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

Increase in serious cases of child physical abuse

New research from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia raises concerns about gaps in national child abuse statistics. In the largest study to examine the impact of the recession on child abuse, researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) PolicyLab detected a significant increase in children admitted to the nation’s largest children’s hospitals due to serious physical abuse over the last decade. The study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, found a strong relationship between the rate of child physical abuse and local mortgage foreclosures, which have been a hallmark of the recent recession. The CHOP findings, based on data from 38 children’s hospitals, contradict national child welfare data, which show a decline in child physical abuse over the same period. READ MORE HERE

DRYDEN, MICHIGAN — An Orion Township landlord who suspected his tenant took a rifle during a burglary led Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives to a man who was also wanted for child abuse. Edmund Joseph Proulx, 29, of Dryden, was arraigned before Judge Nancy Carniak in Rochester Hills’ 52-3 District Court on Friday, charged with first-degree home invasion, a 20-year felony, and larceny of a firearm, a 5-year felony. His bond was set at $75,000 cash without 10 percent provision. READ MORE HERE

New facts have been released about Shawn Lee Wray, the man accused of raping a six-month-old baby in Kingsport, that are alarming neighbors. WCYB reported that this is not the first time that Wary has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. A copy of the court records from Montgomery County, Texas, show that Wray pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old child. READ MORE HERE

Bodies found in search for missing Missouri sisters Britny Haarup and Ashley Key

EDGERTON, Mo. – Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated “a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key.” The Kansas City Star reported late Sunday that the bodies were found near Trimble, Mo., in Clinton County. Platte County Sheriff’s Capt. Erik Holland told the newspaper the bodies were those of white women but he could not immediately confirm the victims’ identities or how they had died. READ MORE HERE

Tips, Techniques, and Resources For Controlling Anger

Anger is a healthy, normal emotion when you know how to express it appropriately. Anger management is about learning how to do this. Feeling and showing anger at the right time, in the right degree, and in the right way helps us to get along well with others while setting necessary limits and boundaries so that we can create and live our best life. Anger can also serve as a motivator to help propel us in the direction of our dreams. However, anger that is excessive and/or out of place can lead us to take action that is not in our best interest. In addition, suppressed anger can fester and can lead to a host of problems, such as poor health, dysfunctional relationships, low self-esteem, inability to focus and concentrate, and so on. Anger management can help you with both of these extremes.  READ MORE HERE

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The husband and father who woke up in his Las Vegas home to find his wife and daughter beaten to death said Thursday that he has taken the unfathomable step of forgiving their attacker. Still bearing the scars of the brutal attack which left him requiring two major brain surgeries after 17 head fractures, Arturo Martinez appeared at a press conference three months after the random claw hammer attack.  To gasps from the shocked audience, Mr Martinez said that he would even let  22-year-old Bryan Clay, who broke into their home randomly before raping and killing Mr Martinez’s wife and 10-year-old daughter, kiss him on the cheek. READ MORE HERE

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A nursery worker who sexually assaulted two young boys and was found with almost 18,000 ‘vile’ images of children has been jailed for eight years. Alexander Mortimer, 28, filmed and photographed the abuse of the boys and had 17,967 indecent images and 582 videos of children on his computer. Images found on his laptop and hard drive device ranged from level one ‘erotic’ images to level five, which can include sadism.  READ MORE HERE

A 12-year-old schoolboy who raped two little girls was sentenced to four years’ detention yesterday.  The boy is one of the youngest in the country to have ever been convicted of such offences.  A court heard that his victims, who were aged seven and 11, have been badly psychologically affected by their ordeals. One has been having nightmares and the older girl has been self-harming. READ MORE HERE

Boy, 13, suffers terrible injuries after two adults use mechanical pump at car repair shop to force air into his body as a ‘joke’

Assault: 13-year old Du suffered appalling injuries after two men pushed a high-pressure air nozzle into his rectum and was in a coma for eight days following a six-hour emergency surgery.