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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: Punishment, Trials, Sex Crimes, Judges, Justice System
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Notre Dame to host Sexual Assault Awareness Week events
SOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame will host "A Time to Heal" dinner and discussion starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday as part of the campus’ Sexual Assault Awareness Week activities. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the event at Legends of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Crimes, Politics, St. Joseph County (Indiana), 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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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: Crimes, Trials, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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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: Lawyers, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Prisons, 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: Joe Donnelly, Politics, Democratic Party, Television Industry, St. Louis
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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: Theft, Roseland, Trials, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Sex Crimes
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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: U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Science and Technology
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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: Crimes, Criminals, Punishment, Lawyers, Trials
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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: Lawyers, Sex Crimes, Prisons, Judges, Justice System
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Proposed Indiana bill: Rapists, child molesters must serve at least 85 percent of sentence
A committee of Indiana senators gave its blessing Monday to a plan that would keep violent felons in prison longer and downgrade punishments for many thefts and drug crimes.
The proposal comes at the urging of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, who has asked...Tags: Child Abuse, Theft, Crimes, Politics, Lawyers
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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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