LIVINGSTON — For the second time this year, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has teamed up with TV journalist Chris Hansen to take suspected online predators off the streets. The latest effort, dubbed “Operation Waterfront”, ran through June and July 2025 and led to 15 arrests. Earlier this year,...Read More
School Resource Officers (SROs) across the state—including deputies with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office—are returning to campuses this year with a sharpened focus on prevention, partnership, and rapid response. “The SRO role is more than a gun and a badge,” Sheriff Tommie Johnson said. “We’re part of that school community.” Renewing their commitment to student...Read More
YouTuber JiDion was in Indianapolis on July 22 to confront an adult youth volleyball coach who was allegedly communicating with a 14-year-old decoy. INDIANAPOLIS — It’s becoming a much more common sight both online and in the community: citizen-led vigilante groups posing as underage kids, working to expose child predators online. A video from a...Read More
YouTuber RealSchlep, 22, says Roblox has shut down his account and issued a cease-and-desist letter over his videos exposing alleged predators in the game. He claims the ban was enforced under the platform’s new clause on “vigilante groups” in its Terms of Service. In the letter, which Schlep shared online, Roblox stated: “We write on...Read More
UK operator EE unveiled a new smartphone offering and set of mobile plans designed to address smartphone safety for young people, as concerns about online safety and screen time continue to mount. The operator said the downloadable P.H.O.N.E. Contract, developed with the EE Youth Council, online safety group Internet Matters and a parent ambassador, will...Read More
Last week marked the conclusion of Operation Best Foot Forward, a two-week, high-visibility pedestrian safety campaign aimed at reminding drivers it’s the law to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. With a special Back to School focus, the regional effort spanned 40 enforcement details across nine counties and 20 municipalities, resulting in 594 warnings and citations...Read More
Roblox has been slammed as a “hunting ground for child-sex predators” in a new lawsuit against the online gaming giant that alleges it caused the sexual exploitation of a 9-year-old boy. The lawsuit, filed last week in a Georgia state court by an anonymous DeKalb County mother and her young son, accuses Roblox of negligence...Read More
Sarah Grunau/ Houston Public Media Students at Marshall Middle School in Houston returned to campus for the first day of school Aug. 12, 2025. As part of an initiative to bolster community safety, state and local officials on Tuesday welcomed Houston ISD students back for the first day of school at Marshall Middle School, where...Read More
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A state lawmaker who is looking into why children are falling through the cracks and into the hands of predators said state agencies that are supposed to be protecting at-risk children are not communicating with each other. Next month, there will be a stakeholder meeting at the state Capitol, in an effort...Read More
The search continues for an Upstate man on multiple sex crime charges. The U.S. Marshals are looking for information on the whereabouts of 40 year old, Ricky Dean Clinton. He’s wanted for human trafficking of a child, indecent acts with a child, kidnapping, sexual servitude of a minor and other charges. In June, a 15 year...Read More
