SAN ANGELO, Texas — Even with an average rate 19 percent higher than the Texas average, local authorities believe child abuse in Tom Green County is understated by the statistics.

“There’s tons more child abuse than I think the numbers can ever tell us,” said Deidre McCoy, director of community resources for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Tom Green County.

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http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2010/jul/29/silent-suffering-child-abuse-n-the-greater-area/

Each year, approximately 780,000 children in the US are caught up in the court and child welfare maze because they are unable to live safely at home.  Imagine what it would be like to lose your parents, not because of something you did, but because they can’t—or won’t—take care of you. Now, into these children’s lives come dozens of strangers: police, foster parents, therapists, social workers, judges, lawyers, and more.  Hopefully, one of these strangers is a CASA volunteer.

CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home.  They stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home. For many abused children, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence—the one adult who cares only for them.

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http://www.casaforchildren.org

TOOELE COUNTY — A man convicted of beating his stepson for nearly 10 hours and then attempting to rape his stepdaughter was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison. Willie Phillips was also fined and ordered to pay restitution.

Phillips was convicted in June of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child and attempted rape of a child. He also pleaded guilty to intentionally inflicting serious injury to a child, which is a second-degree felony.

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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11841410

Miami-Dade Police have arrested 23-year-old Lee Willie DeJesus and charged him with one count of aggravated child abuse and one count of child neglect after his 2-year-old son suffered a severe injury.

The child was airlifted to Miami Children’s Hospital where he remains in critical condition.

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http://cbs4.com/local/lee.dejesus.arrest.2.1839912.html

A 23-year-old Carson City man faces a felony child abuse and a gross domestic battery charge after admitting to abusing a 20-month-old toddler.
David Phillip Gawdun, who lives in the 1700 block of Russell Way, is being held on $43,132 bond in the Carson City Jail after he was arrested on Saturday. In an interview, he has admitted to slapping the girl and other instances of child abuse on the toddler and the girl’s 3-year-old brother.

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http://carsonnow.org/story/08/02/2010/carson-city-man-admits-abusing-toddler-faces-felony-child-abuse-charge

IAN HUNTLEY, the paedophile child-killer, could be forced to hand over £100,000 to a woman he sexually abused 13 years ago.  The Soham murderer is suing the prison service after being attacked by another inmate, but Hailey Edwards says any cash he gets should be hers.

MINDEN, Neb. — A failure of the system…That’s what former neighbors say contributed to the death of 4-year-old Landon Payne of rural Kearney County.

Landon’s aunt, Sharon Payne Turnell, 37; her husband, Charles Turnell, 38; and her daughter, Katie Payne, 19, each have been charged with aiding and abetting child abuse that led to Landon’s death Dec. 22. The family lived in Pleasanton, Neb., from September 2006 to October 2009. During that time, neighbors say they called law enforcement and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services numerous times to report suspected abuse and neglect.

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20100803/NEWS01/708039901/0

The Department of Justice released its first-ever national strategy to combat child exploitation and abuse Monday, calling for a crackdown on the most dangerous sex offenders in the country.

The strategy will assess the threats that children face — including child pornography, online enticement, sex tourism and commercial sexual exploitation — and outline ways for the federal government to curb abuse.

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http://www.freep.com/article/20100803/NEWS07/8030329/1001/NEWS/Headlines-Quick-hits

Hot Springs, Arkansas (The Weekly Vice) – Phillip Medley, a 60-year-old Jessieville man, and Bonnie Moore, his 31-year-old live-in lady friend, have been arrested after they allegedly sexually propositioned a 13-year-old girl in their home. But then things got really serious once the cops arrived.

According to Hot Springs police, the 13-year-old female victim was visiting the apartment home of Medley and Moore when they allegedly showed her a pornographic video of small children on a camcorder’s LCD screen.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/08/grizzly-adams-and-female-companion.html

The Horror….. Michael Lacy Allegedly Impregnates 11-Year-Old Girl During Sleepover With Daughter…. Says He Thought It Was His Wife

Saint Albans, West Virginia (The Weekly Vice) – Michael Lacy, a 36-year-old Saint Albans man, has been jailed after he allegedly impregnated an 11-year-old girl who was staying the night with his daughter.

According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, the victim was staying the night, as she had done before, with Lacy’s daughter in his apartment while he slept on the couch. Only, on one particular sleepover, Lacy allegedly crept into his daughter’s friend’s bed and had sex with her.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/08/horror-michael-lacy-allegedly.html

Richard Moss Sex Offender Registry

Morgan County, Georgia (The Weekly Vice) – Richard Lawson Moss, a 60-year-old convicted sex offender was jailed Thursday after he allegedly had sex with a young horse. According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, A veterinarian witnessed Moss, an employee at the stables, having sex with a foal as he was walking around Wednesday checking the stables. The vet immediately contacted the animal’s owner, who called police.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/08/richard-moss-convicted-child-molester.html

Rock Hill, SC – After a babysitter noticed large bruises on the face of one toddler and a bite mark on the face of another, Chris Roberts, 23, was arrested and charged with two counts of unlawful neglect of a child. After interviewing Roberts, police learned that Roberts was watching the children on Friday while their mother worked. He got angry at the 4-year-old, spanked him and smacked him across the face.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/08/03/man-charged-with-biting-toddlers-face-hitting-another/

KATONAH, N.Y. (WPIX) – Bedford Police arrested an East Syracuse woman Saturday night after she turned on the two young nieces she was babysitting, stabbing them multiple times with a knife, inside a Katonah home across the street from Martha Stewart’s estate.

The girls’ aunt Lisa Turkki, 39, was arrested at 85 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, just across the street from Stewart’s 153-acre residence.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/wpix-babysitter-stabs-girls-martha-stewart,0,5326255.story