CANYON COUNTRY, CA — The mother of a boy molested by a registered sex offender in Canyon Country is upset after she says the state failed to inform her that her son’s attacker was released from prison. Caroline Mason says she received several frantic calls on Tuesday from neighbors who spotted 50-year-old Greggory Babb roaming the streets near her home, the Santa Clarita Valley Signal is reporting.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-sex-offender-released-no-notice-canyon-country,0,6078020.story

Controversy has exploded over “Caylee’s Fund,” the newly founded foundation started by George and Cindy Anthony. The Anthony’s, who are the grandparents of slain Florida toddler Caylee Anthony, have started the foundation in their granddaughter’s name just weeks after their daughter, Casey Anthony, was acquitted by a Florida jury on charges that she murdered the 2-year-old child and tossed her body in a heavily wooded swamp just steps from the Anthony’s home.

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http://www.examiner.com/crime-justice-in-national/criticism-explodes-over-newly-founded-caylee-s-fund?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150282917830872_18498982_10150283086445#f32849c27c659a6

CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS

In 1999, an estimated 3,244,000 children were reported to Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies as alleged victims of child maltreatment.  Child abuse reports have maintained a steady growth for the past ten years, with the total number of reports nationwide increasing 45% since 1987 (Nation Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse (NCPCA) 2000 Annual Fifty State Survey).

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http://www.yesican.org/stats.html

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The trial for a Berkeley County man accused of starving two children in his care and locking them in the basement of his home was postponed until Jan. 24 to allow his new attorney more time to prepare for the case.

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http://articles.herald-mail.com/2011-09-06/news/30121317_1_trial-date-ashley-r-shreve-sexual-assault

HEBER CITY — The co-founder of a nonprofit group that helps women and children in Third World villages, pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually abusing children. Lon Harvey Kennard Sr., 68, of Heber City, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705390468/Village-of-Hope-founder-pleads-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse.html

Police have arrested a private elementary school principal on seven counts of child molestation dating back 15 years. Police Chief Christopher Boyd says Robert Adams was arrested Wednesday morning at his Folsom home. He says Adams suffered a medical incident and was taken to a hospital.

SAN ANTONIO — A Texas couple has been sentenced to prison for causing massive brain injury to their roommate’s 2-year-old daughter, officials said. Hermes Vasquez, 26, received 35 years in prison as part of a plea agreement and his estranged wife, Lyzette Vasquez, 22, was sentenced to 20 years, the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday.

Recently, I was at a public park with my two-year-old, when I overheard a woman say to her teenage daughter, “Shut up, or I’ll punch you in the mouth.” On another recent occasion, I was at a playground with my son when I saw a mother hit her toddler on the hand because she had put rocks in her mouth.

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http://harrison.patch.com/articles/moms-talk-would-you-intervene-if-you-witnessed-child-abuse

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https://dreamcatchersforabusedchildren.com/abuse/intervention/

WARREN, MI (WXYZ) – A 42-year-old woman is under arrest after allegedly molesting a young boy she was supposed to be caring for till his Mother returned home.

Arrest Report: Teen’s Body had 40 Stab Wounds

LAS VEGAS — Details of a gruesome crime that claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl are being revealed in the arrest report of the 19-year-old suspect who is accused of raping and killing the girl. Javier Righetti is facing charges of murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery in the death of high school freshman Alyssa Otremba.

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http://www.8newsnow.com/story/15402283/arrest-report-in-custody-in-teens-death

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A newly released police report shows the extent of child sexual abuse perpetrated against the three women of the piano group The 5 Browns went far beyond the three counts their father, Keith Brown, went to prison for. The report and court documents detail abuses that happened over a span of at least eight years, hundreds of times for at least one of the daughters, and across state lines. Keith Brown exchanged emails about the abuse with his daughters before they went to police, the report stated.

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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home2/52502384-183/brown-abuse-daughters-family.html.csp