Free trainings this August are expected to crest the “tipping point” milestone of five-percent of the entire lowcountry population, or 24,000 trained adults. The prevention programs include video instruction and interactive workbook tools that enable adults to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of the sexual abuse of children. The training is open to the public.
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Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (The Weekly Vice) – Charles Lewis Gordon IV, 29, and his wife, Ashley Nicole Gordon, 26, were charged Friday after they allegedly starved their 9-month-old baby to death. According to Mount Pleasant police, officers were called to the couple’s apartment in June after one of the baby’s older siblings found the child unresponsive in his crib.
Opp, AL – Not a lot of info on this one yet, but police have arrested 25-year-old John Curtis Davis for the shooting death of his 4-year-old nephew, Curtis Alexander Rude. Family members say Davis got pissed after the child dropped a toy about the size of a checker on his foot, so he allegedly shot the kid in the chest with a .177 caliber pellet rifle.
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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/19/police-john-curtis-davis-shot-and-killed-4-year-old-nephew/
HUDSON, TX – Police have charged 18-year-old Joseph Weeks with sexual assault after they say he raped a 13-year-old girl who was under the effects of cough medicine. Reports are that the girl’s mother allowed her to accompany Weeks and two others. The four went to a Walmart where they purchased cigarettes and cough syrup, consuming them in the parking lot before going to someone elses trailer. According to the affidavit, Weeks and the girl began kissing consensually. He then tried to round second base, but she told him to stop. But supposedly, Weeks past stopping and as the girl started feeling the effects of the medicine, Weeks forced himself on the girl.
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Madera, Calif. – A California neighborhood got a nasty shock and realized why sometimes it pays to check out your neighbors, even if they look like harmless, old men. Police say they have arrested 82-year-old Douglas Machado, a registered sex offender, for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl over the course of the last few years. But that’s not the only person the nabbed at his home. Police also arrested his 31-year-old grandson, Charlie Brown, and accused him of molesting a 7-year-old boy and friend of the family.
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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/19/grandfather-and-grandson-arrested-for-child-molestation/
A 27-year-old Red Wing man accused of raping a young boy pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
A plea bargain reached between attorneys calls for Nicolas Ryan Heath, 463 W. Eighth St., to spend a year in jail and up to 30 years on probation.
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FARMINGTON — District Judge John Dean hopes his courtroom July 6 was an anomaly and not the start of a pattern.
Of the 72 people scheduled to stand before him that day, 10 suspects faced the same charge: Felony child abuse by DWI.
San Juan County prosecutes drunken drivers for child abuse if a child is in the vehicle, Chief Deputy District Attorney Dustin O’Brien said. The charge can turn a misdemeanor into a felony and a steep fine into three years in jail.
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St. Louis (KSDK) — Neighbors in St. Charles County are appalled after watching one of their own being taken away by deputies accused of child abuse.
The suspect’s 11-month-old baby girl, Micha Harris, was rushed to Children’s Hospital in St. Louis Friday morning, but was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon. Now behind bars is her father, James Harris, 24. At first he was charged with child abuse and, later, assault, but deputies said, come Monday, it’ll likely be murder.
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http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=207794&catid=3
BETHPAGE, N.Y. — He was a well regarded pediatrician, but now allegations have surfaced that for years Dr. Rakesh Punn has been sexually abusing and secretly video taping young girls.
“When the girls would be laying on the examination table he would ask them to put on a blindfold,” Assistant District Attorney Anne Donnelly told reports.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-pediatrian-sex-abuse,0,2045771.story
PHOENIX – According to statistics, 24.2 percent, or nearly one in four Arizona children under the age of 18 in Arizona, are experiencing food insecurity according to new research released last week by Feeding America. The study was funded by the ConAgra Foods Foundation, and Feeding America’s Leadership Partner in the Fight to End Child Hunger.
Only Arkansas and Texas have a higher percentage of food insecure children.
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An unusually hot summer has prompted many residents to take to the water, and first responders are seeing more fatal drownings than in years past. It’s a trend that is concerning officials and one they say could easily be avoided.
“So far this year, we have already had five drownings and last year all total we had six,” said Marie Blevins, EMS training officer. “We are on the increase, and we’re concerned that this number can continue to rise, and we want to try and prevent it.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Thursday’s arrest of a 69-year-old Payne County man for sex crimes against his own family brought to light the disturbing reality that has destroyed thousands of children and their families’ lives. That’s why experts say it is so important to recognize early warning signs.
Many children who have been molested by a family member keep their abuse a secret because they are ashamed or afraid to break up the family, and when it is revealed, it is often by accident.
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There’s a couple turns about healthcare, post-traumatic stress, and genetic disorders in this story. The Post and Courier has some good reporting on the story; read it here.
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http://charleston.thedigitel.com/crime/mount-pleasant-parents-charged-starving-death-chil-22433-0717
East St. Louis, IL (KTVI-FOX2Now.com) – A Baptist minister charged with child abuse. The man is accused of fondling an eight-year-old child. Reverend Charles Moore of the United States Baptist church in the 1600 block of East St. Louis is charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He is 57 years old.
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http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-moore-east-st-louis-child-abuse-sex-071610,0,7598882.story
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