It happened Wednesday night in a northwest San Antonio subdivision. Police say Joseph McDonald walked into his step-father’s home and began shooting.
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WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man convicted of first degree murder in one of the nation’s most shocking recent cases of child abuse is expected to appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court.
In 2008, Karl McKay and Samantha Kematch were convicted of first degree murder in the gruesome 2005 death of Kematch’s daughter, five-year-old Phoenix Sinclair, a murder that highlighted failures in the province’s child welfare system.
(Edinburg, TX) – A south Texas man convicted of killing and beheading three young children has been sentenced to death. A Hidalgo County jury sentenced 29-year-old John Rubio Thursday afternoon after deliberating for a few hours.
Rubio told the jurors quote, “I’m sorry it had to come to this,” and the judge later told him that if he wanted forgiveness, it would have to come from a higher source.
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After determining that former state Bar Association Treasurer Aaron Biber acted with particular cruelty in grooming and raping a 15-year-old boy, a judge on Thursday jailed Biber without bail pending his sentencing in October.
If Hennepin County District Judge Lloyd Zimmerman’s extensive courtroom comments are an indication, Biber, 47, will be looking at a long prison sentence for his guilty plea last week to first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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Child rape suspect Daniel J. Drury’s time on the run is over.
Police have charged the Nanticoke man with raping an 11-year-old girl at a Pine Street home in October 2002. Drury was recently captured in Florida, where he fled two years ago after the girl levied the allegations against him, police said. The 45-year-old is charged with rape, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors.
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http://citizensvoice.com/news/child-rape-suspect-nabbed-after-2-years-on-the-run-1.908553
Earlier this week, a federal trial jury in Duluth convicted a Red Lake, Minnesota couple of child abuse, according to a report obtained by the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Following a four-day trial on July 22, 2010, the jury found Charles William Prentice, Jr., age 26, guilty on one count of aggravated assault and one count of child endangerment. The jury convicted Showy Shalette Johnson, age 25, of one count of child endangerment. Both were named in a superseding indictment on January 12, 2010.
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LAS CRUCES – A baby whose mother allegedly shook him so hard he went into a coma just days before his first birthday will likely be severely mentally handicapped for the rest of his life, according to the 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s office.
Erica Sigala was indicted Thursday by a Do a Ana County grand jury, who formally charged her with intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, a first-degree felony.
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ARIZONA–A Muskogee man is expected to be charged today with child abuse after a baby was admitted to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition.
Formal charges were being typed late Wednesday against William Herbert Shamblin, 27, said Muskogee County Assistant District Attorney Crieg Rittenhouse.
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A 3-month-old Hemet baby is not expected to survive after being abused by her father, who was arrested in the case, said Sgt. Dean Spivacke in a news release.
The Horror of the Debra Luptak Case
We’ve all heard fantasy stories, or true events that are either too good to be true, rags to riches tales, or so full of suffering and unspeakable human misery that we have a hard time comprehending its reality. No wonder that some of the biggest blockbusters made in Hollywood come out of true stories of ordinary people doing the impossible, exemplifying the good in us and not the all-too-common tragically wasted potential and literal loss of life when it comes to horrific circumstances like those of Debra Luptak’s.
The unbelievable true story of Debra, which is becoming the talk of the town as Hollywood producers compete for her story, incorporates not only the impossible, but also the exceptional and unprecedented. It’s a story that begins in the deepest hell and most barbarian of conditions ever seen by the mortal eye, and yet transitions into a tale of triumph over impossible odds, redemption and a shared hope for the human existence.
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A Jackson couple has been charged with aggravated domestic assault and child abuse after their children told police the father beat his 15-year-old daughter for playing with some boys in the parking lot of their north Jackson apartment complex, according to an affidavit.
Police first began investigating the incident when Ramazan Ali reported his two children — a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy — missing on Wednesday afternoon. Ali told police the children ran away from home around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening after they were scolded, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.
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VILLERS-AU-TERTRE, France — A French woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Dominique Cottrez, a 46-year-old nurse’s aide with two grown daughters, said that after a bad experience with her first pregnancy she never again wanted to see a doctor.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-france-dead-newborns,0,7980797.story
Glendale, Arizona (The Weekly Vice) – William Willis, a 45-year-old Arizona man who currently faces robbery charges, sparked a great deal more interest from police when detectives found a large stash of child pornography at his home and a mysterious underground room in his back yard.
According to Glendale Police, Willis was arrested when he was found leaving a pharmacy that had just been robbed earlier this month. After Willis’ arrest, he reportedly admitted to committing other burglaries as well, according to police.
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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/07/william-willis-jailed-after-polie-find.html
Gustine, California (The Weekly Vice) – Maria Galicia, a 26-year-old Gustine woman was jailed after she allegedly took her daughter to the hospital for an ear infection, when an ear infection was the least of the little girl’s problems.
According to Gustine police, Galicia brought her 11-month-old daughter in to see a doctor at Memorial Hospital Los Banos Monday after she suspected her daughter had an ear infection. The child was then taken to Children’s Hospital for further evaluation.
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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/07/maria-galicia-charged-with-beating.html
Paragould, AR – This is John Paul Jones, alleged pervert. According to police, John’s fiancee grew a bit suspicious of his “extra-curricular” activities after a juvenile female approached her and said John had been secretly taking pictures of her. After viewing the contents on John’s cell phone, the fiancee contacted police. A search of the phone reportedly revealed more than 7,000 pornographic images on the memory card.
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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/30/woman-finds-child-porn-on-fiances-phone/
A 63-year-old convicted sex offender, a 37-year-old mother, and her 21-year-old son face gang-rape charges after a coordinated raid Thursday by Peabody and Marion police and sheriff’s deputies.
Each of the three is accused of two counts of rape and single counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping, and battery.
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MUNCIE — Patricia Ann Tackett showed little reaction Wednesday upon learning that she had been convicted of sex crimes that could send her to prison for more than 40 years.
A Delaware Circuit Court 1 jury deliberated for three hours Wednesday afternoon before finding the 49-year-old Muncie woman guilty of rape and sexual misconduct with a minor, both Class B felonies carrying standard 10-year prison terms, and child solicitation, a Class D felony with a standard 18-month sentence.
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FLORENCE ? A Lauderdale County man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for raping a 6-year-old girl in 2008.
Lauderdale Circuit Court Judge Gil Self sentenced Ronald Gardner Szezorak Jr. today to two life sentences, plus 20 years in prison – all to be served consecutively. While Szezorak is eligible for parole, court officials said the consecutive sentences make it unlikely that he will ever be released from prison.
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Jurors found Garcia Morales guilty of committing a lewd act upon a child with the special allegation that a kidnapping was committed during the commission of the crime. Also jurors found him guilty of having sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years old.
Child abuse cases handled by consultation offices hit a record 44,210 in fiscal 2009, rising for 19 straight years since statistics were first compiled in fiscal 1990, a government survey showed Wednesday.
The figure reflects an increase of 1,546 cases from fiscal 2008, when the previous record was set, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in a preliminary report.
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About 60 percent of the 67 infants and children who died from abuse in fiscal 2008 were aged less than 1 year old, and 26 of them were less than 1 month old, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday.
A ministry expert panel said the figures show the nation’s child-rearing support systems urgently need to be expanded and reinforced.
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NEW YORK – NEW YORK — A Long Island mother was arrested and charged with driving drunk after one of her own children called 911.
According to authorities, Jamie Hicks, 48, was swerving into other lanes of traffic on Interstate 84 in the Town of Southeast Sunday while her two children, aged 10 and 12, sat in the backseat.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-kid-calls-911-dui-mon,0,955601.story
PARIS — A French couple was in custody Wednesday after police found the corpses of eight newborn babies on their property in a village in northern France, a judicial official said.
The official said the detained couple, in their mid-40s, were the parents of the dead babies, and that the corpses were found on two different parts of the property in Villers-au-Tertre, not far from the city of Lille.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-france-dead-newborns,0,7980797.story
A 41-year-old man has been arrested after child abuse images were spotted on a work laptop. The Winnipeg police child exploitation unit started an investigation after receiving a tip through the website Cybertip.ca. Information indicated that child abuse images had been spotted on a business laptop.
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DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A Walton County Sheriff’s Deputy was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of aggravated battery on a child and child neglect.
Deputy Jerid Lee Day is accused of grabbing his three-month-old daughter by her foot Sunday and throwing her in her crib. As he threw her, she hit her head on the crib, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s arrest report.
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http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/sheriff-31394-abuse-springs.html
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