sexual predator

Jacob Wetterling was abducted near his Minnesota home in 1989. For decades the case went cold. Until a sex offender confessed to his killing.

The victim of a sex offender punched the criminal in the face following sentencing, believing it was enough.

A Houston deputy working off-duty at nightclub offered to take woman home. Now, he has pleaded guilty to attempting to rape her.

A Florida man is accused of attacking a woman and a girl a week apart after meeting the two separately on a dating app, police announced. He faces numerous counts.

A man in Missouri has been accused of littering in the street and then reportedly attacking the person trying to clean up after him with a shovel.

A man in Las Vegas has been accused of killing his roommate and then keeping her body in closet for two months, officials said.

A former gymnastics coach in New Jersey has been accused and charged with sexually assaulting three former teen students he coached.

A youth pastor in South Carolina has been accused of setting up a camera in the restroom and recording girls showering at church, officials said.

A middle school teacher and high school baseball coach in Iowa has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after attempting to have sex with 14-year-old girl.

A convicted sex offender in Illinois smothered a high school freshman to death and then disposed of her body in a dumpster, authorities claim.

A girls basketball coach in South Carolina is accused of criminal sexual conduct with a player, assaulting student, authorities said.

A former teacher admitted she had a sexual relationship with a male middle school student she taught while employed at his school in Ohio, authorities said.

A correctional guard in Kansas is accused of having a sexual relationship with a juvenile inmate, according to a report. She was arrested and charged.

A softball coach in Texas is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a young girl, authorities said. Now, he faces criminal charges.

A staff member at a school district in Oklahoma was arrested after she was accused of having “inappropriate communication” with a student, authorities said.

A man in Louisiana faces more than 2,000 child porn charges, police said. The suspect was taken into custody at the end of November, officials said.

A former youth minister in Ohio faces more than 200 charges amid allegations of possession of child pornography. He was arrested in Alabama.

A basketball coach in the Los Angeles area is accused of sexually abusing a minor, police said. Any other victims are asked to contact the authorities.

A suspect in Ohio is accused of kissing a 12-year-old girl at a Dave and Buster's, police said. He tried to say the child kissed him first, officials noted.

A man in Colorado was arrested and charge after a teen said she was taken to an apartment and assaulted, police said. The suspect drove the victim to the location.

Police in Ohio said they arrested a man after an 11-year-old girl said he touched her inside a vacant home. She was released after posting bail.

An elementary school custodian in Alabama is behind bars after investigators allegedly found images of nude minors on his digital devices, authorities said.

A security guard at a school in California is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage student, police said. The suspect was arrested in recent days.

A chiropractor doctor in Idaho is accused of putting a hidden camera in a changing area. Police warned there could be more victims in the case.

A foster parent in Kentucky is accused of having a relationship with a teen, according to a report. The victim had video recordings of the encounters.

Police in Tennessee said a man sexually harassed two women at a church playground. When police arrived, they saw the suspect performing a sex act.

A teen in California said a man touched her as she walked to school. Police said they are worried there are more victims as the suspect worked as a delivery driver.

A man in Pennsylvania faces several charges after he believed he was paying a teen for sex, but it was actually an undercover cop, authorities said.

A dance instructor in Pennsylvania is accused of putting a hidden camera in a studio's bathroom, police said. The camera was hidden as a cellphone charging block.

A man faces public indecency charges after exposing himself at two different Georgia stores a month apart, police said. One was a Kohl's the other a Hobby Lobby.

A child was sexually abused inside a bathroom stall at a Chicago McDonald's, police said. The suspect was arrested at the scene and also attacked a security guard.

A man in Kansas faces charges after filming kids at a local pool, police said. They searched his home and found evidence of child pornography.

A man is accused of having sex with a Louisiana teen at a motel, police said. The victim was reported missing from Virginia earlier in the month.

The former president of USA Softball was accused of lewd acts with a minor. Police released few details about the alleged incidents that led to his arrest.

A school board member in Pennsylvania is accused of touching a teen during a trip to Florida. The suspect initially denied the incident but then admitted it, police said.

A man has been arrested on numerous charges of child sex crimes, police said. The incidents span decades and some happened at a daycare, cops noted.

A woman claimed she shared a video of child porn because she was a people pleaser and a friend asked her, police in Florida said. She was arrested.

A cheerleading coach in Rhode Island abused a minor for two years, police in Rhode Island said. The incidents happened when the victim was between 12 and 14 years old.

A man in California faces nearly two dozen charges after he extorted explicit images from a minor girl then coerced her to having sex, police said.

Police in North Carolina charged a man with a dozen counts in connection to a child porn investigation. Some of the victims were as young as 3-Years-old.

The owner of a Taekwondo business in New York is accused of sexual abuse of a minor, police said. The minor was touched multiple times in May.

A man faces criminal charges after being caught with several hundred images of child porn, prosecutors said. The material was found on two cell phones.

A man who worked for the Rhode Island youth suicide prevention program was busted with child porn, police say. He was then released on $5,000 bond.

A suspect has been arrested in connection to child sex abuse cases in Colorado, police said. At one point, he worked as a volunteer Bible study teacher.

A substitute teacher at an elementary school in California was arrested on suspicion of child molestation after an investigation, authorities said.

A Florida high school social studies teacher was charged with a felony after he was accused of having sex with one of his students, authorities said.

The vice president of a youth services non-profit in Illinois is accused of having child pornography. He was arrested and now is being held in jail.

A man in Florida is accused of using a cell phone to secretly film video of his girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter in the bathroom, authorities said.

A basketball coach in California is in custody on suspicion of sending illicit messages to a minor who he allegedly attempted to meet for sex, authorities said.

A Florida cheer coach wound up behind bars after he was accused of carrying on an improper relationship with a teen enrolled at his facility, authorities said.