Teen Dad Stabbed Infant to Death

PALMDALE– A 5-month old boy stabbed by his teenage father during a child abduction in Palmdale has died, authorities say. Palmdale Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a report of a child abduction in Palmdale at about 11:00AM, Tuesday. An Amber Alert was issued for the child and his father, 17-year old Christopher Earl Glass, around 2:00 Tuesday afternoon.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A study commissioned by the watchdog group, Children’s Rights, details some disturbing trends at the Department of Human Services. “This report confirms absolutely that the DHS system is severely broken,” said Paul DeMuro, Children’s Rights attorney. Children’s Rights hired an independent group, the Center for the Support of Families, to put together the study. It tracked 374 children of the more than 7,400 in state custody.

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Inquiry launched after child murderer is found dead

A MURDER inquiry has been launched following the death of a paedophile prisoner at Full Sutton Prison on Tuesday evening. Humberside Police received a call from the prison service shortly before 7.30pm reporting that there was an  incident ongoing at prison. Just after 8pm they received a further call stating that a 38-year-old man who had been involved in the incident had died.

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http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/inquiry_launched_after_child_murderer_is_found_dead_1_3129095

A McAllen man accused in a child rape case spent weeks on the run but is now behind bars after being arrested in Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers report that they took custody of Beau William Gamble over the weekend. The 43-year-old McAllen man is accused of four counts of sexual assault of a child.

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http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=587235

HARRISBURG, PA- A suspect in the rape of a 12-year-old Dauphin County girl is back in the custody of Texas law enforcement officers after two days on the run. Lower Paxton Township police said King Samuel Williams was captured this morning by the Texas Rangers. Williams had escaped in Texas during his extradition from Arizona on Sunday by complaining that his shackles were too tight and overpowering the driver who had attempted to help him, police said.

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According to Jefferson Parish authorities, 40-year-old Janella Lewis claimed that she’d just been giving her 2-year-old grandson your standard, run-of-the-mill whuppin. Apparently, he’d been getting out of line. Two-year-olds are so willful, so full of fight, so strapping and wild that really, the only way to control them is to break them. Otherwise, they might grow up not knowing the importance of minding their elders.

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http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/03/childs_body_had_disturbing_sig.html

What other toxic “family secrets” are there among us? The recent news about the twins who were abused by their adoptive parents is not only sad and enraging, it’s frightening. Not just because of this family tragedy, even though that is bad enough, but also because, sadly, there are probably other children in our community keeping toxic “family secrets.”

ROGERSVILLE — A 3-year-old child who suffered a fractured skull and broken collarbone in August, allegedly at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend, has permanent brain damage, according to court testimony Monday. A preliminary hearing was held Monday in Hawkins County Sessions Court for Jonathan Jesse Aaron Light, 21, 6742 Carters Valley Road, Lot 6, Church Hill, who is charged with one count of aggravated child abuse.

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http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9030202

JERUSALEM– A self-proclaimed rabbi who severely beat eight children was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Jerusalem court Monday. Elior Chen was convicted in December of beating the victims with clubs and hammers, kicking them in the head, shaking, burning and handcuffing them, and depriving them of food and sleep, Haaretz reported.

On February 15, detectives with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, Criminal Investigations Division, arrested Samuel Ceveris Glass, Jr., 73, of Waldorf, in connection with multiple sexual child abuse charges stemming from incidents that date back to the 1970’s and  continued for decades afterwards. The abuse was reported to the Sheriff’s Office in January 2011.

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http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/21636

LEE COUNTY: Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers has added a man accused of child abuse to their 10 Most Wanted list. Eric Leigh Harder is accused of beating a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old left in his care in 2004. When the mothers of the two young children returned, they found both children had bruising on their backs and buttocks. The 2-year-old had a cut from either an extension cord, wire or clothes hanger, according to deputies.

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http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=14162672

SUFFOLK–A 27-year-old woman was charged with child abuse in the belt beating of her 9-year-old boy. Police arrested Anita D. Scott on Monday and charged her with domestic assault, felony child abuse and neglect, child cruelty and abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and obstructing justice.

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http://hamptonroads.com/2011/03/suffolk-woman-charged-child-abuse-beating