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A Facebook picture of a Confluence police chief has caused his immediate suspension without pay. The photo shows chief Tom Keller intoxicated and barely able to keep his eyes open, his left arm wrapped around an unidentified woman's waist and his right arm touching her crotch.

A former guard at a state prison in southwestern Pennsylvania has been cleared of a felony sexual assault charge for having sex with a 14-year-old girl he thought was 19. The girl ack...

A former Philadelphia Police inspector who has a history of sex offenses involving children has been arrested in connection with trying to lure an 8-year-old girl from her yard in Roxborough...

The Woods Run prison guard who masterminded the abuse of child sex offenders serving time will spend five years on probation, an Allegheny County judge ordered on Thursday. Harry Nicoletti, 61, of Coraopolis, a former guard at State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, will spend six months on house arrest. Prosecutors said Nicoletti led a group of guards who targeted inmates convicted of sex crimes involving minors.

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and "forced the two females to engage in the use of narcotics and sexual acts."

A now retired Chester County Prison correctional officer was sentenced to three years of probation Thursday for having a sexual relationship with a female inmate. Retired Cpl. Dale Guye...

A fired Pittsburgh state prison guard accused of physically and sexually assaulting inmates who were gay or serving time for child-sex crimes has been convicted on 27 counts of mistrea...

A former Rankin magistrate is on the Megan's Law website as a registered sex offender.Ross Cioppa, who was the district justice in Rankin for 13 years, had previously been accused of offering favor...

Larry Semenza Original Article01/27/2014By REBEKAH BROWN Former Old Forge police chief Larry Semenza has been sentenced to 18 months to four years in prison and must register as a sex offender under Megan's Law for 15 years. Lackawanna County J...

Walter Sasse Original Article03/06/2014 A retired police officer has been arrested on sex assault charges for a relationship he allegedly had with an underage girl.Walter Sasse, 75, a 20-year Philadelphia police veteran most recently assigned t...

Original Article07/16/2013By Rich Lord A former Allegheny County Jail corrections officer was sentenced today to six years in prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced.Lawrence M. Winter, 45, of Moon, a...

Tyrone Wiggins Original Article07/25/2013By Joseph A. Slobodzian Former Philadelphia Police Officer Tyrone Wiggins, imprisoned for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in his karate class, has been sued by his victim, now 32 and a police officer...

Daniel M. Lanious Original Article04/02/2014By Myles SnyderMOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS (WHTM) - A former police officer accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 13-year-old girl has waived his preliminary hearing in the case.Daniel M. La...