DUBLIN, Ohio — A Dublin mother is indicted on felony charges after she’s accused of raping a 10-month-old male. The Franklin County grand jury indicted Ashley Jessup, 24, on four felony counts: two counts of rape, one count of endangering children and one count of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor.

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http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/sep/08/2/dublin-mom-accused-raping-10-month-old-son-ar-728245/

2-YO TODDLER ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER SEVERE BEATING

DALLAS, TX– A 22-year-old woman faces life in prison after police say she glued her toddler daughter’s hands to a wall, kicked her in the stomach and beat her over a potty training issue. The 2-year-old girl is on life support after being found unresponsive by her grandmother.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-toddler-glued-wall-beaten-potty-training,0,2161997.story

NORWALK, CA — A Norwalk math tutor has been arrested for allegedly committing sex crimes against a 13-year-old female student and officials are seeking additional victims. Frank Chung, 63, was arrested at his home in La Palma Thursday afternoon on suspicion of lewd acts with a minor. He was being held on $1 million bail.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-norwalk-math-tutor-arrested-sex-charges,0,3671710.story

A Cumberland County father is charged with killing his baby girl. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, William Allen Davenport, 39, of 132 Buck Creek Road, Crossville, was indicted on one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated child abuse by the Cumberland County Grand Jury on Thursday.

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http://www.wbir.com/news/article/183356/2/Father-charged-with-murdering-baby-girl

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (ASCA ^SM) is an international self-help support group program designed specifically for adult survivors of neglect, physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. The ASCA ^SMprogram offers:

• Community based self-help support groups
• Provider based self-help support groups
• Web based self-help support groups
• Survivor to Thriver workbooks

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http://www.ascasupport.org/

RALEIGH — Joshua Stepp, a former Army infantryman who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, was convicted today of sex offense with a child by an adult and first-degree murder. The verdict came after the six men and six women deliberated for nearly seven hours over the past three days. Stepp was convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting Cheyenne Yarley, his 10-month-old stepdaughter.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/09/08/1470684/former-army-infantryman-with-ptsd.html?tab=gallery&gallery=/2011/09/08/1471339/joshua-stepp-verdict-090811.html&gid_index=1#ixzz1XQGBPR00

Sex abuse victim and campaigner, Michelle Stubbs, has rejected an apology from the State Government and returned a copy of it to every member of the Barnett Government. The apology was issued by the State Government as a part of WA Redress, which was set up in 2008 to acknowledge and apologise to adults who were abused or neglected as children while in State care.

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http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/09/09/3314106.htm?site=perth

MORGANTOWN — The state police have arrested a Monongalia County man and charged him with felony child abuse. John Anthony Kelch faces two counts of child abuse causing risk of injury. Authorities said Kelch physically and verbally abused two male juveniles in his home, located on East Brockway Avenue in Morgantown.

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http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=107326

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A Springfield man has been arrested after police say he stabbed a 12 year-old boy with a pair of chopsticks. Police Cdt. Melissa Rodriguez told 22News that Vo Duc Au, 31, of Springfield is being charged with two counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.

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http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/hampden/SPD%3A-Child-stabbed-with-chopsticks

WINONA, Minn. – For the fourth time in 12 years, a baby has been found floating in the Mississippi River. Officials in Winona County recovered a body on Monday. In November of 1999, a little girl was found near Red Wing. Then a boy, believed to be that baby’s brother, was discovered near Frontenac in 2003.

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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/09/06/baby-found-floating-in-mississippi-river/?hpt=ju_bn5