An Orange County woman was molested for several years by a relative, becoming pregnant at age 11 and giving birth at age 12, prosecutors said. The man, Mariano Antonio Castro, 56, Santa Ana, was charged Thursday with a variety of felony counts of continuous sexual abuse and lewd acts on a child under 14. He is being held on $1 million bail and faces more than 30 years in prison if convicted.

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/orange-county-girl-molested-for-years-by-relative-gave-birth-at-age-12.html

GLENS FALLS — The owner of a Glens Falls dance studio has been charged with a felony, accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a student, police said. Timothy McGuire, 49, was charged late Wednesday with second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child. The charge stems from the complaint of a former student’s family, and was investigated by city and state police, according to state police’s publish information website.

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http://saratogian.com/articles/2011/04/22/news/doc4db16ab5425bb994977362.txt

SAN DIEGO — An Oceanside woman who pleaded guilty to felony charges in the 2006 death of her 4-year-old foster child, was sentenced Thursday to a 16-year prison term. In December, Dania Yesenia Haros, 26, pleaded guilty in Vista Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter, three counts of felony child abuse and one count of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury.

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/21/foster-mom-gets-16-years-death-child-4/

BALTIMORE — The discovery of a missing North Carolina teen’s body in a Maryland river brings the investigation of her disappearance into a new phase. The body of Phylicia Barnes, who disappeared while visiting her older half-siblings in Baltimore on Dec. 28, was one of two bodies found Wednesday near the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River. Barnes’ 17th birthday was Jan. 12.

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http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20110421/US.Missing.NC.Teen/

Taylor, TX – A Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota man will spend the rest of his life behind bars. 62 year old John Ruport was convicted on 15 counts of sexually abusing a 5 year old girl over the span of several years in Taylor, Texas.

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http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/crime/Hoyt-Lakes-MN-Man-Wont–120325249.html

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says calls to the state’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline have risen nearly 19 percent in five years. The department says calls increased from roughly 24,100 in 2006 to nearly 28,700 last year. Officials say April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/c5f31646e4f94842a876641513736fd2/NE–Child-Abuse-Prevention/

The father of a nine-week-old child is behind bars for felony child abuse. Tuesday night, Nebraska State Patrol investigators in Omaha were contacted by Children’s Hospital. Staff at the hospital reported a suspicious injury to a nine-week-old child they were treating.

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http://www.nebraska.tv/story/14486071/dad-arrested-for-abusing-9-week-old-infant

The Director of an East Albany Day Care Center was arrested Tuesday afternoon.  She’s charged with failing to report child abuse. 19-month old Janaysia Stevenson was beaten to death last month. Her mother and the mother’s boyfriend are charged with murder.

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http://www.walb.com/story/14477473/albany-day-care-center-director-in-child-death

Disturbing details: Man accused in brutal attack on newborn

He is under arrest for attempted murder of his infant son. 26-year-old Dario Finkel originally of Marblehead, now of Salem, was arraigned in Salem District court on Wednesday.  Jennifer Finkel, the child’s mother, told police that Dario stuffed a baby wipe into seven-week-old Michael Finkel’s mouth when the child would not stop crying.

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http://www.necn.com/04/20/11/Disturbing-details-Man-accused-in-brutal/landing_newengland.html?blockID=507699&feedID=4206

Suicide Pact: Minnesota Teens Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz Commit Suicide at Slumber Party

A slumber party in Minnesota ended in tragedy when two eighth grade girls fulfilled a suicide pact, killing themselves and leaving behind suicide notes telling their families that they loved them. The bodies of best friends Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz, both 14, were discovered Saturday by Fentress’ mother, Tracy Morrison.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/suicide-pact-minnesota-eighth-graders-haylee-fentress-paige/story?id=13411751

(And)

http://bossip.com/372259/smh-bullying-drives-girls-to-sleepover-suicide-pact30346/

SUMMERFIELD — When Seath Tyler Jackson received a text message Sunday afternoon from a 15-year-old ex-girlfriend saying she wanted to rekindle their romance and that they should meet at a central Florida house, a female friend of Jackson’s sensed something wasn’t right. “I wouldn’t fall for that,” 16-year-old Brittnay Jones told Jackson, she recalled to The Associated Press. The 15-year-old Jackson ignored his friend’s advice and went Sunday to a house in Summerfield, about 65 miles northwest of Orlando.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2011/04/21/six-charged-after-15-year-old-murdered-ashes-stored-in-paint-cans/

(And)

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/apr/20/201038/authorities-plot-to-kill-fla-teen-followed-fight/

Easton, Pennsylvania  – Francisco Torres, a 40-year-old Easton man was jailed after his son pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers when Torres refused to get the boy dental care. According to the Easton Police Department, a witness called detectives in January after Torres 14-year-old son used a pair of pliers to pull two of his own teeth out. The self dentistry left behind shards of bone that caused even greater pain.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/04/boy-pulls-his-own-teeth-out-with-pliers.html

WESTMINSTER– Two married teachers have been arrested for allegedly having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old student. Charges were filed Wednesday against Daniel Alma Shepard, 62, and his wife Gay Davidson-Shepard, 59, for allegedly raping one of Daniel Shepard’s students at Westminster High between April and December 2009.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-married-teachers-molest-student,0,3083038.story

RADNOR — After telling an 11th-grade boy exactly what sexual acts he wanted to perform on him, the athletic director at Archbishop Carroll High School went to a Bridgeport ice cream shop for a tryst with the teenager, authorities said.
But instead of the teenage boy, Francis Murphy met up with several Montgomery County detectives who arrested him on the spot.

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http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/04/19/news/doc4dacf56296fd7049475156.txt