KINGS COUNTY, CA – Curt Meyer, a 70-year-old seventh-grade math and science teacher at Reef-Sunset Middle School, was arrested Friday at his home in east-central Fresno, and charged with 23 counts of lewd acts with a minor,felony child molestation, kidnapping, and a weapons charge, the Fresno Bee  and ABC 30 News reported. Meyer has...

The Jeffrey Scott Barton criminal trial came to an end last week, when the former Army and Navy Academy headmaster was acquitted on four of five felony charges that he molested two cadets on a 1997 ski trip. According to a Los Angeles Times report, the case rested heavily on the word of seven...

A lawsuit was filed last week, on behalf of two minors who claim they were sexually abused by a foster parent operating under the license of Children's Way Foster Family Agency in San Bernardino County, CA. According to the Desert Dispatch report, the abuse took place between July 17, 2010 and about January 30,...

Scott Nichols, 42, formerly a teacher at West High School in Billings MT, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, KBZK news reported. On June 3, 2015, Nichols agrees to pleas guilty to two counts of coercion and enticement of a child, two counts of attempted...

TULARE COUNTY — James Magana, 20, a volunteer coach for Granite Hills High School was arrested Monday on multiple charges of sexual crimes against minors, including suspicion of oral copulation with a minor, communication with a minor with the intent to molest, sexual penetration by force, child endangerment, and assault with intent to commit...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA  -- A 5th-grade teacher at Paradise Valley Elementary School in Morgan Hill received a 40-year prison sentence Monday after pleading guilty in August to molesting his students. Teacher John Loyd’s four victims ranged in age from 9 to 11 years old. Three were molested at some point during a three-year...

In 2008, Matthew Cooper was employed by  a Utah company called Northeastern Services (NES), to work at a group home for mentally and behaviorally disabled adults in a residential family neighborhood. NES encouraged children in the neighborhood to interact with group home residents and employees. According to a lawsuit that was later filed, this...

VANCOUVER, WA -- Stephanie McCrea, 36, a former drama teacher at Evergreen High School was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday, KPTV.com and multiple news sources reported. McCrea was arrested in January and in July, pleaded guilty to four counts of child rape and tampering with a witness. According to the news reported,...

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...