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Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall
The number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up last year, according to a Pentagon report.
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty in sex assault
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy nearly 50 years ago.
Bill Cosby sexual assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court
Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and opened the way for his immediate release from prison Wednesday, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor's agreement not to charge Cosby.
3 women join lawsuit over alleged UMBC sex-assault cover-up
Three more women have joined a class-action lawsuit accusing prosecutors, detectives and university officials of covering up sexual assault complaints at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Md. Ex-teacher gets year in jail after sex offense with minor
ELLICOTT CITY — A former Howard County schoolteacher has been sentenced to a year in jail after being convicted of a sex offense involving a 14-year-old boy prosecutors say he met online. Thirty-seven-year-old Christopher Fox of Randallstown pleaded not guilty with an agreed statement of facts in October, according to a news release from the […]
AP: Officer sex cases plagued by lax supervision, policies
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As darkness falls, the most tattered section of this town’s main drag feels more desperate with each passing hour. Under the cover of night, a slow but steady flow of wandering souls emerges — addicts, prostitutes, drifters. Sergio Alvarez knew the pickings were easy. As a rookie officer on the West […]
Service members press for outside judges in sex assault cases
Four current and former members of the U.S. Air Force and Army filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to prevent military officers known to be involved in creating sexually hostile environments from being appointed as convening authorities in rape and sexual assault cases.
