Professor alleges sexual assault

October 8th, 2009 Ex-cop pleads not guilty to posing as twin for sexMILFORD, Conn. — A former Connecticut police officer has pleaded not guilty to allegations he posed as his twin brother to have sex with a woman, and then raped her when she realized the ruse and tried to leave.

October 7th, 2009 Ex-prep school dean charged with 4th sex assaultLITCHFIELD, Conn. — The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student.

September 30th, 2009 Ex-Penn prof gets 25 years for child porn, liesPHILADELPHIA — A former Ivy League professor will serve 25 years for making child pornography and lying to authorities to get a teen victim into the United States. Prosecutors say former University of Pennsylvania professor Lawrence Scott Ward has been a sexual predator for decades.

September 30th, 2009 A glance at crime victim programs in the stimulusThe federal stimulus includes $225 million to combat violence against women and $100 million for crime victims. Some victim services programs are also tapping other categories of law enforcement money.

September 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Two Indian students have been arrested for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on a train here. The 17-year-old girl (from Gosford) boarded the train in Melbourne on Wednesday.

September 3rd, 2009 HONG KONG - An expatriate professor was Thursday jailed for nine weeks for molesting two female students in his office at the University of Hong Kong. Terence Shortall, 54, an associate professor of education at the university, was found guilty on two counts of indecent assault.

September 3rd, 2009 Vt. teen sentenced to prison in 'sexting' caseBURLINGTON, Vt. — An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday in Vermont's first "sexting" case, in which he allegedly directed two teenage girls to videotape or photograph themselves performing sex acts and send him the results.

August 5th, 2009 Fla. teen: Teammates saw locker room sex assaultTAMPA, Fla. — Many members of a Florida middle school's flag football team were in the locker room when a 13-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by some of his teammates with a hockey stick and broomstick, according to court documents released Tuesday.

August 1st, 2009 Teen indicted in rape of 8-year-old in PhoenixPHOENIX — A 14-year-old Liberian refugee has been indicted in connection with the rape of an 8-year-old girl at a Phoenix apartment complex. Police say four boys, also from Liberia, lured the girl to an empty storage shed July 16 with the promise of chewing gum.

July 16th, 2009 Anchorage officer accused of rape while on dutyANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting multiple women while he was on duty. Anthony Rollins, a 13-year veteran and former department spokesman, was indicted by a grand jury and arrested Wednesday.

July 11th, 2009 Ex-civilian contractor charged with sexual assaultHOUSTON — A former civilian defense contractor was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a woman at an Iraqi air base. David Charles Breda Jr., 34, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in October at Camp Al Asad, Iraq, where he was employed by a subsidiary of Houston-based military contractor KBR Inc.

June 29th, 2009 Man gets life in prison for Colo. student slayingBOULDER, Colo.

June 23rd, 2009 60,000 inmates sexually abused every yearWASHINGTON — A federal commission on prison rape has concluded that the risk of being attacked depends greatly on the type of prisoner, and where the inmate is locked up. More than 60,000 inmates are sexually abused every year, according to a report being made public Tuesday by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.

June 17th, 2009 House schedules impeachment vote on federal judgeWASHINGTON — The U.S. House has scheduled a vote for Thursday morning on the impeachment of a Texas federal judge in prison for lying about sexual assaults of two women.

May 9th, 2009 4 teens charged with sexual assault of teammateTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say four teenagers at a Florida school have been charged with sexually assaulting a member of their flag football team with a broomstick and a hockey stick.