Crimes Against Children

Judge Charissa Liller called Shane and Crystal Robertson two of the worst parents she had seen after seven children were found behind a padlocked refrigerator in West Rockhill while a…

DIICOT's August 2024 search of Andrew Tate's compound grew into a minors indictment. A Miami judge denied bail on September 9, 2026, as Britain sought extradition. The brothers deny the…

Chrystul Kizer received 11 years for reckless homicide in the death of Randall Volar, the man she said trafficked her. The trafficking defense never reached a jury.

A Dothan jury convicted Leroy Thomas Joyner Jr. of transporting a minor across state lines for illegal sexual activity. He is serving 300 months at FCC Yazoo City Low after…

Louisiana Act 651 lets judges add surgical castration for some sex crimes against children under 13. The corrections department says no surgeon is under contract and none has been performed.

Rendell Hoagland is serving life without parole for killing his daughter Malinda, 12. Cindy Warren has pleaded not guilty, and a Chester County judge continued her trial to a March…

Don Massey told a bankruptcy judge the New Orleans archdiocese refused to investigate 11 clergy already found credible, while survivor payouts remain capped near $641,000.

Mint Butterfield, 16, was found uninjured in a San Francisco van. Marin County charged two adults with child abduction under a law that rejects a minor's consent.

Brie'ann Battle sued Kinder Kids and Artea Kirkland after video showed a worker pinning her 4-year-old and carrying him by the ankles. The center's license stayed on the books.

Hunter Smiley of Newcastle was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his 9-month-old son and sentenced to life with parole eligibility in 2063. He was still on probation…