SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington State Patrol employee has been arrested in a sting operation after showing up at a hotel room where he expected to find two children but was instead met by a SWAT team,...

RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — A Rhinelander hospital employee is accused of secretly videotaping an unclothed patient.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office says the 31-year-old Three Lakes man was...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has ordered flags to be lowered at half-staff on all public buildings across the state on Saturday after the death of FBI agent Laura...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — AP source: Multiple FBI agents shot serving warrant in child exploitation case in Florida; extent of injuries unknown.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man who sexually abused three young children related to women he knew or dated has been ordered to serve nine consecutive life sentences.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Fresno police officer was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing child pornography, authorities said.

Jeffrey Logue, 44, of Fresno was arrested at police...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three Black female former detectives have accused the Kansas City Police Department of discriminating against them because of their race and gender during an internal probe...

LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge has set bond at $11 million for a man facing more than 100 counts of child pornography.

The Office of the Louisiana Attorney General said Janson Taji...

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire has received more than $2 million in grants to study child sex trafficking and the role of technology cyberstalking and other crimes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added a pooch to the force who can sniff out hard drives, flash drives and other electronic storage devices that could hold...

TRENTON, N..J (AP) — An extensive investigation that targeted people who sexually exploited children online has netted 21 arrests in New Jersey,

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — The 39-year-old son of former Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg has been arrested, days after she announced she was immediately resigning from her...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors refile child rape charges against leader of Mexican megachurch.

UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) — A convicted Vermont sex offender has been charged with possessing child pornography.

U.S. Attorney for Vermont Christina Nolan said Ryan Beaulieu, 43, of Underhill, was...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City, Kansas, school resource officer faces a maximum of just over 14 years in prison after pleading no contest to sex crimes against...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio child psychologist who once wrote a weekly parenting column has been indicted on 145 counts related to downloading child pornography, authorities said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man charged with having tens of thousands of digital images and about 200 videos of child pornography pleaded guilty Friday, federal prosecutors said.

Thirteen men who arranged through social media platforms to meet what they thought were children between the ages of 13 and 15 for sex have been arrested, Rhode Island State Police announced...

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — University of New Hampshire researchers are getting a four-year grant to track trends in the use of technology to sexually exploit children.

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio Catholic priest pleaded not guilty to 21 child pornography-related counts in a Cleveland courtroom on Wednesday.

The Rev. Robert McWilliams, 39, was indicted last...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty in federal court to transporting child pornography, the U.S. attorney's office said.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A former southern Illinois priest who pleaded guilty last year to distributing child pornography and processing methamphetamine was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former Colchester classroom assistant has been sentenced to two years in prison for possession of child pornography.

CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man wearing a Santa hat thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl for sex Tuesday, but instead he was greeted by sheriff's deputies, authorities said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio television weatherman accused of downloading child porn emailed himself nearly 16,000 such images to view on other devices, investigators said in recently...

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — A Pinal County detention officer has been arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Phoenix police said the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children...

READING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania enacts law ending time limits for criminal charges in future child sexual abuse cases.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An elementary school teacher in Virginia has been arrested on child pornography charges and fired from his job.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that 34-year-old Brett A....

ELKTON, Md. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Maryland man with distribution and possession of child pornography, also accusing him of secretly recording a teenager in a private location.

MENDOZA, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has convicted two priests of abusing deaf children at a Catholic-run school.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A priest who served at several southern Illinois parishes has pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography and the possession of methamphetamine.

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — A research center at the University of New Hampshire is getting a federal grant to support police officers and others who investigate crimes involving child sexual abuse...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi are looking for more victims of a man they accuse of molesting children as young as 8 years old and distributing pornographic images.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Attorney General’s office says longtime Idaho political figure Martin “Marty” Peterson was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Ward County sheriff's officials say a man from Canada has been arrested for trying to lure a minor for sex.

The North Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force...

LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) — A private school teacher and baseball coach in Georgia is being accused of possessing child pornography.

News outlets report 37-year-old Brandon Lybrand was arrested...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Connecticut youth baseball coach who arranged to meet with a 14-year-old boy to engage in illicit sexual activity has been sentenced to five years in...

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for possession of child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Bart Davis said in a prepared statement that...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's attorney general says more than 40 people were arrested over two months in a crackdown on internet crimes against children.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a member of the Vermont Air National Guard has been charged with transporting and possessing child pornography.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says nearly 1,700 people have been arrested following a two-month crackdown aimed at targeting suspected child predators.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's top state and federal prosecutors said Wednesday they had completed an operation designed to protect the state's children by arresting eight men on charges related...

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire authorities say 12 arrests have been made as part of "Operation Cyber Guardian" to target people intent to sexually exploit children through the use of technology...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for child molestation.

Kunwar Chadha was sentenced Thursday in Superior Court in Providence. A jury found...

PHOENIX (AP) — A state grand jury has indicted six Arizona men on child sexual exploitation charges.

The Arizona attorney general's office says the indictments are in addition to 14 others...