Father intercepts sex offender's text meant for 15-year-old daughter

A registered sex offender was arrested after a Glenn Falls, NY, father happened to see a text sent to his 15-year-old daughter trying to arrange a meeting behind a bar late at night.

The father pretended to be the girl. When Michael W. VanNess, 25, went to meet her at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, he found police waiting for him instead.

It's not known if the father knew he was dealing with a sex offender.

| Bob Cronkleton

Ohio's former director of faith-based iniatives pleads guilty to pimping charges

Robert E. McFadden, 46, Dublin, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to two felony counts relating to pimping a 17-year-old prostitute.

The actual charges: two counts of compelling prostitution for computer activity. Five other counts of pandering obscenity and promoting prostitution were dismissed.

According to The Columbus Dispatch:

Prosecutors said McFadden, who is free on bond, took photographs of the girl he met on an Internet chat room and then offered her services to other men on the site as a "recommended" prostitute.

Columbus vice detectives monitoring online discussions among clients of prostitutes for years said McFadden posted under the names "Sullivant Guy," "Broad Street Guy," "Toby" and "God O Thunder."

| Bob Cronkleton

DNA test solves 1994 Lenexa rape case

Lenexa police and the Johnson County Sheriff's office say they have solved rape case dating back to 1994 using DNA testing.

The results matched Anthony R. Martin, 42, who is currently serving a 25 year sentence for a string of apartment burglaries. Martin has been charged with one count each of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy.

| Bob Cronkleton

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Coach sentenced for gym bathroom sex

From Arizona. Former high school girls' basketball coach Raeanna Jewell admitted to having sex with one of 16-year-old players in a gym bathroom. She got 180 days plus 20 years probation.

| Sara Shepherd

Somehow I think his sick argument will not fly

A 76-year-old "prophet" from Las Vegas sexually assaulted two girls in his small congregation. He said he can't be held responsible because anything that happened with the girls was "God's doing."

Police believe there are other victims.

Hat Tip: Many thanks Jungle Jim!

|Meredith Rodriguez

Juvenile sex offenders' pasts might go public

A Chicago Tribune story features Tim, a 19-year-old who sexually assaulted an 8-year-old as a juvenile. It talks about his abused past and how he hopes to change in the future.

According to the story, most juvenile sex offenders who receive counseling do not repeat crimes. As the law is set now, only local law enforcement need to know his sex crimes history.

A federal law in July 2010, however, could compel states to reveal the identities of many young sex offenders on a Web site for at least 25 years.

|Meredith Rodriguez

Man, 59, tricked teen girls into sex using Tarot cards, police report

Three teenage girls say they were all tricked into having sex with a man named Hector Ayala. Two girls say he "predicted" dark futures for them after he read their Tarot cards, and said those fates could only be prevented by having sex with him. Another teen said she had sex with Ayala to get a curse lifted from her family. Story is from Pennsylvania.

WI woman, 20, gets pregnant by 13-year-old -- twice, police say

Baby No. Two was conceived after she was charged for the conception of Baby No. 1, authorities allege. Pop is now 14.

The most disturbing thing you'll read today

Read it for yourself. I'll just say that a diaper is involved.

Okie woman traded sex for $30 in Frito-Lay chips, police say

The defendant, who pleaded no-contest, allegedly agreed to be paid in chips because the john didn't have any money, police say. It's not clear whether they were the regular or barbecue-flavored kind.