Murfreesboro, TN – Police say a violent sex offender with a lengthy criminal history has been arrested after reportedly sticking his tongue down the throat of an 11-year-old girl. That lengthy criminal history includes a manslaughter charge and various sex crimes – one being the aggravated sexual battery of a 12-year-old girl. Oh yeah, sounds like boyfriend material to me. As far as his latest arrest is concerned, police say Jody Lee Lindsey met a woman on some sort of chat line and recently visited with her and two young daughters in Rutherford County.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/10/14/violent-sex-offender-arrested-after-kissing-11-year-old-girl/

FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Monica McCarrick, 28, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder, accused of using a sword to stab her twin 3-year-old daughters to death, nearly decapitating one of them, before attempting using the sword to slash her own throat and wrists and setting a closet on fire. Firefighters found McCarrick and the bodies of her two dead children Tuesday evening after responding to reports of a fire in McCarrick’s apartment. She allegedly placed Lily and Tori’s bodies against the front door to prevent anyone from gaining access inside. She was taken to John Muir Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Jacksonville, FL – On October 5, 21-year-old Leendra Dasher called the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department to report her 15-month-old daughter missing. Dasher told police she had last laid eyes on her baby when she put her to bed at about 11:00 p.m., and that she and the child had been alone in the apartment. She stated that she was a light sleeper and had not been awakened by any strange sounds that evening. Also, two door locks, one only accessible from inside the home, had been locked since 3:00 p.m. Shortly after arriving at Dasher’s apartment, police found the child inside Dasher’s locked vehicle in the parking lot – she had been stuffed into a nylon Puma gym bag.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/10/13/baby-girl-found-stuffed-in-gym-bag-locked-in-car-mother-charged-with-child-abuse/

Lead Found in Children’s Products Sold at Target and Walmart

Dangerously high levels of lead have been found in children’s products sold at Walmart and Target stores across the country, according to a California based consumer group. The Center for Environmental Health, which commissioned the tests, found lead exceeding allowable levels in Walmart products such as toy boxing gloves, toy foam jewelry beads and green and yellow beanbag chairs for toddlers. At Target, the center said it found two chairs with high lead levels, one of which had 70 times the legal limit for lead. Target has agreed to remove the chairs from its stores, according to the consumer group. Walmart is stopping sales of the producers in California and from Walmart.com and will “investigate the matter further,” according to Walmart officials.

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http://www.ktla.com/health/ktla-lead-childrens-products-walmart-target,0,1190542.story

CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are looking for a man believed to be in his 60s who sexually abused a girl in a North Side Target store on Thursday. According to a Community Alert from Rogers Park District police, about 5:25 p.m. on Thursday, the man entered the store at 2112 W. Peterson Ave., which is a Target store. Once inside, the man spoke with the victim and her mother in the food court. The mother and her children went on to shop, with the man walking in another direction. The man approached the girl, the alert said, and inappropriately touched her genital area over her clothing.

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http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/09/police-look-for-man-who-fondled-girl-at-target-store/

LITTLE ROCK — A Conway man was arrested Sunday night on accusations he physically abused his two-year-old nephew, causing injuries that required hospitalization. Willie Lockett Jr., 21, is charged with first-degree battery in the assault, which reportedly caused substantial bruising to the boy’s face, arms, legs and buttocks. Authorities were called about 9:30 p.m. to 1290 East German Lane, but Lockett was gone when they arrived, Conway Police Department Officer Chris Harris said. He was located and arrested in a nearby neighborhood after police set up a perimeter in the area.

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http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/oct/11/conway-man-accused-child-abuse/

Head-Butting Suspect: ‘It Was An Accident’

PA–A Fayette County man will stand trial for allegedly head-butting his infant son. According to police, Phillip Silvers abused his son while the boy’s mother was out in August. Silvers is charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment. A police report said Silvers admitted to head-butting his baby on two separate occasions because the baby was crying. The infant was taken to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh where he was treated for fractured legs and other bruises.

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http://kdka.com/local/Phillip.Silvers.hearing.2.1958679.html

GADSDEN, Alabama — Timothy Derwood Williams, a 50-year-old who often took children to church in his van, has been charged with sex abuse after he allegedly touched a 12-year-old girl inappropriately, the Etowah County sheriff told the Gadsden Times. Williams drove his own van and would pick up children and take them to and from church, according to the Gadsden Times report. The 12-year-old is said to have been abused while the van was on Williams’ property and authorities told the Gadsden Times that they believe there may be other victims.

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http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/etowah_county_man_who_took_chi.html

An Old Jefferson man faces life in prison after he was convicted of raping children over two decades, including his girlfriend’s 7-year-old daughter. Preston Lee Pierce, 49, was convicted Sunday of two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of sexual battery, involving four victims ranging from 3 to 16 years old. Pierce denied the charges but was unable to refute the victims’ accusations or explain why his DNA was found in the 7-year-old’s underwear.

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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/10/old_jefferson_man_convicted_of.html

Iron County prosecutors have charged a Cedar City man with child abuse homicide in the alleged beating death of a 14-month-old boy. Thomas Harry Canum III, 24, was charged with the first-degree felony on Tuesday in Cedar City’s 5th District Court. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Oct. 13 before Judge John J. Walton. Canum remained in the Iron County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of $100,000 cash-only bail. He had been arrested after the child died Sept. 28 during an operation for head injuries at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. The boy initially had been treated at Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City.

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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50424701-76/canum-cedar-child-charged.html.csp

Investigators spent much of the night at a park in Lakeland after discovering the bodies of two 14-year-olds Tuesday night. The Washington County Sheriff says the bodies of one boy and one girl were discovered around 7:30 p.m. by a man walking on a wooded path in Humphrey Park. Both teens are believed to have attended Oak-land Junior High School. Authorities tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they are not looking for any suspects at this time.

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A Minnesota man has admitted that he created fake Facebook profiles to befriend girls online, and that he took sexually explicit pictures of one girl with his cell phone. Forty-year-old Shane Allen Werlein of Stillwater pleaded guilty Monday to one federal count of production of child pornography. Prosecutors say that according to a plea agreement, Werlein admitted that from November to February, he created fake Facebook profiles and befriended two girls in a scheme to get one of them to engage in sexually explicit acts and give him photos of it.

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