A Des Moines man was arrested and charged for grooming and sexual abuse after allegedly luring a girl away from her home on ...

A Des Moines man has been arrested for allegedly grooming and sexually abusing a 12-year-old victim. Sergio Silva Amado Sergio Silva Amado, 21, is being held in the Polk ...

A special mailbox for children to flag abuses has been set up at a Paris primary school, a first in the French capital as ...

The suspect allegedly communicated with child on Instagram, persuading her to skip school and meet up with him.

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

Authorities allege four men who brought two 15-year-old girls to a downtown hotel room and provided them with alcohol in May 2018 ...

The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging ...

Sites that fail to verify their users' ages would be subject to lawsuits for damages if a minor is able to view pornography on their website.

Iowa lawmakers are considering a slate of bills that aim to protect children in multiple ways, including requiring those convicted of grooming to register as sex offenders and criminalising the ...

A bill to establish surgical castration as a penalty for sex offenders convicted of abusing a child was introduced in the ...

An 18-year-old pleaded guilty this week to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl last March. He faces up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is set for March 24.

A Cedar Rapids man is now charged in connection with Linn County's first human trafficking case under a new law that requires ...