FLINT, MI — A female baby was released to a family member by Child Protective Services Wednesday, Nov. 27 after it was taken to a local hospital for a seizure and found to have alcohol in its system. Police said the baby was taken to the emergency room around 7 p.m. Nov. 26 by a 55-year-old babysitter for a seizure. It was discovered during treatment of the baby that she had alcohol in her system, according to a police report. READ MORE HERE

HIV-positive pedophile groomed boys on Facebook and Bebo before filming himself having sex with them is jailed for life

Two pedophiles who groomed boys as young as 13 online before meeting them and abusing them have been jailed for life. Anthony Marsh, 53, who is HIV-positive, and Lee Davis, 39, were told they were ‘predatory, dangerous pedophiles’ by a judge at Sheffield Crown Court today as he jailed them for what police described as ‘vile, horrendous offences’. The pair, who are both married with children and live near Doncaster, used social networks like Facebook and Bebo as well as specialist gay websites to befriend boys before meeting them and sexually abusing them. READ MORE HERE

U.K. Police officers have been under investigation for rape, theft and possessing indecent images of children, new documents show. The shocking details were released by Nick Alston, Police and Crime Commissioner, yesterday showing 852 complaints were “finalized” byEssex Police between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013, with 9.5 per cent being upheld. The allegations have led to officers being arrested, being taken to court, facing disciplinary action and others being disproved. Mr Alston said many of the allegations were of “deep concern”. READ MORE HERE

A six-week-old baby is fighting for her life after being raped – allegedly by her mother’s brother. In one of the most horrifying instances of child rape ever reported, the infant, born on October 17, is in intensive care after being brought to Kimberley Hospital around 2am on Wednesday. She underwent extensive emergency surgery to repair the injuries sustained in the ordeal. READ MORE HERE

Assessing Child-Abuse Reports a Complex Challenge

The calls, reporting suspicions of child abuse and neglect, come in at a rate of nearly 10,000 a day, to hotlines and law-enforcement offices across the country. They add up to 3.4 million reports per year — a daunting challenge for state child protection agencies, which must sort out the flimsy or trivial claims from the credible and potentially dire ones, and make decisions that balance the rights of parents with the welfare of children. Many states, after initial screening, deem more than half the reports they receive to be unworthy of further investigation. “In child protection, you are always walking a difficult line,” said Cindy Walcott, deputy commissioner of Vermont’s Department for Children and Families. READ MORE HERE

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A woman who allegedly gave birth in a sports pub bathroom and hid her baby in a toilet tank before returning to the bar watch a pay-per-view wrestling match could face the death penalty. Prosecutors will seek the sentence for Amanda Hein, 27, who is accused of suffocating the boy by wrapping him in a plastic bag before hiding him in the toilet at Starters Pub in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania last August. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said that Hein deserves to be executed because she killed a child, according to NBC Philadelphia. READ MORE HERE

A convicted pedophile has been given permission to adopt a child in Sweden despite sexually abusing a five-year-old girl. Swedish authorities say the man, aged in his sixties, is now not in danger of re-offending. The man, from the town of Helsingborg, has committed more than 90 crimes (mostly fraud-related charges) including molesting a young girl from his neighborhood in 2004 according to The Local.  He was also suspected of raping a young teenage girl. He now wishes to adopt his 10-year-old stepson following the death of the boy’s mother, whom the man married in 2009. READ MORE HERE

An actress whose childhood was blighted by years of sexual abuse at the hands of a family friend has waived her right to anonymity in the hope it will encourage other victims to speak out.  Rachel Isaac, who played Trudy in popular sitcom The Office and later acted on Broadway, yesterday chose to talk about the ordeal after finally seeing her abuser brought to justice.  Michael Batten, 70, was jailed for 30 months after a judge said he had ‘brainwashed’ his young victim and that the abuse had ‘tainted’ her teenage years. READ MORE HERE

NHS staff failed to report ‘suspicious bruising’ to police or social services

A hospital has finally admitted that it failed a baby boy by making ‘catastrophic mistakes’ – more than seven years after the child was shaken to death. Kyle Keen was killed by his stepfather in 2006 after NHS staff failed to report his ‘suspicious bruising’ to police or social services. At the time, the hospital said there ‘appeared to be no direct evidence of abuse’ – but seven years later a report into his death has still never been published in full. READ MORE HERE

SOUTH JORDAN — Two young boys found dead in the basement of a home in the Daybreak neighborhood a week ago died in a murder-suicide, police said Friday. An autopsy determined that Taylor Wheeler, 12, died of a single gunshot wound and Dayton Gessell, 15, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But what South Jordan police still could not answer Friday, was whether the shooting of Taylor was an intentional act. READ MORE HERE

SAN ANTONIO, TX —  An eleven-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department is free on bond after being arrested, charged with sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman during a traffic stop. Officer Jackie Len Neal, 40, was arrested while off-duty early Saturday morning, after the alleged victim notified SAPD within hours of the incident Friday. The arrest warrant affidavit states the young woman said she was handcuffed during the alleged sexual assault, outside by the trunk of Neal’s vehicle. READ MORE HERE

Three teenage sisters have been rescued from an Arizona home after being held captive for two years, police say. The mother of the three children, who were allegedly imprisoned in filthy conditions in the home, lied about the family’s whereabouts and wouldn’t let an aunt speak with her nieces on the phone, the aunt said during an interview Wednesday. Chame Bueno told The Associated Press that the 32-year-old mother said that the family was living in San Diego when they actually were in Tucson. READ MORE HERE

Tucson Sisters Imprisoned in Home for Years

Girls Were Fed Only Once a Day

The police faced serious questions last night over why they failed to act sooner to stop Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins after it emerged fans had warned for nearly four years that he was obsessed with child porn. From early 2010 horrified fans who had become friends with Watkins went online to beg for help after discovering vile images on his computer. Friends claim they called police to tell them the 36-year-old was a pedophile but officers did nothing, allowing him to go on to subject babies to the most horrific abuse. A disturbing child porn profile created in that time by Watkins was viewed by more than 40,000 people on the internet and yet appears never to have been monitored by authorities. READ MORE HERE

Baby taken from womb by social services