SOUTH SALT LAKE — A South Salt Lake couple faces charges of child abuse and reckless endangerment after one of their children was found wandering in the street.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports police found a 5-year-old girl walking in the rain without a coat or shoes April 12. When they took her home to the 100 East block of Sunset Avenue (2855 South), they found the house full of rotting garbage and broken furniture. Egg shells and motor oil covered the floor in the kitchen.

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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10858853

PORTSMOUTH

A woman faces a charge of felony child abuse after witnesses reported she was repeatedly whipping a 7-year-old child with a belt, city police reported.

It was  5:10 p.m. Thursday when police responded to the parking lot a business in the 3300 block of Victory Blvd. for an assault in progress. Police arrived and spoke with several witnesses who said a woman had been beating the child “many times” with the belt, and would stop, then start again.

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http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/portsmouth-woman-faces-childabuse-charge?cid=ltst

SAN ANTONIO, TX – A woman is fighting for custody of her daughter one year after the child was found by a bus driver sitting in the middle of a busy street.

“I couldn’t tell exactly what it was,” said bus driver Michael Hubbard.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-texas-bus-baby,0,7819608.story

Chicopee, MA- And police are saying this was no joke. On Monday afternoon, 24-year old Matthew Brace along with his girlfriend and their 3-month old baby girl entered the gas station located near an Econo Lodge, where the couple had been staying on public assistance. A maintenance worker at the station asked Brace how old was the child.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/05/19/man-allegedly-tried-to-trade-his-baby-for-beer/

Decomposed Body Found In Greeley Ditch

Area Was Searched Twice For Missing 12-Year-Old Kayleah Wilson

GREELEY, Colo. — A badly decomposed body discovered early Wednesday morning in a Greeley ditch by an irrigation worker is believed to be that of Kayleah Wilson, the 12-year-old Greeley girl who has been missing for nearly two months.

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Suspect was due to be sentenced next week for juvenile sex crime

Pittsburg, PA – Richard Sabatasse, 26, recently befriended a 14-year-old girl on MySpace. After chatting for a few weeks, she finally agreed to meet up with him. After picking her up at her parent’s home on Friday at 3:30pm, the teen claims he took away her cell phone and kept her captive for two days.

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Martin Smith appears in court in Carlisle to face 13 charges of sexual assault unrelated to death of his children.

The father of two young British children found dead in a Spanish hotel room yesterday appeared in court in England today charged with a series of sexual assaults and child rape.

Martin Smith, 45, who is from North Shields, had been on the run from the British authorities for several years. He was arrested by police in Barcelona on 7 May.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/father-children-dead-spanish-hotel

WENATCHEE, Wash. — An 86-year-old Wenatchee man has been accused of raping a girl over a six-year period, starting when she was six.

The Wenatchee World reports John W. Garrity was charged Friday in Chelan County Superior Court with child rape and molestation.

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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_wenatchee_child_rape.html

MORGANTON – The mother of a toddler who was taken to Carolinas Medical Center last week due to brain injuries has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse.

Alecia Danielle Nanney, 24, of 4734 Homestead Way, Glen Alpine is scheduled to appear in court May 28.

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http://www2.morganton.com/content/2010/may/19/mother-charged-child-abuse-case/news/

MEMPHIS, TN – Beaten to death with a basketball shoe. There’s new information on the couple charged in the death of a two-year-old girl. People are outraged after learning of the first child abuse death in Shelby County this year.

Now, we’ve learned there were other children in the home at the time. The two-year-old who was killed had two siblings in the home at the time. One was 4, and the other, just a year-old.

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http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story/Community-Still-In-Shock-After-Toddler-Beaten-To/9mfMgi95t0S1zVxoMXnT-w.cspx

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – In 2009 there were 20,649 reports of child abuse, and 41% of those were confirmed cases of child abuse.

In Utah, 69% of abusers are parents.  Another 19% are another member of the child’s family.
The most common victims are young children, newborn to five years old.  They account for 42% of cases.

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http://www.abc4.com/content/about_4/links_numbers/story/Child-abuse-in-Utah/O07yKEwM0kGiY8_r_upXJg.cspx

MIDLAND, TX – A Midland man is now behind bars in connection to a disturbing case of child abuse.

18-year-old Joseph Mark Charles is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a two year old and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is the live-in boyfriend of the Midland mother accused of almost beating her 19-month old son to death.

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http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12509969

The investigation revealed that Monday Russell’s two month old son was taken to the South Williamson Appalachian Regional Hospital after he was found unresponsive at his home in Williamson. The baby was flown out to Cabell Huntington Hospital and as of press time remained in pediatric intensive care, allegedly the victim of ”shaken baby syndrome.”

”The baby sustained the injuries here in Williamson, after the mother left him in his father’s care while she went for a doctor’s appointment,” Rockel said.

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http://www.williamsondailynews.com/view/full_story/7443459/article-Local-man-jailed-for-alleged-child-abuse?instance=home_news_lead