Two year-old suffers face and head injuries in “unprovoked” attack.

RIVERSIDE– A toddler in Riverside suffered injuries to her face and head after being attacked by the family pit bull. Riverside County Animal Services Captain Tammie Belmonte said officers responded to a call Wednesday night involving an attack. Officers and emergency responders with the city of Riverside initially handled the 911 call from the residence in the 9500 block of Arlington Avenue. Animal Control Officer Lorena Barron made contact with the victim’s parents at Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center in Riverside. Due to the severity of the injuries, the victim was later transferred to the Loma Linda University Medical Center.

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LOS ANGELES — A newborn baby was turned over to an L.A. fire station on Christmas Eve under California’s Safe Haven Law which allows a parent or legal guardian to hand over a baby rather than abandon the child. L.A. Fire officials say on Friday afternoon a woman, whose identity is being kept confidential, brought a newborn baby girl to the Exposition Park fire station on South Hoover Street. Fire crews helped the woman, and took in the child who was healthy and well fed.

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11 week old dies at the hands of her father

Easton, PA – Joseph A. Urquia, 21, has a history of child abuse. Last year, he admitted to assaulting his daughter, who was 3 months old at the time, by spanking her and causing a large bruise across her entire buttocks. Urquia told an Easton detective he had struck the baby “out of frustration”. Originally accused of felony aggravated assault, Urquia eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of simple assault, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 18 months of probation by Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito. Yes, you read correctly, they allowed him to plead to a lesser charge. He is still on probation for this offense.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/11-week-old-dies-at-the-hands-of-her-father

In February 2008, 7-week-old Caitlynne Bohlen of Grand Island died from suffocation after her mother’s boyfriend reportedly placed a pacifier in her mouth, wrapped a blanket around her head and used a pillow to squeeze her against the side of her crib. Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Klein is serving five to seven years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for manslaughter in her death.

In January 2008, a 28-year-old Omaha man was arrested in the death of his son, 8-month-old Jaiden-Jackson Self. Marquale Self is serving 20 to 32 years for child abuse resulting in his death. Fifteen more times that year, Nebraska children died as the result of child abuse or neglect, ranking the state second behind Florida in the rate of child abuse deaths per 100,000 children.

In 2007 and 2008, Nebraska also ranked in the top three states for the rate of deaths of children from child abuse or neglect: 16 in 2007 and 17 in 2008.  The recently released 2009 rankings show Nebraska had improved to 18th in the country in the rate of deaths, not including the District of Columbia. Last year, the state recorded 10. Nationally, child abuse deaths have increased in recent years. In 2009, the official number reported by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data Systems was 1,676. The National Coalition to End Child Abuse believes the number is higher, closer to 2,500 a year.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lots of kids are dreaming of Christmas joy this week, but for two local children, abuse has taken that away, and those accused are paying the price.On Monday, police in Mount Washington, Ky., arrested Ashley Sneed, 20, at her apartment and charged her with abusing her 2-year-old son, who suffered bruising on his back, legs and even his private areas.Sneed said her son was injured after falling in the snow. Doctors said otherwise as they treated his injuries.A $500,000 cash bond was set for Sneed Tuesday.Sneed entered a not guilty plea.

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THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN living in poverty in Ireland has increased since 2008, while the number of children who were victims of abuse cases has also risen. The figures are confirmed in the official State of the Nation’s Children report, a biannual document published for the third time yesterday. PA reports that the document showed how many of Ireland’s more vulnerable children were missing out on basic services because of the level of poverty in which they live.

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http://www.thejournal.ie/child-abuse-cases-increase-as-numbers-in-poverty-up-2010-12/

Child Sex Abuse Survivors Face Health Issues

A paper released by the University of Auckland has called for recognizing child sex abuse as a public health issue. The document appeared in the Women & Health journal is based on the study of the needs of survivors. It brought out the problems and challenges that female child sexual abuse survivors experienced when seeking health services. In New Zealand, around 25% of women are victims of child sex abuse and more suffering associated with general medical and mental health problems are suffered by adult survivors.

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http://topnews.net.nz/content/210873-child-sex-abuse-survivors-face-health-issues

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – I don’t know which pisses me off more. Child abusers, or the women who allowed it. Well, maybe not allowed it, but through their lack of common sense, attributed to it. Case in point, Johnny Juliot and his girlfriend, Tara Hack. They met through a friend and although they had not known each other long, Juliot was already abusive towards her. But this did not stop her from letting Juliot watch her son, 4-year-old Tony Hack, because she says he was never violent towards the boy. When she arrived home on one of these occasions, she was greeted with Juliot carrying her son limp in his arms, blood coming from his mouth. They both took Tony the hospital and while there, Juliot left. Doctors told Hack her son’s skull fractures and bruising had come from getting the crap beat out of him, calling it the worst case of child abuse they’d ever seen.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/21/kentucky-man-charged-with-beating-girlfriends-son-to-death/

Vail, CO — Scott Filler, 41, faces a misdemeanor child abuse charge for allegedly punching a 14-year-old girl in the face at the Beaver Creek ski resort in Vail last Friday. According to police, the teen, visiting from Mexico, was skiing on a beginner run with a ski school class when she swerved to avoid a skier who had fallen in front of her and accidentally bumped into Filler’s 4-year-old son, knocking both of them to the ground. Filler, who was on the run with his son, thought the teen had been skiing recklessly. Believing his son had been seriously injured, Filler attacked, jumping on the teen and punching her in the face.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/22/man-experiencing-slope-rage-accused-of-punching-teen-girl-in-face/

CLIFTON, N.J. — Police are searching for a New Jersey man after police say he raped a 12-year-old girl he met online while another man videotaped the assault. Police say that 20-year-old Leonardo Quintero met the girl on AOL Instant Messenger and had been chatting with her for a few weeks. On Dec 17, Quintero talked the girl into sneaking out of her house at around 2 a.m. where the girl thought they were just going to drive around the block. Instead Quintero took the girl to the home of 19-year-old Canpolat Cankurt. There the two men refused to take the girl home when she asked and took her into the basement instead where they had her drink alcohol. Afterwards Quintero raped the girl while Cankurt videotaped the assault with his cell phone.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/22/police-searching-for-suspect-in-videotaped-rape-of-12-year-old-girl/

Woman Killed 3-Year-Old By Feeding Him Oil, Vinegar, Police Say

Boy’s Body Hidden For More Than Year

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — An Indiana woman told police investigators she fed her 3-year-old son olive oil and vinegar until he stopped breathing and died, then wrapped his body in a blanket and hid it for more than a year, according to court documents. Fort Wayne police arrested Latisha Ann Lawson on Tuesday, a day after family members reported her and her two children missing. Officers found Lawson and her 10-year-old daughter living in a house that a church had provided for them in recent weeks. Investigators reported finding a child’s remains inside a tote bag. An autopsy was planned to confirm they were the boy’s and to determine a cause of death.

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(CNN) — An American school founder who young Haitian men once hailed as a savior was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing them. Douglas Perlitz, 40, was sentenced in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut, to 19 years and 7 months behind bars for abusing the Haitian men when they were boys under his care, said Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston. “We’re very pleased with the sentence,” he said. “He was brought to justice and I hope it sends a strong message to people who are doing that or who are even thinking about doing that.”

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/21/haiti.abuse/index.html?hpt=T1

President Obama signs Dodd’s bill to protect children and victims of domestic violence

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) released a statement after President Obama signed into law Dodd’s Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) reauthorization bill, which will strengthen federal efforts to identify, treat, and prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children. This bill also reauthorizes the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), which helps states prevent domestic violence and provides services to victims of domestic violence and their families.

“Today is a victory for the safety of our nation’s children and families. The number of children abused or neglected and individuals affected by domestic and dating violence is astounding and intolerable,” said Dodd. “We have an enormous responsibility to protect our most vulnerable citizens. With the signing of the CAPTA reauthorization bill, President Obama is ensuring that our states will have the resources to combat child abuse and neglect and that victims of violence and abuse will get the help they need. States will now be able to fund critical services that will provide a better life and future for all of our nation’s children and families.”

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LOUISVILLE, KY – Gruesome child abuse cases have filled the headlines recently and investigators tell Fox 41, they are also being inundated with cases in Kentucky. “The child’s lower back, his legs, buttocks, privates, it’s pretty bad,” said Bullitt County Sheriff Detective Scotty McGaha. On Friday, Detective McGaha said a two-year-old had to be admitted to the hospital for multiple tests which revealed what doctors and investigators feared, another case of child abuse.  The same day, a 4-year-old Southern Indiana boy died from what investigators report as a severe beating. “There’s something in the center here that white,” said McGaha pointing to a picture of the child’s bruised leg. The Detective said the two-year-old’s abuser used some sort of object to beat the child from head to toe.  The person now charged with criminal abuse is the toddler’s mother, 20 year old Ashley Sneed.

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http://www.fox41.com/story/13717377/investigators-everyone-lookout-for-child-abuse