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San Gabriel man accused of long-term child sex abuse
By Brian Day, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
SAN GABRIEL, California >> Police arrested a 37-year-old San Gabriel man on Tuesday after learning of allegations that he had sexually abused a young female relative over the past five years, officials said.
Jcelso Celestino Ombao was booked on suspicion of continuous sexual abuse of a child, as well as other sex-crime related felonies, according to San Gabriel police Lt. Brian Kott.
Police launched their investigation just before 2 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report from staff at Temple City High School that a 15-year-old female student had been the victim sexual abuse, the lieutenant said.
“During the initial investigation, the victim divulged to officers that she had been sexually abused by an adult male family relative on a frequent and repeated basis within the family home for approximately the past five years,” Kott said in a written statement.
The alleged crimes took place at several homes throughout the region, where the family had lived, as well as in San Gabriel in recent months.
Police arrested Ombao and obtained a warrant to search the family home, Kott said. “Evidence was collected that corroborated the victim’s account.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact San Gabriel police at 626-308-2828. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
San Gabriel, CA
Ex-Fort Leonard Wood man pleads guilty
in child sex abuse
Associated Press , KSDK
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a former Fort Leonard Wood man pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 6-year-old child at the fort.
The man, 67-year-old Paul Kickery, of Brattleboro, Vermont, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
Court documents say the child's father called Brattleboro police to report Kickery had sexually assaulted his daughter between July 2013 and July 2014. Kickery and the child lived in the same residence at the base at Fort Leonard Wood during that year.
The child victim told a family member about the abuse a year later.
Kickery faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years.
A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after a presentence investigation.
Columbia man sentenced to 30 years for child sex charge
By Tanita Gaither, Digital Content Manager
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court to three decades in prison after he confessed to aggravated child sex abuse charges.
Ricardo Favela, 44, of Columbia, was sentenced to 30 years for two counts of aggravated sexual abuse on a child and one count of abuse sexual contact with a child. Senior U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie handed down the sentence Thursday in Columbia.
The evidence presented at Favela's trial stated that the abuse began in early 2015 and continued through April 2016 to a child in his care.
Favela confessed to the FBI on videotape that he allowed the child to perform sexual acts on him during the time of the abuse.
He was convicted in October 2016 on three of the four counts included in his indictment.
U.S. Attorney Beth Drake said that the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecutes sexual assault cases when they happen in areas of federal jurisdiction, such as military bases, national parks, etc. She did not indicate where specifically the sexual assault of this child occurred.
Favela was also sentenced to a term of supervised release, sex offender rehabilitation, and will be required to register with the South Carolina Sex Offender register upon his release.
Former Dallas Center pastor charged with child sex abuse
BY PAT CURTIS
This week's 'Pastor of the Week' is Randy Johnson
A former pastor in central Iowa is facing child sex abuse charges.
Fifty-two-year-old Randy Johnson of Dallas Center was arrested Wednesday. Until recently, he was the pastor of Dallas Center Church of the Brethren.
Johnson is facing 13 criminal charges connected to the alleged sexual abuse of a girl between 2013 and 2014. Court records show the victim was 12 years old at the time of the first incident.
Dallas Center Church of the Brethern
ND man facing felony child sexual abuse charge
Valley City, N.D. (KFGO/NewsDakota) - A rural Rogers, North Dakota man is facing several charges after allegedly sexually abusing a child.
Brady Duane Jorissen, 36, has been charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child and promoting obscenity to minors.
The Barnes County State's Attorney's office said the offenses allegedly took place over the course of several months in 2016 and involve repeated sexual touching and viewing pornographic magazines with a child.
State's Attorney Carl Martineck said Jorissen turned himself into law enforcement on January 23rd. He appeared in court the same day and bail was set at $10,000 cash. He posted bail after the hearing.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 28.
Jorissen faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted on the sexual abuse charge.
Rogers, ND
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