FARMINGTON, New Mexico – A Farmington Police officer has been arrested as a suspect in a sex crimes investigation. 26-yo Richard Emmert was identified by two of his relatives. He was immediately placed on administrative leave. On Friday, he was arrested for two counts of criminal sexual penetration with a child under 13 years old, one count of sexual penetration with a child 13 to 18 years old, one criminal sexual contact of a minor with a child under 13 years of age and one count of incest. READ MORE HERE

KENTUCKY – A Lewis County couple has been arrested in connection to the rape and sexual abuse of a child who was under the age of 12, according to Kentucky State Police. Phillip R. Caseman, 55 of Garrison and Maria A. Caseman, 51, of Garrison were arrested about 2:44 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 by Kentucky State Police, assisted by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department. According to State Police, Phillip Caseman is charged with six counts of Sexual Abuse of a victim under the age of 12, four counts of Rape of a victim under the age of 12, three counts Sexual Abuse, one count of Incest, one count of Tampering with Physical Evidence and one count of Unlawful Transaction with a Minor. READ MORE HERE

A South Australia man who sexually tortured his wife and two sons for more than three decades has been sentenced to 20 years in jail with a non-parole period of 12 years. The man – who was not named – made his wife and sons live a nomadic lifestyle so that he could exploit physically, sexually, emotionally and financially, without fear of exposure.  He also forced his sons to wear his wife’s clothes before sexually abusing them, at times tying them up and using objects. READ MORE HERE

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan – A local mother and her boyfriend are facing charges in connection with the death of her 18 month-old son. William Mark Warren, 23, of Detroit, and Brandee Danielle Wright, 22, from Warren, were arrested Thursday. According to police, Wright and Warren brought her son, 18-month-old Amere Carver, to McLaren Macomb Hospital on Aug. 11. READ MORE HERE

PIERRE, South Dakota – Former Walworth County state attorney was sentenced to 50-years in prison on two counts of first-degree rape of a child. 35-year-old Chris Jansen was indicted last year in court on six counts of child rape charges. He pleaded guilty to two of the alleged counts; the remaining  charges will be dropped as part of a plea deal bargain. The charges stem from child sexual assaults committed with three young boys – all under the age of 13. The assaults continued for over a period of up to eight years. READ MORE HERE

BATAVIA, N.Y. –  A woman who prosecutors say lived with her dead baby girl’s body for three months was charged Saturday with murder. Christina Colantonio, 28, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of her daughter, Genesee County District Attorney Lawrence Friedman said. READ MORE HERE

Batavia mother accused of killing daughter released

Batavia mother accused of killing daughter released

Prosecutors on Monday upped the charge against the 20-year-old Lincoln man accused of kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl. Cody Riddle already had faced charges of kidnapping with voluntary release, first-degree sexual assault of a child and burglary, which together could get him 21 years to life if he’s convicted. READ MORE HERE

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DURHAM, N.C. – A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy says he heard wailing in the darkness and plunged into an apartment complex’s pond at night to rescue two young girls who, police say, had been thrown there to drown by their father. Durham County Sheriff’s Deputy David Earp was off duty and says he rushed out with little more than his department T-shirt, badge and flashlight after the apartment manager called him at home around 9 p.m. Sunday to report some kind of trouble.

“I heard something about children, that they might possibly be in trouble,” Earp said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. “And after I was informed that there were kids involved, instinct took over just to go out there and rescue them.” READ MORE HERE

An Olympic gymnastics coach facing child molestation and sexual misconduct charges in Indianapolis was found dead in his jail cell on Saturday night in an apparent suicide, authorities said. The coach, Marvin Sharp, 49, was discovered just after 8 p.m. at the county jail where he was being held, Marion County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Katie Carlson said. Authorities believe he committed suicide, she said. READ MORE HERE

Los Angeles, CA – A man who threw his 4-year-old daughter to her death off a Palos Verdes cliff was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole, nearly 15 years after the murder and following three criminal trials. Cameron John Brown, 53, was sentenced in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for throwing his child Lauren Sarene Key off 120-foot cliff in Rancho Palos Verdes during a hike in November 2000. READ MORE HERE

A registered sex offender in Thurston County faces 45 months in prison for molesting a 10-year-old girl. Antonio Arias, 29, appeared in shackles Monday in Thurston County Superior Court to plead guilty to a lesser charge of third-degree assault with sexual motivation. He was initially charged with first-degree child molestation. Prosecutors are recommending a 45-month sentence with 15 months of probation. Arias will be prohibited from contacting any minors and must undergo psychological treatment. Sentencing is set for Oct. 12. READ MORE HERE

FLORIDA – A woman who says she was sexually abused 40 years ago only remembered it after she moved next door to her alleged abuser in Alachua County, Florida. The woman, whose identity is only revealed as Tracey, told police that she and her husband moved into a trailer on her alleged abuser’s property. Tracey remembered Donald Truluck, now 66, from her childhood – he had been her aunt’s boyfriend and her mother often left her with him – but remembered nothing about the alleged sexual abuse. She only knew she did not want to be alone with the man, although she was helping care for him because he was sick. READ MORE HERE

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JACKSONVILLE, Florida – A former Mayport sailor was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in the killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in 2010. Nicholas James Rivet, 37, was convicted of second-degree murder in June. He was stationed at Mayport and lived at an off-base housing complex with his daughter, girlfriend and her son, 2-year-old Eddie Robb. READ MORE HERE