SAN FRANCISCO —A former East Bay college professor was sentenced in federal court in San Francisco to 37 years and six months in prison for sexually abusing an infant in Missouri in 2009. Kenneth Kyle, 47, of San Francisco, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White after he pleaded guilty to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in aggravated sexual abuse of a child. The victim, who lived with her mother near St. Louis, was 5-months-old when the abuse began in August 2009, according to court papers filed by prosecutors. U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said Kyle admitted during the guilty plea that the sexual abuse lasted for several months. READ MORE HERE
Members of the clergy, school teachers and health professionals are among those already required by state law to report suspected child abuse or neglect. But in light of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University, that list will grow. Under Senate Bill 161, camp counselors or employees, coaches or volunteers at entities that provide activities for youth or children and commercial film or photo processors who have “reasonable cause” to suspect child abuse are required to report their suspicions within 48 hours. Delegate Meshea Poore, D-Kanawha, said supervisors must be advised of any suspected abuse or neglect. READ MORE HERE
Preliminary reports are that 37-year-old Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez is likely illegal, so my post will be much decried by people who will say I’m a racist and that it doesn’t matter where Gutierrez-Juarez was from in the first place. Aside from the fact that had our border been secure he’d never had access to the victim I would put forward that if a person comes from a country where children as young as twelve are allowed to “consent” to sex it is reasonable to expect that without pressure to assimilate that person may well begin violating children. READ MORE HERE
Pedophiles are watching children being abused in real-time on the internet.
FEDERAL police have detected an increase in the number of pedophiles using online video streaming to watch child abuse as it occurs. Most of the children being exploited live overseas, but Australian children have also been victims of this new method for distributing images of sexual abuse. Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan, head of the Australian Federal Police’s high-tech crime operations, said the police worked with a variety of internet service providers to block the distribution of child pornography over the net. READ MORE HERE
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Pedophiles are watching abuse of children live online
FEDERAL police have detected an increase in pedophiles using online video streaming to watch child abuse as it occurs. Most of the children being exploited live overseas, but Australian children have also been victims of this new method for distributing sexual abuse images. Neil Gaughan, the Australian Federal Police’s manager for high-tech crime operations, said the police were working with some internet service providers in a trial blocking the distribution of child pornography over the internet. Live streaming child abuse posed a significant technical challenge for police because the material was not always recorded, which made it difficult to trace and block. READ MORE HERE
Do you know how many children know someone online they haven’t met in person? Do you know how many of these children have actually met this stranger face-to-face? How many children get bullied online? Find the answers to these questions and more about how children globally use the Internet below:
With an estimated 24 million children now online, one out of five have been solicited for sex in the last year. (Congressional Study)
One in four children were sent pictures of people who were naked or having sex.
An estimated 725,000 children have been “aggressively” asked for sex, defined as an offer to meet in person.
A top Disney executive was recently arrested and charged with using the Internet to solicit sex with a minor
75% of children are willing to share personal information online about themselves and their family in exchange for goods and services.
Only 25 percent of the youth who encountered a sexual approach or solicitation told a parent
One in five U.S. teenagers who regularly log on to the Internet say they have received an unwanted sexual solicitation via the Web. Solicitations were defined as requests to engage in sexual activities or sexual talk, or to give personal sexual information.
77% of the targets for online predators were age 14 or older. Another 22% were users ages 10 to 13
75 percent of the solicited youth were not troubled, 10 percent did not use chat rooms and 9 percent did not talk to strangers
Only 17 percent of youth and 11 percent of parents could name a specific authority, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CyberTipline, or an Internet service provider, to which they could report an Internet crime.
Experts, both within the FBI and in the private sector, revealed that the utilization of computer telecommunications was rapidly becoming one of the most prevalent techniques by which some sex offenders shared pornographic images of minors and identified and recruited children into sexually illicit relationships.
Only 1/3 of the households with Internet access are proactively protecting their children!
Shocking Headlines About Computer & Online Crimes Against Our Children Are Becoming Common:
Report child pornography, online enticement of children for sexual acts, child prostitution, sex tourism involving children, child sexual molestation, unsolicited obscene material sent to a child, misleading domain names, or misleading words or digital images on the internet: http://www.missingkids.com/
Efrain Bernal, of East Hemet, faces six felony charges of abusing girls under age 14 and under age 10. Prosecutors charged a Hemet man with six felonies after three young girls accused him of molesting them as part of a religious ceremony. Efrain Bernal, 41, pleaded not guilty to the charges Friday afternoon in a French Valley courtroom. He could face life in prison if convicted of molesting multiple victims. READ MORE HERE
A trio of sick sex offenders who were jailed for their parts in an international pedophile ring today received huge increases in their sentences at the Court of Appeal. Senior judges led by Lady Justice Rafferty said the offenses were so outrageous that the sentences received by the two men and a woman were ‘unduly lenient’. Robert Hathaway, 37, originally got an open-ended public protection sentence with a minimum term of six years, but is now jailed for life, with a minimum of ten years. READ MORE HERE
Two Romanian gypsies face jail after smuggling a child dubbed ‘Cinderella’ into the UK and forcing her to work as a servant. The seven-year-old girl was sent to Britain by her penniless mother in the hope of a better life. But in the UK she was beaten, humiliated, and forced to sleep on the floor while carrying out domestic duties. Aurel Zlate, 46, and his wife Alexandra Oaie, 43, beat her ‘like a carpet’ and the abuse was so bad that when she was rescued by police she was dressed in filthy clothes, had scabs all over her head and her teeth were so rotten they had to be removed. READ MORE HERE
OZONE PARK, QUEENS –Seven men and a woman kidnapped, drugged and raped a 15 year-old girl, then kept her as both a sex slave and a prostitute. That’s what prosecutors in Queens said Thursday, as a half-dozen members of a crime ring were arraigned before a judge, and as police remained on a manhunt for at least two other people in relation to the alleged crimes. READ MORE HERE
SHENZHEN, CHINA –A father, believed to be suffering from a mental disorder, attacked his 6-year-old son in public Wednesday and bit off the boy’s penis, the Shanghai Daily reported. According to witnesses, the 32-year-old father went for a walk in Shenzhen, in the Guangdong Province, with his son and 4-year-old daughter — all of them naked. The father reportedly asked the boy to bite his own penis, and, when his son refused, he turned on him, biting off his son’s penis. READ MORE HERE
A police officer has been suspended after the suspected murder weapon, a .22-caliber rifle, used in the killing of Monae Turnage was found in his car. Police investigators believe the off-duty Baltimore police officer, whose name was not released, was in a relationship with a relative of one of the juvenile suspects charged with involuntary manslaughter, sources said.READ MORE HERE
Hartford – Low-risk and rehabilitated suspects of child abuse and neglect might soon have the opportunity to have their names removed from the state’s database under legislation being considered by the General Assembly. The proposed bill would allow offenders on the state’s child abuse and neglect database to appeal their listing after five years if they aren’t involved in any new abuse reports or investigations. READ MORE HERE
The Mrs.Oklahoma Community Service Pageant is an online pageant. Do you know someone who is actively involved in her community? Or wants to get more involved. Mrs. Community Service is now accepting applications–and it’s all online and really affordable, plus all the proceeds go to Dreamcatchers ForAbused Children!! www.mrscommunityservice.com
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YOU WILL REPRESENT YOUR COUNTY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR!
Age divisions
Teen age 13-19
Miss age 20-29
Ms. age 30 and up
Mrs. (married) **NO AGE LIMIT**
**We are now accepting applications for local titles in all states**
*How much does it cost total to compete?
The total cost is the one time fee of $125
*What will my entry fee be used for?
your entry fee will cover the cost of your local crown and sash, and shipping, advertising, and office supplies and the upkeep of the website. The money leftover will be given to the organization: www.dreamcatchersforabusedchildren.com
A video created to raise awareness about vile militia leader Joseph Kony has now racked up more than 26million views since being posted on YouTube on March 5, and is being backed by a host of celebrities. Kony is the leader of Ugandan military group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and is wanted for committing crimes against humanity including rape, abduction and murder. For 26 years his rebel group has systematically kidnapped more than 30,000 African children — forcing girls to become sex slaves, brainwashing boys into becoming child soldiers and brutally killing those who don’t comply. Now American activist group Invisible Children has created the half hour video, Kony 2012, in a bid to bring the dictator to justice. READ MORE HERE
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KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.
A COUPLE have been jailed for sickening child abuse charges dating back over 40 years. Linda Jeffrey knew her husband Andrew was responsible for a series of sex attacks on children in the 1970s and 80s but did nothing to stop him and made no attempt to report what she knew. Newcastle Crown Court heard she was even present when her husband carried out one of the offences on a young girl. The married pair, both now 62, of Cuillin Close, Lambton, Washington, had denied any wrongdoing but were found guilty of a series of charges by a jury after a trial. READ MORE HERE
DREAMCATCHERS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, INC. is an official non-profit 501(c)3 child abuse & neglect organization. Our mission is to educate the public on all aspects of child abuse such as symptoms, intervention, prevention, statistics, reporting, and helping victims locate the proper resources necessary to achieve a full recovery. We also cover areas such as bullying, teen suicide & prevention, children\'s rights, child trafficking, missing & exploited children, online safety, and pedophiles/sex offenders.