Category: Crime
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Swim Coach Accused of Hiding 16-Year-Old Missing for Two Weeks | NBCLA
The teen had been missing for two weeks, and her mother says it feels like a new day to know she’s alive. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. http://4.nbcla.com/Mplu14y Watch this video on YouTube
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Swim Coach Arrested In Connection With Teen’s Disappearance, Girl Found Safe
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, detectives found a 16-year-old they had been searching for since July 22 hiding in the bedroom of her former swim coach’s San Bernardino home. John Casillas, 31, was taken into custody at a local country club where he taught swim lessons and was arrested on suspicion of…
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Florida deputy jumps on Jet Ski, chases down fugitive trying to swim away, body cam video shows
A Florida deputy’s bodycam recorded his wild pursuit of a wanted fugitive last week that began on foot and ended after a short rundown on a Jet Ski. Walton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Miramar Beach on Friday following a tip that Clyde Merrill Hunter was staying at a residence there, the sheriff’s office said in…
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Teen sexually assaulted while swimming at local state park, police say
Police said a man sexually assaulted a teenage girl at a state park in Westmoreland County. Noe Ivan Soto Alvarez is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond because police and the judge considered him a flight risk. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2EuNtTh Watch this video on YouTube
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Coast Guard rescue swimmer Sara Faulkner tells of sexual harassment
Sara Faulkner had the “it†factor as the first woman to graduate from the Coast Guard’s helicopter rescue swimmer school in North Carolina and join its elite group of swimmers. Watch this video on YouTube
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Ex-Gwinnett County high school swim coach arrested on charges of sexual battery against a child under 16
A now-former Gwinnett County high school swim coach was arrested earlier this week on two charges of sexual battery against a child under the age of 16. Gwinnett County Jail records show Anthony Rainge was booked on Tuesday afternoon and released late that evening. He was the swim coach at Meadowcreek High School until he…
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Sexual Assault Survivors File Civil Suits Against USA Swimming Over Enabling Jailed Former Coach
“My sexual abuse was 100% preventable,†Grodensky said Wednesday during a video conference. Grodensky said King abused her from ages 11 to 16 when she was a swimmer in Danville, California, in the early 1980s. Now 51 and living in New York, she said she has suffered from years of depression as a result of…
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Mumford swimming teacher charged in 15-year-old student’s drowning
An autopsy report from the case showed there was a bruise on Blanding’s head, which caused the family’s lawyer to ask what really happened. “He was killed. That’s horrific. That should not have happened,†attorney Johnny Hawkins said. Since late February, Blanding’s family has been looking for answers on what happened in the untimely drowning of the student at…
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Quad-City police: Swimmer in ACLU lawsuit resisted arrest
Quad-City area police being sued by the ACLU in the case involving a collegiate swimmer who was mistakenly taken into custody at an area rest stop are saying the young man was resisting arrest. The ACLU filed suit earlier this year on behalf of Jaylan Butler, a 19-year-old member of the Eastern Illinois University swim team mistaken…