Child Sex Abuse in USA > Texas Fireman indicted for CSA; Murderer, Rapist Police Chief escapes Ozarks prison

 

Odessa man arrested on multiple child sex crime charges, police say

Story by B. Kay Richter, Staff writer

ODESSA — The Odessa Police Department has arrested a 33-year-old man charged with three separate felony crimes associated with the sexual assault of a child.

Cory Shane Castillo has been charged with the second-degree felony of sexual assault, the third-degree felony of child grooming and the first-degree felony of possession of child pornography. According to OPD's press release, the investigation began when the parents of a 17-year-old high school student became suspicious of their child's recent behavior.

OPD reported that detectives found Castillo had been in an inappropriate relationship with the child since the student was 16 years of age. Additionally, OPD said the investigation uncovered that Castillo became acquainted with the victim through Castillo's secondary employment as an adjunct instructor at Odessa College and his role as an employee for Odessa Fire Rescue. 

OPD said that Odessa Fire Rescue was notified of the investigation and that the administration placed Castillo on unpaid administrative leave. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, adding that more charges are anticipated. 

Former police chief, convicted of rape and murder, escapes Arkansas prison

By Staff  The Associated Press

Posted May 26, 2025 12:59 pm

 Updated May 26, 2025 4:59 pm

 1 min read

A former police chief in Arkansas, serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape, escaped from prison Sunday, state corrections officials said.

Grant Hardin, the former police chief of the tiny town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, where he has been held since 2017.

Corrections officials did not provide any details about how he escaped.

They did say that Hardin had disguised himself and was “wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement when he escaped the North Central Unit.”

The Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction are following leads with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Hardin pleaded guilty in October 2017 to first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 59-year-old James Appleton.

According to an affidavit filed in the case, Appleton worked for the Gateway water department and was talking to his brother-in-law, then Gateway Mayor Andrew Tillman, when he was shot in the head on February. 23, 2017, near Garfield. Police found Appleton’s body inside a car.

Hardin, who was Gateway’s police chief for about four months in early 2016, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He is also serving 50 years in prison for the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher in Rogers north of Fayetteville.

KFSM-TV, reporting on his guilty plea in 2019, wrote that police used DNA samples from the crime scene to apply for a John Doe Warrant in 2003 as the statute of limitations neared.

The DNA was tested against old and new profiles, and investigators got a match when Hardin was imprisoned for killing Appleton.

Islam Hates Girls and Hindus > Muslim shooting coach sexploited Hindu girls

 

India: Muslim Coach Booked for Sexually Exploiting Hindu girls, Secret Room Discovered in Shooting Academy

May 26, 2025 11:00 am By Ashlyn Davis

Another chilling case of sexual exploitation of Hindu girls by a Muslim man has come to light in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. A self-proclaimed “shooting coach,” Mohsin Khan, has been accused of victimizing over 150 Hindu girls at his privately run academy, Dream Olympic Shooting Academy. 

Police have filed multiple FIRs against the coach after his students made serious allegations, and the shocking discovery of a secret room inside the academy further intensified the investigation. Khan was arrested earlier this week after former students lodged three separate complaints. These complaints revealed a disturbing pattern of sexual exploitation, blackmail, and manipulation of the victims for several months, and in some cases, years.

According to police sources, Khan allegedly used his position as a respected coach to lure teenage girls into training programs meant to prepare them for national and international shooting championships. He used his affected professional demeanor and initial behavior to earn the trust of the students and their families.

Investigations further uncovered how Khan had orchestrated a systematic exploitation scheme of the girls who enrolled in his academy. Girls were forced to partake in private “training” sessions in a restricted area of the academy, which has now been exposed as a secret room. This secret room, concealed behind a false wall and accessible only through a hidden entrance, was designed to facilitate Khan’s shady intentions. It was also equipped with CCTV surveillance and soundproofing, and the police have recovered what can be described as “questionable material” from this room. Forensic teams are currently examining the evidence recovered, including digital footage, clothes, and personal items that appear to belong to the victims.

The police examination of Khan’s mobile phones, hard drives, and surveillance systems revealed more shocking facts. Authorities say they found multiple explicit videos, many of which are believed to have been recorded without the girls’ consent.

Investigators suspect that these recordings were used to blackmail the victims into silence. “He allegedly threatened to release the videos on social media or send them to family members if the girls tried to expose him or stopped coming to the academy,” said an officer involved in the case. A report by The Times of India states that a 24-year-old former student alleged that Khan raped her under the pretense of aiding her sports career and subsequently blackmailed her after her marriage. Another 20-year-old woman accused Khan of molesting her while she was a minor taking rifle training at his academy between 2021 and November 2023. Subsequently, two more women filed complaints. Apart from his students, a 32-year-old former employee has also accused him of harassment  and filed her complaint under the SC/ST Act.

Khan has been booked under sections related to rape, criminal intimidation, illegal confinement, and the POCSO Act and the SC/ST act.

The case has sparked massive outrage, especially among Hindu community leaders and women’s rights groups. Protests have erupted outside the academy, demanding strict action and faster judicial proceedings. Hindu Organisation Bajrang Dal has termed the case a well-organized network of “Love Jihad,” and claimed that Mohsin targeted and exploited over 150 Hindu girls. According to the organization, Mohsin had rented a flat in the Silver Oaks Colony and was operating specifically with this objective in mind.

Many have alleged that the case reflects a disturbing pattern of religious targeting, and have called for the matter to be investigated under national security and communal violence laws.

The case of Mohsin Khan is a grim reminder of how Muslim predators are lurking behind trusted institutions in India to trap Hindu girls. As the investigation unfolds, the country watches with hope that justice will be swift and that such predators are permanently removed from spaces meant to nurture young talent.

This is not the first time that Muslims have entrapped Hindu girls and sexually exploited them. In a similar case reported from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, last month, several Muslim men targeted Hindu college girls. The accused, identified as Farhan Khan, Sahil Khan, and Ali Khan, reportedly used fake Hindu identities to befriend, drug, rape, and film the victims, later blackmailing them and pressuring them to convert to Islam. Victims, including two engineering student sisters, recounted harrowing abuse involving threats, drugging, and forced religious practices. Police investigations had uncovered a wider network involving both men and women, with some female accomplices luring economically vulnerable Hindu girls. Suspects used rented rooms and hidden cameras to trap victims, and Farhan reportedly viewed his actions as a form of “jihad.”

On February 17, police in Bewar, Rajasthan, uncovered a case in which Muslim laborers exploited and blackmailed schoolgirls. They lured victims with mobile phones and inappropriate chats, then escalated to assault. One girl was forced to introduce others, leading to systematic abuse. Attempts to escape were met with threats and blackmail.

Child Sexual Abuse in Europe > 20 years hardly enough for 111 child rapes & 189 CSAs by Le Scouarnec; Rotherham Child Rapist gets 19 years

 

Twenty-year term sought for French surgeon in mass sex abuse trial

• Anais LLobet and Laurent Banguet AFP
 
• May 23, 2025 Updated May 24, 2025
 

A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 patients, mostly children.

That works out to 24 days for each child he molested. The kids are being victimized again.

An additional trial will also likely be required for Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, to cover the cases of further victims whose abuse is not part of the current case, said prosecutor Stephane Kellenberger.

Le Scouarnec has been on trial since February accused of 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults on 299 people, mostly of minors under 15, at a dozen hospitals in western France, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.

Child rapist who went on run jailed for 19 years

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BBC News, Yorkshire

A man who raped a child and subjected her to "despicable acts" of abuse before going on the run has been jailed for nearly 20 years.

Alexander Sherwood left Rotherham after hearing he was wanted by South Yorkshire Police, but was tracked down by police in Liverpool.

The 52-year-old of Stanley Road, Liverpool, was found guilty of 12 sexual offences at Sheffield Crown Court in February.

Sherwood was sentenced on Monday to 19 years in prison and handed an indefinite restraining order and a sexual harm prevention order at the same court.

Police praised the bravery of the victim for coming forward.

Det Sgt Fiona Trussell said: "The bravery of the victim in this case must be commended, it takes a lot of courage to report something of this nature.

"No child should ever be a victim of sexual assault and rape and I hope that this result shows others survivors of abuse that when they come forward, they will be listened to and treated with respect through every step of the prosecution process."

Sherwood was found guilty of four counts of rape, four counts of assault by penetration, two counts of assault by touching, one charge of engaging in sexual activity in presence of a child and one count of causing a child to watch/look at an image of a sexual nature.

He was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.