Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a married couple from Essa Township with human trafficking, just two days after issuing a community safety advisory about the husband, a convicted sex offender. Police have charged Lauriston Charles Maloney and his wife, Amber-Lee Maloney, the owner/operator of a children’s autism day camp, with various…

An Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison early shot his wife, her three children, and their two friends in the head and then killed himself, authorities confirmed Wednesday as concerns grew about why he was free as his trial on new sex charges loomed. Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said that the victims…

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A 25-year-old registered sex offender wearing a GPS monitor was arrested in connection with an assault on a woman Dec. 28 in Garden Grove. The attack occurred at 9:11 a.m. in the 11200 block of Magnolia Street, near Magnolia Park, according to Detective Sgt. Mark Lord. “The victim was walking in the area…

A convicted pedophile is warning parents the “Furry” craze, in which students dress up and act like animals, may seem like harmless fun but could expose children to sexual predators. Furries often describe themselves online as anthropomorphic—half-human, half-animal—or as animals with human attributes. They dress in animal costumes that reflect those identities. Though the trend…

A convicted pedophile is warning parents the “Furry” craze, in which students dress up and act like animals, may seem like harmless fun but could expose children to sexual predators. Furries often describe themselves online as anthropomorphic—half-human, half-animal—or as animals with human attributes. They dress in animal costumes that reflect those identities. Though the trend…

News Analysis A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) to raise the threshold for adding an offender’s name to the federal sex offender registry has been welcomed by some lawyers but raises concern for some others. Legislative amendments introduced by the Harper government in 2011 had mandated that those convicted of two or…

A high risk sex offender who disappeared from his halfway house has been found and rearrested by police in Vancouver. Police said they were looking for 39-year-old Tony Okanase, who had been released from Mountain Institution in Agassiz Friday morning, reported to the halfway house in Vancouver but later checked out. After he failed to…

Campers say a convicted Canadian sex offender identified himself as security at a South Dakota campground, where he was staying with two children at the centre of a Saskatchewan Amber Alert with their mother. Benjamin Martin Moore, 50, was located late Tuesday at a campground that takes part in the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in…

Former Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for trying to solicit a 13-year-old to have sex. The 52-year-old actor initially faced the charge of enticement of a minor over the internet, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. But he managed to reach a…

COLUMBIA, S.C.—The body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago has been found and a sex offender has been charged with murder, kidnapping, and rape, authorities said Monday. Brittanee Drexel was last seen April 2009 when she was walking between hotels…