Jeffrey and Rebecca Trebilcock were accused by their 14-year-old adopted son of starving and abusing him and his  four adopted siblings while the biological children in the family were given proper food. The children were taken from their home in Longview, Washington after the eldest adopted son was rushed to the hospital for a slowing heart beat and malnutrition.   READ MORE HERE

Jonathan Lane, 33, flew from Arizona to Tampa, Florida, in order to have sexual relations with a physically disabled 14-year-old girl, who is confined to a wheelchair. Lane, as reported by the Huffington Post, booked the tickets for his flight using the teen’s grandmother’s credit card.  READ MORE HERE

MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials confirmed Sunday an armed gang attacked a Christian camp for children in Ixtapaluca and raped at least seven girls. News emerged Sunday of the Friday attack at the park east of Mexico City, where about 85 people were camping, the El Sol de Mexico newspaper reported. READ MORE HERE

Agbofa Yao Hateka, the 47-year-old fetish priest who fathered nine kids with daughter has pleaded with a Sogakope circuit court to forgive him his sins as he would not do it again.  He has so far made two appearances in the Sogakokpe Circuit Court for having nine children with his daughter, four of whom were dead. READ MORE HERE

Delhi tops the list of States where the highest number of crimes against children were committed in 2011 while Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of rape and murder cases of kids respectively. A total of 33,098 cases of crime against children were reported in the country in 2011 as compared to 26,694 cases in 2010, suggesting an increase of 24 per cent. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the rate of crime against children was highest in Delhi (25.4 per cent) followed by Andaman and Nicobar Islands (20.3 per cent), Chandigarh and Chhattisgarh (7 per cent each), Madhya Pradesh (6 per cent) and Goa (5.1 per cent) as compared to the national average of 2.7.  READ MORE HERE

FRANKLIN, Nebraska — A 35-year-old woman already accused of prostituting her 14-year-old and 7-year-old daughters has been charged with human trafficking and other felony counts in south-central Nebraska’s Franklin County. The Kearney Hub reports (http://bit.ly/M2EBhh) that the mother has been charged with five counts of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct, two counts of human trafficking and two counts of child abuse.  READ MORE HERE

Saying “Scooby Doo” at the drive-through window of a North Side Wendy’s might have brought certain patrons something extra in their fries — a memory card with videos of child pornography. Asking for “chiva” at an East Side restaurant, Anna’s Café, wouldn’t have brought out an order of goat meat, but an illicit delivery of heroin. The off-the-menu items stood out Wednesday among the run-of-the-mill details in a docket of immigration violators, gun smugglers and drug peddlers in line for sentencing in front of U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez. READ MORE HERE

Sexual exploitation and victimization of children is a worldwide epidemic. We can sum up society’s historical attitude toward this epidemic in one word: DENIAL. Most people do not want to hear about child molestation, and would prefer to pretend that it just doesn’t occur. We know, however, that this is simply not the case. In order to stop this abuse from occurring, we must discover ways to increase our awareness as a whole, and become proactive as opposed to reactive. The key to preventing sexual exploitation and victimization of children is education. If we want to stop these terrible, ugly acts, we must teach our children to become aware and proactive. READ MORE HERE

SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS

As disturbing allegations of child sexual abuse by Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky continue to dominate the headlines, many parents have to be wondering about their own children and how to keep them safe when Mom and Dad are not present.  READ “10 STEPS TO KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE” HERE

Find Out What They Know

By the time the preteen years arrive, most kids know the difference between good and bad touching. But it may be a good idea to re-open the discussion using a vocabulary they can relate to: Have you heard about kids getting messed with by adults? Do you think this could happen to you? READ MORE HERE

BE PROACTIVE

Have you had a horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach lately, too? As a parent, it’s difficult to make it through any news story about child molestation, but this latest round of headlines, detailing the criminal acts committed by two teachers at the same elementary school in California, has been especially troubling. It’s left me wondering…am I doing enough to protect my child at school? What red flags should I be on the lookout for? And how I can teach my kids about personal body safety in a way that still lets them feel comfortable in their bodies? For help answering these tough questions, I asked Pattie Fitzgerald, acclaimed safety expert and author of the children’s book, No Trespassing – This Is MY Body!, for some practical tips both parents and kids can use. –Jacqueline, TMC Web Content Producer READ MORE HERE

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Joe Paterno ‘would face criminal charges if he were still alive’: Report slams ‘powerful men at Penn State’ who turned a blind eye to Sandusky’s sexual abuse of boys

A Brooklyn prep school has been accused of covering up a former footbal coach’s sexual abuse of young boys in a case that shockingly mirrors the Penn State scandal. Phil Foglietta, who is now dead, has been accused of raping and assaulting students for more than 20 years at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, New York. A lawyer representing the 12 victims argues that the abuse could have been prevented had the school not buried the football coach’s abuse in a bid to protect its reputation and athletic program. READ MORE HERE

A rash of Oklahoma cases of teachers and coaches accused of sexual misconduct with their students has some wondering if enough is being done to weed out child predators from schools.  In Oklahoma, state law requires that every new teacher and newly hired school employee pass a national criminal history check.  But background checks often don’t provide any clues of such potential behavior. READ MORE HERE

U.S. Marshals join search for fugitive

BLISSFIELD, Mich. —The U.S. Marshals Service is now involved in the search for Thomas Jack Fritz, who is wanted for questioning in the Friday night shooting deaths of two women in Blissfield, MI–One of which was 8-months pregnant. He may be in Ohio or may be headed to Texas, where he has relatives, said Sgt. Aaron Hunt of the Adrian detachment of the Michigan State Police Monroe post. “He could be anywhere in the United States by now,” Hunt said Sunday evening. READ MORE HERE

A grand jury will convene to investigate the murder of a two–year–old who was killed four years ago today. Today petitioners submitted their call for a grand jury to investigate the murder of Juliette Geurts. The toddler was found dead in her Gering home on July 11^th, 2008; but there haven’t been any arrests or convictions in the murder. Petitioners have been collecting signatures of registered voters in Scotts Bluff County since May. They needed a minimum of 974, 10 percent of the county’s registered voters. When they submitted the petition today, there about 17–hundred signatures. READ MORE HERE

Union, MO – Traci Storie, a 37-year-old middle school teacher has been jailed after she allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old student. According to police, an investigation was launched in February after investigators received information that Storie had engaged in a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy. Investigators say the alleged relationship took place after school hours and off school property. READ MORE HERE