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Florida Attorney General says four children aged 5 to 9 were confined in the cab of a semi-truck for about six years and sexually abused and neglected by two suspects, Keisha Epps and Tamra Stewart, who now face multiple charges; authorities call the case a 'rolling prison' with the victims travelling between Miami and Atlanta.
Entertainment Weekly obtained a jailhouse collect call in which Joseph Duggar told wife Kendra he had about $60 to call home while jailed on Florida molestation charges; Kendra said she and the kids are staying at a private location. He’s largely in solitary at the Washington County Detention Center and awaiting extradition to Florida, while Arkansas authorities have charged him with four counts of endangering welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment—charges related to the Florida case involve lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor. Josh Duggar is already serving a 12-year sentence for child pornography, and the Duggars’ reality-TV fame is noted in the article.
Kendra Duggar was arrested in Arkansas on misdemeanor charges including endangering the welfare of a child and false imprisonment after her husband Joseph Duggar was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving a minor; the case follows prior Duggar family abuse allegations and comes amid renewed scrutiny of the family.
Ex-19 Kids and Counting star Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested in Arkansas on accusations that he molested a 9-year-old girl during a 2020 family vacation in Panama City Beach, Florida; he faces lewd and lascivious molestation charges and is awaiting extradition to Bay County, Florida, where the acts allegedly occurred, after admitting the conduct to the victim’s father and to detectives. The case comes as the Duggar family’s reality show was canceled in 2015 following revelations about Josh Duggar’s own abuse cases.
The pastor of a California church, Victor Manuel Hernandez-Pineda, has been arrested for allegedly molesting a congregant when she was a young teen. The 53-year-old pastor is facing charges of kidnapping and molesting a girl younger than 14. The victim, now 21, recently disclosed the abuse to her parents, stating that the pastor convinced her it was God's will. Hernandez-Pineda is being held on $7 million bail, and authorities are investigating if there are more potential victims.
A Florida high school teacher, Lucas Cridlebaugh, has been arrested for allegedly having inappropriate relations with a student at Winter Springs High School. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office received a complaint from the victim's mother about explicit messages exchanged between Cridlebaugh and her daughter. During the investigation, it was discovered that Cridlebaugh had also engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with the victim on multiple occasions on school grounds. Cridlebaugh cooperated with detectives and has been charged with lewd and lascivious battery and molestation of a minor. The school district and law enforcement are urging anyone with similar incidents involving Cridlebaugh to come forward.