Cleveland, OH – Not much on this one, but according to police, witnesses called 911 late Sunday night after seeing someone abandon a 4-year-old boy at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and East 28th. Officers arrived on scene and transported the child to family services. After talking with the kid awhile, police were led to his home, which, by the way, was nearly 8 miles away from the location where he had been found.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/26/abandoned-child-leads-police-to-mothers-body/

GREENSBURG, LA (WAFB) – A 47-year-old man already arrested in connection with two separate molestation charges has been accused of molesting another young child.

According to the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office, another warrant was issued for Marshall Sinclair’s arrest. Detectives said the most recent accusations could also lead to child cruelty charges……

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http://exposereport.com/enews/index.php/sex-offender-news/90-three-time-molester

MOBILE, Ala. — A mentor in a program that works with Strickland Youth Center to help troubled teens was arrested Friday and charged with raping a young girl, prosecutors said.

Sherman Fitzgerald Tate, 33, was being held in Mobile County Metro Jail on charges of second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy.

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http://blog.al.com/live/2010/07/full_report_youth_mentor_arres.html

RIVERSIDE — California Youth Authority’s oldest inmate, 38 year-old Donald Schmidt, is set to be released from custody 23 year after being convicted in the rape and murder of a 3-year old girl.

Schmidt, who sodomized a 3-year-old girl and drowned her in her own bathtub, was set to be paroled in Riverside County.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-donald-schmidt,0,2375555.story

Everyone can take steps for prevention. Check out our prevention tip sheets to find what you can do. Learn about steps you can take for whether it’s keeping your family safe, finding a safe school or camp for your kids, safety on the internet and more.

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ATLANTA–A report by federal monitors says foster children in Fulton and DeKalb counties are being abused and neglected at the highest rate in four years. The report found that 25 of just over 21-hundred children were abused or neglected.

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http://www.gpb.org/news/2010/07/23/urban-foster-child-abuse-spikes

MANATEE COUNTY — A 61-year-old Manatee County man has been arrested on almost 20 sex charges after authorities say he raped two young girls over several years.

The man, Earl J. Moulton II, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and accused of sexually abusing 5- and 12-year-old relatives, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

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http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100722/ARTICLE/7221081

SALEM – A Hopkinton man who allegedly raped, molested and provided pornography to two Marblehead children beginning in 1998 has been indicted by an Essex County grand jury.

Jeffrey C. Benger, 35, of 12 Wildlife Road, stands charged with two counts of rape of a child with force, five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 as well as three counts of dissemination of pornography.

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http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2010/07/22/news/news19.txt

LONDON (AFP) – A British court on Friday jailed one of the country’s most notorious murderers, who killed a two-year-old toddler when he was aged just 10, for downloading and distributing indecent images of children.

Jon Venables, now 27, pleaded guilty to three charges in relation to child pornography at the Old Bailey court in London, appearing by video link from jail where he has been held since being recalled in February.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100723/wl_afp/britaincrimechildmurdercourt_20100723160545

PORTLAND, Ore. – A federal court jury in Portland has convicted a long-haul trucker of aggravated sexual abuse for assaults on an 8-year-old girl during a coast-to-coast trip.

Jurors were told the girl’s mother asked 36-year-old Alexander Lukashov Jr. of Portland to take the child and her little brother on his cross-country haul so that he could drop the boy with relatives in Montana. Prosecutors say the man repeatedly molested the girl after dropping the boy off.

AMARILLO, Texas — Police are investigating the discovery of a an infant boy’s mummified body in the attic of a home.

Amarillo Police Lt. Gary Trupe says renters of the house were installing a ceiling fan when they discovered the body in a small, tightly sealed plastic ice chest on Monday.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-mummy-remains-baby,0,2030768.story

Every parent has given their child cough syrup or antibiotics — nothing wrong with that. But what about giving kids medicine that they don’t really need?

Some parents will admit to giving kids over-the-counter or prescription medications just to shut them up — and this can have serious (if unintended) consequences, the author of new research told CNN.

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http://www.sodahead.com/living/parents-giving-kids-medicine-is-it-child-abuse/question-1117225/

Tucson, AZ – Richard Wilson, an adjunct instructor for the Biology department at Wayland Baptist University, was recently arrested and charged with child molestation and sexual exploitation of a minor after he allegedly offered a 12-year-old girl “a large sum of money” to allow him to take pictures of her. Police say Wilson approached the girl in a McDonald’s parking lot Monday evening and made his offer.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/23/wayland-baptist-university-instructor-allegedly-offered-12-year-old-girl-cash-for-nudes/