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Ex-NE Ind. college football player sentenced in rape
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A former University of Saint Francis football player who pleaded guilty last month to the rape of an incapacitated woman at a party has been sentenced to six years in prison. The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/...Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Judges, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Third former athlete pleads guilty in sex assault
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The last of three former athletes from a college in northeast Indiana has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman at a party. Former University of Saint Francis football player Austin Bower pleaded...
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Defendant in Texas rape case vanishes during trial
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — The first defendant to face trial among a group of men and boys accused of repeatedly raping a young Texas girl vanished Wednesday during a break in the proceedings, following emotionally charged testimony from the alleged...Tags: Prisons, Court Preliminary, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Misconduct, Judges
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Indiana pols distance themselves from Akin comment
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Indiana congressmen who backed legislation that would have denied abortion funding for victims of statutory rape and incest criticized a Missouri Senate candidate Monday over his comments suggesting women can avoid getting...Tags: Andre Carson, Politics, Mike Huckabee, Government, Todd Akin
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Guilty plea given in Roseland motel rape case
South Bend Tribune Staff ReporterSix years after he broke into a Roseland hotel room and raped a guest, a Gary man has pleaded guilty to the crime. On Tuesday, Mwamba Ruffin, now 35, pleaded guilty to committing two separate rapes that occurred just hours apart in July 2006, one at...Tags: Court Preliminary, Roseland, Abusive Behavior, Theft, Sex Crimes
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Judge grants only part of South Bend rape victim's request
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- A local judge has ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction erred in 2010 when it released Robert Kemp Jr. from prison, three days before he attacked and raped a woman in a South Bend Walgreens bathroom. But on all other matters for...Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Judges, Sex Crimes, Mitch Daniels
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UPDATE: Teen charged in alleged Lakeville rape, bond reduction denied
SOUTH BEND TRIBUNESOUTH BEND — A 16-year-old boy is facing felony rape and child molesting charges for allegedly having nonconsensual sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to court documents filed earlier this month in St. Joseph Superior Court. The alleged...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of...Tags: Prisons, Sex Crimes, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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130 years behind bars for Walgreens rape
SOUTH BEND - After she was sworn in, the 20-year-old victim sat down on the witness stand in St. Joseph Superior Court, and unfolded a sheet of paper in her hands.
Seated across the courtroom was a handcuffed Robert Kemp, the man who was convicted of...Tags: Justice System, Crimes, Punishment, Judges, Criminals
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Indiana takes new steps to curb domestic violence
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana State Department of Health says it's taking steps to curb domestic violence after a survey showed one in five women in Indiana have been raped and that more than two in five have experienced sexual violence other than...Tags: Abusive Behavior, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Elkhart man says he was drugged and raped while giving friend a ride
South Bend TribuneThe last thing he told police he remembers is giving an acquaintance a ride to South Bend. Then he woke up in the back seat of his car wearing nothing but his underwear after being drugged and raped, police said. The victim, an Elkhart man, told South...Tags: Sex Crimes
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Mishawaka woman said she was raped
MISHAWAKA — A Mishawaka woman told police she was raped by a male friend of hers early Monday morning.
Officers were dispatched to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center later that day regarding a sexual assault report.
The victim said was lying...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault
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