Sex Crime

A federal judge in Peoria has sentenced a Bloomington man to more than 17 years in prison for attempting to entice an 11-year-old girl into sexual activity with him.

A federal judge in Peoria has sentenced a man from Danvers to 6 1/2 years in prison for sending lewd photos of parts of himself to a minor. Alexander Smith, 23, also must register as a sex offender when he is released.

Former piano teacher Aaron Parlier has been sentenced to 450 years in prison for sex assault and child porn. The lengthy term comes from convictions in the first of six cases prosecutors have said they plan to try separately against the 40-year-old Bloomington man.

The number of people in the U.S. now required to register as sex offenders is edging close to the one million mark.Women Against Registry, a St. Louis…

On Friday police arrested a longtime first-grade teacher at Glenn Elementary School in Unit 5 for allegedly molesting female students. Unit 5 pulled the…

The author of a self-help book wants to change the conversation about sexual assault.Maria Henneberry of Normal said referring to rape as a sex crime…