Man charged with raping 2 women in Loyola dorm
A Loyola University freshman was charged with raping two female students in their dormitory rooms on consecutive nights this month, Cook County prosecutors said Tuesday. Both victims knew Colin Kennedy and let him sleep in their rooms after he told them he could not get into his own dorm room, prosecutors said. The second victim [...]
Not guilty plea by man accused of killing ex-girlfriend in Du Page County
A Northlake man pleaded not guilty today in the December stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend in her DuPage County apartment. At a court hearing at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Adam Belmont, 23, entered the plea in connection with the murder of Alyssa Van Meter of Woodridge after being indicted on multiple felony charges [...]
Prominent SMU student, 19, indicted for ‘forcing male classmate to perform sex acts on him’
A Texas college sophomore has been indicted on Friday for allegedly forcing a classmate to perform sexual acts on him in September, according to court records. John David ‘J.D.’ Mahaffey, 19, is facing sexual assault charges stemming from two incidents in which the Southern Methodist University student allegedly attacked another young man. On September 23, [...]
High school coach Todd Phelps accused of raping student
CHEHALIS, Wash. — A high school coach was on trial Thursday afternoon accused of raping a student, according to prosecutors. Todd Phelps was a softball coach at Pe Ell High School and he claimed he wanted to help the 16-year-old girl. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News South Sound Bureau Chief Richard Thompson was at [...]
A Seattle man accused of planting his face in joggers, gets 10 years
A Seattle man accused of planting his face in joggers’ rears at a West Seattle park was sentenced Friday to nearly 10 years in prison. Duane E. Starkenburg was also ordered to stay away from the three women he accosted and also was sentenced for sexually assaulting a child. Starkenburg, who once ranted to reporters [...]
Man, 35, who murdered boss’s wife with axe when he was an Eagle Scout 17 years ago, executed after last meal of shrimp and grits, pancakes and caramel candy
A death row prisoner was executed by lethal injection today for sexually assaulting and beating his former boss’s wife to death with an axe handle in 1995. Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, was pronounced dead at 6.18 pm at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, authorities said. Puckett was an 18-year-old Eagle Scout when he was convicted of [...]
Man ‘blackmailed engaged student for sex and money’ at ultra-strict Mormon university attended by Mitt Romney
A man has been arrested for blackmailing a Mormon student for sex and money by threatening to reveal his homosexuality to his strictly religious family including his fiancee, according to police. Brad Adams, 36, is due to appear in court in Provo, Utah, later this week charged with extortion and attempted serious sexual assault. He [...]
EIGHT female Marines claim gang rape and sex assault at prestigious Washington Marines barracks
In the latest string of shocking sex assault allegations in the military, eight female Marines stationed at one of the country’s most prestigious bases filed a lawsuit today claiming U.S. military officers tolerate a ‘staggering’ level of sexual assaults. Lt Ariana Klay and Lt Elle Helmer both claim they were raped at the U.S. Marine [...]
Man, 35, ‘offered to tattoo underage girls in exchange for sex after getting close to them by dating their mothers’
A 35-year-old man promised an underage girl a tattoo in exchange for sex and abused more than a dozen children, authorities have claimed. Walter Meyerle was arraigned yesterday on charges related to the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl over two years. Meyerle had been charged last year with sexual assaults on 14 children and two [...]
Beowulf and Law and Order actor ‘raped multiple women when they were incapacitated by alcohol’
An aspiring Hollywood actor has been accused of raping two women after getting them drunk. Police believe there could be many more victims of Robert Aaron Stephens who faces two charges of sexual assault. They have asked women who might have dated the handsome actor, who has had a number of small film roles including the action [...]
Sisters ‘tortured teen with pliers and forced him to drink urine when he refused sex and drugs’
Two sisters are facing up to 25 years in jail after allegedly sexually torturing a teenager with a pair of pliers after he refused to have sex with one of them. Valerie Bartkey, 24, and Amanda Johnson, 17, are also accused of forcing their victim to drink their urine after holding him hostage. The 18-year-old [...]
Police arrest man after shocking video shows unconscious football fan being sexually assaulted by rival supporters
An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with a video appearing to show a college football fan inflicting a horrifying sexual assault on a rival supporter after he passed out in a fast food restaurant following the game. Brian Downing, 32, of Smiths Station, Alabama, was booked on charges of sexual battery and obscenity. [...]
Band teacher arrested for sexual assault after having ‘month-long period of sexual misconduct’
A high school band teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting her student, though her supporters say the claims are false. Abby Shocik, 23, was arrested on Thursday and charged with sexual assault by Vermont state police. Shocik works as a band teacher at the Danville School in South Burlington, Vermont. Police are not releasing [...]