Sex Crime

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed into law seven bills aimed at strengthening protections for sexual assault victims.

A New York man was charged for allegedly groping a female passenger after moving to an empty seat next to her on board a flight to Newark International Airport, official said.

A New York state elementary school principal was charged with sexually abusing nine students during school in a case that prosecutors say goes back at least four years.

An investigation revealed that the sexual contact had taken place when the child was younger than 13 years old, as the alleged incidents may have dated back to 2014 and lasted through 2019, the criminal complaint stated

Details about the victim, including their age and gender, were not disclosed, nor were how, when or where the alleged acts occurred or if the Ocean City officer was on duty at the time

According to a criminal complaint, the man met the teens in Cincinnati and convinced them to come to New York, then tried to get them to have sex with men for money and live-stream sexual activities in a New Jersey hotel

A former coach of a New Jersey club basketball program was arrested for engaging in sexual conduct and communications with a child he knew, law enforcement officials said.

The landlord allegedly targeted male and female tenants who were about to be evicted or otherwise struggling financially, prosecutors said, with one woman alleging he assaulted her after she lost her job and was struggling to pay her rent amid the pandemic

Two St. John’s University students claim that the school and the Queens district attorney’s office failed to take their rape claims seriously. They now are looking to change the state’s law. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Two students at St. John’s University say they were raped by the same male student but their allegations have stalled – and they blame the way New York’s law treats accusers who drink alcohol or take drugs

A man who was accused of tricking an EMT into providing medical help in order to sexually assault her was found to have been suffering a seizure at the time of the incident, the Bronx District Attorney said, and will not face charges

A producer who says disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped her over seven years says she wants him deposed for a lawsuit even though she might accept a settlement

As crews worked to put out the flames from the three-alarm fire, the suspect allegedly flagged down a female first responder, saying he needed help — that’s when he attacked her

A state appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a southern New Jersey man convicted of sexually abusing his daughter beginning when she was 5, and ordered a new trial

A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after he persuaded four underage girls he befriended online to send him explicit photos of themselves and threatened to share the images with their classmates if they stopped communicating with him, prosecutors said

Defense attorneys wrote in court papers that prosecutors were “entirely mistaken” and relying on “unsupported innuendo” in their attempt to dismiss the significance of Ghislaine Maxwell’s marriage

Court documents show the ex-deputy chief of staff to the NYC Schools Chancellor exchanged emails with a 15-year-old, sending and receiving digital images and videos of sexually explicit material

The man admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship with the 15-year-old boy and recording some of the encounters

After decades of sex abuse and trafficking, Peter Nygard has been charged, Jonathan Dienst reports.

Lawyers for the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein are urging a judge to free her to await trial under a $28.5 million bail package that would include armed guards to keep her in a New York City residence and protect her safety.