Child Sex Abuse
Incidents involving sexual harm to minors
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Former Aberdeen police lieutenant arrested on child sex charges
The former police lieutenant faces 10 felony charges stemming from allegations of sexual assault involving a minor in 2004, before she worked for the department.
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North Carolina teen accused of using AI for sexual exploitation. Are state laws strong enough?
A boy, whose name is not public because of his age, faces multiple felony charges and is accused of using AI to create sexually explicit photos of teen girls.
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Parents: Teen boy used AI to create sexually explicit images of their daughters
A teen faces multiple sexual exploitation charges connected to the use of AI to manipulate images of teen girls.
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Former eastern NC pastor pleads guilty to sex crimes from 90s
James Watford was accused of engaging in sex acts with a teenage boy for several years in the 1990s.
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Goldsboro man arrested, accused of sexually assaulting three children
Goldsboro police arrested 55-year-old James Phillips on Tuesday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old, an 8-year-old and a 7-year-old.
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NC Senate OKs bill to enact harsher penalties for suspects who expose minors to explicit content
The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would increase criminal penalties for people found guilty of exposing children to obscenities, such as images of nudity or sexual acts.
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Suspects who expose NC minors to explicit content would face harsher penalties under bill
A Senate committee on Wednesday gave a favorable report to House Bill 83, which would increase criminal penalties for people found guilty of exposing children to obscene images.
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Hoke man charged with child rape
A Hoke County man was arrested Saturday and charged with rape involving children.
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Broughton teacher resigns after arrest, he faces 19 charges for child sex crimes
Steven Kohls, a career and technical education teacher at Broughton Magnet High School, has resigned. He faces 19 charges involving three child victims tied to alleged incidents between 2005 and 2014.
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Broughton teacher faces 19 charges for child sex crimes over 10-year span
Steven Kohls, a career and technical education teacher at Broughton Magnet High School, now faces 19 total charges involving three child victims for alleged offenses happening between 2005 and 2014.
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Broughton teacher charged with child sex crimes, now banned from Scouting America
Broughton Magnet High School teacher Steven Kohls is accused of 13 child sex crimes with three different victims dating back to 2005.
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Two Harnett County men arrested on child sex crimes
Authorities say online tips received in March led investigators to two Harnett County men accused of child sex crimes.
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Smithfield man accused of distributing videos of sexual abuse involving boys no older than 14
Officers executed a search warrant at 30-year-old Marcus Orion Sanchez's home on Laurel Drive in Smithfield after a cyber tip indicated he was uploading CSAM online.
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Selma man sentenced to 16 years for possessing, distributing child sexual abuse material
The SBI and both Garner and Selma police departments investigated 36-year-old Kyle Kenneth Castino after Facebook and Google flagged that one of their users had uploaded child sexual abuse material to their platforms.
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Burlington man arrested for child exploitation, child porn charges
Burlington police arrested a 36-year-old man on multiple charges, including disseminating obscene material to a minor and child exploitation.
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Former Wake County teacher, youth pastor appears in court on child sex crimes
Court documents stated that 36-year-old Mikah Brondyke sent explicit videos to a Holly Springs police officer acting undercover as a 14-year-old girl.
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New charges filed: SBI expands investigation into Greenville officer accused of sexual exploitation
Former Greenville patrol officer Dominic Michelo Olivares faces more charges related to the exploitation of a minor after a state investigation uncovered illicit material on his personal devices.
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FBI: Raleigh man sexually abused baby on video
The FBI says a Raleigh man made plans to drive to Nebraska to pick up a 13-year-old girl after meeting her online with the intent of sexually abusing her. He also produced video and images of him sexually abusing a baby.
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Former Wake County teacher and youth pastor charged with child sex crimes, wife faces drug charges
According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Mikah Brondyke was arrested and charged with sex crimes against children. His wife, an assistant principal, is also facing drug charges.
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'Not your fault': Sex abuse survivor shares story to help others
A Harnett County man will spend between six and nine years in prison for sex crimes involving a child. Joe Smith pleaded guilty in the case this week, decades after it happened.
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Raleigh man sentenced to 73 years for child sex crimes
Johnston County sheriff's deputies said 58-year-old Paul Richard Yenchik will face up to 73 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing a child.
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Rose Hill man arrested on over 25 charges of sexual abuse with a minor, deputies say
According to all arrest warrants, these crimes took place over the course of a year, from March 2024 to December 2025.
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Clayton man sentenced to nearly 12 years for having child pornography, videos of him killing cats
Nathaniel Truitt confessed to investigators that he filmed himself killing stray cats and engaged in sexual acts with these dead animals—all at the request of strangers online.
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Roanoke Rapids police investigator arrested on federal child porn charge
Roanoke Rapids police investigator Isaac Nielsen was arrested for allegations he possessed and transmitted material showing child sexual abuse.
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Former Harnett County deputy sentenced to 23 years for producing child sex abuse material
A joint investigation between the SBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Harnett County Sheriff's Office found that Johnathan Edwards sexually exploited children on the website Omegle.
