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Man Charged With Sexual Battery In Virginia After Victim Comes Forward Six Years Later: Police Man Charged With Sexual Battery In Virginia After Victim Comes Forward Six Years Later: Police
Man Charged With Sexual Battery In Virginia After Victim Comes Forward Six Years Later: Police A 33-year-old man was arrested recently when allegations of sexual abuse involving a minor he knew back in 2018 came to light in Prince William County, police say. Manassas resident William Alexander Cruz Escobar is facing charges after detectives concluded an investigation involving he and a child who was known to him at the time. According to the Prince William County Police Department, earlier this week, Cruz Escobar was taken into custody following a probe into a sexual assault that was reported to have occurred in Manassas in February 2018. Investigators say that the victim,…

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VA Man Accused Of Touching Students With Disabilities Inappropriately On School Bus: Sheriff VA Man Accused Of Touching Students With Disabilities Inappropriately On School Bus: Sheriff
VA Man Accused Of Touching Students With Disabilities Inappropriately On School Bus: Sheriff A 22-year-old Fredericksburg man is behind bars after allegedly sexually abusing multiple disabled children on a school bus in Spotsylvania, the sheriff's office announced on Saturday. Miguel Velasquez Velasco has been arrested and charged following an investigation into reports of students that were inappropriately touched on a bus, officials say. According to a spokesperson from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, Velasquez Velasco was arrested on Thursday by members of the agency's "Child Victim Unit."  It is alleged that Velasquez Velasco assaulted three separ…

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Man Accused Of Attempted Rape, Sexual Battery Of Minor In Virginia: Police Man Accused Of Attempted Rape, Sexual Battery Of Minor In Virginia: Police
Man Accused Of Attempted Rape, Sexual Battery Of Minor In Virginia: Police The investigation into reported sexual assaults involving a minor years ago in Prince William County landed a 70-year-old man behind bars over the weekend, police say. Arturo Reyes turned himself in to police following an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct that concluded on Friday, Aug. 30, officials said on Tuesday. According to the Prince William County Police Department, between November 2018 and November 2019, when the victim was under the age of 15, Reyes is accused of sexually assaulting a person known to him on more than one occasion. The crimes were recently reported, pro…

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Children's Rapist Gets 3 Life Sentences In Prison, Officials In Loudoun County Say Children's Rapist Gets 3 Life Sentences In Prison, Officials In Loudoun County Say
Children's Rapist Gets 3 Life Sentences In Prison, Officials In Loudoun County Say A Loudoun County man who raped two children he was supposed to have been caring for over the course of two years will likely be spending the rest of his life behind bars. Brener Mateo Sorto was sentenced to three life sentences plus 15 years in prison before Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Matthew P. Snow on June 6. He was sentenced for two counts of rape of a child younger than thirteen years old, one count of sodomy of a child younger than thirteen years old, one count of aggravated sexual battery of a child younger than thirteen years old, and one count of indecent liberties take…

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