Bay County, Fla:

Four people are arrested on allegations of child abuse at a Bay County boarding school.

48-year-old Clayton Maynard, 40-year-old Robert Unger, and 20-year-old Russell Maynard were all arrested. They are all charged with one count of aggravated child abuse and five counts each, of child abuse. 22- year-old Marcus Kurbatoff was arrested and charged with resisting an officer during the course of arrest of Maynard and Unger.

Temecula, CA- Back in January, 23-year old Justin Moore sent a photo of his genitals to several friends as a joke. One of those friends was the 17-year old daughter of William Atwood Sr., 45, and he did not think the joke was very funny at all. Atwood called the Sheriff’s Department and reported Moore for sending pornography to a child, but before detectives could investigate the claim, Atwood told deputies that Moore came to his home uninvited. Deputies found Moore at Atwood’s home naked, tied up and scared shit-less.

READ MORE HERE (Along with other child abuse headlines):

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/06/04/father-tazes-daughters-friend-over-naked-photo/

Child Predator Checklist – Warning Signs of Child Predators

Child Predator Warning Sign Checklist

Below is a list of warning signs that can alert you to a child predator. Be careful with the information on this list. Rather than taking each item on the list alone, use it to construct a picture, along with other observations, impressions and your gut feelings about the person in question and how they operate. For instance, a person who is overly nice is less likely to be a pedophile than a person who has just been raised to put others needs before their own.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.parenting-child-development.com/child-predator.html

KANSAS CITY, MO – A Kansas City, Mo.,, woman faces felony child abuse charges after her young daughter was hospitalized with multiple skull fractures and other injuries, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Sandra Stanton, 30, has been charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child and felony child abuse after ambulance crews and police officers found her three-and-a-half year old daughter unresponsive in the woman’s home n the 1800 block of Askew on May 27th.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-story-child-abuse-charges-060210,0,2845750.story

CALGARY – Traumatic injuries to a five-year-old child have landed a Calgary mom with an attempted murder charge.

Police revealed few details Thursday after charging the 32-year-old woman, but said child abuse investigators stepped in when the young boy was taken by his mother to Alberta Children’s Hospital on May 27.

The child had problems breathing and was unable to stand — injuries that were not consistent with an illness.

READ MORE HERE:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/06/04/14257006.html

LARGO — A 23-year-old Largo man was arrested Thursday after authorities say he beat an 8-year-old boy whose mother said he had eaten too many muffins. Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies arrested Andrew C. Natanski at 12:35 p.m. Thursday on a child abuse charge.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/largo-man-beats-8-year-old-boy-for-eating-too-many-muffins-police-say/1099977

Child Abuse Underreported in Latin America

Among those who know about physical abuse, 3 in 10 say authorities notified

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty million children younger than 15 are victims of violence, abuse, and neglect in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a 2006 UNICEF report. Much of this violence takes place in the home, but Gallup surveys in the region show most adults who know of a child who was beaten or physically mistreated by a family member in the past month say this incident went unreported.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/139376/Child-Abuse-Underreported-Latin-America.aspx

For 5th Year, Child Sex Abuse Bill Dies in Legislature

For four years, advocates for sexually abused children had fought a battle in the New York Legislature to open a legal window that would allow victims to file lawsuits against predators long after the statute of limitations had expired.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/nyregion/03abuse.html?src=mv

EUGENE, Ore. – A Lane County couple once featured in a flattering newspaper article about foster parents now face assault and criminal mistreatment charges that allege they injured and neglected a boy they adopted.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.katu.com/news/local/95418274.html

OCEAN CITY — A North Carolina man accused of sexually abusing a child in Ocean City more than 30 years ago was found guilty when he had his day in court Thursday.

Michael Lowell Barnes, 64, submitted an Alford plea June 3 in Worcester County Circuit Court to child abuse as a custodian. Fifteen other charges of second- and third-degree sex offenses, second-degree assault, and additional counts of child abuse as a custodian were dropped by prosecutors.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100604/WCT01/100604033

DENVER — A Denver police officer wore a black and white jail jumpsuit as he appeared in an Adams County court Friday, accused of assault related to domestic violence and child abuse.

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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23793856/detail.html

SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who has a restraining order against the man who falsely claimed to have murdered JonBenet Ramsey said Wednesday the former suspect is living as a woman and trying to form a cult of little girls to have sex with him.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-john-mark-karr,0,2777934.story

LIMA, Peru — Police say Joran van der Sloot, the 22-year-old Dutch playboy twice arrested in the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, has been named the prime suspect in the death of a young Peruvian woman found dead in a Lima hotel today, five days after she disappeared.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-van-der-sloot-accused,0,3756605.story

73-year old Sex Offender Caught After Tip From “America’s Most Wanted”

RICHMOND, Va. — A man convicted of molesting children in Virginia who was on the U.S. Marshals list of 15 most wanted fugitives has been caught in California.

Marshals say 73-year-old Paul Clouston was arrested Tuesday in Merced, Calif.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-amw-sex-offender,0,592340.story