16-year-old Whitney Kropp found out on September 13 that her nomination onto Omegaw Heights High School’s homecoming court was a prank, and subsequently suffered heightened bullying on Facebook. NBC News reports that her mother admitted Whitney had been bullied before at school, but not to such an extent. Students laughed at her in the hallways, and the boy who was nominated with her dropped out of the race.  READ MORE HERE

French police are not actively looking for a British teacher who fled across the English Channel with a 15-year-old schoolgirl and will make no attempt to arrest him, it emerged today. The news came along with revelations that it would effectively be illegal for French police to arrest Jeremy Forrest, 30, who fled Eastbourne with Megan Stammers, because he isn’t a criminal suspect. There are growing concerns that French authorities are not doing enough to find the two from Bishop Bell Church of England School, despite photos of Megan being made public across France. READ MORE HERE

EIGHT (8) PEDOPHILES ARRESTED — SENTENCED TO 42-YEARS IN PRISON

This is the shocking moment a man was caught on CCTV leading two young girls into a hotel for sex. The appalling video was shown during the trial of eight men who were yesterday jailed in Derby for a total of 42 years for preying on girls aged 13 to 15, picked up from care homes and the streets. The vile men, aged between 35 and 60, slept with the girls in exchange for as little as £5, cigarettes, drugs, mobile phones and treats – including a child’s toy and rides on a farmer’s tractor. READ MORE HERE

WINDSOR, Conn. — A video that a young man from Windsor put on Facebook has landed him in jail, facing felony charges. Sixteen-year-old Malik McKnight went before a judge in Enfield Superior Court to face a list of child porn charges. He’s accused of videotaping a 14-year-old girl having sex with a friend and then posting it to Facebook. The charges range from employing a minor in an obscene performance, possession of child pornography, and risk of injury to a minor. You think there would be shock and awe among Windsor parents and students, but one student said, “I’m not really surprised.” READ MORE HERE

ANDERSON, IN — A babysitter is behind bars after a 3-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries while in his care. Now, the boy?s mother is looking for answers, while praying for her son to fully recover. Brent Kingery is in the Madison County Jail on a felony charge of neglect of a dependent, after police said he failed to report the young boy’s injuries to police.  READ MORE HERE

A motive was not given in the suicide murder case in Clearwater, Florida where officials found 34-year-old Dawn Brown and her two sons, 9-year-old Zander and 5-year-old Zayden, dead in their home. The mother of the two boys apparently killed her sons and then hung herself – an incident that seemed to shock neighbors who deemed Brown as mother who was interested in her childrens’ education.  READ MORE HERE

A mother was left in shock after finding that school officials handcuffed her autistic son after he bit several people on a school bus including an aid, two children, and the bus driver. Judy Santelices of Columbia, found her son out of his harness and cuffed behind his back by police who were called after the incident occurred on a ride back home from Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. READ MORE HERE

A man who pleaded guilty to 18 sexual offences against children has been jailed for life. Darren Mackrell, 45, of Wilton Avenue, Southampton was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment for public protection at Winchester Crown Court. He committed the crimes on 21 April 2012. READ MORE HERE

“The X Factor” U.K. judge Tulisa Contostavlos, 24, has revealed in her memoir, “Honest: My Story So Far,” that her troubled past includes being date raped and bullied. The Sun is serializing exclusive excerpts from the book, which goes on sale in the U.K. on September 27, 2012. Contostavlos rose to fame in 2008 as a member of the hip-hop trio N-Dubz, which is currently on hiatus as the group’s members pursue solo careers. She became a judge on “The X Factor” U.K. in 2011.  READ MORE HERE

BEDFORD, PA — A traveling preacher who claimed an 11-year-old girl became “belligerent” when he refused to sleep in the same bed as her has been convicted of raping the girl at a southwestern Pennsylvania motel. A Bedford County jury convicted the Rev. Walter Bradshaw of 22 of 24 counts Thursday after the Lexington, N.C. evangelist denied the allegations, saying the now-15-year-old girl was vindictive and “could turn on you.”  READ MORE HERE

Alleged victim testifies in child rape case

MOLESTED: Sins of Her Parents by ‘Yinka Vidal is the shocking story of Susan Henshawl and other women like her who are sexually abused by their parents. In Susan’s story, both her father and mother are guilty of this unspoken crime against children. Susan leaves home to live with a relative away from her parents. She goes to college and becomes a physician. Although she is very reluctant to visit her parents after graduation, she is persuaded by one of her siblings. On visiting home, the incident repeats itself. This time, Susan determines to get even! What she does to get even shocks the world!  READ MORE HERE

Please Act If You Suspect a Child Is at Risk

Another day, another front page story or news headline about how a child was horribly, sexually ravaged by an adult, probably someone they knew and trusted. And, how those who had the knowledge or the authority to help them, failed them miserably, leaving them at risk for further abuse. Children of every gender, age, race, ethnicity, background, socioeconomic status and family structure are at risk for child sexual abuse. No child is immune. Let these stories serve as a call to action. READ MORE HERE

STOCKTON – Four Stockton family members are accused of emotionally and physically abusing children under their care. George Orozco Sr., 59, Edith Yolanda Orozco, 50, George Orozco Jr., 21, and Sara Orozco, 18, were booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on Friday on child abuse charges against five children ranging in age from 6 to 14.  READ MORE HERE

A Planned Parenthood abortion business in Ohio has been forced to settle a lawsuit from a teenager on whom it did an abortion and failed to report suspected child rape to authorities. The child abuse victim has settled with Planned Parenthood, after a lawsuit included multiple charges such as failure to report incestuous statutory rape and sexual abuse of a minor by her father. The case, Denise Fairbanks v. Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., was filed by Denise Fairbanks in the Hamilton County Ohio Court of Common Pleas on May 7, 2007 and it named Planned Parenthood, Southwest Ohio Region, in failing to report the abuse committed by her father.  READ MORE HERE