Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A package of bills aimed at preventing violence in Michigan schools passed a legislative hurdle Wednesday– days after the three-year anniversary of the Oxford High School shooting in which four students were killed. The...Read More

A 35-year-old man from Seattle was arrested on felony charges of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes after a Kent Police Department (KPD) investigation found evidence of the suspect sending sexually explicit messages to the victim. Kent Police found that the child met the suspect while trick or treating earlier this year. According to...Read More

A “dangerous predator” who plotted to sexually abuse a five-year-old girl has been jailed. Jared Lamb, 46, sent explicit messages about how he intended to abuse the child and a series of indecent images to undercover officers posing as the girl’s father, South Yorkshire Police said. He was arrested when he travelled to Sheffield after...Read More

The Florida nurse accused of having sex with her 15-year-old stepson gave a revolting excuse to her husband after he walked in on them, according to court documents. Alexis von Yates, 35, attempted to apologize to her enraged husband when she was caught red-handed and completely nude underneath a blanket last July during the teen’s...Read More

BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) — A 50-year-old New York truck driver faces multiple felony charges following an undercover operation conducted by Brookville Borough Police and an online predator detection group. According to court documents filed by the Brookville Borough Police Department, 50-year-old Joseph Matthew Falisi, of Liberty, New York, was arrested on January 2, 2025, at...Read More

Pre-school teacher among 8 men arrested in sex predator sting Investigators with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office have arrested eight men accused of using the internet to try to exploit children and it was later discovered that one of the suspects is a local pre-school teacher. FOX 5’s Shomari Stone is live in Rockville with...Read More

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 21, 2025 / 12:00 pm The Vatican is collaborating with tech leaders and companies, governmental institutions, scholars, and nongovernmental organizations to fight “a war on two frontiers” — the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in person and online, including in the sphere of artificial intelligence (AI). “We are...Read More

John Robert Touhey mugshot, courtesy of the Jefferson County Prison. BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – A Cleveland truck driver faces multiple felony charges after allegedly attempting to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex, according to the Brookville Borough Police Department. Court documents indicate that 40-year-old John Robert Touhey was arrested on Thursday,...Read More

Two Bay Area chat and gaming companies are being sued for allegedly facilitating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The suit claims San Mateo-based Roblox and San Francisco-based Discord allowed online predators to find victims. “Both Roblox and Discord, we allege, were negligent in the services they provided to our client, a 13-year-old boy,” said Anna...Read More

Educators are demanding the city provide more guards and weapons scanners to make schools safer and combat “persistent” delays — which can lead to fights and poor attendance. More than 120 principals, deans, union leaders and other staffers from 84 schools across four boroughs signed onto a letter to officials including City Council members, schools...Read More