Sexual Offenses

"Michael": Neat, Tidy, Nauseating Profile of a Pedophile

Anthony Josef Norris, Youth Art Mentor, Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Porn

​Those of us who were appalled to learn that the leader of a well-known San Francisco art youth program had a passion for child porn, will also be somewhat relieved to know his perverted hobby has landed him a place in prison.Federal prosecutors sentenced Anthony Josef Norris, the founder and form ... More >>

Sierra Lamar: Sex Offenders Questioned in Case of Missing Teen, Vigil Held

​Santa Clara County authorities have started talking to registered sex offenders who live near the area where 15-year-old Sierra Lamar was last seen, hoping to find any clues that might lead them to her. Lamar was last seen headed to school, Friday morning, however, school officials called her mom ... More >>

Match.com, Other Online Dating Sites to Weed Out Sexual Predators

​In the interest of protecting you from rampant perverts and other abusers online, a group of online dating sites has agreed to new rules that includes screening for sexual predators who might be using their sites to find new victims. The companies, Match.com. eHarmony, and Spark Networks, which i ... More >>

Brian Simoneschi, Ex-Soldier, Travels to California for Sex with Underage Girl

​A San Francisco judge has sentenced Brian Simoneschi, a former soldier and convicted sex offender, to seven years in prison after he admitted to moving to California to have sex with an underage girl he met online. Simoneschi was a convicted sex offender when he met the girl, but he had neglected ... More >>

Roberto Marty: Police Seek Victims of Bus Driver Accused of Molesting Children

​Police are looking for more possible victims of  Roberto Marty, a former school bus driver who allegedly molested two girls who rode his bus. Yesterday Marty was ordered to stand trial on two charges of committing lewd acts with children under the age of 14, including an 11-year-old girl who ... More >>

Man Wanted in Mission District Sexual Assaults

If this helps at all​San Francisco police are looking for this man pictured to the right who is considered a person of interest in two separate sexual assault cases in the city's Mission District. Both sexual assaults occurred on 24th Street sometime between 3 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., police said. The ... More >>

Police Release Sketch of Rape Suspects

Police are looking for two men, one of whom allegedly robbed and raped a woman in her Lombard Street motel on Oct. 28. According to police, the two suspects contacted her though SFredbook, an online website for escorts and masseuses. Both the suspects paid the woman for consensual sex at her motel r ... More >>

Police Looking for Another Sexual Assault Suspect

​Earlier today we warned readers to be on the lookout for two men, one of whom allegedly robbed and raped a woman at gunpoint inside her motel room. A few hours later, police issued a sketch of another man wanted in a separate sexual assault and attempted murder in the Potrero neighborhood. On Nov ... More >>

Lost Boys: New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

​Earlier today we warned readers to be on the lookout for two men, one of whom allegedly robbed and raped a woman at gunpoint inside her motel room. A few hours later, police issued a sketch of another man wanted in a separate sexual assault and attempted murder in the Potrero neighborhood. On Nov ... More >>

Robert Hoffman, S.F. Attorney, Accused of Raping Women He Met on Craigslist

Man jailed over Craigslist sex allegations ​Police arrested a local employment attorney who allegedly lured four women online and then sexually assaulted them once they met. Prosecutors said that Robert Michael Hoffman, 50, posted a personal ad on Craigslist.org, to which four women responded. Aft ... More >>

Anthony Josef Norris, Art Mentor Accused of Having Child Porn, Created Murals with "Inappropriate" Sexual Images

Creepy ​Earlier this month, we told SF Weekly readers about Anthony Josef Norris, the San Francisco art mentor for youth who confessed to having child porn. Apparently, his love for pornographic images seeped into his artwork as well. Police told reporters today that Norris' one-inch tiles within ... More >>

Therapist Accused of Hypnotizing Patient, Then Having Sex with Her

Matthew Lindgren​A Bay Area therapist who specializes in sexual assault and rape cases allegedly had sex with his own patient while she was hypnotized. SF Weekly contacted lawyers for Angelina Rosiles, the plaintiff in the case, but they have not yet returned our phone calls. However, in a lawsuit ... More >>

Police Say Same Man Could Be Responsible for Sexual Assault, Indecent Exposure in The Haight

Masturbating man ​San Francisco police are looking for a man who they believe might be responsible for sexually assaulting and exposing himself to women in the Upper Haight. On April 16, at about 2:15 p.m., a man followed a woman from Haight and Stanyan streets for several blocks before he finally ... More >>

Xavier Neal Accused of Raping Woman at Crocker Amazon

The man​Police arrested Xavier Neal yesterday evening on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female jogger on Friday as she ran through Crocker Amazon park. On Monday, police released sketches of the suspect who was last seen running into the Sunnydale Housing projects on Friday after the incident. ... More >>

Caltrain Conductor Accused of Soliciting Sexual Favors From Minor

Conductor Busted​Ricardo Arias Cano, a conductor who worked on Caltrain, was arrested recently on suspicion of propositioning two female passengers for sex, one who was a minor. The 60-year-old South San Francisco man has since been banned from Caltrain property. According to Steve Fein, who works ... More >>

Sex Offenders Forced Into Homelessness a Bad Idea, Task Force Says. Duh.

The government thought good and hard about this...​A law enforcement task force has recommended the state do what common sense would have suggested a long time ago: Repeal the provision of Jessica's Law that banishes paroled sex offenders to homelessness. It's about time. We wrote about this perfe ... More >>

Damir Shalako, Alleged Rapist, In Court Today

Damir Shalako, whose facial tattoo reads 'SF,' is currently incarcerated here​Damir Shalako, the 25-year-old rape suspect whose tattooed visage may have helped end his status as a fugitive, will be showing his face in a San Francisco courtroom this morning. The parolee on Monday pleaded not guilty ... More >>

Kamala Harris Attack Ad: Steve Cooley a Sexist Coddler of Child Molesters

D.A. Kamala Harris​San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris today released an online ad targeting her Republican opponent in the race for state attorney general. The ad (view after the jump) assails Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, in so many words, as a sexist coddler of child mol ... More >>

'Pedophile Island' Proposed By California Gov. Candidate

​Is it just us, or does state politics have an unseemly apocalyptic tone these days? First we had "demon sheep" -- twice -- then "apostles of darkness." Now Republican gubernatorial candidate Douglas Hughes, an erstwhile unknown, has come forward with what just might be the wackiest millenarian ca ... More >>

Sex Offenders Searching For One-Night Stands

Case workers allege that sex offender Nicholas Chaykovsky, pictured in December, died because of Jessica's Law.​State corrections officials will now allow sex offenders living transient because of Jessica's Law sleep indoors -- as long as they don't establish a "pattern of residency." Now, playing ... More >>

Corrections Department: Putting Parolee Program Next to School Was Only Option

You see? There was a perfectly good reason for placing a parolee help center a stone's throw from a grade school -- which means sex offenders are legally barred from entering. ​State corrections officials say they had no choice but to award a contract to aid paroled sex offenders to a non-profit t ... More >>

Better Off Dead?

Did Jessica's Law kill a homeless sex offender?

Alleged Child Rapist Prof Kenneth Kyle Misses Arraignment -- For Good Reason

Kenneth Kyle​Cal State East Bay Professor Kenneth Kyle, facing a pair of child porn-related  charges, skipped his scheduled arraignment yesterday morning. A no-bail bench warrant was issued for his arrest -- but that's probably the least of his worries. On Wednesday, St. Louis County (Missour ... More >>

Accused Child Porn Professor to be Arraigned Today

Kenneth Kyle​Kenneth Kyle, the Cal State East Bay professor arrested earlier this month at San Francisco International Airport on child porn charges, will be arraigned this morning at San Francisco's Hall of Justice. The 47-year-old is facing felony charges of child pornography possession and chil ... More >>

Ex-S.F. Arhcbishop Given 10-1 Odds Becoming Next Pope

What are the odds?​The Irish bookie site Paddypower is laying down 3-to-1 odds Pope Benedict XVI  will be ousted over accusations that he was behind misdeeds such as helping shield a priest who purportedly raped hundreds of deaf boys. But when God shuts a door, he opens a window -- and if a P ... More >>

J'Accuse!

Doubt wags the finger of moral relativism.

Ballot Fun

Real excerpts from S.F.'s 272-page Voter Information Pamphlet.

Future Me, a play about pedophiles, not as funny as it could have been

Real excerpts from S.F.'s 272-page Voter Information Pamphlet.

It's a Murder, Not a "Sex Slaying"

Real excerpts from S.F.'s 272-page Voter Information Pamphlet.

Dominatrix Blew Whistle on Bernie Ward

Real excerpts from S.F.'s 272-page Voter Information Pamphlet.

Sex Workers Have a Bone to Pick With Newsom

Real excerpts from S.F.'s 272-page Voter Information Pamphlet.

Former Catholic Priest, SF Radio Host Popped For Kiddy Porn

Real excerpts from S.F.'s 272-page Voter Information Pamphlet.

Pulpit Nonfiction

Alleged victim of sex abuse by the local clergy is writing a book

Grave Anatomy

Alleged victim of sex abuse by the local clergy is writing a book

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Mother Knows Best

A night on the town with Mom means talking about Jacko, Dabney Coleman, and pedophilia

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Zipped Up

S.F. Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin, and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?

Extended Sentence

A convicted pedophile earns his release but can't escape from himself

Live to Tell

Even big-name stars can't overpower the stories of exonerated death row inmates

Archbishop's Thorn

A priest removed from his church following allegations of sexual abuse appeals to the Vatican

See No Evil

S.F. Archbishop William Levada styles himself as a leading advocate for openness among Catholic leaders on the clergy sex-abuse issue. So why doesn't he practice what he preaches?

Letters to the Editor

Week of April 2, 2003

Gale Farce

Kevin isn't the only thing Spacey in this overlong death-penalty drama

Law and Order in the ER

Nurses are being trained to deal with the needs of both patients and police

North Beach Trouble

Black Eye for Black Cat; Good Help?; Take the J Train

Letters

Black Eye for Black Cat; Good Help?; Take the J Train

Unspun

Black Eye for Black Cat; Good Help?; Take the J Train

Calling It Rape

Two decades after the nightmare with a bronzed boatman on the Salmon River, I still hadn't forgiven myself for not fighting back. But there was no time like the present.