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NEWS ABOUT: sex assault

sex assault stories: 7 news summaries

Do-Nothing Bystanders Watched, Filmed Calif. Rape

Two arrests made in vicious 2-hour attack

Oct 27, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two arrests have been made in a homecoming night rape of a 15-year-old high school student that was witnessed by as many as 15 do-nothing bystanders. Some may have even participated in the two-hour attack in a San Francisco suburb while others apparently filmed the assault with cell phones, according... More »

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California • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • homecoming • sex assault

 Parents Track 
 Sex Offender 
 Homes for 
 Halloween 

But critics warn that friends, family members are responsible for most kid assaults

Oct 12, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parents are preparing for their kids' trick or treating this year with a costume, candy bag—and a map of all the sex offenders in the neighborhood. Concerned families are turning to an iPhone application locating sex offender addresses to plan routes on the spooky night. "With Halloween, I'm... More »

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iPhone • children • child molestation • sex offenders • Halloween • molestation • child rape • sex assault

(Newser) - The California man held in the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard boasts of an ability to "speak in the tongue of angels" granted by "the Creator" in rantings in his religious blog, reports Gawker. The power came to Phillip Garrido after God "removed a problem from my shoulders... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • child rape • sex assault • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

(Newser) - Naked photographers, orders to strip for no reason and sex assaults are a troubling part of the modeling business and involve some of the top names in fashion, according to a new documentary by a popular model. "Every girl I have talked to has a story," model Sara... More »

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fashion • sexual harassment • runway • model • photographers • fashion industry • sex assault

(Newser) - An Argentine man fathered seven children with a daughter in sex attacks that began when the girl was 8, new DNA evidence proves, reports the BBC. Armando Lucero, 67, had claimed the girl, now 35, was not his biological daughter. He is currently on trial for incest and sex assault,... More »

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crime • child molestation • Argentina • incest • child rape • sex assault

 Dad Killed 
 Daughter 
 Carrying 
 His Baby: Cops 

Body is tossed into boiler

May 14, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old girl strangled by her father was carrying his baby, prosecutors revealed yesterday. Miguel Matias, 36, has confessed to killing his daughter because he caught the teen typing  "sexy things" on her computer, reports the New York Daily News. Authorities have now discovered that DNA taken from girl's... More »

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parenting • crime • murder • fetus • teen sex • incest • teenager • sex assault

(Newser) - An international pedophile gang that preyed on infants through teens has been convicted in a groundbreaking case in Scotland that sentenced lawbreakers for the first time for conspiring to carry out sex attacks, reports the Times of London. The eight men will be imprisoned for an indefinite period until they... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • pedophile • sexual abuse • sexual assault • molestation • child rape • pedophilia • sex assault

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