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Mom gets maximum sentence for hosting drunken teen sex parties 

  • May 29

Melissa Gilbert says husband Timothy Busfield 'will be exonerated'

  • Apr 6

FBI asked to reveal plans for catching online network child predators

  • Feb 21

Man charged with kidnapping, sexually abusing girl in north suburb: PD

  • Feb 11

Timothy Busfield indicted on 4 counts of sexual contact with a child

  • Feb 6

NYC gym coach charged with rape of 14-year-old: Court documents

  • Jan 22

Timothy Busfield released from custody pending trial in abuse case

  • Jan 21

Sean Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

  • Dec 24, 2025

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Melissa Gilbert says husband Timothy Busfield 'will be exonerated'

  • Apr 6
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Sean Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

  • Dec 24, 2025
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CPD announces charges in alleged Logan Square, Lakeview sex assaults

  • Apr 7, 2025
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Suburban massage business owner arrested for unwanted sexual contact

  • Mar 19, 2024
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Vigil held after 7 bodies found on Oklahoma property

  • May 2, 2023
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7 bodies found during search for missing Oklahoma teens

  • May 2, 2023
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Attorney for R. Kelly victim speaks after singer sentenced

  • Feb 23, 2023
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Latest Epstein release details investigation into possible co-conspirators

The Justice Department on Monday released additional documents from its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  • Dec 23, 2025

Top DOJ official denies there's any effort to redact mentions of President Trump from Epstein files

The No. 2 official in the Justice Department told ABC News in an interview Friday that there has been "no effort" to redact President Donald Trump's name from the release of files stemming from federal investigations into convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

  • Dec 20, 2025

Epstein files released include complaint made to FBI years before 1st investigation

The release contains what appears to be first known report to federal law enforcement that Epstein was involved in child sexual exploitation: a September 1996 complaint filed with the FBI's Miami office accusing Epstein of participating in "child pornography," more than eight years before the first law enforcement investigation into Epstein was launched.

  • Dec 20, 2025

CBP officer charged in multiple suburban sexual assaults, robberies is ordered detained

A CBP officer who allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed multiple women in the Chicago suburbs was ordered detained on Monday.

  • Dec 15, 2025

Parents asking for tougher laws targeting dangerous online network that exploits children

There was a deeply emotional day of testimony on Capitol Hill this week as lawmakers heard firsthand from family members of children targeted by a dangerous online network known as 764. The ABC7 I-Team is investigating.

  • Dec 11, 2025