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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LILLINGTON, N.C. — Two girls abducted more than six years ago were reunited with their father this week after they were found during a traffic stop, the FBI said Friday. Authorities said the girls, ages 6 and 8 at the time of the abduction, were picked up by their mother, Joyce Linda Murray...
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December 31, 2005 By Moustafa Ayad, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Moments after entering a Yahoo! Internet chat room and receiving an invitation to watch a “hot video,” James Vanlandingham was watching a 6-year-old and 9-year-old girl parade around a bathroom naked. Mr. Vanlandingham, of Leetsdale, immediately picked up the phone and called the Leetsdale Police...
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By DAN BENSON Dec. 30, 2005 Investigators tried for more than two years to build a case against a prominent West Bend businessman they suspected was seeking out boys for sex but could not produce solid evidence. That was until a self-described nosy mother in Colorado began snooping in her 13-year-old son’s bedroom....
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A six-year-old girl found wandering naked in a Tyneside street was the victim of a “sexually-motivated assault” police have said. The youngster was abducted from the ground-floor bathroom of her North Tyneside home, by a man who entered from the back of the property. She was reported missing on Tuesday evening and found...
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By Kassie Korich Dec 23 2005 It has been two months since Silverdale runaways Megan Lee and Savannah Everett were last seen in front of Central Kitsap Junior High School, getting into the truck of a 19-year-old acquaintance. According to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, the two 14-year-olds have been located in New...
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By Tonya McKiever Staff Writer tonyam@nwanews.com December 18, 2005 BELLA VISTA ‹ Her heart hadn¹t stopped aching for her him, but Tosha Blevins believed that she would never again lay eyes on her son. At least, she believed that until just a few weeks ago. Blevins, of Bella Vista, said her son, Stephen...
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Second girl featured in ‘Picture Them Home’ returns By JENNIFER MENSTER Record Staff Writer December 14, 2005 BLACK MOUNTAIN – A family in Black Mountain got an early Christmas gift this past weekend. Their 17-year-old daughter, Samantha Stinson, came home. The teen ran away Dec. 20, 2004. Several companies in Hickory helped search...
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