child sex abuse

A former New Hampshire marina manager has admitted to paying minors who worked for him for sex acts and pornographic images over several years, federal prosecutors said. John E. Murray III, who was a manager at West Alton Marina on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton Bay, pleaded guilty to four counts of sex trafficking a child and 12 counts of producing…

The Massachusetts man who has worked as a magician for over 20 years and is now accused of having sexually explicit images of young boys is expected in court Wednesday. Scott Jameson, 45, of Sutton, Massachusetts, is expected in federal court in Boston at 2 p.m. Wednesday after his arrest last Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A probable…

A Massachusetts man who works as a magician entertaining kids is accused of possessing sexually explicit images of young children. Scott Jameson, 45, of Sutton, Massachusetts, was charged with possession of child pornography. He was arrested Friday morning, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said the investigation is tied to a February 2022 report from Action Pour Les Enfants, a…

Thirteen Massachusetts men allege in a class action lawsuit that they were sexually abused as children by a former Peabody gym teacher, and lawyers representing the group believe there could be hundreds of other victims out there.

A former Boston public school employee convicted of sexually abusing a child with developmental disabilities was sentenced Friday to more than a decade in state prison. Jose Melendez, 55, will serve no less than 12 years but no more than 15 years behind bars under the terms imposed by a Suffolk Superior Court judge in Boston. He must also register…

A former Boston Public Schools employee was convicted this week of sexually abusing a student with developmental disabilities over two school years, prosecutors said. Jose Melendez, 55, was found guilty on Tuesday of five counts of aggravated statutory rape of a child under 14 years old, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. He’ll be sentenced June 17. The…

A former Boston-area nanny has pleaded guilty to child pornography possession charges and been sentenced to three years in prison. Stephanie Lak, 37, was originally charged in April 2021 and had pleaded not guilty, but appeared in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday to change her plea to charges including possession of child pornography. Boston police started investigating after getting a…

Disturbing new details emerged in court Friday in the case of a Boston police officer accused of recording and possessing images of child sexual abuse. Officer Joe Martinez was arrested by police in Norwood Thursday, the Boston Police Department said in a statement. He was placed on administrative leave. The charges against Martinez include possession of child pornography, posing a…

Officer Joe Martinez was arraigned Friday on charges including possession of child pornography, posing a child under 18 for nude photos and secret sex surveillance of a nude person under 18.

A Boston Police officer is accused of recording and possessing images of child sexual abuse. Officer Joe Martinez was arrested by police in Norwood Thursday, the Boston Police Department said in a statement. He was placed on administrative leave.

A Boston Police officer is accused of recording and possessing images of child sexual abuse. Officer Joe Martinez was arrested by police in Norwood Thursday, the Boston Police Department said in a statement. He was placed on administrative leave. Charges against Martinez include possession of child pornography, posing a child under 18 for nude photos and secret sex surveillance of…

Stephen Bates, the 46-year-old pastor of the Bible Baptist Church is accused of having pictures of child sex abuse.

The pastor at a New Hampshire church is charged with possession of child sex abuse images and could face additional charges as part of an ongoing, years-long investigation, police say.

A man wanted on charges of sexually abusing a child in Texas has been arrested in Vermont, state police said Friday. Kevin Godfrey, 43, was taken into custody Friday afternoon at his home in Concord as a fugitive from justice in Texas, which had issued a warrant for his arrest on child sex abuse charges. State police say Godfrey previously…

Seven young people who were detained at Vermont’s now-closed juvenile detention center and another facility are suing state officials and staff alleging “obscene abuse” at both facilities that they say state officials ignored. Vermont closed the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex last year after a drop in the number of kids housed there and a lawsuit accusing the...

A former New Hampshire high school teacher accused of soliciting sexually explicit videos from a student for money and making and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to human trafficking and manufacturing child sex abuse images. Joshua Harwood, 38, of Manchester, New Hampshire, entered his pleas to the two felony counts on Wednesday, the Concord Monitor reported. Harwood had taught…

Authorities are seeking additional information about a Boston nanny arrested earlier this year on child pornography charges. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Tuesday asked anyone who may have had contact with the 36-year-old nanny, Stephanie Lak, on Care.com amid an ongoing investigation. “This individual flew under the radar, gaining the trust of parents in order to gain...

A 76-year-old New Hampshire man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of having images showing child sex abuse as well as simple assault.

Four former youth detention center workers charged with sexual assault made initial court appearances in New Hampshire on Thursday, including a man accused of abusing a girl multiple times in a candy storage closet at a second state-run facility.

Six men were arrested Wednesday in an investigation into child sex assault allegations decades ago at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center, authorities said.