Agency sees 46% increase

When staff members at the Healing Place were reviewing the number of clients they saw from June through December 2010, they found an alarming trend. Not only did the number rise considerably — by 46 percent — but they saw a dramatic increase in the number of children younger than 12 who were victims of sexual abuse. The number of children 12 or younger seeking help at the Healing Place jumped from 72 in 2009 to 115 in 2010.

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Former Manager and Father of “5 Browns” Sentenced 10 Years to Life for Child Abuse

The father and former manager of the band 5 Browns, Keith Brown, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Provo, Utah on Thursday. Back in February, Brown pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his three daughters while they were children. According to the Associated Press, Judge David Mortensen sentenced Brown to 10 years to life on the first count of sodomy with a child, and 15 years to life on each of the two counts of sexual abuse of a child. Before handing down the sentence, Mortensen said, “I do believe, sir, that you are a pedophile, and I do believe that you are a danger to society.”

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PHOENIX — A Mesa woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 death of her baby daughter. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Shawnte Shuree Jones will have to serve 35 years of her sentence before she can apply for parole. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Friday also sentenced Jones to a consecutive 17-year prison term for child abuse.

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Man Wanted On Child Abuse Charges

Bobby Collins Jr. Accused Of Hurting 2 Children

Bobby Collins Jr., 25, has been charged with two county of serious bodily injury to a child.Houston police said Collins was was watching his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son March 3. The boy was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital and doctors said he had two swollen black eyes, two fractures in his right arm and a hemorrhage in his head that required a blood transfusion. Anyone with information regarding Collins’ whereabouts is asked to call the HPD Juvenile Physical Abuse Division at 713-731-5838 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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An East Hampton man walked into East Hampton Town Police headquarters and told stunned officers he had sexually abused at least three children, police said Friday. Henry P. Lopez-Gonzalez, 27, who police said is believed to be in the U.S. illegally from Ecuador, was arrested following an investigation and charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual act, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and six counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

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http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/news-from-home/east-hampton-man-charged-with-child-abuse-1.2137741

Rhode Island —- A Providence high school wrestling coach was arrested for child pornography, indecent solicitation of sex a minor and extortion. Police say that Joseph Simone, 21, posed as a teen girl online and coerced a 15-year-old boy into masturbating, which he recorded in real time.

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