Virginia Infant Left Brain Damaged, Blind After Being Brutally Shaken By Soldier: DOJ
A Virginia soldier violently shook a crying newborn until she flipped and landed on her head—then lied about it, leaving the child with permanent brain damage and blindness, officials said.
A former US Army soldier based at Fort Belvoir has pleaded guilty to brutally shaking a 16-day-old infant, causing severe injuries that left her legally blind and permanently brain damaged, according to federal prosecutors.
Austin Blair Johnson, 35, entered the guilty plea on Friday, May 30, in US District Court in Alexandria, the US Attorney’s Office announced.
Johnson was serving active duty when the …
Woodbridge Mom Beat Son With Belt, Choked Him In Domestic Incident, Police Say
A Virginia mother is facing charges after police say she choked her young son and hit him with a belt at their Woodbridge home.
Danielle Alexis Hill, 34, of Woodbridge, is accused of strangling and physically disciplining her son — a boy under the age of 10 — during a domestic incident, according to the Prince William County Police Department.
Police say the assault happened on Thursday, May 22, in their family home in the 14500 block of Gideon Drive.
The following day, the child reported the incident to school staff, who then contacted police. A school nurse evaluated the victim and found…
8-Year-Old Girl Assaulted For Over A Year, Rapist Sentenced To Up To 50 Years: Lancaster DA
A Lancaster city man who repeatedly raped a young girl starting when she was 8 years old has been sentenced to decades in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday, May 21.
Stephen Kane Molina, 30, pleaded guilty on Monday, May 20 to 13 charges, including Felony Rape of a Child, Felony Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child, Felony Criminal Attempt of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child, and Felony Unlawful Contact with a Minor, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Judge Merrill Spahn sentenced Molina to 13 to 50 years in state prison.
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Retired Maryland Firefighter Raped Junior Firefighter At Home, Station In The 90s, Police Say
A retired firefighter in Maryland has been charged with raping a teen junior firefighter at his home and inside a fire station in the 1990s, authorities announced on Tuesday.
John Inman, 61, of Myrtle Beach, is facing second-degree rape and child abuse-custodian charges after turning himself in on Friday, May 17, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.
Detectives say the victim was between 13 and 17 years old when Inman, a paid firefighter at the time, sexually assaulted them several times from 1991 to 1996.
The assaults happened at Inman’s home and at the Hyattsville Fi…
Fake Strasburg Chiropractor Sexually Assaults Amish Women, Girl, DA Says
A Strasburg Township man is accused of sexually assaulting nine victims — including a child — while posing as a chiropractor for more than 20 years, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, May 19.
John Miller Esh, 61, allegedly used phony chiropractic and massage sessions to violate women and a girl from Lancaster County’s Plain community, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. The abuse began in 2002 and took place at his home on the 1700 block of Beaver Valley Pike and multiple other locations, investigators said.
Dozens Of Sessions, Thousands Paid, Victims S…
