SILVER CITY – An Arenas Valley man will spend 11 years in prison following a plea agreement on charges of criminal sexual contact and child abuse that could have sent him to prison for 36 years. Larry Bledsoe, 55, pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor under the age of 13, a third-degree felony, and two counts of abuse of a child, second offense, a second-degree felony in connection to an incident in March 2010 during which he abused a 3-month old male infant.

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GLENVILLE — Police have arrested the supervisor of a child abuse hotline for allegedly selling marijuana out of her home with three children, all under the age of 6, living at the residence. Glenville police charged Kristen Trapalis, 29, and Richard Dickenson, 39, with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of marijuana after police found four pounds of the drug in the couple’s kitchen, living room and a safe inside their home at 604 S. Holmes St.

DCF lays off 500 workers, claims children will not be affected

The Florida Department of Children and Families began issuing layoff notices Thursday to nearly 500 employees — a move officials said would save taxpayers $48 million while preserving the agency’s protection and care of abused and neglected kids. The layoffs are a result of budget cuts passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott. They come as the department has faced sharp criticism for its handling of the Barahona case in south Florida.

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http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-05-26/news/os-dcf-layoffs-20110526_1_dcf-information-technology-abuse

The Saskatchewan ICE (Internet Child Exploitation) Unit has charged seven men from across the province with possession and distribution of child pornography. This comes after the unit began an investigation into online activities of child abuse images in the province. Police executed nine search warrants between February 1 and April 21 at several locations, including Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Raymore and Churchbridge.

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http://www.globaltoronto.com/Seven+Saskatchewan+charged+with+child+pornography/4850957/story.html

LANCASTER, S.C. — A Lancaster woman is charged with letting her son drown in a bathtub.Yasika Patterson, 25, is in jail, charged with homicide by child abuse.Her 18-month-old son, Randell McIlwain, was found dead on May 19 in the family’s home on Pinta Drive, south of Lancaster.

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http://www.wsoctv.com/news/28051108/detail.html

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/27/2331491/woman-wanted-for-murder-by-child.html

SAN FRANCISCO—A former California college professor has been convicted of sexually abusing a child. Kenneth Kyle pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in San Francisco to crossing state lines in August 2009 to have sexual contact with a minor. Authorities say Kyle and 21-year-old Tessa Van Vlerah of Ballwin, Mo. took photos while sexually abusing a 13-month-old girl during Kyle’s visits to the St. Louis area.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18153984?nclick_check=1

Robin Leigh Pagoria, 45, faces child abuse, child pornography charges.

A Polk County sheriff’s deputy filmed herself strapping naked children to a desk and spanking them with sex toys, then sent the videos to a boyfriend she met on a fetish website, investigators said. On Thursday, 45-year-old Robin Leigh Pagoria was charged with aggravated child abuse, production of child pornography, promotion of child pornography and possession of child pornography. According to an arrest report, the two children, described only as girls between the ages of 10 and 18, described in graphic detail multiple spanking sessions.

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-polk-detention-deputy-charged-20110526,0,5783092.story

Harlan County, KY—- A Loyall pastor has been arrested and charged second-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of second-degree sodomy involving a minor under the age of 14. Jeremy D. Caraway, 36, a pastor at the Loyall Church of God, was perp walked from his home on Sunday after an investigation by the Kentucky State police. He is alleged to have had sex with the young female member of his congregation. The arrest warrant states that they had sex in his church.

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SANTA MONICA, CA — Circumcising a boy under the age of 18, even for religious reasons, may soon be against the law in Santa Monica. A proposed ban on circumcision is already on the November ballot in San Francisco. Now supporters of the MGM Bill, which stands for male genital mutilation, are hoping to do the same in Santa Monica.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-circumcision-ban-santa-monica,0,857021.story

In the last two years 75 people have been prosecuted for federal sex crimes against children in the Houston region, part of a nationwide crackdown on the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston said Wednesday. Launched in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood coordinates federal, state and local resources to catch and prosecute individuals who exploit children online, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

Advocates for survivors of child abuse in North Dakota are asking them to “come out” by writing something from the heart — about the abuse, how they’ve dealt with it or anything they’d like to say about their lives — for a publication to be called “Authentic Voices.” One of the pieces received so far, a poem titled “My Name,” includes the line, “No longer will I wear the name of fear upon my eyes,” and one of the images chosen to illustrate the public awareness campaign is a partial profile of a bright-eyed child.

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http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/204517/group/homepage/

Rodney Tollefson – Charged With Raping Relative For 15 Years, Using Screwdrivers And Bottles During Attacks

Jackson County, WI – Rodney Tollefson, a 40-year-old Wisconsin man, has been jailed on charges that he sexually assaulted a female relative over a 15-year period – sometimes using bottles and screwdrivers during his attacks. According Wisconsin authorities, an investigation was launched in mid April when a woman mentoring the victim told Sheboygan County deputies of the horrific ordeal her friend had lived through.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/05/rodney-tollefson-charged-with-raping.html

Mom Killed Her Own Daughter, Emma Leigh Barker

LANCASTER, Calif. — A mother who initially claimed she was assaulted and her 18- month- old daughter kidnapped has been convicted of suffocating the little girl and dumping her body near a freeway. Stacey Barker, 24, was convicted of one count of first degree murder, assault on a child and child abuse.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lancaster-toddler-mom-convicted,0,1767690.story

New Study Shows Media Under report Child Sexual Abuse, Miss Key Aspects of Issue

BERKELEY, CA — Tens of thousands of children are sexually abused each year in the United States, yet news coverage of the subject is out of sync with both the magnitude of the issue and the context in which it occurs. This finding comes from a study released this month from Berkeley Media Studies Group, a project of the Public Health Institute. The report, Case by Case: News coverage of child sexual abuse, examined national news stories on child sexual abuse published between 2007 and 2009. Fewer than one story a week focused on the topic and even fewer covered the issue in detail.

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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-shows-media-underreport-child-sexual-abuse-miss-key-aspects-of-issue-122539198.html

Missing Boy’s Uncle Says Mother Had Ohio Ties

CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH–Amy Fry-Pitzen, 43, committed suicide at a Rockford, Illinois, hotel on May 15th. She left a note saying that her son was with people who love him.Dave and Jen West are back home after more than a week in Illinois helping search for their missing six-year-old nephew, Timmothy Pitzen, and bury the boy’s mother.

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http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-missing-boy-update,0,4240424.story?track=rss

Since the police are hiding the truth about sexual crimes against children, someone has to come out and reveal the true story

When the nation’s top cop orders the 2010 Crime Statistics booklet be placed under the banner of Official Secrets Act, berefting the people details on the state of crime affecting women and children, what should the people make of it? The statistics are available in a booklet prepared by Bukit Aman’s Sexual Crimes Child Abuse Division. Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), a non-governmental organisation, had three months ago requested for the information. The police responded saying they were unable to provide the details as the figures were classified as confidential documents.

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http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/05/23/sex-abuse-the-truth-is-out-there/

Castle Rock mom held without bond in kids’ slayings

CASTLE ROCK, CO — The Castle Rock mother accused of killing her two young children in a murder-suicide attempt went before a judge in Douglas County Tuesday morning where she was ordered to be held without bond. Kelli Murphy, 41, faces charges of first-degree murder and child abuse. Her wrists were covered in bandages as she made her first court appearance.

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http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-castle-rock-mom-to-face-murder-charges-in-childrens-deaths-20110523,0,2994681.story

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man accused of shooting and killing a Louisville hip-hop dance creator is the father of a toddler who was found dead in a parked car over the weekend.Police said Kenneth Brown shot LaShawn “Sugar Shizz” Talbert in August 2010 during a drug deal in Okolona. Talbert was credited with starting a dance that became popular through the Internet.

ORLANDO, Florida — Two-year-old Caylee Anthony was not murdered by her mother as prosecutors maintain, but drowned in the family’s pool in June 2008, Casey Anthony’s defense attorney told jurors during his opening statements Tuesday. Authorities were not alerted to Caylee’s death, Jose Baez said, as Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked upon finding the child, and George Anthony told his daughter her mother would never forgive her and she would go to jail for child neglect, Baez said.

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UPDATE ON STORY: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-san-diego-pool-bodies,0,4351015.story

The victims appear to be a family, including a child.

SAN DIEGO– Family members have identified a family of four found dead at their San Diego home Tuesday.
Firefighters, paramedics and police were sent to 162 Parkcreek Court, a home at the end of a cul de sac at about 6:40 a.m., San Diego police said. “The four victims were an adult male and three females. One appears to be a juvenile,” Lt. Ernie Herbst said.

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SOUTH LOS ANGELES  — Police are searching for the gunmen who shot and killed a 2-year-old boy and critically wounded the child’s uncle in South Los Angeles Monday night. Authorities received the call around 8:45 p.m. from a residence near the 1200 block of East 55th Street and Hooper Avenue.

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