Married ex-teacher hit with 52 additional child sex charges related to multiple alleged trysts with 15-year-old male student



A former Illinois special education teacher accused of molesting a 15-year-old student has been hit with 52 additional charges relating to previous accusations of child sex crimes.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced Tuesday in a statement that 30-year-old Christina Formella had been indicted on 52 additional counts of child sex crimes against a student.

'I feel like I’m gonna throw up.'

Formella is facing 20 counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 Felony), 20 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Class 1 Felony), six counts of indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 Felony), and six counts of grooming (Class 4 Felony), Berlin said.

As Blaze News previously reported, Formella was arrested March 16 when she was a teacher at Downers Grove South High School. At the time, Formella was charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Class 1 Felony), one count of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 Felony), and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Class 2 Felony).

Police bodycam video of Formella’s arrest shows her appearing confused when an officer asks her to step out of her vehicle during a traffic stop. With her husband in the passenger seat of the vehicle, Formella exits the car and is placed in handcuffs.

Bodycam footage shows Formella crying in the back of the police cruiser.

"I feel like I’m gonna throw up," a sobbing Formella is heard saying.

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The DuPage County State's Attorney's Office stated in a previous news release, "On March 15, 2025, the victim, who was 15 years old at the time of the alleged assault, and his mother went to the Downers Grove Police Department to report inappropriate sexual contact allegedly committed by the boy’s soccer coach/tutor, later identified as Formella."

It was alleged that the student and Formella were in a classroom for a tutoring session before school began in December 2023 when the teacher sexually assaulted the boy, officials said.

But in its press release Tuesday, the State's Attorney's Office said, "Following further investigation, it is alleged that the sexual abuse began in January 2023 and continued through August/September 2024."

"The new allegations against Ms. Formella, including the allegations of grooming and that the abuse lasted nearly two years, are beyond disturbing,” Berlin proclaimed. "I thank the victim in this case for having the courage to come forward during what I imagine is an extremely difficult time for him."

Authorities noted that Formella "sent the victim multiple text messages that were grooming in nature and that she and the victim had engaged in sexual acts approximately 50 times, both at the school and at Formella’s home, including at least 45 times at the school."

WGN-TV reported that the following text exchange was allegedly between the student and Formella:

Student: “I love you so so much mama.”
Formella: “I love you sooooo much baby… Even though this morning was short, it was perfect”
Student: “I know baby it was perfect baby so perfect.”
Formella: “I love having sex with you.”
Student: “I know baby I love it so much… It feels so good… It’s so passionate. .. It’s so intimate … It’s so perfect.”

The alleged victim's mother reportedly discovered text messages between the boy and Formella on her son's cell phone.

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In addition, Formella allegedly had a secret "memoir" in her phone's notes app, in which one note said the student “cheated on me" and called him “disgusting,” according to a petition to deny her pretrial release that People magazine obtained.

“We will never ever be together again,” Formella allegedly wrote. “I'm not a second choice. I'm the best thing you'll ever have, even with all of my mistakes.”

Formella asserted that she was the victim of a blackmail scheme the student orchestrated.

"[Formella said] everybody comes after her because she is good-looking, and she is just a good person who cared too much about [the boy]," according to court documents the Daily Mail obtained.

Blaze News previously reported that Formella allegedly told investigators that the student broke into her phone and sent text messages to himself to set her up for blackmail.

"She claimed that one day, [the boy] had grabbed her phone unattended, had entered her passcode ... had sent the message to his phone, had then deleted the message from her phone, and had saved it to his phone as blackmail," the documents obtained by the Daily Mail read.

Formella is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 4, the state's attorney said.

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'Monster' learns his fate for killing 2-year-old girl; officials say he 'completely severed' toddler's spine



A Florida man learned his fate for the murder of a 2-year-old girl in 2022 after the mother of the child left her daughter in his care.

On Wednesday, 27-year-old Travis Ray Thompson was found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of Jacklyn Schwingel, according to a statement from the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.

'Life in prison is too good for this kind of evil.'

On May 3, 2022, a female toddler was rushed to the emergency room of AdventHealth Waterman, a hospital in Tavares. The child was in critical condition when she arrived.

Medical personnel attempted lifesaving measures on 2-year-old Jacklyn, but the young girl was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Hospital officials notified the Marion County Sheriff’s Office of a possible case of child abuse.

A detective with the sheriff's office questioned the mother of the deceased child, who told the detective that she had left her daughter in the care of Thompson earlier that morning so she could go to work.

The Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office noted that Thompson called the mother approximately 25 minutes after she left to inform her that Jacklyn was unresponsive.

Thompson told investigators that the girl was in another room when he heard a loud noise. Thompson claimed he found the child unresponsive.

"Instead of calling 911, Thompson waited for 30 minutes for the victim’s mother to arrive and only then began driving to the hospital," the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office stated.

The mother noted that her daughter was lifeless and had a shallow pulse and a distended abdomen.

"While en route to the hospital, the victim’s mother directed Thompson to call 911 when she realized the victim had stopped breathing altogether," the attorney's office said.

Emergency medical services personnel met Thompson and the mother at a nearby business to bring the toddler to the hospital for medical treatment.

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According to officials, the little girl suffered abhorrent physical abuse at the hands of Thompson. Officials added that Thompson claimed he did not know how the victim became injured despite being the only person left with the victim.

On Sept. 1, 2022, the medical examiner's office determined that Jacklyn's cause of death was traumatic injuries to her torso with a severing of her spine and internal bleeding.

"Based on the severity and nature of the break, it was determined that Thompson applied significant, gradual force to the victim’s upper and lower body and bent her backward beyond her natural range of motion until her back broke," the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office said.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office said in a statement, "Thompson physically abused the toddler while she was in his care, which resulted in her spine being completely severed."

Thompson was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail on Sept. 8, 2022.

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Image source: Marion County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office

After jurors deliberated for two hours Wednesday and delivered a guilty verdict, Judge Barbara Kissner-Kwatkosky sentenced Thompson to life in prison for Jacklyn's murder.

"This monster stole the life of an innocent child, and today, the justice system made sure he will never walk free again," said Bill Gladson, state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. "Life in prison is too good for this kind of evil."

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods added, "I'm incredibly proud of my major crimes detectives for their relentless work on this heartbreaking case. Their dedication helped secure justice for an innocent child."

"I also want to thank State Attorney Bill Gladson and his team for delivering a guilty verdict," Woods continued. "In Marion County, we protect our children — and we hold those who harm them accountable."

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Document Trove: Pornhub Allowed Illegal Child Abuse Videos Even After They Were Flagged

'This was far beyond negligence. It was systemic criminal conduct — monetized sexual abuse on an industrial scale, driven by willful corporate decisions,' said Justice Defense Fund CEO Laila Mickelwait.

A baby got high on cocaine — shocking report on tax-funded KinderCare



One of the nation’s largest day-care providers, KinderCare, is not the rosy, child-friendly company it purports to be — and independent investigative journalist Edwin Dorsey has the receipts.

“One thing that I’m very good at is using FOIA, the Freedom of Information Act, to get copies of complaints people are sending to regulators. So one common thing I’ll do in my research is I’ll go to the FTC, and see what complaints people are submitting to the FTC, and go to local state attorney offices and see what complaints people are submitting to state AGs,” Dorsey tells Allie Beth Stuckey on “Relatable.”

When he did this for KinderCare, he found that the company has “a lot of child safety issues.”

“And not the type of stuff you’d normally expect, where maybe a kid fights with another kid or somebody has allergies. There was issues where kids were escaping from the KinderCare locations, kids were getting locked in rooms with no supervision, kids were overdosing on drugs brought by the staff,” he tells Stuckey.


In one case, a woman dropped her child off at KinderCare, only to be called six hours later and told that her child was throwing up and needed to be picked up.

“She took him home and she knew right away something was wrong, and so she went back to KinderCare and said ‘What happened? My kid was fine this morning and now he’s very, very sick and has all these bruises, and clearly, something’s wrong,’” Dorsey explains.

“KinderCare denied anything was wrong, but the mother knew something was wrong, so she took her kid to the hospital, and the hospital did a drug test and this 2-year-old tested positive for cocaine,” he continues.

The police got involved and searched the mother’s house, but they didn’t find anything. That’s when they looked into KinderCare, where it turned out one of the staff members brought cocaine to work in a bag.

“This is the type of pattern of misconduct you’ll see at KinderCare locations. There’s about 70 in the state of Texas; there’s hundreds nationwide,” Dorsey says. “And the common theme I see in all these KinderCare cases is the company is never transparent with the parents about what happened.”

Not only are there more stories like this child's, but KinderCare is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies.

“KinderCare largely caters to working families. They also have a program to watch kids whose parents are in the military, so service members, and about 35% of their revenue comes from the U.S. taxpayer, which is their largest source of revenue, through the child care development block grant,” Dorsey tells Stuckey.

This grant was started in 1990 under President George H.W. Bush.

“The idea being that early childhood education, having kids in information day-cares, is so beneficial to early childhood education and to kids' development that the government should be subsidizing it. And the reality is, it’s kind of the opposite,” Dorsey says.

“In addition to all these safety issues and ingesting cocaine and roaming the streets, it does not seem like it’s beneficial for your development to have 20 kids in a room supervised by someone earning $12 an hour in a corporate environment that just doesn’t care about these kids,” he adds.

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Colorado Democrats advance bill qualifying 'deadnaming,' use of reality-based pronouns as child abuse



Fresh off suggesting that their state could save money by funding abortion and killing 30% more unborn babies, Colorado Democrats are advancing legislation that would classify "misgendering" and "deadnaming" as child abuse.

Should the legislation pass the Democrat-controlled state legislature, parents who dare to refer to a transvestic child using the child's given name or reality-based pronouns — "he" and "him" in reference to a boy, "she" and "her" in reference to a girl — could lose custody.

Lorena García, one of the Democrats seeking to make all taxpaying Coloradans financially complicit in abortion, joined Democratic state Sens. Faith Winter and Chris Kolker and fellow state Rep. Rebekah Stewart in introducing House Bill 1312 on Monday.

State law requires that courts making child custody decisions in accordance with the best interests of a child must consider reports of "coercive control" lodged against the parties involved. House Bill 1312 would modify the definition of one type of "coercive control" and add another.

'Democrats are the party of delusion and child grooming.'

Among the forms of "coercive control" that courts overseeing custody battles must consider are threats "to publish the individual's, or the individual's child's or relative's, sensitive personal information, including sexually explicit material, or make reports to the police or authorities."

The proposed legislation would modify this definition to include as an offense the publication of "material related to gender-affirming health care services."

The bill would also add "deadnaming or misgendering" as another form of "coercive control."

An example of "deadnaming" would be to call Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) by his original name, Tim.

In addition to putting those parents grounded in reality at a disadvantage in custody hearings, the Democratic bill would also:

  • prohibit local education providers from enforcing sex-based dress codes;
  • prohibit Colorado courts from "applying or giving any force or effect to another state's law that authorizes a state agency to remove a child from the child's parent or guardian because the parent or guardian allowed the child to receive gender-affirming health-care services";
  • define "deadnaming and misgendering" as discriminatory acts in the "Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act";
  • ban the use of transvestites' original names and real pronouns in places of public accommodation; and
  • require public entities to use an individual's chosen name on all forms if provided with the individual's legal name.

The bill was assigned to the state House Judiciary Committee for its first hearing, where it was advanced Wednesday in a 7-4 party-line vote.

Republican state Rep. Jarvis Caldwell, one of the four Republicans who voted against the bill's progression, underscored that the legislation is "radical."

Referring to the proposed requirement that Colorado courts ignore the laws and court decisions of other states, Caldwell asked, "How does HB25-1312 not violate the 'Full Faith & Credit Clause,' Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution?"

Kristi Burton Brown, a Republican member of the Colorado State Board of Education, suggested that the bill amounted to "insanity."

Libs of TikTok noted, "Every Democrat voted for this, while every Republican opposed this. Democrats are the party of delusion and child grooming."

Colorado Democrats previously voted against a bill making indecent exposure to children a felony, in part because it could supposedly be used to "target" transvestites. Last year, state Democrats killed a bill that would have mandated minimum sentences for predators who buy children for sexual exploitation.

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Mom accused of forcing elementary school-age child to wear dead dog's electric shock collar; 'visible marks' seen on victim



A New Jersey mother is accused of child abuse after she allegedly forced her elementary school-age child to wear an electric shock dog collar, according to officials.

Kimberly Cruz-Feliciano — a 30-year-old from Cape May — was arrested March 18, according to jail records.

The child was 'forced to wear the shock collar at all times in the home.'

Cruz-Feliciano was charged with two second-degree counts of aggravated assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, one count of first-degree witness tampering with threat of force, and one count of third-degree hindering.

The mother was detained at the Cape May County Correctional Center.

In addition, the child's grandmother — 59-year-old Sonia Feliciano — allegedly witnessed the purported child abuse. She was arrested and charged with hindering and tampering with evidence. She was released pending future court proceedings.

The child arrived at the Cape May City Elementary School with "visible marks on their body," according to authorities.

On March 17, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Cape May City Police Department launched a joint investigation into the suspected child abuse.

The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release, "Further investigation revealed that the marks were the result of an electric dog shock collar, prompting immediate and decisive action from law enforcement."

Citing the criminal complaint, WPVI-TV reported that the child was "forced to wear the shock collar at all times in the home," and the dog shock collar was used "when the child made Cruz-Feliciano upset."

The shock collar allegedly was used on the family dog before the animal died. However, the electric collar was “charged regularly” even after the dog died, according to court documents.

Investigators said Cruz-Feliciano threatened the child with "more violence if they disclosed the ongoing abuse."

When police interviewed Cruz-Feliciano, the mother allegedly admitted to the child abuse and stated she had her mother dispose of the dog shock collar.

Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland stated, "This case highlights the ongoing dedication of our law enforcement agencies to protecting the most vulnerable members of our community. We take all allegations of child abuse with the utmost seriousness, and we will continue to ensure that those responsible for such heinous acts are held fully accountable under the law."

A neighbor told WPVI that authorities had been called to the home in the past: "It's just sad. I hate to hear something like that, I really do. And it's right here in the neighborhood, and I did not know that."

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Mother allegedly leaves her 9-day-old newborn, 1-year-old alone to go to bar; infant reportedly found covered in feces, urine



An Indiana mother allegedly left her two young children — a 9-day-old newborn and a 1-year-old baby – alone so she could go to a bar. According to police, the babies were covered in feces and showing signs of malnutrition.

Around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, police reportedly responded to an alert that 32-year-old Sandra Henriquez struck a utility pole with her vehicle in Muncie, which is about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

The newborn allegedly weighed less at the time of being rescued than just a few days prior, when the baby was born.

Police said Henriquez had slurred speech, WXIN-TV reported.

Officers also noticed a car seat in the backseat of her vehicle. Henriquez reportedly did not respond when officers asked if she had any children.

Henriquez was taken to a local hospital and then to Delaware County Jail.

Just before 7:30 a.m., police again asked the mother of two if she had children, and she reportedly replied that she had "no dependents."

However, Henriquez allegedly told jail staff around 8 a.m. that she had children but was "unwilling" to provide her home address or phone number.

Around 3 p.m., Henriquez was taken to the Criminal Investigation Division. She reportedly informed investigators that she went to a bar at around 12:30 a.m. and left her small children alone. Before leaving her home in Muncie to head to the bar, the mom allegedly told police that she drank an entire six-pack of beer.

Police responded to calls of babies crying inside a home around 2:30 p.m.

When police arrived at Henriquez's home, the doors were locked, and they had to force their way into the house.

Officers found a 1-year-old baby and a 9-day-old newborn left alone in the house.

The Star Press reported that the infant, found in a bassinet, was "covered in feces and urine."

"The babies, who were reportedly covered in feces, were rushed to an area hospital for an evaluation," WTTV reported. "The newborn reportedly had blue hands, blue feet, and a blue mouth due to malnutrition."

The newborn allegedly weighed less at the time of being rescued than just a few days prior, when the baby was born. The baby required a feeding tube at a hospital.

Police reportedly found a small dog in a cage with no food or water.

Officers also allegedly saw multiple open cans of alcohol inside the home.

"Henriquez had multiple opportunities to inform officers and other staff about her children being home alone," an officer wrote in the affidavit. "Henriquez was even asked about children, but refused to provide that information."

Henriquez was charged with two felony counts of neglect of dependent, one felony count of neglect of dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, one felony count of neglect of dependent abandonment, and one felony count of obstruction of justice.

Henriquez was being held in jail under a bond of $42,500 for the child abuse charges.

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Male, 41, accused of slapping, dragging, slamming down 23-month-old boy after child refused to give him goodnight kiss



A 41-year-old male is accused of slapping, dragging, and slamming down a 23-month-old boy after the child refused to give him a goodnight kiss.

Police in Killeen, Texas, said they were called to the 200 block of West Anderson Avenue on a domestic violence complaint, KWKT-TV reported. Killeen is a little over an hour north of Austin. Jail records indicate the incident occurred Friday.

'They need to lock him up and throw away the key.'

Police were told the child refused to give the male a goodnight kiss, the station said. The male is accused of slapping the boy on the cheeks, back, and buttocks, then dragging the boy to his bedroom, slamming the child upon the bed, pinning him down, and preventing him from reaching the person who ended up reporting the incident, KWKT reported.

The suspect was identified as Craig Lamont Jones, the station said.

He was arrested on charges of assault causing bodily injury to a family member and injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, KWKT said.

Jones on Wednesday morning remained in Bell County Jail. His bond totals $82,500.

How are people reacting?

As you might guess, observers are not happy with the accused:

  • "They need to lock him up and throw away the key," one Facebook commenter declared.
  • "Hell, I wouldn't kiss him, either," another user stated.
  • "I hope the mom moves far away," another commenter wrote.
  • "Keep this psycho away from kids," another user demanded.
  • "That poor baby," another commenter observed, adding, "Who knows what ... he’s been through."
  • "They about to have fun with him in jail," another user predicted.
  • "I’m thankful the other person in the household reported it and didn’t turn a blind eye to the abuse," another commenter said. "Hopefully this was an isolated incident for that poor baby."

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Kansas' Dem governor vetoes ban on child sex-change mutilations — but GOP will override



Kansas' Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Republican legislation Tuesday that would protect children in the state from sex-change mutilations, suggesting in a statement that elective mastectomies for girls, penis removals for boys, and devastating puberty blockers somehow qualify as "medical care."

"It is not the job of politicians to stand between a parent and a child who needs medical care of any kind," wrote Kelly, who was endorsed by Planned Parenthood, the leading provider of sex-change hormones for young adults in the country as of August.

"It is disappointing that the Legislature continues to push for government interference in Kansans' private medical decisions instead of focusing on issues that improve all Kansans' lives," wrote Kelly. "I hereby veto Senate Bill 63."

The Democratic governor's veto is purely symbolic because Republican lawmakers have the votes and the resolve to override her and make the Help Not Harm Act the law of the land, just as they overrode her veto on a bill keeping cross-dressing men out of women's sports in 2023.

The Republican leadership in the state House said in a joint statement that Kelly "has chosen partisan politics over the safety and wellbeing of our Kansas children. House Republicans stand ready to override this reckless and senseless veto."

The bill, which cleared the state Senate in a 32-8 vote and the state House in a 83-35 vote last month, would prohibit health care providers from removing confused kids' genitals, fitting them with prosthetic genitals, and/or subjecting them to liposuction or "lipofilling" for the purpose of indulging body-dysmorphic delusions about sex.

'They are not equipped to be making these life-altering decisions.'

Additionally, health care providers would be barred from loading children up with puberty blockers — drugs long been used to chemically castrate sex offenders that the British health establishment concluded following an extensive investigation have "unproven benefits and significant risks."

The legislation does, however, make an exception for hermaphrodites.

The Help Not Harm Act would also prohibit state employees whose official duties include the care of children from promoting sex changes or providing sex-change medication to children while on duty.

State Rep. Dan Hawkins (R), the speaker of the House, noted on X that Kelly "has officially chosen partisan politics over all logic and reason to protect our Kansas kids. They are not equipped to be making these life-altering decisions through harmful and irreversible surgeries and medicines."

The Kansas chapter of the ACLU, among the radical groups in the state evidently aware that Kelly's veto was an empty gesture, has called on lawmakers to prevent the override, suggesting in a statement Wednesday that the Help Not Harm Act "would not only ban access to healthcare for transgender youth, but would go a step further by censoring vaguely defined conduct by state employees that could intrude into schools, therapist offices, and state agencies."

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