Prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison sentence and three years of supervised release for Portsmouth High School shooting threat suspect Kyle Hendrickson, while his defense maintains he never intended to carry out a shooting. The 26-year-old from Berwick, Maine is set to be sentenced in federal court in Concord Tuesday, May 14 on two charges handed down by the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of New Hampshire. Hendrickson pleaded guilty to charges of interstate threatening communications and possessing a firearm in a school zone in November. The...

A Chicago woman is facing charges after allegedly having sex with her ex-boyfriend’s 15-year-old son, then sending him nude photos, documents allege. Estefany Sierra Rios, 27, was charged Friday with three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of dissemination of matter harmful to minors. She is not in custody. Her bail is set at $35,000, or $3,500 cash surety. Hobart Police responded around 8 p.m. April 30 when the boy’s father called the cops after he went through the boy’s cell phone. He found “inappropriate sexual”...

Impossible as it is to believe, Christopher Hitchens, the enfant terrible of Anglo-American politics and letters, would have turned 75 today, almost 13 years since his premature death from esophageal cancer in December 2011. Yet in many ways Hitchens seems more alive than ever. His name routinely crops up in contemporary debates, notwithstanding how different the political landscape looks in the Age of Donald and Elon. In the years since his passing, he has acquired a new generation of fans in the millions. His coinages (“Islamofascism”) have entered the contemporary...

CHICAGO — A new lawsuit claims a former Chicago Public Schools dean of students groomed and sexually abused a then-15-year old female student. According to the lawsuit filed against CPS Wednesday, former Little Village Lawndale High School (LVLHS) Dean of Students Brian Crowder is alleged to have repeatedly sexually abused a former student between 2013 and 2014, where she was subjected to a pair of pregnancies and corresponding abortions. To circumvent Illinois state law and get an abortion, the lawsuit alleged Crowder posed as the student’s stepfather and signed consent...

GILSUM, New Hampshire (WGME) -- A New Hampshire man is accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16. He reportedly used Snapchat to lure his victim to him. New Hampshire State Police arrested 27-year-old Michael Castine of Keene on Wednesday and charged him with felonious sexual assault. • Also read: Waterville man sentenced for posting child sexual abuse images on social media apps Castine allegedly used the social media app Snapchat to facilitate more than one alleged sexual assault between himself and a person under 16 years...

IDAHO FALLS – Court documents reveal new details on how an Idaho Falls man was arrested after allegedly being found with child porn. Elias Medina, 26, was charged with five felony counts of distribution of child sexually exploitative material and five felony counts of possession of child sexually exploitative material. On Oct. 31, a detective with the Idaho Falls Police Department was assigned to a case of alleged child porn possession and distribution. RELATED | Two Idaho Falls men arrested, each charged with 10 felony counts for child pornography According...

A Maine man who posted a video on Snapchat in April stating he would “shoot up” a Portsmouth, N.H., school and was later arrested while in possession of an AR-15, camouflage body armor, and a laser sight pleaded guilty Monday to charges in federal court, prosecutors said. Kyle Hendrickson, 25, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Concord, N.H., to interstate threatening communications and possessing a firearm in a school zone, the office of US Attorney for New Hampshire Jane E. Young said in a statement. Each charge carries a...