Actress Jodie Turner-Smith has been named as a defendant in a Los Angeles lawsuit centered on serious sexual misconduct and drug allegations against her brother, Richard Mark Anthony Smith. Three plaintiffs identified as Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3 filed the civil lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on September 24, … Read more
Nickolas Eugene Turpen-Arends is a 40-year-old culinary arts teacher at Lincoln High School in Stockton, California, who was arrested in September 2026 after investigators allegedly found more than 65,000 images of child sexual abuse material on a computer at his home. The California Highway Patrol says the arrest followed a months-long investigation by its Computer … Read more
Michael Shane Vassar is a 37-year-old former head wrestling coach at Palmer Ridge High School in Colorado who was arrested in September 2026 on a charge of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says its Special Victims Unit investigated allegations involving Vassar … Read more
Brian Wilker Orr is a 42-year-old mathematics teacher at Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts in Jacksonville, Florida, who was arrested in September 2026 on charges involving alleged inappropriate contact with a student. Orr was arrested by Duval County Public Schools Police in collaboration with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say the case involves a … Read more
Dagoberto Diaz is a 48-year-old Illinois middle school teacher and girls volleyball coach who was arrested in September 2026 after authorities accused him of secretly recording a female student at Mundelein High School. Diaz taught at Carl Sandburg Middle School and served as the girls junior varsity volleyball coach at Mundelein High School. He faces … Read more
Eric Christoffersen is a 40-year-old Utah elementary school teacher who was charged in September 2026 with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child after multiple students accused him of inappropriate touching at school. Christoffersen worked for the Granite School District and most recently taught at Arcadia Elementary School in Taylorsville. He had been … Read more
Cameron Coverson is a 27-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, man who worked as a substitute teacher at First Coast High School and was arrested in September 2026 after authorities accused him of having an unlawful sexual relationship with a student. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office alleges that Coverson exchanged inappropriate messages with the student, met the student at … Read more
Tyler Nike Thomas is a 39-year-old Columbus, Ohio, man federally indicted in connection with the kidnapping, sexual exploitation and death of 17-year-old Indiana teenager Hailey Buzbee. A federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against Thomas on September 23, 2026, including kidnapping resulting in death and two other charges alleging offenses resulting in Buzbee’s death. … Read more
Matthew Russell Keaton is a Pipestem, West Virginia, man accused of committing sexual assaults and other crimes against dozens of women over an 11-year period. A Summers County grand jury returned a sweeping superseding indictment against Keaton in September 2026 containing 394 criminal counts. Prosecutors say the alleged conduct occurred between 2010 and 2021 and … Read more
Ruben Guzman is a former assistant principal and math teacher at Sunrise Middle School in San Jose, California, who is facing federal charges after prosecutors accused him of trying to pay for sex with someone he believed was a child. Guzman, 32, was federally indicted in September 2026 on charges of attempted sex trafficking of … Read more