(Reuters) – A Colorado mother who told police she was surfing Facebook when her 22-month-old daughter was struck and killed by a van was arrested on suspicion of child abuse, police said on Friday. Karen Pena, 30, was being held on a $50,000 bond in connection with the May 28 death of Laniece Fletcher, Detective Robert Friel of the Aurora, Colorado, police department said.

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A couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse after their 21-month-old son died Wednesday at the hospital. Adrien Hickerson was taken to LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition Tuesday and was diagnosed with abusive head trauma. He died the following day. Sabrina Hickerson told investigators she flew into a rage when the little boy became defiant.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police in Charlotte have charged two 11-year-olds with sexual exploitation of a minor after finding disturbing images on a cell phone.Police began investigating in April after getting a call from a mother who was concerned about the images she found on her 11-year-old daughter’s cell phone of her 5-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old boy engaged in sex acts.

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LANCASTER, Calif. — A woman convicted of murdering her 18-month-old daughter and dumping her body near a freeway has been sentenced to 25-years to life in prison. Stacey Barker, 26, was convicted May 25 of one count of first degree murder, assault on a child and child abuse.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A father whose negligence resulted in his 3 1/2-year-old daughter’s death from malnutrition and dehydration received the maximum sentence Wednesday in federal court in Las Cruces. Air Force Sgt. Derek Wulf has agreed not to appeal the verdict – a three-year prison sentence followed by a year of probation – during which he is not allowed to possess weapons and must complete mental health treatment.

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A youth soccer coach being held in the Will County Jail on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy is now facing additional charges of possessing child pornography. Darrell J. Stephenson, 24, of Crest Hill was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated possession of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Stephenson was a youth soccer coach in Frankfort, Plainfield and Joliet.

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FOREST GROVE — A 61-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after witnesses told police that a man was abusing a young girl at Rogers Park. The suspect was a friend of the young girl’s family, according to Capt. Aaron R. Ashbaugh. Serafin V. Bernabe, 61, of Forest Grove was arrested for first-degree sexual abuse.

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TUCSON–A man wanted in connection with a child sexual assault case was shot and killed in a confrontation with Tucson police downtown Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened outside the man’s apartment in the 400 block of South Stone Avenue near Kennedy Street. Detectives went to the man’s apartment to arrest him on charges of sexual assault of a child and child abuse, said Sgt. Diana Lopez, a Tucson police spokesman. The case, which involves an 8-year-old female victim, had been investigated for several months.

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SANFORD — A jury Wednesday night convicted an Altamonte Springs man of neglecting two children he adopted while his wife withheld food from them and spanked them so hard and so often that she left them with scars. Dwayne Hardy, 50, faces a minimum of two years in prison. He is to be sentenced Aug. 1. The prime abuser, according to the children who testified Tuesday, was his wife, Pamela Hardy, 47. She is charged with a more serious crime: aggravated child abuse. She is to be tried later.

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ST. CLOUD – A 30-year-old St. Cloud woman pled guilty today (Thursday) to abusing two of her children. Maimuna Mohamud pled guilty in Stearns County Court to the felony charges of Malicious Punishment Of a Child. Last September a police officer found her then two-year-old twins tied-up at the wrists and ankles.

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A father and mother accused of making internet pornography involving their young son and daughter will reappear in Gosford Local Court next month. The two children, aged 11 and 12, and two younger siblings are in the care of the Community Services Department. The father, 50, of Erina, is charged with 40 offences, including using a child under 14 years to make child-abuse material and procuring a child under 14 years for unlawful sexual activity. The mother, 30, is charged with 16 offences, including aggravated sexual intercourse with a person aged more than 10 years.

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