Megan’s Law - Protecting Children from Sexual Predators

In California, Megan’s Law “requires convicted sex offenders to register with their local law enforcement agency,” explains Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Stephen Rodriguez. Megan’s Law also “makes it possible for people to get information about the identity and address of registered sex offenders,” the experienced lawyer noted. As an aid to concerned parents and […]

Rape and Sex Crimes - Dugard Kidnapping Shocks Nation

The discovery of Jaycee Lee Dugard living in makeshift tents behind a home in Antioch, California 18 years after her abduction shocked the country. Snatched from a school bus stop near her South Lake Tahoe, CA home in 1991 when she was 11, Dugard had been held in isolation by a convicted sex offender who […]

Rape - So You Think You Can Dance Star Charged with Rape

Choreographer Alex Da Silva had better brush up on his fancy footwork, though that’s what seems to have gotten the So You Think You Can Dance tango king into trouble. Da Silva was arrested at his North Hollywood home yesterday on charges of rape and other sex crimes. On behalf of four of Da Silva’s […]

Rape - Man Uses Craigslist to Arrange Wife’s Rape

Craigslist is under attack again. A North Carolina husband used the popular classified advertising website to find a rapist to act out his sexual fantasies on his unsuspecting wife. The husband arranged for a man he found on craigslist to rape his wife at knifepoint while he watched. The wife told the Associated Press she has […]

Rape - LAPD Clearing Rape Kit Backlog

The Los Angeles Police Department reports that it has cleared nearly two-thirds of the backlogged rape test kits found in a 2008 city audit and expects to clear the remaining 4,500 by the summer of 2010. In a scandal that made the national news, a 2008 city audit of the LAPD discovered a backlog of […]

Murder - DNA Exposes Serial Killer

Los Angeles police recently charged a 72-year-old insurance claims adjuster with the murder of two women in the 1970s and say he may have committed at least 30 rape/murders since the 1970s. Los Angeles’ most prolific serial killer, Floyd Thomas, a twice-convicted sexual offender, was exposed when a sample of his DNA was taken as part of […]

Rape, Murder of 8-Year-Old Shocks California Town

In a case that defies understanding, 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby was charged yesterday with the kidnapping, rape and murder of her daughter’s 8-year-old playmate. Sandra Cantu’s body was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a pond not far from her Stockton, California home. The suitcase has been identified as belonging to Huckaby. Huckaby, a […]

Celebrity Accused of Rape in Los Angeles

Chris Rock, television and movie star, was accused by a former model of raping her, talking about her negatively on Howard Stern’s radio show and having a criminal private investigator track her.
Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without […]

Tips for Protecting Your Child from Sexual Predators

To protect our children from the violence of sexual predators, every state in the U. S. now has a Megan’s Law in place, including California. California’s Megan’s Law requires convicted sex offenders to register with their local law enforcement agency. The law also makes it possible for the public to obtain the identity and addresses […]

Using California’s Megan’s Law to Track Sex Offenders

Megan Kanka was a typical 7-year-old, full of fun and life and excitement for the surprises that came with each new day. On July 29, 1994, she spent the morning riding her bike in the summer sunshine. She was excited when her neighbor offered to show her his new puppy. A day later, New Jersey […]

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