A new string of lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) were filed Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court related to the organization letting sex abuse to repeatedly happen for decades dating back to its founding in 1910. A total of 21 new lawsuits filed charge 14 adult scout leaders…
Joaquin Garcia, 50, the leader of the Guadalajara-based La Luz del Mundo — The Light of the World — was arrested Monday at Los Angeles International Airport and was being held in lieu of $25 million bail after being accused of human trafficking and much more. California Attorney General Xavier…
Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis was first elected to the City Commission in 1996, became mayor in 2004 and has been reelected three times, twice unopposed. Now, as Ortis campaigns for what he says could be his final term at age 76, he faces not only his biggest political challenge…
Uber rideshare passengers in Dallas are among the first in the U.S. to have a new security option designed to make rides safer. A total of seven cities are testing an option on the Uber app called, “Verify My Ride.” The company believes a personal identification number will make passengers…
A 52-year-old man has been accused of touching female subjects inappropriately during sleep studies he was conducting at locations in New Port Richey and Zephyrhills, according to New Port Richey Police. Officers arrested the man on Tuesday. He was charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of…
Attorneys that have brought a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America have released statements that they have turned up allegations of sexual abuse against more than 350 people not previously identified in files released by the organization. Lawyers with the Abused in Scouting group filed a lawsuit Monday in…
A Roman Catholic priest in Florida is facing charges that he drugged a female parishioner and raped her. The man was in a Miami-Dade County jail late Saturday charged with sexual battery on an incapacitated victim. According to reports, in October, the 64-year-old priest invited the victim to his home…
A west Pasco County parent has sued the school district, alleging its negligence allowed her child to be sexually abused several times by a Ridgewood High teacher at the school campus. The teacher was arrested in March 2018 and faces two charges of sexual assault of a minor child by…
A caregiver at a Florida facility for people with disabilities has been accused of impregnating a resident who gave birth in 2015. Authorities say the 58-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a disabled person. An arrest affidavit says the man helped care for…
A Lifetime documentary series covering distressing allegations against R. Kelly has reportedly prompted a criminal investigation in Georgia, while prosecutors in Chicago are urging any victims to come forward. Investigators from the Fulton County District Attorney’s office in Atlanta have tried to touch base with some of the women featured…