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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: Sex Crimes, Prosecution
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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: Restaurants, Elections, Rape, Crimes, Assault
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Notre Dame making changes to sex assault response
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - The University of Notre Dame has agreed to make changes in how it handles investigations of campus sexual assaults as a result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Specifically, the...Tags: Euclid, Justice and Rights, Labor Legislation, Elections, Laws
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Seeberg's father wants her tragedy to help other students
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterA year after the death of Elizabeth "Lizzy" Seeberg, her family is starting to heal, helped in large part by their Catholic faith. "We found at our core our faith, our family and our church standing with us, standing strong," said Tom Seeberg, the father...Tags: Crimes, Sex Crimes, Assault, U.S. Department of Education, Suicide
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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, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Sex Crimes, Assault
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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: Sex Crimes, Trials, Rape, 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, Labor Day, Health and Safety at School, Police Arrests, Personal Data Collection
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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: Literature, Sex Crimes, Authors, Assault, Minority Groups
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Probation ordered in Niles 'sextortion' case
South Bend TribuneNILES — The last of five Niles teenagers accused of what some have called “sextortion’’ received a probation sentence today in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles. Although Judge Scott Schofield and Berrien Assistant Prosecutor...Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Court Preliminary, Prosecution, Sex Crimes
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Plea bargain ends Niles sex video trial
South Bend TribuneNILES — A Niles teenager accepted a plea-bargain agreement this morning in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles, ending his trial before a jury could be seated. The agreement will result in a maximum one-year jail sentence for the teen, Martell...Tags: Prisons, Music, Court Preliminary, Punishment, Prosecution
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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: Dismemberment, Police Investigations, Chemical Industry, Court Preliminary, Murder
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