City Official Charged With Child Porn Pleads Guilty

TARZANA, CA — A former president of L.A.’s Board of Neighborhood Commissioners pleaded guilty Friday on federal charges of distributing child pornography. 64-year-old Albert Abrams, of Tarzana, accepted the guilty plea months after claiming that the charges stemmed from a now removed growth on his spine that caused him to act out of character.  READ MORE HERE

A Philadelphia judge on Friday granted a condemned man a rare hearing to weigh whether prosecutors failed to disclose key evidence indicating the true motive behind a grisly killing nearly 30 years ago. The ruling is a major break for Terry Williams, 46, slated to be the first prisoner in more than 50 years to be executed in Pennsylvania while still appealing his sentence. Attorneys for Williams say his life should be spared due to his traumatic and violent childhood, and the fact that he was sentenced to die for killing a man who sexually abused him and other teenage boys. READ MORE HERE

Children’s Hospital doctor had previous reprimand for viewing adult porn

BOSTON (Reuters) – A prominent Boston physician, who served as medical director of the famed prep school Phillips Academy for nearly two decades, was arrested on Thursday and charged with receiving child pornography at his school office. A search of Richard Keller’s home turned up more than 500 photographs and as many as 100 DVDs full of pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said in a statement. An associated complaint described the content of some of the DVDs, which mostly featured young boys in a variety of situations.  READ MORE HERE

The NCSBS was given a challenge by their International Scientific Advisory Board to empirically test a shaken baby syndrome (SBS) prevention program that is effective and can be used in any jurisdiction or setting.  From 2003 – 2007, parallel studies were conducted on the Period of PURPLE Crying program through randomized controlled trials (RCT) in Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Delivery sites included pediatric practices, maternity departments, pre-natal classes, and nurse home visitor programs. Over 4,400 parents participated in the studies. Additionally, 25 parent focus groups were conducted to develop the new materials. The research has since been published in two prestigious, peer-reviewed journals: Pediatrics and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The RCTs demonstrated that attractive, positive educational materials about crying and shaking are read and watched voluntarily outside of the presence of a health care professional in a high proportion of recipients, can significantly alter knowledge and change behavior that is considered key to preventing shaking.  READ MORE HERE

14-YO MILK CARTON GIRL FOUND AFTER A DECADE OF CAPTIVITY

For 10 years, Tanya Kach, of McKeesport, Pa., was held as a sex slave under her abductor’s complete control. Now, she’s come out to tell her amazing survival story. In 1996, Kach was a 14-year-old girl carrying around grown-up problems. Her parents were splitting up. And, like most girls that age, adjusting to the teenage years was tough. A woman recalls her experiences of being abducted and held hostage for ten years. And you won’t believe who her captor was!

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Captive sex slave for 10 years tells her story

‘My 10 years as a sex slave’

TANYA KACH: At age 25

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THOMAS HOSE: Security guard at her school

Bullies don’t just roam the schoolyards and playgrounds. They can be found at work, your social circles and even under your own roof!  Bullying is one of the most underrated and enduring problems in schools today and is a reality in the lives of all children, whether they are bullies, victims or witnesses.  READ MORE HERE

Classroom Bullying Surveys

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BULLIES BEWARE: PART 1

BULLIES BEWARE: PART 2

Hear more from Dr. Phil about this show!

Rude Attitude

Temica RoShawn, 26, says she’s proud to be a bully and admits to physically and verbally abusing overweight people and those with disabilities. Find out what happens when comedian Kirk Fox goes undercover as a disabled man to put her biases to the test!

“I’m going to get respect ” whether you give it to me, or I take it from you.”

Taming the Terrorizer

PR whiz and Dr. Phil special contributor Kelly Cutrone makes a house call to Temica RoShawn. What does Kelly uncover when the ladies go out for a night on the town?

Is the self-proclaimed bully as tough as she claims to be?

Taking a Stand against Bullying
Max Adler may play a tough guy on the hit show Glee, but he says he’s anything but in real life. Hear the actor’s words of encouragement for kids who are being terrorized by others. Plus, hear his thoughts on Temica RoShawn’s behavior.

“People bully and attack out of ignorance.”

From the time she started school through sixth grade, Trish McClune was bullied. Kids called her “Tissue” and wiped their noses on her clothes. Once, her best friend punched her. Even her cousins and sister got in on the game, forming “WHEAT” — the “We Hate Everything About Trish Club.”  “There were times when I’d just sit outside by myself at recess,” McClune, now 31 and a communications associate in Lancaster, Pa., told LiveScience. “Just sit outside and pick the grass, because I felt like the world hated me.” READ MORE HERE
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Convicted child sex abuser Roger Bruce Bell, 56, of the Muscadine community was sentenced this week by Circuit Court Judge Debra Jones following a jury trail in Heflin. According to Cleburne County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Green, Bell was arrested Feb. 9, 2011 after Stringfellow Hospital in Anniston reported an alleged sexual assault involving a child under the age of 12. Investigator Green noted that by law, health care providers are required to report abuse pertaining to a child. READ MORE HERE

A 14-YEAR-OLD girl has filed a complaint for child abuse against her mother, whom she accused of hurting her physically and abusing her verbally. The alleged abuse pushed Joy to slash her wrist, hoping it would end her mother’s abuses. Mary, however, did not stop hurting Joy. (Sun.Star Cebu is withholding the names of the parties involved in compliance with Republic Act (RA) 7610, or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, which prohibits naming the victim and the accused.) READ MORE HERE

A substitute teacher and field hockey coach in the Muhlenberg School District has been arrested on charges she had an inappropriate relationship with a young girl. Jean Kleckner was charged Thursday with corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children. READ MORE HERE

A Winnipeg father is facing the prospect of being locked up indefinitely after pleading guilty in what city police consider to be the worst case of child sexual abuse they’ve ever dealt with. The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to 11 charges Thursday relating to years of what can only be described as unspeakable sex crimes inflicted on his daughter and step-daughter inside his ramshackle west Winnipeg home between 2002 and 2009 when the girls were between 9-16 and 11-16 years old. READ MORE HERE

CADILLAC — A Wexford County baby is fighting for his life at a hospital in Grand Rapids, while the man accused of causing his injuries sits in jail. Andrew Basinski, 24, of Cadillac was charged Thursday with three counts of first-degree child abuse.   Bond is set at $100,000 cash for each charge. READ MORE HERE

SOUTH OGDEN — Officers arrested Rachel Ann Patrick, 29, for third-degree felony child abuse. South Ogden Department of Public Safety said Patrick allegedly struck a child with a phone charger cord multiple times on the arms, back and legs causing welts and bruises to the child. READ MORE HERE

MANOR, Texas — Police have arrested and charged a Manor Independent School District bus driver with continuous sexual abuse of a young child. Police have identified the driver as 62-year-old Gilbert Briseno. Manor ISD said the investigation started on Thursday after someone in the community saw a student standing on the bus. The school district immediately launched an investigation, placed Briseno on administrative leave, and notified the 10-year-old female student’s parents. READ MORE HERE