Update: Federal prosecutors have dropped the remaining two obscenity charges and have filed a notice to appeal the five counts under the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act Meanwhile, state prosecutors ...

May 30—TOLEDO — Lucas Vanwoert, 27, of Celina, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Knepp II on charges of possession and transportation of ...

Oct. 27 (UPI) --A federal grand jury indicted a 19-year-old central California man with the torture of an animal called animal crushing, sexual exploitation of a minor and other charges as a member of ...

A Carver, Minnesota, man is accused of creating hundreds of videos showing animals being tortured and killed and posting them to YouTube. The DOJ said he operated pay-per-view channels, often keeping ...

A 24-year-old woman from Houston has been convicted of creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and killing of puppies, chickens and kittens, announced United States Attorney Kenneth ...

A Manchester woman has been arrested on charges she distributed “animal crush” videos of baby and adult monkeys being purposely tortured, mutilated and sexually abused, federal officials announced ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reinstated the 2010 Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act and reversed a lower court s ruling that had declared the law unconstitutional. Click here to ...