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LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men are accused of attempted child sex acts following a Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) predator sting in Luzerne County. Daniel Lichtenwalner of Nazareth, 38, and Tyler Spangenberg of Pittston, 25, face charges after police say they both sent sexual messages to an undercover trooper they thought was a 14-year-old girl....Read More
John Kaspari, 74, of Johnsburg, (inset) is accused of interacting with a child at the Crystal Lake Ice House, obtaining his phone number and communicating with him by text in violation of his sex offender registration. | Background Photo: Google Maps; Inset: Provided A 74-year-old man who is a registered sexual predator and attends public...Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — A family is raising concerns about school safety after a 15-year-old was arrested for pointing a gun at another student during summer school. Gainesville Police Department officers say the teen was arrested on Wednesday at Gainesville High School (GHS). The family says it’s not the first time their son has been...Read More
VERDIGRIS, Okla. — A new documentary set to release on Friday will revisit the 2023 Verdigris murder-suicide that shocked Oklahoma and led to changes in state law aimed at strengthening child safety protections in certain supervised visitation cases. The documentary, titled Deadbeat, follows two fathers who lost their children in the tragedy who later turned their grief...Read More
Twenty-nine men are facing criminal charges in Jacksonville after Sheriff T.K. Waters said they engaged in online conversations with individuals they believed to be young teens seeking sex. The arrests are the result of a five-day sting operation, dubbed Operation Checkmate, led by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, Water said at...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The decision comes as a blow to NetChoice, which had won court victories against similar laws in other states, including California...Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A bill that would give the state more oversight into child welfare cases is one step closer to becoming law after the North Carolina House passed the “Dominique Moody Safety Act” on Wednesday afternoon. The bill was named after Dominque Moody, a 6-year-old Charlotte girl, who died in December 2025 after...Read More
NEWS Published: June 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Thursday that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested 29 people in a multi‑agency child predator investigation called ‘Operation Checkmate.’ The advertiser paid a fee to promote this sponsored video and may have influenced or authored the content. The views expressed in this video are those...Read More
