Kings Point Sailors Face Sexual Misconduct Crisis
The Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point confronts a persistent culture of harassment sea and shore. Erika Lawson, assaulted aboard a ship, says the safe word failed and reports yielded little action. The academy faces accreditation risk, congressional scrutiny, and new reporting mandates as victims recount abuse and leadership reforms lag.
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Kings Point
N.Y
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Federal Service Academy
Erika Lawson
Lawson
Saipan
North Pacific
New York
Merchant Marine Academy
Navy
Coast Guard
U.S
Long Island Sound
New York City
Congress
Inspector General
Department of Transportation
Transportation
Anthony Foxx
Congressional Board of Visitors
Deb Fischer
R-Neb
Cory Booker
D-N.j
Senate
Academy
Maritime
Meghan Sadowski
Florida mother charged after death of 13 day old daughter
A 6-year-old boy in a parked van attacked his newborn sister while their mother, Kathleen Marie Steele, 62, left children unattended in a locked rental van. The infant Kathleen Bridget Steele died. authorities say the boy is a victim and Steele faces aggravated manslaughter charges.
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Van
Kathleen Bridget Steele
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pinellas County
Bob Gualtieri
Steele
Raymond James & Associates
Gulf of Mexico
Philip Steele
Gualtieri
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