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Authorities say 47-year-old Michael Stephens, superintendent of Itasca ISD, wanted to come to Houston and engage in sexual acts with someone who he thought was a 15-year-old girl.
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The Refuge's license was suspended last year when it was discovered an employee had offered to sell nude photos of two girls in exchange for drug money. The nonprofit sex-trafficking treatment center reached a settlement with the state that allowed it to reopen.
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Shawna Rogers died at 17, after years of abuse, violence and exploitation. The compounding cost of failures — from law enforcement and rehabilitators as well as family — finally proved fatal. In the end, she was blind to those who wanted to help her as they had been blind to her needs for years. Her life stands as a haunting example of how far Texas still has to go to help victims like her.
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The Dallas Police Department arrested two people involved in a sex-trafficking ring in Plano on Friday. The police said they've been investigating a sex-trafficking ring in North Dallas since July.
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Mercy Culture says it’s broken ground on a 100-bed shelter in Oakhurst. But church leaders will need approval from City Council to move forward.
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The children were sexually abused and neglected while at The Refuge, a facility located in Bastrop contracted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, according to a report from a current employee.
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Texas groups helping survivors want legislators in the third special session to earmark some COVID-19 relief funding for their services.