SAN DIEGO COUNTY - Opening statements began Tuesday in the trial of Jeffrey Scott Barton, the former Army and Navy Academy headmaster who allegedly molested boys in his care at the military boarding school in Carlsbad. According to the Union Tribune report, Barton’s lawyer adamantly insisted to the Vista Superior Court jury during opening...

Christopher Brown, 42, of Orange, was arrested Friday on multiple criminal charges, including possession and manufacturing of child pornography and digital penetration and oral copulation with a child.  The arrest came following an investigation by the Orange County Child Exploitation Task Force and the Los Angeles Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Brown, who...

A former Minnesota boy scout has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, claiming he was molested by a serial abuser in St. Paul in 1969 and 1970. According to the suit, the victim was 11 or 12 when he was aused by David Leonard Keys, a former leader in the organization....

The Paterson Roman Catholic Diocese has reached a “six-figure” settlement with a woman who alleged that she was repeatedly abused by Monsignor Ronald Tully, her vice-principal at Passaic Catholic High School. According to her suit, Tully fondled her 20 times in 1977 when she was 16-year-old student at Pope Pius XII Retional High School....

“ACEs” are adverse childhood experiences that harm developing children and have effects that show up throughout their lifetime. From many published research studies, we know ACEs are the root of much violence and being a victim of violence, and also the adult onset of chronic disease, depression and mental illness. Examples of ACES include:...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY – Scott Quisenberry was found guilty in July of raping a student when he was a sixth and seventh grade teacher at Bullitt Lick Middle School, Lex18.com reported. Yesterday, the judge followed the jury’s recommendation and handed down a 15-year sentence. Quisenberry will be eligible for parole in three years. He...

LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX – Robert Moore, 27, a teacher at Ralls High School, was arrested last week for soliciting sex with a minor online, multiple news outlets reported. The victim was a student at Smylie Wilson Middle School in Lubbock, where Moore previously worked as a coach. According to the warrant, Moore sent the...

TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS -- Damian Merrick, 48,former owner of the Grapevine Vollyeball Club, was arrested for the third time in this past year, the Dallas News Crime Blog reported. The first arrest, on May 7, was on a charge of delivering marijuana to a child. The second arrest was in July, when Merrick was...

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA -- Alvar Albert Gonzalez, 45, a teacher at Santa Ana High School, was taken into custody Friday, on suspicion of unlawful sex with a student, multiple news outlets reported. Gonzalez allegedly met the victim during her fresman year in high school and allegedly had sex with her at least nine times...

LOS ANGELES -  Richard Paul Daniels, 55, of Rancho Cucamonga, an Earth science instructor, chair of the science department at Arroyo High School, and a football coach,  was arrested Wednesday and charged with having a sexual relationship with a student, multiple news outlets reported. Daniels is being held on $1.75 million bail. According to...