3 killed in shooting near Texas A&M University

(CNN) — A Texas constable and two others were killed Monday in a shooting near Texas A&M University, police said. Scott McCollum, assistant chief with the College Station police department, told reporters Monday afternoon that the three people killed were the constable, the man authorities say exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers and an unidentified 65-year-old male civilian. READ MORE HERE

FEDS: ‘He shared boys he molested with other high-profile pedophiles linked to Penn State as part of a sex ring’

Federal officials have launched an investigation into a possible pedophile ring involving disgraced former Penn State defensive coordinator and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky. According to RadarOnline, both the FBI and a criminal investigative division of the United States Postal Service are looking into allegations that Sandusky shared boys with other men connected to Penn State as part of a child sex  ring. READ MORE HERE

WOODLAND HILLS, CA — A 23-year old man is facing murder charges after allegedly providing heroin that killed a 13-year old boy. The boy’s body was discovered Wednesday morning at a home in the 5300 block of Manton Avenue in Woodland Hills. Brett Cronin, 23, was arrested later that night after admitting that the heroin was his. READ MORE HERE

PERRIS, Calif. — Jurors have recommended the death penalty for a 54-year old man convicted of strangling his wife and her 6-year old daughter after learning the little girl was not his biological child. Michael Barbar was charged with two counts of murder and special circumstances of multiple murders and lying in wait in connection with the November 2009 murders. The bodies were discovered November 13 inside the Barbar family home in the 2800 block of Banner Place in Perris. READ MORE HERE

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a young woman believed to be a child porn producer and to rescue 2 underage victims. A Jane Doe arrest warrant has been obtained in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., for the woman. The woman was spotted in child sex videos recently discovered by computer forensics agents working on an unrelated child porn case in Los Angeles. READ MORE HERE

A toddler was left with deep scratches all over his face after a nine-year-old girl attacked him ‘like a wild animal’ – because he accidentally knocked her with a twig. Finlay Garety was walking in the woods near his home Milton Keynes when the girl ‘flipped’ and launched a savage attack, clawing at the two-year-old’s face. However, the unnamed fair-haired girl is unlikely to face punishment because – at nine years old – she is below the age of criminal responsibility.  READ MORE HERE

New Port Richey, FL – Crystal Rusaw, a 24-year-old New Port Richey woman was jailed Saturday after she allegedly left her 3 small children at home alone to have sex with a neighbor. The children (ages 10 months, 3 and 4) were later found crossing a busy highway without any supervision. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation was launched when a witness spotted the children crossing a four-lane road around 5:00 a.m. The oldest child was carrying the youngest child across the road. The baby was wearing only a urine-soaked diaper.  READ MORE HERE

A Chinese company that assembles devices for Samsung Electronics Co. hired children at its production facilities and forced employees to work excessive hours, violating labor laws, China Labor Watch said in a report. Seven children younger than 16 were working in the factory of HEG Electronics (Huizhou) Co. that makes phones and DVD players for Samsung, according to the report issued today. Child workers faced the “same harsh conditions” as adults and were paid only 70 percent of the wages of other workers, according to the New York-based group, which said it conducted investigations in June and July.  READ MORE HERE

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The ombudsman appointed by the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese in the fallout of a priest abuse case says that only a few of the allegations of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior reported in the last year have been substantiated. The report from diocese ombudsman Jenifer Valenti says that of those 40 allegations, 20 were reported cases of sexual abuse that involved clergy, diocese employees, religious orders or volunteers, and that only seven of those cases were substantiated, and involved five people. READ MORE HERE

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La Grange, KY  – Ashley Nicole Cox, a 22-year-old Kentucky woman has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge after she killed her newborn baby while visiting her boyfriend in prison. According to police, Cox was visiting her boyfriend at the Roederer Correctional Complex in March, 2010, when she ran to the bathroom and delivered a healthy baby girl. Investigators say Cox welcomed her new daughter into the world by stuffing toilet paper into the infant’s mouth until she was unable to breath. Cox then tossed the baby into a trash can and covered her with more toilet paper.  READ MORE HERE

Shelbyville, Ind. – Bethany Appleton, a 28-year-old teacher at Shelbyville Middle School has been jailed after she allegedly had sex with multiple students after providing them with alcohol and marijuana. According to police, Appleton was taken into custody following a lengthy investigation through the Indiana Department of Child Services.  READ MORE HERE

Child Sex Abuse Cases Hidden by Boy Scouts for Decades Made Public

A 20-year-old woman took a baby to hospital with a fractured skull, a black eye, bruises and bite marks. Aadriane Dixon, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested after police decided the 13-month-old boy’s injuries were consistent with child abuse. Dixon is the child’s sole caregiver, although her relationship to the boy is unknown. She waited for two hours after the baby suffered the injuries before seeking medical help.  READ MORE HERE

MOSCOW – A self-proclaimed prophet had a vision from God: He would build an Islamic caliphate under the earth. The digging began about a decade ago and 70 followers soon moved into an eight-level subterranean honeycomb of cramped cells with no light, heat or ventilation. Children were born. They, too, lived in the cold underground cells for many years — until authorities raided the compound last week and freed the 27 sons and daughters of the sect.  READ MORE HERE