Arkansas woman must register as sex offender after trying to frame husband for child porn

An Arkansas woman was given six years probation for trying to frame her husband by downloading child pornography on his cellphone and telling authorities he raped a 13-year-old girl. Cherie Renee Bolton, 34, of Siloam Springs, pleaded guilty last week in Benton County Circuit Court to distributing, possessing or viewing child pornography and filing a false police report. Bolton must register

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Here’s what’s happened since February when investigators announced sex-related arrests in spa raids

In the four months since law enforcement officials shared details of a sex-for-pay investigation of area day spas, five judges have tossed secretly-recorded videos, two municipalities have been sued over privacy rights and several women entered pleas in their cases. The cases began being disclosed Feb. 19 at a media briefing at the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff William Snyder

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