NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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Limousine driver’s call to San Bruno police leads to arrest after picking up pair walking barefoot in rain By Michael Marie If you don’t believe Christmas is the season for miracles, William Ball of Bridgewater might tell you otherwise. Ball, whose daughter had been missing for more than two years since she was...
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Four states have stricter laws against child sex offenders By TONY RIZZO The Kansas City Star Mark Lunsford is a quiet man by nature. But the terrible crime committed against his 9-year-old daughter, Jessica, has given him a voice that is hard to ignore. He has done in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Arizona,...
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Pantagraph staff NORMAL, ILL. – A motorist who flagged down a Normal police officer Wednesday night helped lead to two arrests in a child abduction case. An Amber Alert was issued for a 1-year-old girl taken about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday from a Boys & Girls Club in Peoria, Normal police said. A man...
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. A man who recently moved into a group home for the developmentally disabled tried to abduct a 9-year-old girl from a neighboring house after stabbing her mother with a pair of scissors. A neighbor pounced on the man and saved the girl after hearing screams. Police arrested 26-year-old Joshua Theo...
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WAFF.com – 12-year-old Lydia Dunn spends most evenings like many other kids, riding her bike at the end of the cul de sac at her apartment complex, but Tuesday night was unlike any other. “A guy jumped from behind the truck and grabbed me by my arms,” she says. “Male subject grabbed her...
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Abductor leaves child in yard after barking dog apparently scares him off. By STAN MADDUX Tribune Correspondent Information sought: Anyone who may have seen a man running through the neighborhood on Bond Street on LaPorte’s southeast side Sunday night or with possible information about what occurred is asked to contact LaPorte police at...
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Verona Officers Beef Up Patrols VERONA, PA — Police in Verona are increasing patrols after someone tried to abduct a 2-year-old girl at a home along Center Street Tuesday. Michelle Nacey said she left her daughter’s side for just a moment when she heard her dog growling. She went to check on her...
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