Two men have been jailed for a total of 15 years after plying a 14-year-old girl with alcohol and drugs in return for sex. Raja Khan, 23, raped the victim while Adeeb Sultan, 27, abused her and passed her to another man who sexually assaulted her during a five day ordeal in Birmingham. On one occasion the men tried to force the girl to perform a sex act on a taxi driver in a bid to get a lower fare. READ MORE HERE

Smiling as he leaves his local pub, Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell gives onlookers a thumbs-up, just days after he had looked looked tired and emotional before he appeared in court charged with sexual offences against a child. The 48-year-old, who plays garage mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV1 series, appeared happy as he left The Railway pub, in Hale, Cheshire. After leaving the pub on Friday he appeared to whistle and smile as he visited a bookmakers and then headed home.  READ MORE HERE

Thousands of children are committing acts of sexual abuse against other young people every year, the NSPCC has warned. The charity found there were more than 5,000 cases of abuse by under 18s reported to the police in the last three years. In some instances acts of sexual abuse were committed by children as young as five or six. The NSPCC have blamed the number on the rise of hardcore porn that is readily available online. This comes after a 15-year-old boy was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl after watching sadistic porn last week.  READ MORE HERE

Online porn blamed as children aged just FIVE are quizzed over sex offences

 A veteran New York police detective was suspended yesterday for allegedly punching his three-year-old son in the face. Jason Sharp, 37, a decorated officer in the in the NYPD’s Brooklyn gang unit, reportedly punched his toddler after an inebriated fight with his 38-year-old wife Michelle early Saturday morning at their home in Bellmore, Long Island, court records state.  READ MORE HERE

A science teacher who had an affair with a 15-year-old pupil has been jailed for 18 months. Michael Pooley, 35, dated the teenager for four months, taking her on day trips and to a hotel, until her parents found out what was going on.  Judge Alan Goldsack QC said he hoped Pooley’s sentence acted as a warning to any others in his profession ‘thinking of behaving in this way’. He who told him: ‘Parents are entitled to expect when their children leave home to go to school that they are going to be safe and teachers will protect rather than abuse them.’  READ MORE HERE

A boy who was the victim of apparent bullying died Sunday at a Philadelphia-area hospital after being taken off life support, his family said. Bailey O’Neill, who turned 12 on Saturday, had been in a medically-induced coma since January, when he was allegedly beaten by two classmates on the playground during recess at his school. The sixth-grader sustained a concussion and broken nose, and suffered subsequent seizures, forcing doctors to induce the coma.  READ MORE HERE

MYRTLE BEACH, SC –Brent Egan Dotson, 57, was convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor Under 11 Wednesday in an Horry County courtroom, even though he failed to show up for his own trial, according to prosecutor Candice Lively. Dotson was also found guilty of Lewd Act on a Minor. Dotson was dating the victim’s grandmother, when the victim said he molested her between 2009 and 2010, according to Lively. READ MORE HERE

There are more than 22,000 wanted criminals in the Horry County system – these folks could be people you pass on the street every day, even your neighbor. In fact, some don’t even know they have a warrant out for their arrest. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the Horry County Sheriff’s Office to show you who they are and to help get them off the streets. Lieutenant Steve Cox combed through a list of criminals in Horry County, wanted for everything from traffic-related incidents to assault and battery, or worse. He provided information on two offenders this week. Among them is 56-year-old Brent Egan Dotson, a white male who is described as 5-feet-9-inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He’s wanted for failure to appear for a lewd sexual act committed on a child under the age of 16. READ MORE HERE

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LANSING, MI – Mercedes Kemp, 21, was found guilty Friday for the death of her 2-year-old son, Brandon. Kemp was originally charged with second-degree murder, torture and first-degree child abuse. Her ex-boyfriend, Marcus Hill, also was arrested and charged. He will tried in a separate trial. Brandon died in April last year at a local hospital under “suspicious” conditions.  READ MORE HERE

To stop child deaths and abuse, 8 common-sense reforms for DCFS

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services has been under much scrutiny lately, following a series of highly publicized child deaths, a disgusting case of child abuse in Palmdale and, more recently, the publication of a scathing internal report, which The Times wrote about in the Feb. 14 article, “Report excoriates L.A. County agency in child deaths, torture.” Contrary to what some people believe, front-line social workers — the men and women who struggle every day to keep children safe and families whole — have long been calling for departmental reforms. Our suggestions, which follow, are common sense. And they could make all the difference in improving the lives of thousands of children. READ THE 8 RECOMMENDED REFORMS HERE

Paroled sex offenders disarming tracking devices

SACRAMENTO — Thousands of paroled child molesters, rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in California are removing or disarming their court-ordered GPS tracking devices — and some have been charged with new crimes including sexual battery, kidnapping and attempted manslaughter. The offenders have discovered that they can disable the monitors, often with little risk of serving time for it, a Times investigation has found. The jails are too full to hold them. “It’s a huge problem,” said Fresno parole agent Matt Hill. “If the public knew, they’d be shocked.”  READ MORE HERE

2 missing boys, grandmother found dead after Amber Alert

NORTH STONINGTON, CT -Connecticut State Police said the two little boys found dead with their grandmother in a car all suffered from gunshot wounds and were the victims of a double murder/suicide. The horrific and tragic story unfolded Tuesday afternoon when state police said the North Stonington boys were taken from their day care by their grandmother. “We’ve gone over it in our heads a million times,” said Christine Hare, who owns the day care. Just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, state police said they received a report from the boys’ mother saying her children, 6-month-old Ashton Perry and Alton Perry, who was celebrating his second birthday on Tuesday, had been picked up by their grandmother, Debra Denison, 47, and all three could not be located. READ MORE HERE

A Milton boy, 3, is in critical condition at Sacred Heart Hospital after drinking what is believed to be Drano that was being stored in a sippy cup at an apartment where methamphetamine was being produced. Both parents and five other people are charged in the case. The incident occurred Feb. 20 in a unit in Pineywoods Place apartments in Milton, according a report released today by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s office. On the evening of the incident, the child drank the chemical from a sippy cup in the bathroom of the apartment while unsupervised and suffered an immediate reaction. READ MORE HERE

Father Chopped His Son, 9, To Death with a Hatchet

36-year-old Phillip Raymond Hernandez, from South Natomas, CA, was charged with the heinous murder of his 9-year-old son, Matthew Hernandez. According to The Sacramento Bee, when Matthew’s great-grandmother saw Hernandez wielding a hatchet, standing over the sleeping 9-year-old, she tried to intervene but was viciously knockedagainst the wall.  READ MORE HERE