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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The Treasure Coast runaways were located after a newspaper article about missing children appeared. By Gabriel Margasak staff writer October 14, 2005 STUART – Two missing runaway girls have been located safe and sound after hearing about themselves being featured in a newspaper article about missing children, sheriff’s officials said. Cassandra Rocha, 14,...
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By Jerry Schanke 10/05/2005 An attempt by a masked intruder to abduct two 10-year-old twin girls from their Vienna home shortly after midnight Sunday, Oct. 2, may prove to be as ironic as it was unnerving, resulting in the arrest later the same day of the girls’ martial arts instructor, Andrew M. Jacobs,...
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The aim is to quickly deploy the team to respond to reports of missing children By STEVE THOMPSON September 30, 2005 NEW PORT RICHEY – The Sheriff’s Office says 1.3 kids are likely to be murdered in Pasco County this year. That’s if statistics from previous years are any indication. The number of...
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By Brianne E. Boykin The News Herald Thursday, May 5, 2005 Editor’s Note: It is The News Herald’s policy not to name a victim of sexual assault. MORGANTON – A 13-year-old girl walked into the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning. Detectives had been searching for the girl since Saturday. The girl told detectives...
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Kevin Duchschere, Star Tribune March 4, 2005 COKATO0304 COKATO, MINN. — Finally, an abduction incident notable more for what didn’t happen than what did. The guy in the van failed three times to kidnap different girls. The girls didn’t lose their cool, registering enough detail about the man and his vehicle before running...
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Undercover officers will train to pose as kids ERIC FRAZIER Child molesters prowling for victims on the Internet will soon stand a greater chance of running into undercover officers. A new N.C. law, combined with a ramped-up police training program, will bring tougher penalties and higher numbers of undercover officers onto the Internet....
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The 14-year-old girl, missing more than a month, was in Hazel Dell with a 34-year-old man WENDY OWEN VANCOUVER — Salem police Tuesday arrested a 14-year-old Oregon runaway on a probation violation after she was found Monday night in a Vancouver-area motel. A Clark County sheriff’s deputy found the girl at a Hazel...
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