Online Dating & Sextortion Scams

A Leeds man has been jailed after admitting to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and attempting sexual activity online with a police officer posing as a 12-year-old. Benjamin Pinchin, 30, …

Mechanicville, N.Y. — A Mechanicville man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges stemming from a 2024 investigation into unlawful surveillance, according to the Mechanicville Police Department. …

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — A corrections officer at SCI-Camp Hill has been arrested and charged after allegedly exchanging sexually explicit messages with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl and …

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Former Gateway Church founder and pastor Robert Preston Morris, 64, pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, admitting to sexually …

WALLER COUNTY, Texas — The Waller County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 51-year-old Rodrigo Villa on multiple felony warrants, according to a department press release. Villa, a Waller County resident, was …

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ala. — A Tuscumbia man has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse following an investigation into a suspicious vehicle in Littleville late Saturday night, according to the …

HERNANDO, Miss. — A former youth pastor who admitted to sexually abusing a teenage church member has avoided prison time, instead receiving three years of house arrest and seven years …

SMITHFIELD, N.C. — A 61-year-old Smithfield man, Santiago Consuelo, has been released from custody after posting a $100,000 secured bond following his arrest in connection with a child sex offense …

GENEVA, N.Y. — A Shortsville man was arrested Thursday in connection with an alleged sexual abuse incident near the lakefront pier in Geneva. Juston Crisp, 32, was taken into custody …

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — Former physician Dr. Oumair Aejaz, 41, has pleaded no contest to 31 felony charges involving sexual misconduct and the exploitation of minors, according to the Oakland …