OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill aimed at enhancing school safety is nearing the final stages of approval, poised to reach Governor Bob Ferguson’s desk soon. SB 5272, now under review by the House, is scheduled for a hearing on Thursday by the House Committee on Community Safety. The bill seeks to address incidents of violence...Read More
Anderson County detectives have charged 11 suspects in an undercover operation aimed at identifying child predators online.Detectives, along with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), posed as young children online to identify suspects who were willing to sexually exploit them within chatrooms.The targeted effort deemed “Operation Hightower” resulted in more than 15 suspects...Read More
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Monroe County man — a repeat offender — has been charged with possessing hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse material. Aaron Scott Ragg, 54, of Stroudsburg, was recently arrested and charged with 501 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material and...Read More
Former reality star turned convicted sex offender Josh Duggar slammed the “false accusations” against his brother Joseph Duggar, who was arrested for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl. Josh – speaking through his lawyer from prison – claimed to share the same “stigma” his 31-year-old sibling has after the latter’s arrest on Wednesday. “He lives with...Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. (WINK) — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched a civil investigation into the social media application “Discord”, citing that the platform is the preferred method for online predators to attract children. Uthmeier, along with Sarasota Sheriff Kurt Hoffman, held a news conference on Wednesday at the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office to announce...Read More
The reaction to the stunning revelations about Cesar Chávez has been swift. Chávez, the iconic labor leader who, along with Dolores Huerta, created the United Farm Workers union in the 1960s, was accused of being a serial sexual predator in an extensive expose in Wednesday’s (March 18) New York Times. Multiple women, including the now...Read More
A wake-up call to parents to protect their children from online sexual predators was made during Thursday’s meeting of Cleveland’s Kiwanis Club. The meeting’s guest speaker was Robert Burghardt, Assistant Special Agent in charge of Internet crimes against children for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). “I travel all over the state meeting with parents...Read More
A Telugu man of Indian origin was arrested in Santa Fe, the capital city of New Mexico, in the United States, earlier this month during an ‘Online Child Predator Operation.’ Police have since identified the suspect apprehended during the undercover sting operations as 26-year-old Nagaraju Balkam. The Santa Fe Police Department released the official bodycam...Read More
A 26‑year‑old Indian national, Nagaraju Balkam, was arrested earlier this month as part of a multi‑day undercover operation targeting online child sexual predators, law enforcement officials confirmed. Balkam was one of four men taken into custody following a three‑day operation run by the Santa Fe Police Department’s Special Victims Unit.The arrests occurred after detectives used...Read More
The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee now has a controversial bill that was formally introduced last week, aimed at cracking down on child sex offenders through castration. State Representative Ryan Warner of Fayette County is co-sponsoring House Bill 2271 and says the proposal is about protecting children — and taking stronger action. “I’m surprised there is...Read More
