A man who drove off after reversing into a mother and her child is being sought by US police, who have released footage of the incident. Police in Michigan are trying to identify a driver who backed into a woman pushing a buggy with her child inside and dragged the one-year-old a short distance before fleeing. Authorities released video of the pushchair being hit and dragged by a minivan in the parking lot of a store in Muskegon. Police also released images of the driver in the store. READ MORE HERE

Police in Michigan seek to ID driver who backed into stroller with child inside, drives off

Sentenced to Only 6-Months Prison

A former middle school music teacher has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to six counts of statutory rape. Devri DePriest, 27, of Gallatin, Tennessee was sentenced on Monday and is serving her sentence in Sumner County Jail. Upon her release in January she will have to serve 10 years probation, she also had to forfeit her teaching license as a result of pleading guilty to a felony. READ MORE HERE

Duncanville, AL  -Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, a 37-year-old teacher at Maxwell Elementary School, was jailed Wednesday after she allegedly had “deviate” sexual intercourse with an underage family member. According to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation was launched last December after a family member reported that sexual contact had taken place between Ferguson and a minor family member. READ MORE HERE

Police Find Newborn With 19 Broken Bones; Teen Dad Charged With Abuse

SPARTA, Michigan – A 19-year-old father was arrested after police in Sparta found broken bones on his newborn boy. David Steiger was taken into custody on July 2 and charged with first-degree child abuse July 5.  He is being held at the Kent County Jail on a $100,000 bond, and could face life in prison if convicted. According to his Facebook page, he’s a newlywed and a new father.  His son, Jaxson, was just 20 days old when Steiger was arrested and charged with the crime. READ MORE HERE

Family Member Arrested for Murder in Death of Missing Menifee Boy

MENIFEE, CA — A 16-year-old family member was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday just hours after the discovery of human remains near the home of Terry Smith, an 11-year-old autistic boy whose disappearance prompted a four-day search effort in Menifee. Detectives received a tip around 1 a.m. Wednesday alerting them to possible remains in the 38000 block of Helen Lane. “Officers on arrival located a partial grave containing exposed human remains,” Riverside County Sheriff’s Capt. John Hill said. READ MORE HERE

A child’s death tears apart a family. Todd Combs, of St. Louis, Missouri, began serving his sentence, a year in jail and two years probation, for serving liquor to seven children at a picnic during which one of the children, Combs’ stepson, 12-year old Christopher Marks,  drowned. READ MORE HERE

‘Monster’ mother filmed celebrating 10,000 lottery win is jailed for 18 years for murder of her 2-yo son 

Celebrating with her lesbian lover as they receive a £10,000 lottery win, this is ‘monster’ mother Rebecca Shuttleworth just months after beating her young son to death. Footage of the moment she whooped with delight at the prize emerged yesterday as the ‘cruel and vicious’ 25-year-old was sentenced to life in prison. She had subjected two-year-old Keanu Williams to months of horrific cruelty and was ordered to serve at least 18 years. READ MORE HERE

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Neighbors react to death of boy found hanging from clothesline

MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis police continue to interview witnesses, including small children, as they try to piece together the events surrounding the tragic death of a 9-year-old boy. The boy, who visiting from Georgia, was found hanging from a clothesline on the city’s north side last Thursday, police said. The boy, identified by neighbors as Mikey, died Monday night. READ MORE HERE

Escanaba couple pleads guilty in child torture case

Shackled and handcuffed, 46-year-old Susan Marie Bardo and 47-year-old Carl James Pellinen entered the Delta County Circuit courtroom Thursday to enter pleas stemming from the confinement and torture of Bardo’s teenage son. Susan Bardo pled guilty to Child Abuse in the First Degree and she pled guilty to Torture. In a separate appearance on Thursday, Carl Pellinen pled no contest to Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree, and he also pled guilty to Child Abuse in the First Degree. READ MORE HERE

Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel

GENEVA – A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. Palestinian children in the Gaza and the West Bank, captured by Israel in the 1967 war, are routinely denied registration of their birth and access to health care, decent schools and clean water, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child said. READ MORE HERE

A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he tried to rape a 12-year-old boy at knife-point at his local YMCA. Online court records don’t list an attorney for 35-year-old Jason Michael Taylor, of Butler, who has been jailed since shortly after the alleged incident last Thursday. Police say Taylor put a knife to the boy’s throat and dragged him to a rest room where he started to undress the boy before he screamed and others responded. READ MORE HERE

Police are looking for a Toledo man who is accused of raping children younger than 10 years old. Timothy Bragg, 24, of 729 Walnut St., is charged in Lucas County Common Pleas Court with seven counts of rape. According to an indictment, the suspect’s alleged victims are children younger than 10 at the time. Police Sgt. Joe Heffernan said there was more than one victim. Police said they believe they have identified all victims. READ MORE HERE

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Crime Stoppers: Man wanted on child abuse charges

This weekend’s Crime Stoppers centers around a man with active warrants for aggravated child abuse. 25- year old Tyrone McCollum caught the eye of police back in May after a three-year old that had been placed in his care wound up with bruises on her lower neck. The bruises were consistent with being grabbed. READ MORE HERE

A therapist needs some help. 57-year old Mark P. Bernardini, of Westchester, New York,  a licensed clinical social worker, has been charged with the sexual abuse of a 12-year old male patient during a therapy session, just months after he was arrested for having sexual contact with a female patient during a counseling session. READ MORE HERE