PALMDALE, CA — A 50-year-old man who authorities say had a makeshift bed in his car has been arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap and molest a 15-year-old girl in Palmdale. Tracy Jones, of Apple Valley, has been charged with attempted kidnapping and attempted child molesting, according to sheriff’s officials. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy spotted Jones driving slowly beside the teen as she walked along the 39000 block of Summerwind Drive on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-palmdale-kidnap-attempt-arrest,0,6519616.story

Police: Suspect admitted dumping body in Christmas killing

A woman accused in the death of a 12-year-old boy who disappeared Christmas Eve and whose charred remains were found in a ditch nearly a week later has admitted she dumped the body, according to authorities. Mona Yvette Nelson, 44, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of Jonathan Paul Foster, who vanished from his northwest Houston home about 2 p.m. Friday. Nelson was arrested Wednesday at her apartment and had been scheduled to appear in a court hearing this morning, but officials said she had a medical issue and was not brought to the courtroom. They didn’t release details of her condition.

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7359495.html

Hawaii: Craigslist is still a venue for sex trafficking. Though Craigslist removed its adult service section, many of sex ads were moved to more discreet location on Hawaiian site according to Honolulu Civil Beat.

Texas: Law enforcement and nonprofit groups are joining their efforts to fight against human trafficking during the Super Bowl. Volunteers will distribute thousands of soup bars with national hotline number to area motels to educate motel owners. The law enforcement individuals also met at Cowboy Stadium on Tuesday to learn how to spot children victimized by prostitution.

Alabama: The human trafficking charge against a Georgian man who allegedly attempted to sell an immigrant for labor was dismissed. According to the report, the police said that because the victim refused to cooperate, there was no case against the Georgian man. Currently, the victim is awaiting for deportation to Honduras, and the Georgian man was released on Christmas Eve.

EUROPE

France: A 58 year old Bosnian man was arrested for trafficking more than 100 girls for pickpocketing in Paris. He allegedly recruited young girls from Roma and forced them into pickpocketing on Paris metro. If the girls refused, he physically and sexually abused and burned them with cigarettes. The girls were also trained to tell police that they were 12 years old, the age at which they are immune from criminal prosecution.

ASIA

Philippines: Quezon City mayor urged the city council to implement measures to stop human trafficking. He recommended that the measures would include protection of children, accountabilities for travel agencies to prevent illegal recruitment of workers.

AFRICA

Rwanda: Authorities are holding 54 Bangladeshis that were found on human trafficking route. According to the report, the authority suspects that Bangladeshis were heading to Mozambique to work on farms for Zimbabwean farmers in Mozambique. The authority also arrested the man who was holding the travel documents of Bangladeshis. The 54 Bangladeshis will return to their country.

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http://www.examiner.com

REHOBOTH – The local mother accused of beating her 2-year-old son to death in a fit of rage while pregnant with another child has since given birth while held in custody awaiting trial for murder. No trial date has been set yet for Kim Peno, 39, a woman authorities say had a lengthy history of child abuse and neglect when she allegedly fatally beat her son Timothy at her Blanding Road home on the night of March 17. She has pleaded innocent in Fall River Superior Court and her husband, 65-year-old Joseph, was subsequently charged with child endangerment and is awaiting trial in Taunton District Court. He has pleaded innocent.

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http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2010/12/29/news/8576924.txt

Bikers volunteer their time to keep children safe

(WICHITA, Kan.) — T-bone, Hillbilly, Turtle – uncommon names for some people doing a dangerous and uncommon job. “It’s never too cold to have that security of the child knowing nothing’s going to happen,” explains Sticks. He’s just one member of a volunteer group called BACA – Bikers Against Child Abuse. When Eyewitness News caught up with the group, they were stationed in front of Wichita home, protecting the child inside, a child that is believed to have been abused. “There’s a gap between when the abuse happens and trial and BACA comes in a fills that gap. We provide security, comfort, safety and empowerment for children that have been abused.”

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http://articles.kwch.com/2010-12-28/abuse-cases_26348934

VISIT BACA HOMEPAGE HERE:

www.bacausa.com

The mother of a deceased 4-year-old child will remain behind bars after final autopsy reports confirmed Tuesday that the child died from restraint-related asphyxia on Oct. 20, 2011. According to Montgomery Police Department spokesman Ron Cook, 23-year-old Brittany Ellis of 3020 Kelly Circle was arrested and incarcerated in October for child abuse charges for allegedly killing her son Keante Taunton, who was pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital South on Oct. 20.

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http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2010/12/autopsy_confirms_montgomery_ch.html

Thiensville, Wisconsin - Aaron Zenke, an 18-year-old Wisconsin man was jailed after he allegedly demanded that a 13-year-old girl send him nude photos, or he would “come find her.” According to police, an investigation was launched after a 13-year-old girl told detectives that she was chatting with Zenke on a social networking site called iMesh when he ordered her to send him nude photographs of herself – and if she didn’t, he would “come find her.”

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/12/aaron-zenke-jailed-after-theatening-to.html

BOISE, IDAHO – A 68-year-old passenger on a Southwest flight from Las Vegas was arrested when his plane landed in Boise after police say he punched a teenage passenger. According to reports, the 15-year-old was flying alone and was playing games and listening to music on his iPhone when the announcement was made to turn off all electronic devices. Either not hearing the announcement, or not caring, the teen kept on using his iPhone as the plane began its landing. This really aggravated Russell Miller who feared the electronic device usage was a threat to his safety so he reportedly got the teen’s attention by punching him in the arm hard enough to leave a mark and ultimately garner him one count of misdemeanor battery.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/29/man-arrested-after-punching-teenager-using-phone-on-plane/

PITTSBURGH, PA – Just when you think it can’t get much worse than stealing from kids with cancer, along comes 38-year-old Jody Lynn Bennett. He has been arrested and accused of stealing items from the casket of a teen who died in a Christmas Day car crash. Bradley McCombs, 17, was on his way to pick up a relative but was killed after losing control of his vehicle and flipping it. During Bradley’s open-casket viewing on Monday night, Bennett allegedly reached inside Bradley’s coffin and stole a Game Boy, Game Boy Light and three games that had been placed inside by Bradley’s family.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/29/man-accused-of-stealing-gameboy-from-dead-teens-coffin/

A 5-month-old baby is in critical condition after police say he was shaken violently. Waterbury police responded to a home Sunday night in responded to a medical call of a child having a seizure. The boy was taken to the hospital where doctors determined he was the victim of child abuse, police said. Officers arrested Luis Colon, 21, and charged him with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.

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http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Man-Shook-Baby-to-Make-Him-Stop-Crying-Police-112555784.html

TIGARD, Ore. — A maintenance man is accused of sexually abusing a young boy at the Tigard apartment complex where he works.Last week, deputies arrested Doroteo Perez-Tapia, 54, after getting a call about sex abuse at the Beef Bend Court Apartments.Law enforcement officials say the caller claimed Perez-Tapia fondled an 11-year-old boy inside an empty apartment at the complex.After the arrest, detectives say, other allegations began to surface and now they believe Perez-Tapia might have more victims.

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http://www.kptv.com/news/26293935/detail.html

Legislation that would create a state registry of child abusers could die on the House floor if no one takes up the cause in the new legislative session. Rep. John Espinoza, D-Croswell, introduced House Bill 6568 in November. He had hoped to expedite the process and get the bill signed before his term ends Friday. But, by the time he introduced the bill, Espinoza said there wasn’t enough time for a committee hearing, and his colleagues didn’t feel comfortable voting without one. While no one has approached him about sponsoring the bill, Espinoza said he plans to pitch the idea to incoming legislators in the next several days.

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http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20101228/NEWS01/12280309/Child-abuse-bill-in-limbo

It’s sad when the a person whom you assume to have the best interests of the children at heart turn out to be quite the opposite. An Oneida County Child Protective Services case worker has been released on his own recognizance while he faces pending charges of possessing child pornography, according to federal court documents.  The conditions of his release include:

• Participating in a home confinement program, which will include electronic monitoring and a daily curfew from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.
• Must not possess any computer with online capabilities or use any Internet site without court approval.
• Stay away from places where anyone younger than 18 are likely to gather, including schools, parks and arcades, and must not have any direct contact with a person younger than 18.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/child-abuse-investigator-charged-with-child-pornography

Sacrament, CA – In May, 2004, Truly Lo who was only 6 years old was hit with a clothes hanger and beaten with fists, and strangled for four to six minutes according to prosecutors. Her injuries were so severe that she lost consciousness and has been in a coma since due to brain damage. She was beaten by her stepmother, Weili Kao, who was charged at the time with four felony counts. In August, 2005, Kao was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The beatings and strangulation were dealt out as punishment because the child had told a lie.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/strangled-and-beaten-by-stepmom-girl-dies-after-6-year-coma

Roseville, CA – Scott Carlson, 20, was watching his girlfriend’s baby at a house near Martin and Gratiot while she was at work. The 13-month-old baby was getting into the wrapping paper and Carlson “lost his temper a little”. The baby suffered second-degree burns apparently from a Bic lighter and had a multitude of bruises on the back, buttocks and head that were consistent with intentionally-inflicted abuse.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/baby-burned-with-lighter-for-getting-into-wrapping-paper?cid=parsely#parsely

3-year-old’s teeth and toenails pulled out with pliers

Madison, In – Is it so hard to be alone today that you need to be involved with someone who will hurt your child? Many children are abused by boyfriends. What makes these men attractive to these mothers? There is nothing attractive about any person who would intentionally hurt or abuse a child.

Last month, a 3 year old boy was taken to the hospital by his grandparents. “I couldn’t even recognize his face was so bruised and he had bumps and lumps,” Karl Andersen Senior, the grandfather, said. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Jessica Carder, the boy’s mother, and Andrew Richards, 27, her boyfriend pulled his teeth and his toenails. How? “There’s evidence to support that pliers were used to extract the teeth and that there is damage to the gum and gum line.” prosecutor Chad Lewis said.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/3-year-old-s-teeth-and-toenails-pulled-out-with-pliers

One brave child abuse victim speaks out, and her father goes to prison

Sexually assaulted at age 8 by her father in her Gretna home, Rachel Fletcher did something rare and courageous: She told a concerned relative what happened. And when the case came to trial in a Jefferson Parish court two years later, she bravely testified against her father.  Fifteen years later, her father, David Boudreaux, is serving a life sentence in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for aggravated rape.

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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/11/post_75.html

DALLAS — Dallas police are looking for a capital murder suspect who attempted to wrestle a gun away from an officer who was trying to arrest him Wednesday night. The suspect, identified as Simon Lopez, 26, may have been shot before he fled. He is wanted in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s one-year-old son in Tyler. The struggle happened around 9:30 p.m. at the Red Crown Inn, C.F. Hawn Freeway at St. Augustine Road in Southeast Dallas. Lopez was last seen wearing a blue hoodie and dark jeans.

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http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Dallas-police-open-fire-on-murder-suspect-112357199.html

SAN ANTONIO – He was brutally attacked and left for dead in a southeast Bexar County field. Now, a new arrest in this case brings the total to three people behind bars charged with murder. Could the late April killing of Mark Gabler  be a case of vigilante justice gone too far?  The suspects reportedly took justice into their own hands after Gabler allegedly molested a seven year old girl. Richelle Vasquez is now behind bars on murder and theft charges in connection with the April 26 murder. The 31-year-old joins Shawn Phillips and Kenneth Nelsen behind bars for the same crime.

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http://www.kens5.com/news/Vigilante-justice-gone-too-far-Third-suspect-jailed-in-murder-case-112497154.html