Hagel To West Point Grads: Sexual Assault In The Military Must Stop
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told cadets at the West Point U.S. Military Academy that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told cadets at the West Point U.S. Military Academy that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.
Word about the investigation became public after Canseco posted information about it in a string of bizarre posts on Twitter.
In the last two weeks, two service members have been accused of sexual misconduct. In both cases, the men had been in charge of preventing those type of crimes.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who serves as the chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, plans to address the issue next week with a newly drafted bill.
The incident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday at 98th Street and 97th Avenue in Richmond Hill.
Philip Giordano was convicted in 2003 for sexually abusing two young girls while he served as mayor.
Police on Saturday morning were stepping up their search for a sexual predator in Queens.
A New York City public schoolteacher was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl over a period of months.
The suspect broke into a 28-year-old woman's apartment and beat her about the face before sexually assaulting her, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
The man allegedly came up behind a woman in Forest Park in Woodhaven and tased her in the neck before sexually assaulting her.
Police said the suspect came up behind a 27-year-old woman, pushed her to the ground and then repeatedly punched her in the face before sexually assaulting her.
Police have identified a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and stole her purse in Brooklyn.
The hazing scandal at the Bronx High School of Science was widening Wednesday night, as e-mails indicate that the staff may have known about sexual assaults in the locker room as far back as 2010.
Police Wednesday evening were asking for the public's help in the search for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Police Tuesday were looking for a man who pinched a 13-year-old girl's bottom this past weekend in a Bronx grocery store.
An emergency medical technician with the New York City Fire Department has been sentenced to a term of 89 years to life in prison, after being convicted of sexually assaulting five victims over a period of 10 years.
The incident happened about 3:30 a.m. on East 58th Street. The victim walked out of the trendy nightspot Lavo and hopped in a cab, police said.
A New York City transit worker and former police officer was convicted Wednesday of raping a 14-year-old runaway whom he lured to his apartment.
The hunt continued Monday for a rapist and robber who struck in broad daylight in Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, and neighbors were on edge as they learned about the horrifying attack.
A well-to-do real estate broker at a high-end Manhattan firm has pleaded not guilty to a rape charge brought from a young woman he met on the Internet.
Investigators said Jennalin Garcia-Calle became a fugitive from the law after fleeing New Jersey several days ago, when she was charged with sexual assault.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
"From all accounts, (Blatche) was not personally involved in any kind of assault or anything like that," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said, according to the New York Times.
The incident took place at around 11:45 a.m. That's when police say a man - described as a teenager wearing a grey sweatshirt and green pants - threw a woman to the ground and tried to remove her clothes.
The NYPD wants help from the public in finding a suspect who assaulted a woman on the Upper West Side.
