A 20-year-old biological male was arrested by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida and charged with felonies for allegedly having hundreds of child sex abuse and bestiality content. Juan Yap Rivera Jr., of Wimauma, Fla., which is near Tampa, also allegedly possessed video of him sexually abusing a dog.

Rivera was arrested back on April 4 due to a cyber tip shared with investigators in the sheriff's office. Investigators say Rivera found and stored child and animal sex abuse using Snapchat and Telegram on his mobile device. 

Rivera has been charged with 186 felony counts related to the possession and distribution of child sex abuse and bestiality content.

Sheriff Chad Chronister released a press statement: "This is a heinous case, and I want to remind the community we must continue to work together to prevent child exploitation and abuse. We must remain vigilant and report any suspicious behavior or activity to law enforcement." 

Rivera remains in custody currently at the Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa. His bail is set at $922,000.  

The sheriff's office asks those with information about this case to contact them at 1-813-247-8200. 

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Four men were arrested over the mass shooting at an after-prom party in Jasper County, Texas on April 22. Cheston Hartsfield, 18, Cameron Hartsfield, 19, Tracy Hickman, 18, and Tyler Porter, 19, all of Newton, Texas, have been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and engaging in organized criminal activity.

11 youths were injured at the house party shooting.

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A trans person with a history of sexual violence has been convicted and sentenced to nine years in jail in West Yorkshire, England for violently abusing a woman.

Zara Jade, 54, was sentenced at the Bradford Crown Court on March 27 after earlier pleading guilty to charges that include false imprisonment, assault and robbery. 

Jade imprisoned her female partner by tying her to a chair using tights. She stabbed her and stole money from the woman’s bank account at an apartment in Halifax, England. 

Jade previously served five years in jail for a rape conviction in 1998 and another sex crime conviction in 2013.

After serving two-thirds of her jail sentence, Jade will be eligible for early release. She will be on probation for three years and is barred from contacting the victim. She will serve her jail sentence in a male prison due to new government rules banning trans women with male genitalia from being housed with female inmates. The new prison rules angered trans activists.

A Canadian government study published this year looking into trans inmates in federal prisons revealed that most trans women (i.e., males who identify as women) were convicted of serious violent offenses and sex crimes, with over half of their sex victims being children. The UK and US governments do not publish data on trans inmates.

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