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Mich. woman charged with making false rape report
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — A 38-year-old woman has been charged with falsely reporting a rape at her eastern Michigan home, five months after a man convicted of sexually assaulting her in a different case was released from prison because of similar...
Tags: Prosecution, Sex Crimes
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Notre Dame declines to release results of sex assault policy survey
The University of Notre Dame is refusing to release results from a recent sexual assault policy survey that was taken by students. Some of the survey details were given to the university-owned, student-ran newspaper – The Observer. But when WSBT...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Assault, Students, Suicide, Health and Safety at School
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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...
Tags: Trials, Rape, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior
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Lawyer: Girl's assault was shared in photos, texts
SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — The parents of a 15-year-old California girl who took her own life after she was sexually abused and an explicit photo of the assault circulated among her classmates want the three boys who have been arrested in the case...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Personal Data Collection, Suicide, Health and Safety at School
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Ex-prosecutor's novel explores assault biases
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — What's in a name? Well, if it's "Sally," or "Mary," or "David," or "Steve," there can be a lot of assumptions, just based on the name and the gender the name suggests. But what about the name "Sandy"? What if you've never...Tags: Assault, Minority Groups, Literature, Justice System, Lawyers
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COLD CASE FILES: 1975 mysterious murder of Laurel Mitchell
WSBT-TVIt has been nearly 4 decades since a 17-year-old North Webster girl was sexually assaulted, murdered and her body dumped in the Elkhart river. The investigation spanned across Kosciusko and Noble counties. Now, 37 years later, the murder of Laurel...Tags: Sex Crimes
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Colorado teen heard on 911 call saying he killed girl
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A search that set parents in the Denver area on edge last fall, had neighbors casting a suspicious eye on neighbors, and left a family grieving the loss of a 10-year-old ended with the teen suspect telling a 911 dispatcher: "I...
Tags: Assault, Trials, Kidnapping, Court Preliminary, Murder
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Man sentenced in sexual assault of disabled girl
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A 73-year-old Midland County man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled woman beginning when she was 9 years old. MLive.com reports that a Saginaw County Circuit Court judge gave...
Tags: Punishment, Assault, Sexual Misconduct, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior
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No charges for Elkhart Co. commissioner in sex assault investigation
No charges will be filed against Elkhart County Commissioner Terry Rodino. That word came Wednesday from the Allen County prosecutor. A woman accused Rodino of sexual assault, but the prosecutor said after an investigation they don't believe they can...
Tags: Assault, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Sex Crimes
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Police: Man offered to help couple before assault
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police are searching for a man suspected of offering to help a couple in a stalled vehicle before sexually assaulting one of them. Police say a 55-year-woman and her 63-year-old husband were in the vehicle Tuesday on the...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior
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Trial in rape, robbery of woman whose car stalled
DETROIT (AP) — A 22-year-old ex-convict faces trial on accusations that he robbed a couple whose car had stalled in Detroit and sexually assaulted the wife. Police say a 55-year-woman and her 63-year-old husband were in the vehicle Jan. 1 on the...Tags: Theft, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior
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Suspect arraigned in stalled vehicle-sex assault
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police have arrested a 22-year-old ex-convict they say offered to help a husband and wife in a stalled vehicle before sexually assaulting the woman. Police say a 55-year-woman and her 63-year-old husband were in the...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes
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