By Patti Weaver STILLWATER — A convicted child molester from Cushing has been given a six-year prison term for failing to register as a sex offender for the third time in Payne County. Adrian Feliciano McVay-Shanklin, 34, who also pleaded guilty last week to living at a Stillwater hotel within 2,000 feet of...Read More
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – As students head back to school, agents from the FBI’s Atlanta bureau visited Augusta om Monday to speak to the press about how kids can stay safe while continuing their academic pursuits. Parents have voiced concerns about school-related safety issues, including internet safety, hoaxes and sexual exploitation. Marlo Graham, special agent...Read More
Close-up of metal handcuffs Westend61/Getty Images EAST ST. LOUIS — A Collinsville man pleaded guilty in federal court last week to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in Nepal. According to court documents, Kenneth Joseph Coombs, 58, traveled from the United States to Nepal in August 2016 and sexually abused eight different children...Read More
Close-up of metal handcuffs Westend61/Getty Images EAST ST. LOUIS — A Collinsville man pleaded guilty in federal court last week to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in Nepal. According to court documents, Kenneth Joseph Coombs, 58, traveled from the United States to Nepal in August 2016 and sexually abused eight different children...Read More
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand said he supports banning social media for children under age 16, setting age verification and parental consent requirements on certain apps and providing more safeguards for minors online, according to a kids’ online safety policy platform released Monday. The plan, shared first with Iowa Capital Dispatch, is focused on restricting...Read More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – Child safety experts are warning parents that online predators are using popular gaming platforms like Roblox and Discord to target children. A group known as the 764 Network — described by experts as a nihilistic violent extremism organization — is accused of using those platforms to gain children’s trust, then using...Read More
Rob Sand Releases Plan to Keep Iowa Kids Safe Online DES MOINES, IA — Today, nominee for governor Rob Sand released a series of proposals to help keep Iowa kids safe online and hold Big Tech companies accountable. “Nothing is more important than keeping our kids safe, and today, that increasingly means figuring out how to keep them...Read More
Democratic governor nominee Rob Sand released a plan Monday to ban social media for Iowans under age 16, require age verification at the app-store level, and force companies to stop hooking children on “infinite scroll” feeds. It’s the most detailed kids’ tech safety proposal any Iowa candidate has put to paper this cycle, landing just...Read More
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand said he supports banning social media for children under age 16, setting age verification and parental consent requirements on certain apps and providing more safeguards for minors online, according to a kids’ online safety policy platform released Monday. The plan, shared first with Iowa Capital Dispatch, is focused on restricting...Read More
A Montgomery County man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after a jury convicted him of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A Montgomery County man will spend the next 60 years of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, prosecutors said....Read More
