Sexual Assault

New UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford's honeymoon was very short

2013-05-18 13:45:00

UCLA and Steve Alford. A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. On paper, a harmonic convergence. How they came...

Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy

2013-05-16 19:07:00

WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...

Sexual assaults in military: 'Little monsters' now in charge

2013-05-17 09:23:00

Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is...

Military's record on sexual assault: From bad to worse

2013-05-15 11:07:00

Another day, another military sexual assault scandal. On Tuesday, a week after the Air Force announced its chief of sexual assault prevention had been arrested in Arlington, Va.,�on suspicion of�drunkenly assaulting a woman in a parking lot, the Army...

Soldier in sexual assault prevention program accused of abuse

2013-05-14 22:52:00

WASHINGTON — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. The...

Heavy workload doesn't affect Kings defenseman Drew Doughty

2013-05-16 00:00:00

The Kings recently had a day off, a brief respite from the otherwise hectic postseason, with coaches holding an abbreviated morning skate for a dozen or so players. Drew Doughty chose to skip practice, hanging around the locker room, playing ping-pong...

Jodi Arias due back in court today as jury weighs death penalty

2013-05-15 08:26:00

PHOENIX — Jodi Arias returns to court Wednesday so jurors can consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress convicted last week of murdering her former boyfriend. Arias, 32, spent the weekend on...

Former L.A. Unified teacher to stand trial on sex abuse charges

2013-05-14 22:27:00

A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was ordered to stand trial on 14 charges of sexually assaulting nine students and a relative, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in...

Military sex crime record should bring shame

2013-05-07 17:42:00

Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and...

The military's sexual assault problem

2013-05-09 00:00:00

The news that sexual assaults in the armed forces last year were estimated to be up 35% over 2010 brought a swift response from President Obama — that he had "no tolerance" for sexual crimes in the ranks and that perpetrators would be prosecuted and...

Cleveland kidnapping suspect could face death penalty

2013-05-09 16:56:00

Hours after Ariel Castro was arraigned on rape and kidnapping counts in connection with three women held prisoner for years in his Cleveland house, Ohio prosecutors said they would seek new charges that he abused some of his victims and forced them to...

Cleveland prosecutor: Ariel Castro could face death penalty

2013-05-09 14:33:00

Ariel Castro might face new charges that could lead to the death penalty, the Ohio prosecutor in charge of the case said Thursday. Hours after Castro, 52, was arraigned on rape and kidnapping charges in connection with holding three female prisoners for...

Detective Bureau � Area North Community Alert: Wanted for Sexual Assault, 24th District � Rogers Park. Alert # 630-12-21 May 7, 2013 About This Crime: On May 2, 2013, at approximately 2:00 p.m.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

The arrest of Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, chief of the Air Force sexual assault prevention branch, on charges that he groped a woman underscores the growing problem of sexual assaults in the military.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Mark Geragos, left, one of the initial lawyers for pop star Michael Jackson, accompanies Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and his brother Jermaine Jackson for the pop star's arraignment on child molestation charges in 2004.

2013-04-29 06:53:00