Another horrible day for a family, when a 7 week old child is rushed to the hospital not breathing and dies the following day at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Mario Perez, 36, was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse for the killing of John Brian Perez. He told police he had thrown the infant on the bed. When the child was autopsied he was found to have broken ribs and severe brain trauma.
A new door providing hope and opportunity to children who are the victims of physical, sexual or mental abuse opened in Detroit on Thursday. The Kids-TALK Children’s Advocacy Center, 40 E. Ferry, provides forensic interviews and advocacy mental health services to children through age 17. “Whenever we have a collaborative effort like we have here today, then the children are the real beneficiaries,” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said. “Anything we can do to make kids feel safer is important because no child should have to go through a traumatic experience like this.”
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A Lewis County grandmother who admitted restraining her grandson with duct tape has been granted shock probation. Roberta Hobbs was originally sentenced to five years behind bars for each charge of child abuse, to be served consecutively.
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Toronto child exploitation officers are taking the fight against sexual abuse one step further. The Commit to Kids public awareness campaign, designed for front-line childcare workers to determine if their children are being sexually abused, was launched Thursday at the Toronto Police headquarters. Chief William Blair said “one of the greatest challenges we face in our society is protecting our most vulnerable members.” The program aims to prevent child abuse by creating policies and procedures that educate childcare workers about the signs of sex abuse.
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http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2011/01/20/16970046.html
GENESEE COUNTY, MI–Officials in Genesee County say they are seeing more cases of babies who are the victims of infant mortality and child abuse. This week alone, two baby girls were rushed to Hurley Medical Center after police say they were shaken by their fathers. One of the girls died as a result of her injuries. We spoke to a pediatric emergency medicine doctor who has treated a wide range of cases at Hurley Medical Center in Flint. He says many of these cases are caused by everything from a lack of parenting skills or the impact of a tough economy, which is why he says early education is key.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7909889
A teacher at Hickory Ridge Middle School called police after noticing a 12-year old female student with welts, stratches, bruises and swelling on her arm. According to the affidavit, the girl told the teacher her mother, Shenia Martin, whipped her with an extension cord on her arms and legs. The report says the girl’s 8-year old brother told police Martin tied the girl’s hands behind her back and tied her feet together with a sheet before whipping her with an extension cord.
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http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-st-jude-nurse-abuse,0,7053835.story
WESTPORT — The foster parents of four children were arrested this week for allegedly injuring a 6-month-old boy so severely he had bleeding on the brain and endangering the welfare of the other young children. Debbie DeCarvalho, 42, and Mario Leone, 38, of 1040 Post Road East, turned themselves in to police Wednesday and were charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
A former soldier who was involved in trying to set up a private ambulance service in Shetland has been found guilty of sexually abusing children. Christopher Readings, 44, attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl and carried out lewd acts on a 13-year-old boy at a house in the islands between 2008 and 2010.
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CLINTON – Investigators say a 3-year-old girl suffered a life-threatening brain injury Wednesday while left in the care of her mother’s friend at their Clinton residence. The girl, whose name was not given, is in critical condition at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, according to a release from the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office.
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http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2011/01/21/1065014?sac=Home
A Punta Gorda man has been arrested on sexual assault charges after Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he forced a woman to watch as he assaulted her 12-year-old daughter three times. Jerome Nubin, 32, of 6417 Scott St., is facing three charges of sexual battery on a child under 12 years old, three counts of aggravated assault, kidnapping a child and domestic battery. Deputies responded to a call at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and were told by the victim’s grandfather Nubin had raped the girl, according to a sheriff’s office release.
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McPHERSON – A former Inman police chief accused of sexually abusing four children took the stand Tuesday in his own defense, and he was adamant. “Did you ever touch the children in a sexual way?” defense attorney David Harger asked 39-year-old Mike Akins Jr. “No, I did not,” Akins said. Throughout the questioning by Harger and Assistant Attorney General Christine Ladner, Akins maintained he never touched the children inappropriately. He said there wasn’t any accidental touching, either, when he wrestled with the children.
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BURBANK, Calif. — The family of a middle school student who had a sexual affair with his Burbank teacher has filed a lawsuit against the woman’s husband, a Los Angeles police officer, claiming he threatened to kill the teen. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that the officer threatened to kill the then 14-year-old boy and his parents with his department-issued weapon after his wife confessed about the sexual relationship, The 818 Now is reporting.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-burbank-teacher-sex-lawsuit,0,6533449.story
OAKLAND, Calif. — An elementary school teacher in Oakland has been placed on leave after reports that two students engaged in oral sex during class and others stripped off their clothing in separate incidents. The alleged incidents took place last week at Markham Elementary School but weren’t reported to school officials until Wednesday, KTVU is reporting.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-oakland-classroom-oral-sex,0,6183888.story
It is estimated that at least two out of every ten girls and one out of every ten boys are sexually abused by the end of their 13th year. To protect all children, we first need to learn the facts. Did you know that most children who are sexually abused, are abused by a family member or close friend? Did you know that “stranger danger,” by comparison, is quite rare?
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