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Altoona school superintendent charged with sex trafficking
A school superintendent in western Wisconsin was arrested Thursday on federal charges of the sex trafficking of a minor and production of child pornography.
Bill to prevent delays in sexual-assault testing appears dead
A proposal that began as a bipartisan effort to prevent future delays in the testing of kits for sexual-assault evidence in Wisconsin but that turned into a partisan fight appears doomed in the Legislature.
Assembly passes rape-kit bill, crime proposals
Assembly Republicans handed Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul another defeat Tuesday, approving a bill establishing testing protocols for sexual-assault-evidence kits after tacking on divisive provisions critics say are designed to ensure the proposal never becomes law.
Wisconsin Assembly passes bill making bestiality a felony
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Tuesday that would make bestiality a felony.
Wisconsin teacher charged in Minnesota hidden-camera case
A Wisconsin high school teacher is faced with federal child pornography charges was charged on Wednesday in Minnesota with trying to secretly record students in their Minneapolis hotel rooms on a business-club trip.
New Hampshire general will oversee Wisconsin Guard changes
An East Coast general will oversee changes in the Wisconsin National Guard's sexual-assault protocols, Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday.
Wisconsin DOJ to review sexual assault investigations
The Wisconsin Department of Justice plans to review a series of sexual-assault investigations from the Wisconsin National Guard after a federal report found many were conducted improperly.
Army Reserve leaders accused of mishandling assault claims
Leaders of a U.S. Army Reserve unit that commands thousands of soldiers throughout the western United States have mishandled at least two sexual-assault complaints by not sending them to outside investigators, according to victims, their advocate and documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Ex-Michigan deputy charged in sex assault of boy, 16
A former sheriff's deputy in Michigan's southwestern Upper Peninsula has been charged in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy.
Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world
One day in May of 1970, an 11-year-old boy and his disabled sister were sitting on the curb outside a Chicago tavern, waiting for their mother to come out. When a priest with crinkly eyes and a ready smile happened by and offered the family a ride home, they could not have been happier.
Wisconsin Guard’s sexual assault response ‘train wreck’
A federal investigator called the Wisconsin National Guard's response to a sexual-assault case "a train wreck," according to a review of the Guard's handling of sexual assault-allegations.
Mother gets 40 years for sexually assaulting her children
A Fox Valley mother will spend decades behind bars for sexually assaulting her two young children and making explicit videos.
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