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Law enforcement officials may enforce the law, but they are not above the law. One official may be finding that out the hard way. A veteran FBI special agent has been arrested in Louisiana, according to a local Louisiana news source, and stands accused of a variety of sex crimes. These sex crimes span at least […]

A 19-year-old man from Tyler, Texas, has been arrested on the charges of human trafficking and sexual assault after allegedly kidnapping a girl from her home in Florence, Alabama. The 13-year-old girl, a minor who the man met through an ongoing thread of Instagram messages, was reported as a missing person on the morning of […]

Ride-sharing services offer people an easy and convenient way to get around, but how do you know if it’s safe? That’s a major question that many rideshare services are still grappling with, especially after one recent Texas incident.   A 41-year-old man driving for a rideshare service in Austin now stands accused of sexually assaulting one […]

A Texas woman was convicted of child sex trafficking by a federal grand jury earlier this month for her role in coercing a child under the age of 18 to produce child pornography and to engage in commercial sex acts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI. The Dallas woman was convicted on […]

A former Texas state trooper faces federal and state charges of sexual abuse. The allegations stem from two separate traffic stops in August of 2020. In each instance, the officer pulled over a car containing a woman during a traffic stop.  The female complainant was a passenger in the car in both cases. In the […]

Texas prosecutors take sex crimes seriously and will pursue the maximum penalty against perpetrators. Age does not protect an assailant from criminal conviction, which a Dallas resident, 74 years old, learned in August 2020 when he was arrested on serial rapist charges. The man (called “the August suspect” in this blog) stands accused of being […]

Sex crimes are one of the most hotly prosecuted crimes in the state of Texas. That is something that Luke Armstrong, son of cyclist Lance Armstrong, may find out firsthand. According to a major Austin news outlet, Luke Armstrong has now been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a child.   The incident in question occurred […]

A Longview man who drove from his East Texas home to Garland after arranging to have sex with a 10-year-old girl was recently sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison, according to a report from the Dallas Morning News. According to the Dallas Morning News, 41-year-old Keith Lee Merchant was sentenced to 365 […]

Being high-profile doesn’t protect you from the consequences of high-profile allegations. This is something that a well-known Texas sports figure is finding out. Several local media outlets are reporting that a second lawsuit has been filed against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Both pending lawsuits allege that the star QB made inappropriate sexual advances. Problems first emerged […]

Cheer, the Netflix six-part docuseries that aired in January 2020, follows a cheer team from Navarro College preparing for the annual National Cheerleading Championship. It captures the highs and lows of being a competitive cheerleader and what it takes to win. Unfortunately, some stars of the show are now facing allegations of sexual misconduct. According to federal […]