MANCHESTER, Iowa — Authorities in Manchester are working hard to protect children from online predators with an initiative known as Operation Castle. The undercover operation, which began in September 2025, has already resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen suspects. Operation Castle involves an undercover officer targeting predators online using public and dark...Read More
A school psychologist snared in an undercover sting targeting suspected sexual predators in the Inland Empire, where he allegedly sought personal contact with an individual whom he thought was a teenager, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges. Paul Ryan Coleman, 46, of Yucaipa was arrested last week following a three-month investigation by the Riverside...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — Reports of suspected child sex trafficking to a national tipline have increased nearly 1,000 percent following implementation of a federal law requiring online platforms to report suspected crimes, according to lawmakers and child safety advocates. The bipartisan REPORT Act requires certain online platforms to report suspected child sex trafficking and online enticement to...Read More
DETROIT – Jarvis Butts sat stoically in a green jumpsuit, with a mask covering his face and his arms and legs shackled during his Thursday sentencing. One by one, women and girls spoke of the unspeakable impact that the 43-year-old child predator has had on their lives. Butts was sentenced to 35-60 years in prison...Read More
Eligible Applicants For the VIP + BOOST combined grant solicitation, the following entities are eligible to apply: community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits; school districts and career and technical centers (CTC); libraries; municipalities, including counties or district attorneys’ offices; and institutions of higher education. For the Statewide BOOST grant solicitation, only statewide youth-serving nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(4)...Read More
A convicted child molester had new charges filed against him by the Placer County District Attorney’s Office as he was set to be released on parole on Thursday.David Allen Funston, 64, is accused of molesting a child in Roseville in 1996, Placer County prosecutors said.(Previous coverage in the video player above) Funston was convicted of...Read More
AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) – An Autauga County schoolteacher was arrested Saturday in connection with an investigation that targeted five online child predators, according to the Prattville Police Department. Brian Pittman was charged with one count of electronic solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act. Brian Pittman...Read More
Convicted child sex offender Gregory Lee Vogelsang was sentenced to 355 years to life in prison for molesting multiple young boys. Yet now, Governor Newsom’s Parole Board has granted him early release, allowing him to return to our communities. This decision is deeply troubling. Sexual predators who prey on children should face the full consequences of their crimes, and our...Read More
MANCHESTER, Iowa — Authorities in Manchester are working hard to protect children from online predators with an initiative known as Operation Castle. The undercover operation, which began in September 2025, has already resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen suspects. Operation Castle involves an undercover officer targeting predators online using public and dark...Read More
Updated Feb. 25, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET An instructor at the University of Georgia was removed from campus Tuesday following allegations made in a video posted to social media, university officials confirmed. The allegations surfaced after a social media user confronted the instructor on camera and later posted the footage online. The video quickly circulated...Read More
