It’s the “invisible crime wave.” Female janitors working alone at night in Californian banks and office buildings often fall prey to rape and sexual assault. One state lawmaker is aiming to change all that. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego announced at the International Women’s Day rally in Sacramento on March 8 that...

If you or a loved one suffered a sexual assault or sexual abuse, our team is here for you! The experienced child sexual assault lawyer team at Estey & Bomberger, LLP will provide the attention and dedication for your case! There are many different terms people use to describe sexual abuse including: Molestation Rape...

A duo of Alpine men has been arrested and charged with more than 30 counts of lewd acts with children, according to NBC 7. Christopher Harper and Brandon Lightcloud Alto, who were a couple according to Alto’s Facebook profile, are accused of molesting the same three children on separate occasions. Harper, already a fugitive...

Sexual Assault Report on Violence Against Women Fifty percent of British women have been sexually or physically abused, according to a shocking new report. The Violence Against Women report, released Tuesday, March 4, by the European Union’s FRA (Agency for Fundamental Rights), indicates that approximately one of out every two women in the United...

LAPD officers Luis Valenzuela & James Nichols of the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police Department were charged with the repeated sexual assault of four women. The alleged assaults frequently took place while the pair was on duty. In December of 2008, it is alleged that LAPD officers Luis Valenzuela & James Nichols began...

Avenal teacher Christopher Nugent, a one time a teacher of the year at Avenal Elementary, was arrested in January and charged with sexually molesting several of his students. After receiving a complaint from a student, Avenal Elementary School officials notified police. According to the complaint, Nugent had allegedly touched students in an inappropriate manner....

If you were sexually abused as a child, you may have considered a lawsuit against your abuser and the institution who enabled him or her, but were prevented from doing so by the statute of limitations. For Minnesota residents, hope is on the horizon. The 2013 Child Victims Act gives Minnesota child sex abuse victims a...

A Santee gymnastics coach, Patrick Wehrung, was arrested for allegedly having sex with a teenage girl he instructed while working as a gymnastics coach at Champion Gymnastics & Cheer. Patrick Wehrung was arrested on the same day that the parents of the 15-year-old reported the alleged crimes. Law enforcement reports indicate that the girl...

A Palmdale High School varsity girl’s basketball coach is facing child sex abuse charges following his arrest in early January 2016.  Coach Marcus Williams was arrested after he was seen in a car with a minor believed to be a basketball player on the Palmdale High School team he coached. Coach Marcus Williams will...

Colton High School English teacher Lucas Drake, profiled last year by the school newspaper as a Teacher of the Month, is under arrest. He is accused of soliciting and the sexual abuse of a young teenage San Diego County boy. According to reports, law enforcement began to investigate teacher Lucas Drake in January after...