child sex abuse

TBI Internet Crimes Against Children: Operation Protecting Tomorrow

May 17, 2024 at 11:59 am by WGNS News

Over a three-month period, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force conducted Operation Protecting Tomorrow. The multiple-age.... Read More

Rutherford County Child Advocacy Center Hosts Annual Hometown Heroes Walk for Children

Apr 29, 2024 at 04:30 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford CountY, TN - Rutherford County Child Advocacy Center and the Child Protective Investigative Team hosted the Ninth Annual Hometown Heroes Walk for Children on Friday.... Read More

TBI Arrests 49-Year Old for Internet Crimes Against Children

Apr 28, 2024 at 10:26 am by WGNS

Paris, TN - Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force have arrested and charged a 49-yea.... Read More

9th Annual Hometown Heroes Walk for Children was a Success!

Apr 26, 2024 at 06:47 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO — Child Advocacy Center Director Sharon DeBoer, Family Services Coordinator Jennifer Gamble, and Accountant Jessica Wauchek presented the 2024 Hometo.... Read More

Child Sex Abuse Cases in Rutherford County Increases Exponentially

Apr 23, 2024 at 09:51 am by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - As the population of Rutherford County continues to grow, the number of criminal cases is also increasing. One particularly disturbing trend is the r.... Read More

Indiana Man Convicted of Sexual Battery by an Authority Figure in Murfreesboro

Dec 15, 2023 at 01:30 pm by WGNS News

  MURFREESBORO, TN - An Indiana man has been convicted on a sexual crime in Murfreesboro after the case was investigated by the MPD Special Victims Unit. Matthew E. Ree.... Read More

Number of Forensic Interviews at the Child Advocacy Center is Growing

Oct 23, 2023 at 05:36 pm by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - The Child Advocacy Center in Murfreesboro is where forensic interviews take place for not only children who've been victims of sexual abuse, bu.... Read More

Light Up the Night End of Summer Party a Huge Success!

Sep 11, 2023 at 03:37 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO – “Friday, September 8 was a beautiful night for an end of summer party!” announced Child Advocacy Center Director Sharon De Boer. &ld.... Read More

Child Abuse Prevention Month to Comes to a Close with Annual Walk on Friday

Apr 25, 2023 at 06:10 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN – The annual Child Advocacy Center Hometown Heroes Walk for Children will take place this Friday, April 28th in Murfreesboro, as Child Abuse Prev.... Read More

Online Child Predators Could Be Talking to Your Children in Rutherford County

Apr 25, 2023 at 10:41 am by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN - In today’s social media focused society, it is no wonder that children and teens feel so comfortable talking to strangers online. This holds espe.... Read More

Rutherford County Sheriff's Office Warns Parents of the Dangers Waiting for Kids on Apps, Video Games and More

Apr 20, 2023 at 11:28 pm by WGNS News

  Rutherford County, TN - Children in communities both large and small are being targeted by adults with bad intentions. Parents often fail to realize their kids ar.... Read More

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Apr 11, 2023 at 11:51 am by WGNS News

MUFREESBORO – “Every year, we serve hundreds of child abuse victims at the Child Advocacy Center,” said Community Education Coordinator Presley Hosford. &l.... Read More

Today's Show Focuses on the Trauma of a Stepfather Sexually Abusing their Daughter and a book about a Middle Tennessee Survivor of Child Sex Abuse

Mar 17, 2023 at 11:24 am by WGNS News

Today on the Action Line, WGNS' Scott Walker talked to authors Valerie Dimino and Jessica Renee about their book, The Man Behind the Curtain: A Memoir, about Jessica.... Read More

TBI Arrested Suspect for Allegedly Uploading Child Sexual Abuse Material Online

Mar 16, 2023 at 05:08 pm by WGNS News

SUMNER COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted.... Read More

UPDATED: Suspect in Aggravated Sexual Battery of a Child Case Found Dead

Jan 20, 2023 at 04:38 pm by WGNS News

(Middle Tennessee) A man who was wanted by police in Nashville was found dead in Carthage, Tennessee. 41-Year-old Jeremiah Timon Abel was wanted by the long arm of the law for.... Read More

Suspect Accused of Inappropriately Touching a Child Under the Age of 13

Jan 05, 2023 at 01:23 pm by WGNS News

Middle, Tenn. – A suspect has been developed in a case that focuses on the sexual battery of a child. Metro Nashville Police reported on Thursday that Youth Services det.... Read More

Child Sex Abuse Victims and Their Family Can Have an Even Harder Time around and After the Holidays

Dec 26, 2022 at 02:00 pm by WGNS News

(Rutherford County, TN) Child Sexual Abuse has a lasting impact on a child’s well-being into adulthood, which is why it is important to help victims receive the proper h.... Read More

1,452,040 Reports of Online Child Exploitation and 123,790 Suspects Since 1998

Jun 14, 2022 at 02:42 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO – “We live in the age of technology, and our children are growing up in a world full of it,” stated Child Advocacy Center Community Education Co.... Read More
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Annual Hometown Heroes Walk for Children this past Friday was a Success

May 02, 2022 at 05:15 am by WGNS

(Rutherford County, TN) Several hundred people met on the Murfreesboro Civic Plaza this past Friday in support of the Child Advocacy Center. Participants – all wearing b.... Read More

Darkness to Light - Five Days of Action

Apr 22, 2022 at 10:46 am by WGNS

MURFREESBORO – According to the Darkness to Light child sexual abuse prevention training, “disclosure, discovery, and suspicion of sexual abuse prov.... Read More