A former prisoner’s claims against Polk County over sexual misconduct by a corrections officer have been dismissed. Justin Mowery sued the county over the actions of Brianna Miller, a former Polk County Jail officer. While incarcerated from January to March of 2022, Mowery said Miller forcibly kissed and touched him while he was working in […]
Paris Hilton has testified to Congress that she was sexually abused and force-fed medication during the time she endured in youth residential treatment facilities. Hilton, a long-time advocate for children’s welfare and regulation of such facilities, appeared before the House Committee on Ways and Means on Wednesday. The hearing focused on strengthening the child welfare […]
FORT PIERCE — Shortly after a jury convicted a Port St. Lucie woman of 84 felonies related to sexually abusing her two young sons and the family dog, a judge ordered her to serve 21 life prison terms, according to a state prosecutor and court records. Natalie Jesslynn Wagner, 28, also was ordered to remain […]
The woman who said she was sexually abused as a child by now-former Gateway Church head pastor Robert Morris has mixed feelings about his resignation from the church. She’s glad he’s no longer the pastor of the North Texas megachurch that he founded, but doesn’t like the way he departed. “Though I am grateful he […]
DALLAS (AP) — The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Gateway Church’s board of elders said in a statement Tuesday that they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the church’s senior pastor and founder. […]
Jun. 17—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man accused of abusing his now-deceased wife while she was suffering from cancer has requested a change of venue for his criminal case. Joshua Jon Temple, 41, is charged with Class B felony endangering an eligible adult, which has a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Temple is also charged […]
Arianna Battelle died in October 2020 after being severely beaten for bedwetting. Now her father, Justin Hopper, has been convicted of murdering her Brazos County Jail; Facebook; Brazos County Jail Justin Joel Hopper, Arianna Rose Battelle, Jessica Bundren A Texas man was convicted of abusing his twin 6-year-old daughters and sentenced to life in prison […]
Jun. 11—With an increase number of abused or neglected children needing foster homes in New Mexico, the state Children, Youth and Families Department has held 124 events statewide to recruit foster parents this year, but only received 19 inquiries. The shortage of foster homes often has meant kids who are taken into state custody live […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of women and young girls have been unlawfully detained and abused in Nigerian military detention facilities after escaping captivity by Boko Haram extremists in the country’s northeast, Amnesty International said in a new report on Monday. Some of the women were detained with their children for years because of their […]
Getty Images. Let me first preface this by stating that I am a transgender individual, who is seeking to provide education to all regarding the LGBTQ+ community. When I first became aware of Ohio House Bill 245, I became extremely upset and worried that we once again will be doomed to repeat the mistakes of […]
A man who abducted a woman in Aberdeen and brutalised her during a 21-hour ordeal including threatening to deform her face has been jailed for eight years. Leslie Jackson, 38, subjected the woman to a “life-threatening” attack including repeatedly punching her in the face, strangling her, stabbing her and threatening to deform her face with […]
A 24-year-old Ukrainian policewoman was “starved, beaten and abused” as a prisoner of war by Russian forces, her mother said as she was released after two years in captivity. Maryana Checheliuk, an investigator with the National Police of Ukraine, was taken prisoner after being caught up in the siege of Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works. Her […]