Turner was accused in 2018 of raping a teenage girl and then another. While out on bond for the second case, he was charged with raping a third girl. Turner was ordered to be on house arrest as he awaited trial. Court documents show that Turner violated the conditions of his bond over 50 times to go to restaurants, stores and out of the state.   Turner was initially facing criminal sexual conduct charges and made a deal with prosecutors in April 2022. He pled guilty to first-degree assault and battery and was sentenced to probation. A...

- A former volunteer at a York, S.C., church has been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to improperly touching a child while at church in 2021, according to court records and prosecutors. - Ira James Summerlin, 77, of York, pleaded guilty in York County criminal court Wednesday to third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, said prosecutor Misti Shelton, 16th Circuit assistant deputy solicitor. The crime happened in late January 2021 at Central Baptist Church where Summerlin was a volunteer in a childrens program, Shelton said. The church banned Summerlin from church property after...

 - Set to plead guilty to the felony charge of indecency with a child under the age of 14 by sexual contact - a plea bargain with a pretrial diversion which may allow Murphy to avoid having to register as a sex offender - Murphy will have to pay a $500 fee upfront and serve two years of probation. If he completes the program, he will not be required to register as a sex offender. - Murphy would be allowed to pursue having the charges erased from his criminal record and still be allowed to continue preaching. - “Mr. Murphy...

A former youth leader for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was sentenced this week for possession of child pornography. He was also known to support Tim Ballard and his Operation Underground Railroad, which fights against child sex trafficking. Erick Allen Mosteller, 58, was convicted after pleading guilty to two second-degree felony charges of child sexual exploitation. He was sentenced to 250 days in jail, and up to four years of probation. He was originally charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, which was shortened to two counts with the plea deal.  According...

Former California Highway Patrol officer, Brian Pardue, was sentenced Wednesday morning to a year in jail, two years probation and he must register as a sex offender for attempting to meet a minor for sex in 2020.