakuk Camps in Branson, Missouri, lied to him and his parents while persuading them to sign…
Read more Missouri summer camp operators sued over abuse settlementPROVIDENCE, R.I. — DNA evidence left behind 35 years ago and the use of forensic genealogy has led to the arrest of an Indiana man on charges that…
Read more Forensic genealogy leads to arrest in 1987 sex assault caseOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma plans to execute a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993. Richard Stephen Fairchild, who turns 63 on…
Read more Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 3-year-old’s killingSAN DIEGO — The mother and grandfather of an 11-year-old California girl who was allegedly tortured and starved for years have been arrested and charged with murder, while…
Read more Megachurch volunteer charged with murder of her own daughterALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The mother of an Albuquerque girl who was strangled and dismembered was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for her role in the child’s…
Read more Mother sentenced for role in slaying of New Mexico girlDES MOINES, Iowa — An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist was being held in an Iowa jail Wednesday and could face a prison term after…
Read more Iowa teen who killed rapist being held in jail after escapeDES MOINES, Iowa — Authorities in Iowa continued to search Monday for an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who walked away from a women’s shelter where she was serving…
Read more Search continues for escaped Iowa teen who killed rapistDES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women’s center…
Read more Iowa teen who killed rapist escapes from probation centerToday in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2022. There are 56 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 5,…
Read more Today in History: November 5, Fort Hood shooting kills 13RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A jury convicted a former New York City police officer on Friday of second-degree murder in the death of his 8-year-old son, who was forced…
Read more Ex-cop guilty of murder in freezing death of 8-year-old sonSEATTLE — A divided Washington Supreme Court on Thursday approved a registered sex offender’s application to become an attorney in the state. Zachary Leroy Stevens, 35, has been…
Read more Wash. Supreme Court: Registered sex offender can be a lawyerHAMILTON, Miss. — Four people linked to viral video footage of Mississippi day care employees using a scary mask to frighten young children are facing charges of felony…
Read more Day care workers charged, accused of scaring tots with mask
