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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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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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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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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Nov. 10, 2005 By Patty Brandl A former South Main Street motel that has been vacant since 2003 apparently provided temporary lodging for a teen runaway from Washington state and two others, police officials say. The property, which is owned by Dairyland Investments Inc., is in receivership following an earlier foreclosure. The court-appointed...
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Teen’s 2-month ordeal ends with arrest of pair Judi Villa and Lindsey Collom The Arizona Republic Nov. 9, 2005 12:00 AM Since September, the 15-year-old girl had been raped repeatedly, threatened with death and sold for sex over the Internet, police said. Her captors hid the runaway in a hollowed-out box spring covered...
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Text Messages Used To Track Down Teen, Man She Was Going To Meet November 1, 2005 HOUSTON — An Amber Alert for a missing Fort Bend County teen was called off Tuesday after the girl was found on a bus in Georgia, KPRC Local 2 reported. Meagan Minton, 16, was found safe and...
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Tuesday, 01 November 2005 Two local teenagers who police believe ran away with a 42-year-old man last week have been found. The man and one of the teenagers are in police custody in Amarillo, Texas. The other teenager has returned home. Brittney Leigh Kennedy, 16, St. Hilaire, returned home Saturday after calling her...
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