Sexual Misconduct

SOUTH BEND — In the wake of the Penn State scandal, University of Notre Dame President the Rev. John I. Jenkins recently sent an e-mail to students and employees reminding them of their obligation to report cases of suspected abuse and other...

NILES — The sentencing of a Niles teenager in a video sex extortion case was adjourned Monday in Berrien County Trial Court to make certain the teen adheres to an agreement to testify against a co-defendant.Leon Murphy, 18 when he and four other...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A former Baptist pastor in West Michigan who was charged with sexually assaulting two boys has made a plea deal with prosecutors. The Grand Rapids Press reports (http://bit.ly/rCGVsL) 46-year-old Tedd Butler on Monday...

Police say a 17-year-old boy was arrested Thursday after they were told that another boy was sexually assaulted by five juveniles at Mishawaka High School between Jan. 1, 2010, and May 31, 2010. The suspect is currently being held at the JJC on charges...

SOUTH BEND — A 20-year-old woman accused of trying to stab a University of Notre Dame student in a campus dorm room Dec. 4 is no longer enrolled at the university, according to a Notre Dame spokesman. Meanwhile, prosecutors are reviewing Notre...

A 17-year-old Mishawaka student appeared in juvenile court Monday afternoon for his role in an alleged sexual assault. A detention hearing was held to determine whether he should remain in custody or be turned over to his parents while police continue...

MISHAWAKA – St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office says they have not completed their investigation on the Mishawaka High School sex assault allegations. A 15-year-old Mishawaka student filed a report last Thursday claiming he had been...

Two updates to a story we’ve been following: The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office has filed Attempted Criminal Deviate Conduct charges against six juveniles in relation to an alleged sex assault at Mishawaka High School in 2010. And one...

MISHAWAKA — Authorities are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a 3-year-old girl over the weekend. The girl’s mother said she found a scratch in the child’s genital area Saturday and took her to an area hospital for a rape...

NILES — Martell Miller already faces sex and extortion charges. Now, two new charges in an unrelated case will go to trial. Miller sat in the same spot in Judge Scott Scofield's courtroom a month ago when he faced five sex and extortion charges for...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former employee alleges that workers at a U.S. Cellular store in Iowa routinely searched customers' phones for naked pictures and showed them off to each other when they were found. Lisa Blazek alleges in a sexual...

SOUTH BEND — Students who report sexual assaults at the University of Notre Dame are now assigned a trained resource coordinator, don’t have to face their alleged assailant in a hearing room and may appeal any decision reached by a campus...