A child trafficking sting conducted by Texas authorities has led to the arrest of an Arkansas policeman who was charged with online solicitation of a minor. His bond was set at $100,000. Two other suspects were also arrested during the child sex trafficking sting, which was conducted by authorities in Texarkana, Texas. That city is on the border of Texas and Arkansas and is a twin city to the adjacent Texarkana, Arkansas, on the Arkansas side of the states’ border. Texarkana Texas Police Department officers provided details of the 2-day sting operation in a post on Facebook. The process began ..read more

Actor Kevin Spacey has been found not guilty of 9 charges against him in a sexual assault trial in London. The 2-time Oscar winner (for Best Actor in 1999’s American Beauty and Best Supporting Actor in 1995’s The Usual Suspects) prevailed in a case in which 4 men accused him of sexual assault at various times over the course of a more than 12-year period between 2001 and 2013. Spacey was working in London as the artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre during much of that time. The criminal court decision by a jury of 3 women and 9 men on Wednesday, July 26, is Spacey’s latest legal triumph s ..read more

Some viewers of the Sex and the City spinoff And Just Like That are erupting in outrage over a scene in which women in their 50s admiringly ogle a teenage character in a high school hallway. Such outrage reflects today’s protective climate of righteous indignation and condemnation over sexualizing children. As Yahoo News reported, some viewers were unhappy about the scene on the show, whose second season is streaming now on Max (formerly HBO Max). “Um…did they just oogle (sic) a teenage boy,” one person asked on Twitter. The actor who played the “kid” is Wes Williams, whose age could not be f ..read more

According to Houston’s KPRC Channel 2, or Click2Houston, a Houston area teen has reported being molested on a United Airlines flight from Houston to Sacramento, California. The girl, 13, from Dayton in Liberty County, had taken a United flight from Houston to Sacramento when the molestation allegedly occurred. She was traveling without an adult, her mother having paid a $300 unaccompanied minor fee. United’s website lists elaborate processes for parents and the airline to contribute to a safe flight for unaccompanied minors, who are given a special wristband. The airline says it chooses their ..read more

In a retrial of a case involving 3 female accusers, former That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson has been found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of 2 counts of forcible rape. The third count was declared a mistrial. After deliberating for 6 days, the jury in the case reached its verdict on May 31, according to ABC News.  Masterson, 47, had pleaded not guilty to all 3 counts of felony rape, crimes which allegedly occurred at his home between 2001 and 2003 while Fox’s That ‘70s Show was still in production. The actor played Steven Hyde on the sitcom from 1998 to 2006. He was initially charged i ..read more

In Texas and elsewhere, teacher arrests for inappropriate contact with students are rising.  Just this month, a former California “Teacher of the Year” was arrested and charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, that being a 16-year-old male student. She was held on $30,000 bail at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino, California. According to People magazine, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department believes other juveniles also may have been victimized, and authorities are asking them to come forward. The math teacher, 38, had been named “Teacher of t ..read more

A man who allegedly hid a tiny camera in a cruise ship restroom has been arrested by the FBI and charged with video voyeurism and attempted possession of child exploitation material, according to court documents for the criminal complaint. The Daily Mail reported that the man boarded the Royal Caribbean cruise line’s Harmony of the Seas ship in Miami, Florida, on April 29 for a 7-day cruise. The cruise headed to Saint Maarten, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas before returning to Miami on May 6. The man was arrested on May 3 during the cruise’s stop in Puerto Rico, also known as the Commonwealth o ..read more

Given the arrest of Jackson Mahomes, brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, on 3 counts of aggravated sexual battery and 1 count of battery, what the sexual battery laws in Texas are. But first, consider Mahomes’s case. The Associated Press reports that Mahomes, 22, a social media influencer, was arrested by Johnson County (Kansas) Sheriff’s Office authorities on Wednesday, May 3, and placed in the Johnson County Detention Center. He was released later that day after posting a $100,000 bond. Further reading: The Criminal Defense Guide to Bail & Bonds During a virtual c ..read more

Many people are given probation as an alternative to imprisonment upon a conviction or as a means of leaving prison early before a sentence is fully served. But such probation comes with conditions, and those conditions are crucial. Violating them can end the relative freedom of probation and send someone back to prison. So even if you’ve received probation, returning to prison is a very real possibility if you violate the probation’s terms. Glitter returns to prison following probation Take the case of former English pop star and convicted child molester Gary Glitter, who recently returned t ..read more

A former teacher in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) has been accused of and arrested for having improper relationships with 2 HISD middle school students. In the 25-year-old ex-teacher’s court appearance on March 8, a judge set bonds of $40,000 for indecency with a child and $15,000 for improper relationship with a student, for a total of $55,000. The woman’s next court appearance is scheduled for May. According to KTRK ABC 13 News, the former teacher is accused of having improper relationships with a then 13-year-old girl and a then 14-year-old girl while she taught at Holland ..read more