Volusia County Schools hosted a school safety and reunification training on Monday, June 15. The full-day training at DeLand High School brought local law enforcement, school administrators and community partners together with safety technology to enhance preparation on the tools and protocols needed in the event of a crisis event. According to a press release,...Read More
A convicted child molester who disappeared ahead of his sentencing in El Dorado County has been captured in Arizona after nearly 10 months as a fugitive, authorities announced Friday. The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the FBI Sacramento Field Office said Carl W. Cacconie was located in Scottsdale, Arizona, following an extensive joint...Read More
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer this week announced that those under 16 years of age will be banned from several social media platforms in the U.K. starting in the spring of 2027, as the country joins Australia, Canada, Indonesia, France, Malaysia, Spain and other major economies in announcing limits on children accessing social media. The...Read More
OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) — Fifty-eight suspected child predators were arrested after a five-day undercover operation in Marion County in which investigators posed as children as young as 7 online, Florida authorities said. The suspects allegedly engaged in sexually explicit conversations and arranged meetings despite being told they were communicating with minors, law enforcement officials announced...Read More
OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) — Fifty-eight suspected child predators were arrested after a five-day undercover operation in Marion County in which investigators posed as children as young as 7 online, Florida authorities said. The suspects allegedly engaged in sexually explicit conversations and arranged meetings despite being told they were communicating with minors, law enforcement officials announced...Read More
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Sacramento Field Office have announced the capture of Carl W. Cacconie, a convicted child molester who remained a fugitive for nearly 10 months. On July 17, 2025, an El Dorado County jury in South Lake Tahoe convicted...Read More
A man was arrested in Cape Coral after police shut down a large house party involving minors.According to the Cape Coral Police Department, on June 12, officers responded to reports of a disturbance possibly involving weapons at a home on Diplomat Parkway West.Officers were told that a fight was occurring at the location, and weapons...Read More
El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the Sacramento FBI Field Office announced the capture of a convicted child molester who had been on the run for the past 10 months. In July of 2025, Carl W. Cacconie was convicted on six counts of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14....Read More
Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A 77-year-old man wanted in Georgia for violating probation was arrested on Saturday in DeFuniak Springs. According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Joseph Shaner had a nationwide extradition warrant for violations involving sex crimes against children. Deputies reported that, along with the U.S. Marshals Task Force, Shaner was...Read More
