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Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse Year After Daughter's DC Conviction Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse Year After Daughter's DC Conviction
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse Year After Daughter's DC Conviction The father of a Pennsylvania woman who was accused of stealing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was convicted of sexually abusing a girl on Wednesday, Oct. 30 — just two days after the trial began, according to court documents and the Dauphin County District Attorney's office.  Rickey Williams, 55, — a security guard from Dauphin County — touched the girl when she was between the ages of 8 and 18. Judge William T. presided over the trial.  She came forward about the abuse within two weeks after police allegedly caught him soliciting a video of a 14-ye…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
'Horrific' Sex Assault: CT Couple Convicted Of Abusing 2 Minors, 1 Adult Related To Them 'Horrific' Sex Assault: CT Couple Convicted Of Abusing 2 Minors, 1 Adult Related To Them
'Horrific' Sex Assault: CT Couple Convicted Of Abusing 2 Minors, 1 Adult Related To Them A Connecticut couple convicted of sexually abusing a trio of relatives — two of them kids — will spend years behind bars, authorities announced.  Former Tolland County residents Carlos Rivera and Taina Rivera, both age 43, of Vernon, were sentenced to 20 years a piece in prison in what prosecutors called a series of "horrific" assaults, the Connecticut Department of Justice said.  The abuse lasted for years for the two underage victims, authorities, the prosecutor said.  The two minor victims were 13 when the abuse began, authorities said. A boy told police he was first assa…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs Federal investigators said a former anesthesiologist fellow at Boston Children's Hospital traded child pornography on a messaging app to get access to other videos and photos of children as young as infants being sexually abused by adults.  Christopher Sheerer, 35, of Boston, is charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Homeland Security investigators said. Sheerer was previously a cardiac anesthesiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and attended Albright University in Reading, Pennsylvania, a…

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by Josh Lanier