Related News: Guntersville High School girls soccer coach charged with child sexual abuse, human trafficking

Posted on May 19, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Guntersville High School girls soccer coach charged with child sexual abuse, human trafficking.

Huntsville police arrested the volunteer head coach of the Guntersville High School girls soccer team on child sexual abuse and human trafficking charges Friday. A 28-year-old woman was also arrested in connection to the investigation.

David Jacobs Barrow, 57, is charged with three counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a child under 12 and first-degree human trafficking. He was booked into the Madison County Jail just before 3:30 p.m.

Source: AL.com

Related News: WSFA 12 special report: Student-teacher relationships

Posted on May 13, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled WSFA 12 special report: Student-teacher relationships.

Approximately 431 teachers were arrested in the southeast from 2007 to 2011 for sexual misconduct according to a study in the “Journal of Childhood Sexual Abuse”.

Here in Alabama, nearly 70 teachers have been accused of inappropriate actions with a student in the last two years with more than half of those in the last ten months.

Last month, a Selma teacher, LaTangela Wiliams, pleaded guilty to having sex with students. Anthony Ray Staten Jr., a substitute teacher at Alabama Christian Academy, was charged with having sexual contact with a student. Then a Southlawn Middle School teacher was charged with indecent exposure.

The most recent case came Friday when police charged a north Alabama soccer coach, David Jacobs Barrow, with sexual abuse and Human Trafficking.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Sexual abuse cases against Huntsville man — whose twin brother is in Colorado prison on similar charges — headed to grand jury

Posted on April 18, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Sexual abuse cases against Huntsville man — whose twin brother is in Colorado prison on similar charges — headed to grand jury.

The sexual abuses cases against Brian Frederick Lucas, whose twin brother was recently sentenced to prison in Colorado on child sex charges, are headed to a Madison County grand jury after he waived his preliminary hearing set for today.

Lucas faces two separate cases involving alleged sexual contact with a former relative who is a teenager and a family baby-sitter, who was 18 at the time.

Source: AL.com

Related News: California educator accused on YouTube of sexual abuse charged with 16 felonies

Posted on March 4, 2014 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled California educator accused on YouTube of sexual abuse charged with 16 felonies.

A California educator who authorities say is the person accused in a YouTube video of sexual abuse by a former student was charged Monday with 16 felony counts of child sex abuse, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said.

Andrea Michelle Cardosa was charged with five counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child and 11 counts of lewd acts on a child, the DA’s office said.

Cardosa was arrested Monday evening by sheriff’s deputies and is expected to be arraigned Thursday. She faces possible life in prison if convicted of the aggravated sexual assault charges.

Source: CNN

Related News: Jury convicts Opelika man of sexual abuse

Posted on December 17, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Opelika-Auburn News published an article titled Jury convicts Opelika man of sexual abuse.

It took a jury about 10 minutes to convict George Cannon of sexually abusing an 8-year old girl a few years ago.

On Wednesday, Cannon, 63, of Opelika was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 following two days of testimony, where the state contended that Cannon had inappropriately touched a girl while she and her brother spent the night at his home.

Following the verdict, Assistant District Attorney Clay Thomas said he appreciated Assistant District Attorney Gentry Jackson’s work in the case and was pleased the jury found Cannon guilty.

Source: Opelika-Auburn News

Related News: Man pleads guilty to sex charges

Posted on September 23, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Andalusia Star News published an article titled Man pleads guilty to sex charges.

The county’s cold case task force earned its first conviction Friday, and in doing so, cleared two child sex abuse cases.

District Attorney Walt Merrell said the conviction of 62-year-old David Ozie Griggs of Andalusia came after the office discovered Griggs’ tie with a case from 2009.

“This case came to our attention when Chief Assistant District Attorney Grace Jeter discovered an unsolved sexual abuse case that Griggs was connected to while she was preparing a case for trial in another matter involving Griggs,” Merrell said.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: More details emerge in child sexual abuse case against Madison music studio director

Posted on June 25, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled More details emerge in child sexual abuse case against Madison music studio director.

Madison detectives were alerted to the case by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services early this month. Authorities were told the incident occurred several years ago when the child lived in Madison, The Times previously reported.

Authorities say the victim came forward after attending a school presentation on child abuse awareness.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Thousands of New York sex offenders blocked from online gaming networks

Posted on April 16, 2012 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Thousands of New York sex offenders blocked from online gaming networks.

“By leveraging the online identity information all registered sex offenders are required to provide, we are able to help reduce potentially harmful situations,” Microsoft VP and Deputy General Counsel Rich Wallis said in a statement. “We’re supportive of Attorney General Schneiderman’s efforts to make the Internet, including online gaming environments like Xbox Live, safer for everyone.”

Source: Ars Technica

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