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A 25-year-old man who escaped a Missouri jail cell has been sentenced to 15 years for rape.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 29-year-old Kansas City man has been convicted of raping a 70-year-old woman in her home. Jackson County jurors yesterday found Jason Berry guilty of rape, sexual abuse and burglary. Berry is being held without bond while awaiting sentencing on May 21st...

Pettis County Deputies arrested 65-year-old Joseph Arbeiter on Wednesday (April 30) at his home in the 26000 Block of Goodwill Chapel Road following an investigation into a reported attempted sexual assault.

HBO's 'Game of Thrones' is no stranger to controversy and questionable content, though the talk surrounding a rape scene between Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Cersei (Lena Headey) from Sunday's latest "Breaker of Chains" drew near-unilateral fire. Now, series creator George R.R. Martin stepped in to comment on the controversy of a scene somewhat altered from its presence in the book

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — A man who says Chicago police tortured him until he confessed to a rape he didn't commit has been released from prison after spending 30 years behind bars.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A school superintendent and three more people have been charged by a grand jury that investigated whether other laws were broken in the rape of a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last year in eastern Ohio.

MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri sheriff anticipates up to 2,000 people showing up for a protest organized online on behalf of a girl who says she was sexually assaulted when she was 14.

MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri case involving a 14-year-old girl who says she was raped by a 17-year-old acquaintance is being reopened.

Yesterday (Oct. 15) the University of Central Missouri's News Bureau sent out a statement to students and faculty regarding the recently published article in the Kansas City Star about the Daisy Coleman court case. The article describes the Coleman family's woes after their then 14-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by the accused, Matthew Barnett, who is currently a student at UCM.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for more than a decade has pleaded not guilty to 512 counts of kidnapping and 446 counts of rape.