For the past five years online, conservatives have repeatedly said that LGBTQ+ people are groomers and pedophiles. But now that thousands of documents related to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey ...

House members unanimously approved the “Tennessee Anti-Grooming Act,” creating the offense of grooming a minor or mentally ...

Children face growing risks of grooming, manipulation and sextortion in online spaces as predators use coercion tactics and emerging tools like generative AI. In 2024, the National Center for Missing ...

A mother in southwest suburban Morris, Illinois, is fighting for stiffer penalties for adults charged with grooming children.

Every nine minutes, a child is sexually abused in the United States, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. The vast majority of the perpetrators are people the victims know. It's ...

A Lorain County man who pretended to own a modeling agency has been sentenced to prison for grooming children into sending him sexually explicit images through the social media platform Snapchat.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - While chatting with friends online can be fun, authorities warn parents to be aware of predators lurking in chat rooms. Back in October, a central Nebraska man joined a national ...

From required expulsions for violent students to safety protocols around organ donation, Kentucky has several new laws. The ...

TRAUMA, BUT INVESTIGATORS AREN’T RELEASING ANY OTHER INFORMATION. KENTUCKY TAKES STEPS TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR ADULTS TO MANIPULATE A CHILD INTO SEXUAL ABUSE. TODAY, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky lawmakers are pushing new legislation that would make child grooming a criminal offense, aiming to give law enforcement more tools to intervene before physical sexual ...

Minnesota senators advanced an anti-child grooming bill earlier this week that would address what they say are several loopholes in state law. The bill, authored by Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A gap in Kentucky law that allows predators to groom children without criminal consequences could be closed under House Bill 4. Representative Marianna Proctor (R-District 60) ...