Sex Offender Playing Santa Faces Charges
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A convicted sex offender who was playing Santa Claus has been accused of taking indecent liberties with an 11-year-old girl who portrayed Santa's elf.
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The Thick of It actor Chris Langham goes on trial in Maidstone today charged with a number of sex offences. By Jason Deans and agencies.
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A paedophile is ordered to pay Â£50,000 towards the cost of bringing him to justice.
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A convicted sex offender who was released from prison over prosecutors' objections has been charged with raping a 6-year-old at a public library while the boy's mother used a computer nearby.
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The famous British department store Harrods said Wednesday it had fired a Santa Claus who made "inappropriate" comments to adult visitors.
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A registered sex offender who served a four-year prison sentence for distributing child pornography was arrested this week on suspicion of telling an undercover detective online that he would pay for sex with a 10-year-old girl.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 55-year-old man dressed as Santa Claus forced an 8-year-old girl to ride in his motorcycle's sidecar for several minutes and was charged with kidnapping, authorities said.
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EDMONTON (CP) - A Manitoba pedophile who stunned his parole board hearing by admitting to other assaults has said two of the crimes were committed within a week of the murder that sent him to jail.
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A Father Christmas will have a webcam in his grotto to overcome parents' concerns after a number of high-profile paedophile cases in the past few years.
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JONESBORO, Ark. - A burglary suspect broke into a house, tore open gifts under the Christmas tree and began preparing a batch of methamphetamine before he was caught, investigators said.
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HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County man was arrested Monday on charges that he made and distributed kiddie porn, State Police said.   Harold E. Wooten, 56, of Culloden was charged with possession, distribution and manufacturing of child pornography, said Sgt. C.M.
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A registered sex offender suspected of  rapes and killings across the United States was charged on  Tuesday with abducting and murdering a 16-year-old girl in  Georgia, police said.
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By The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 9--The first full day of testimony in the trial of a Yuma man suspected of having child pornography on his computer got under way Friday.   Bryan Joseph Larson, 32, of 10677 Shale Drive, has been charged with 11 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
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A high-risk sex offender is on the run in Oxfordshire after failing to keep a curfew, say police.
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King County prosecutors charged a Covington orthodontist yesterday with engaging in sexually explicit Internet conversations with several girls, including three current or former patients, and with dealing child pornography.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 12--RALEIGH -- Authorities have charged a Garner man with failing to register as a sex offender.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Norwalk man charged by state officials with molesting a 13-year-old boy has now been charged by federal authorities with child pornography possession charges.