NJ special education transport reform urged after death on bus: Video Matthew Rossi’s death has sparked a call for reform to New Jersey’s transportation system for students with disabilities. A New Jersey Senate committee unanimously approved the bill this week. The measure requires safety features including GPS tracking and training for staff who ride with...Read More
PITTSFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Ten people, including a police officer, have been arrested following a child predators sting operation in Berkshire County. The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said that authorities conducted a two-week investigation that was aimed at apprehending alleged child predators and it was established to “apprehend individuals engaging in criminal activities connected to...Read More
A two-week operation targeting child predators in Berkshire County has resulted in the arrest and charging of ten individuals, according to the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit and the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office. The operation, which was partially funded by a Human Trafficking Enforcement grant, aimed to apprehend individuals involved in human trafficking crimes. Law...Read More
Police in Texas are searching for an alleged sexual predator who has been linked to two assaults in two days. WFAA reported that in Dallas, two women reported being assaulted by a suspect who described as a Latino male in his 20s, standing about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing between 180 and 200 pounds....Read More
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A Southern Arizona man was sentenced on Jan. 23 to 10 years in prison and lifetime probation with sex offender registration upon his release for his involvement with child sexual abuse material. This case was investigated by special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Douglas Police Department. “The defendant’s actions...Read More
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Charges allege an unnamed citizen group from Illinois reported the man to Superior Police, after catching him in an online predator sting. On Tuesday, 62-year-old Joey Edward Scott was charged in a Douglas County courtroom with four counts of possession of child pornography. Superior Police originally responded to Scott’s apartment on Apr....Read More
New Jersey has sued the social gaming platform Discord for allegedly failing to adequately protect underage users from predators, the first state to do so. The heavily redacted civil suit, filed Thursday, accuses Discord of violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by making it easy for children to create an account and by not...Read More
The communications watchdog has been accused of backing big tech over the safety of under-18s after the children’s commissioner for England criticised new measures for tackling online harms. Rachel de Souza said she warned Ofcom last year that its proposals for protecting children under the Online Safety Act were too weak. New codes of practice...Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – South Carolina’s attorney general is calling on state lawmakers to pass a bill he says will help keep more kids safe from online predators. Alan Wilson, the state’s top prosecutor, said S.74 is commonsense legislation that would cut administrative red tape to ultimately protect children. “It makes it easier, it makes...Read More
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. As Principal Mark House greeted students at the John F. Kennedy campus in the Bronx last month, a student staggered toward him, face covered in blood. Initially, House thought the 16-year-old had been in...Read More
