Tag: crimes against children

Investigations

DOJ Rescues 115 Sexually Exploited Children, Arrests 205 Offenders

“The Department of Justice will never stop fighting to protect victims — especially child victims — and we will not rest until we hunt down, arrest, and prosecute every child predator...,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi.

May 9, 2025

Patrol

Kansas Trooper Rescues Kidnapped Child at Traffic Stop

During the stop the trooper discovered that the man in the passenger seat of the SUV was wanted in another state for kidnapping a 6-year-old girl. The driver had a criminal history that included homicide and weapons violations.

March 25, 2025

Investigations

Nevada Deputy Helps Capture Online Child Predator

The investigation began when the deputy, serving as an HSI Reno Task Force Officer and posing as a 13-year-old girl, engaged in an online conversation with the suspect.

February 19, 2025

Patrol

Florida Officer Captures Child Sex Crimes Suspect on FBI Most Wanted List

Donald Eugene Fields is facing federal charges of child sex trafficking and state charges of child rape. He was apprehended after the officer ran his vehicle’s license plate and discovered that it was not registered to the car he was driving,

January 28, 2025

Investigations

Women in Law Enforcement: Nashville's Lieutenant Meghan Pope

A desire to help people led to her favorite assignment—a juvenile sexual assault detective with the department’s Youth Services Unit. She says that made her feel like she provided a voice for juvenile victims.

December 10, 2024

Patrol

Abducted TX Girl Rescued After Alerting California Officers with “Help Me” Sign

A witness telephoned law enforcement, who upon arrival saw the suspect standing outside the vehicle and saw the victim – who mouthed the word “Help” – inside the car.

July 21, 2023

Patrol

Michigan Officers Kick Down Door Save Toddlers from Mother

An Albion officer kicked down the door to find a 35-year-old woman holding a two-year-old girl under the water in the bathtub.

June 26, 2023

Special Units

Texas DPS, Border Patrol Officers Save Infant Thrown into Rio Grande by Smugglers

While crossing the river, the 6-month-old baby was thrown out of the raft by the smugglers, Texas DPS said on Facebook.

April 1, 2021

Patrol

Arkansas Officer Wounded in Rescue of Abducted Girl Expected to Make Full Recovery

Officer Cody Carpenter was shot multiple times when he and his partner approached the vehicle of a man wanted in the abduction of a North Carolina teen.

February 24, 2021

Patrol

FL Deputy Rescues 13-Year-Old Girl from Man at Motel

Tyler Thompson, 22, was charged with interference with child custody, with the Edgewater Police Department adding a charge of traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Additional charges are pending.

February 24, 2021

Patrol

Arkansas Officer Wounded in Rescue of Kidnapped NC Girl

Police in Lonoke, Ark., which is about 30 miles east of Little Rock, found the suspect and the abducted teen in an SUV outside a McDonald's restaurant off Interstate 40 on Saturday. That led to an exchange of fire and the wounding of one officer.

February 22, 2021

Patrol

Gunman Watched FBI Agents Approach Using Doorbell Camera, Then Opened Fire Through Door

Two veteran FBI agents were killed and three others wounded Tuesday morning around 6 a.m. when a gunman opened fire as the agents attempted to serve a search warrant at an apartment in Sunrise, FL, as part of a child-pornography probe.

February 2, 2021