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San Benito Probation Employee Charged After Alleged Sexual Contact With 13-Year-Old on TikTok

Prosecutors say digital evidence ties the employee to explicit images and investigators are seeking other possible victims.

San Francisco Sting Nets Seven Arrests and Five Felony Charges in Online Child-Exploitation Probe

Camden Man Charged After K9 Finds Phone Used to Solicit Explicit Images from 7-Year-Old

Dearborn Heights EMT Arrested for Alleged Solicitation of a 13-Year-Old

France Moves to Shut Rebranded 'Coco' Site After It Reappears as 'Cocoland'

Former Newton Schools Administrator Arrested in FBI Child-Enticement Sting

Silver Lake School Employee in TikTok Investigation Found Dead

Marseille Court Sentences 39-Year-Old to Eight Years for Online Grooming of Boys

Ryan Greenhow Jailed for Seven Years, Four Months for Online Blackmail of Girls 12–15

Long Island Child Therapist Sentenced to Seven Years for Trading Violent Child Sexual Abuse Material

Rhode Island Man Accused of Grooming Florida Girl via Gaming Apps Waives Extradition

Stockton Man Jailed for Six Years for Attempting to Watch Child Rape Livestream in Police Sting

Chicago-Area Father Sues Roblox, Alleging Platform Enabled Grooming of 9-Year-Old

Judge Keeps 'Capitão Hunter' in Custody as Police Probe Sex-Crime Allegations Involving Minors

Suffolk Police Charge Wading River Teacher After Online Decoy Sting

Asylum Seeker Given Suspended Sentence Over Sexual Messages to 14-Year-Old Decoy

Snapchat 'Catfish' Stuart Latham Jailed for 14 Years Over Rape and Online Child Exploitation

Mother Sues Roblox and Discord Over Grooming She Says Led to Son’s Suicide

Roblox Hit With New Lawsuits Alleging Child Exploitation as Colorado Case Also Names Meta

Hamburg Dropped 2021 ‘White Tiger’ Investigation Despite Suspect’s Confession