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Friday, April 26, 2013  Todd and Demina Nichols are raising their two sons in an environment where sex is not something to laugh about, but instead they feel it should be understood so that their two sons don't make mistakes and are aware of what they may encounter in the real world.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  A Pharr man is behind bars after being arrested in an undercover sting where he agreed to meet an underage girl.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A mother claims her 5-year-old was sexually assaulted by an administrator at her school, but nothing was done.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A musician from Southmost church is behind bars after authorities learned about a series of sexually explicit messages between him and a teenage girl.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  A La Feria man is behind bars after being accused of sexually abusing a girl and giving her a sexually-transmitted disease.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  A Mercedes couple is behind bars after a little girl stepped forward with sexual abuse allegations.

Monday, December 24, 2012  A 19-year-old from Combes was charged with Sexual Assault after he allegedly gave a 16-year-old an STD.

Monday, August 13, 2012  Relative surrenders on sex assault charges after nine-year-old breaks her silence.

Monday, July 16, 2012  New details have been released leading up to the arrest of a former Edinburg North quarterback on child sex charges.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Since Action 4 News first broke a story about sexual assaults at a Wendy's restaurant in Brownsville, two more girls have come forward with similar allegations against managers there.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Andrew Gonzales, 24, is a coach at Elite Cheer in Harlingen. He’s also accused of sexually assaulting a teen. Gonzales was arrested by Harlingen Police and charged with one count of aggravated assault of a child, for allegedly texting pictures of nude women to the boy and then performing oral sex on the then 16-year-old.

Friday, May 04, 2012  A San Benito man is behind bars after being accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl who ran away from home.

Friday, April 13, 2012  The last of three suspects linked to one of La Villa's worst cases of child sex abuse has been charged.

Monday, March 26, 2012  A 24-year-old man charged with raping a friend.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  A La Villa man is arrested in New York, accused of allowing his friends to sexually abuse three children.  Meanwhile, police said a suspect already in custody may have more victims.