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San Antonio police Saturday night arrested a 38 year old teacher in the Northside ISD and charged her with engaging in sexual activity with a 12 year old boy. An arrest warrant obtained by 1200 WOAI news claims that Lucinda Caldwell, 38, is a fifth grade teacher at Cable Elementary School on Pinn Road. The affidavit claims Caldwell picked up the boy at his far west side home Friday night and drove to a hotel, where the sexual contact allegedly took place. But when she tried to return the youngster to his home early Saturday, his dad was waiting, so...

A 7-year-old Trenton girl was sold like a prostitute to a party of perverts and wound up being gang raped by up to seven men and boys. And the person who pimped out the grade-schooler was her 15-year-old stepsister, police said. The shocking crime - in a high-rise housing project near the New Jersey statehouse - left cops struggling for words to describe the depravity. "You don't even know what to say," Trenton Police Capt. Joseph Juniak said Wednesday. "It's incomprehensible." The horror show happened Sunday when the teenager took the 7-year-old with her to a party in the Rowan...

A church youth leader from Weber County was arrested for sexual abuse of three girls. Cory Campbell, 37, was booked into jail on three counts of forcible sex abuse after a young woman came forward, claiming she was abused by the man. Campbell posted bail Tuesday night and has since been released, according to Capt. Clint Anderson. Authorities believe one family member and two others were victimized in incidents that date back to October of 2009. They say it is possible there are more victims out there. Campbell served as an LDS young men's leader in Farr West.

BOISE -- A former Boise Police Officer faces five counts of lewd conduct with a child under 16. The former Boise Police Officer retired six days ago, on February 28. Friday afternoon, Stephen Young, 58, of Eagle, was arrested following an interview with Ada County Sheriff's Detectives. The five felony charges represent five different victims over the last five years. Investigators said the victims were all infants at the time Young had alleged sexual contact with them. They also said Young knows the victims, but they did not live in his home. Detectives also said the crimes happened at several...

San Francisco's Department of Human Services wants to fire a child welfare supervisor accused of downloading and passing around gay S&M porn pix -- hot shots that starred a psychiatrist from the city's foster care program. Higher-ups in the welfare division are also facing possible discipline for moving too slowly to stop the photo pass-around, and for failing to report the supervisor's actions to the proper authorities. The department's director, Trent Rhorer, declined to discuss details of the case, saying it was a personnel matter. He did, however, confirm that an internal investigation was under way "into all aspects of...