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Cambridge, MA
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Mass School Bus Driver Accused Of Raping Child Younger Than 14
A 32-year-old Marlborough man has been arrested and charged with raping a young boy last year when he visited the man's home, authorities announced this week. Derek Thistle, of Marlborough, was charged on Friday, May 3, with forcible rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, and open and gross lewdness, the Middlesex District Attorney said. A woman contacted police in July after she said she saw Thistle expose himself to her nephew while on a FaceTime call with the boy, authorities said. When she asked the child about the inci…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Creep Planted Hidden Camera In PA Woman's Bedroom: Cops
A 27-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on accusations he used planted a hidden camera in a woman's home. Ryan Selleny became the center of an investigation on Sunday, March 24 when King of Prussia police got a report from a resident of the Kingswood Apartments about a suspicious device in her unit, the The Upper Merion Police Department said in a release. Officers met with the victim and she was able to point out a small phone plug charger that was plugged into an outlet in her bedroom. Closer inspection of this phone charger revealed it was actually a covert hidden camera, p…
Dorchester, MA
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14-Year-Old Girl Assaulted, Threatened With Knife At MBTA Station In Boston: Police
A 14-year-old girl was assaulted and threatened by a knife-wielding young man at Forest Hills station in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, authorities said. The indecent assault happened at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29, according to MBTA Transit Police. Related: Four Busted For Red Line Assault That Broke Rider's Nose During Robbery Attempt: DA Officers investigated the incident and arrested a teen male on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Related: Teen Pulls Knife On Boston Rail Line Conductor For 'Talking To (His) Shorty': Police No further details about the assault were immediately availabl…
Dorchester, MA
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Toddler Dies After Being Removed From Home Of Winthrop Lieutenant Facing Child Rape Charges: DA
A 2-year-old who was found unresponsive at the Winthrop home of a police lieutenant facing child rape and indecent assault charges has died, officials said. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of the toddler’s death, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. It is the relationship the child had with the police lieutenant. “The initial investigation into the death of a two-year-old in Winthrop today indicates no signs of foul play or physical trauma,” the prosecutor said on Friday, Jan. 26. Related: Winthrop Police Lt. James Feeley Charged…
Amherst, MA
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Western Mass Man Admits To Raping Child; Gets 6 To 7 Years In Prison: DA
A 44-year-old Hampshire County man admitted to repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, authorities said, and now he knows how long he'll spend in prison. Kemal Banatte, of Amherst, was sentenced to six to seven behind bars after he pleaded guilty to one count of statutory rape of a child, one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child over 14, and one count of witness intimidation, the Northwestern District Attorney said. Banatte admitted to raping a child he knew multiple times from 2015 until 2019…
West Chester, PA
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PA Dentist Fondles Patient During Emergency Visit: DA
A Chester County dentist is accused of touching a patient's breasts at his Paoli practice. James Godorecci of Main Line Dental Aesthetics is charged with misdemeanor indecent assault and harassment, said the Chester County District Attorney's Office in a release. In the criminal complaint, the alleged victim told police she had been seeing Godorecci for regular dental care and treatment for her temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ.) The TMJ treatment involved "massage therapy" to the "jaw, neck, and upper chest/shoulder region," according to investigators. Police…
Bethlehem, PA
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Troopers Seek Accused Child Sex Abuser With Ties To Lehigh Valley
State police are looking for Edward J. Massey Jr. Troopers said the 49-year-old is wanted on charges of indecent assault on a person under 13, felony corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of a child. According to court records, the charges were filed in August 2017. Police said Massey is known to frequent Northampton and Monroe counties and has ties to a business in Florida. He is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Stroudsburg at 570-619-6800 or submit an anonymous ti…
Lancaster, PA
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Girl Under 6-Years-Old Sexually Assaulted By Lititz Man, Police Say
A man has been charged in connection with multiple sexual assaults of a girl under the age of six, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced on Monday, Jan. 1., 2024. Detectives began investigating Wesley Franklin Kilpatrick, 27 of Lititz, in July 2023. That's when they "received a report of alleged sexual assault of a female under the age of 6," as stated in the police release. The police explained that the "investigation revealed that Kilpatrick assaulted the victim multiple times during 2021 and 2022." All of the assaults reportedly took place at a home in the 900 …
Dorchester, MA
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) Winthrop Police Lt. Charged With Child Rape Placed On Administrative Leave: DA
Update: Winthrop Police Lieutenant James Feeley appeared in East Boston BMC on child rape and other related charges, the Suffolk District Attorney said on Wednesday, Dec. 27. The assaults happened over the past year, according to the assistant DA. Feeley was arrested by state police on Tuesday night, Dec. 26. He is held on $200,000 bail. Feeley will return to court Jan. 29, 2024, for a probable cause hearing. Original: A police lieutenant in Winthrop has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested and charged with child rape, authorities said. Winthrop P…
Quincy, MA
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Mass Pediatrician Sexually Assaulted 2 Patients Into Their Teen Years: Court Records
Richard Kauff, a retired pediatrician in Norwell, has been accused by former patients of sexually assaulting them for years during their physical examinations, records show. Two women came forward after one of them shared their experiences in a Facebook group called “Mamas of the South Shore,” according to court records filed with the Hingham District Court. They said Kauff would inappropriately and painfully penetrate them with his fingers during annual checkups in the 90s. The alleged assaults happened at South Shore Medical Center in Norwell and Kingston, where Kauff practiced…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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DNA On Tie-Dye Towel Links PA Man To Assault Of Family Member, Police Say
A 38-year-old man has been charged after a towel linked him to months of sexual assaults with a young family member, police announced on Monday, Oct. 23. Around 11:40 a.m. on May 21, 2023, a girl under the age of 16 and her mom reached out to the Lower Allen Township Police Department to inform them "that a family member, John Heinrich George II, had been sexually assaulting her for the last two months," as stated in the release. The incidents happened in Camp Hill beginning on March 2, 2023, according to court documents. During the girl's meeting with the police she "rev…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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15-Year-Old PA Girl Assaulted, Filmed After 'Pattern Of Grooming Behavior' By Neighbor, DA Says
A 39-year-old man has been convicted on several charges for raping a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions and filming it, authorities announced on Friday. William Bradford Ross of Newville was 30 years old when he began to pursue his neighbor's 15-year-old daughter in 2015. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** During the two-day trial, "testimony revealed that Ross had moved into the Shippensburg area" after getting close with the neighbors, he "demonstrated a pattern of grooming behaviors, which culminated in him subjecting the 15-year-old child to frequent oral, anal, and v…
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