LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man allegedly confessed to strangling and then sexually assaulting a sex worker inside a hotel room, leading him to turn himself in and face a murder charge, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Larissa Garcia died on June 21 more than a week after the June 12 incident inside […]
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Man is arrested after assaulting police
A Dorchester man is facing charges after an incident Saturday morning. Boston police say just after 4:30a they were called to 238 Warren street in Roxbury for a call of a person with a knife. Additional details were provided giving a description of a suspect who allegedly had stolen a moped. When they arrived, they […]
Man jailed for raping and sexually assaulting teens
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for 11 years after raping and sexually assaulting two teenagers. Nathan Catherall, from Croydon, met his 18 and 19-year-old victims through a dating app. The offences took place in 2020 and 2021 in Bristol, police said. Catherall was also given indefinite notification requirements, meaning he will have to sign […]
Former Wake high school teacher charged with assaulting students with disabilities
A now-former Wake County high school special-education teacher has been charged with assaulting two students with disabilities. James Rencher III of Raleigh has been charged with 12 counts of assault on an individual with a disability, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday. The incidents are alleged to have occurred in 2022 when Rencher taught […]
Augusta County jury finds caregiver not guilty of sexually assaulting elderly woman
STAUNTON — A caregiver accused in 2022 of sexually assaulting an elderly Augusta County woman was found not guilty Monday by a jury after a short deliberation. Robert F. Jackson, 59, of Richmond, was facing a single charge of aggravated sexual battery of an incapacitated adult. In 2022, authorities responded to a residence in Augusta […]
Las Vegas woman accused of sexually assaulting teen son’s friend
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The U.S. Marshals are searching for a woman accused of having sex with her teen son’s friend who was underage. Christina Cobb, 41, was scheduled to appear in court in January and never showed up, according to Clark County District court records. There are two warrants for her arrest in connection […]
Warroad man sentenced to probation for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman at a Grand Forks Airbnb
Jun. 24—GRAND FORKS — A Warroad, Minnesota, man pleaded guilty Monday, June 24, to Class A felony gross sexual imposition for committing a sexual act on an unaware victim, and will serve 360 days on unsupervised probation. Benjamine Joseph Forbes, 31, was sentenced to 360 days at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center with all […]
Santa Rosa man arrested after allegedly assaulting grandmother, police officer
(KRON) — A Santa Rosa man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly shoved his grandmother into a wall and repeatedly punched a police officer, the Santa Rosa Police Department said. Police identified the man as 25-year-old Paulino Garfias of Santa Rosa. SRPD responded to a home on the 400 block of Walkam Place at […]
Candidate accused of assaulting Jackson County GOP vice chair in clogged toilet fight
A Missouri Senate candidate faces allegations he assaulted the vice chair of the Jackson County Republican Party during a dispute over an overflowing toilet. David Martin, a Republican in a three-way primary for Senate District 11, is alleged to have punched Teresa McBride, the county party vice chair, in the back during a Father’s Day […]
Winona man accused of sexually assaulting tattoo client pleads guilty to body art license violation
Jun. 19—WINONA — A Winona man accused of sexually assaulting a client during a tattoo session as an unlicensed tattoo artist pleaded guilty to a body art license violation. On Tuesday, June 18, Travis Wayne Musilek, 38, pleaded guilty to a body art license violation, a gross misdemeanor. A second gross misdemeanor of criminal sexual […]
Man allegedly sexually assaulting woman in Las Vegas is fatally stabbed after group of citizens intervene
A man who may have been sexually assaulting a woman in Las Vegas was fatally stabbed after a group of citizens intervened to help the victim, authorities said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in a shed southeast of downtown Las Vegas, the city’s police department said in a news release. Homicide detectives learned that […]
Father takes matters into his own hands after catching rideshare driver assaulting his daughter: police
Authorities in Washington state are investigating a shooting Saturday night after they said a father caught a rideshare driver allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter while she was “highly intoxicated.” Early Saturday morning, Thurston County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a weapons violation in Nisqually Valley. A deputy stopped a vehicle that was attempting to […]