Father found dead with his 2-year-old son in ‘murder-suicide’
A Utah man who spoke about his ‘temper’ on Facebook was found dead Sunday night with his 2-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide. Bryson Drew, 21, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head in the basement of a Spanish Fork, Utah, home by his sister at 8:40 p.m. Sunday, according to KSL. Along with a suicide note, police found Drew’s son Chanse in a bedroom with blunt force trauma injuries. The note did not give a reason for the deaths, which police believe resulted from a murder-suicide. READ MORE HERE
Police: Body found during search for missing Charlestown girl
Officials at the Maryland State Police North East barrack confirmed Monday evening that a body was found by searchers, but did not say whether or not the body was that of a missing 10-year-old Charlestown girl. Troopers and K-9 search teams were seen scouring the area around a Port Deposit-area home throughout Monday afternoon and evening. Maryland State Police set up a command center with the Cecil County Department of Emergency Services at nearby Pleasant View Baptist Church to run the investigation. READ MORE HERE
High school freshman Kathlynn Shepard had been missing since May 20 when she and a 12-year-old friend were lured into a pickup truck.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Authorities confirmed Sunday that a body found in the Des Moines River was that of a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was abducted along with a younger friend after getting off a school bus last month. An autopsy confirmed the body found Friday night under a bridge near Boone is Kathlynn Shepard’s. Her kidnapping May 20 in the small city of Dayton led to a massive search involving federal, state and local authorities. READ MORE HERE
A dog has been hailed a hero for saving the life of a newborn girl who had been slung into a rubbish dump. The animal, a Thai Bangkaew called Pui, discovered the child inside a plastic bag at the roadside tip in Bangkok. He carried the bag in his mouth to his owner Gumnerd Thongmak’s house and barked loudly to get his attention. Mr Gumnerd’s niece, Sudarat, 12, then opened the bag and found the tiny baby inside and she was rushed to hospital. READ MORE HERE
John Zawahri Identified As Santa Monica, CA Shooter
Shooting rampage killed four — he was angry at parents divorce
SANTA MONICA, CA – The gunman who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Santa Monica before he was slain by police at a community college in the California seaside town was once a student there and had a brush with the law several years ago as a teenager, police said on Saturday. Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks also revealed that several students at the college survived Friday’s shootings by hiding in an interior room of the library and piling up heavy objects against the door as the gunman fired through the walls at them. Seabrooks detailed how the gunman, after killing two people identified by a law enforcement source as his father and brother and apparently setting their house on fire, went on to carjack a woman’s automobile, ordering her at gunpoint to drive him from place to place as he fired at other individuals. READ MORE HERE
On the morning of June 5, a Jiaxing city Haining county netizen reported that a mother prepared to commit suicide after slashing her son’s neck only to have the perceptive son, in order to save his mother, ignore his own injury, get up, and try to wrestle the knife away from his mother. During the struggle for the knife, the son’s hands were cut by the sharp knife. Perhaps as a result of love reawakening reason, the mother subsequently called the police. At present, after emergency medical treatment and surgery, both mother and son are out of life-threatening danger. READ MORE HERE
It is not known what caused the massive brawl. Cell phone videos recorded the huge fight that occurred on the last day of school at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois in which as many as 300 students took part and which required the Sheriff’s office and 40 officers from neighboring towns to handle; at least ten students were arrested — one handling a knife — and three were hospitalized. READ MORE HERE
Baby suffered 21 stab wounds to his head, 8 to his chest and his throat was slit.
A mother committed an unimaginable crime. Kimberlynn Bolanos, 21, is facing a first-degree murder charge after she brutally stabbed her 5-month-old son Issac to death. Bolanos is currently in jail held with no bond after police had to break down a hotel bathroom door with an axe to get to her and the infant she murdered. She had been staying at a hotel with Issac. Her boyfriend, also allegedly the father of the child, had visited them off and on during their stay, reports CBS Chicago. READ MORE HERE
A group of alleged thugs are behind bars after they attempted to have sex with two underage girls, record it on video and then put evidence of the alleged crime on the Internet, where one of the girls’ teachers at an Oregon junior high school saw it and reported it to authorities. The video of the two girls – one of whom was a 12-year-old seventh-grader at Centennial Middle School in Portland – found its way to the Facebook pages of students at another middle school within the same district, where a social media-savvy teacher spotted it on one of his student’s Facebook pages, recognized one of the girls as an underage student and told the school’s principal. It didn’t take long for authorities to identify the adult men in the video, one of whom is a known gang member with the ‘Unthank Park Hustlers.’ READ MORE HERE
A mother already charged with selling her toddler to a man who used her to make child pornography has been accused of doing the same with another daughter. The Gary woman, 24, was charged in March for selling her 18-month-old daughter for an undisclosed sum to Christopher Bour, 39, allegedly knowing she would be used in porn films. However an indictment filed on Wednesday against the mother adds a second count of selling a child and permitting her to participate in pornography. READ MORE HERE
Child porn teacher is allowed back in the classroom
A teacher who downloaded child porn has been allowed to resume his career by the Department for Education. Geoffrey Bettley, 36, was sacked, given a police caution and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register after admitting viewing sickening images over several years. But a professional conduct panel said the married RE teacher could return to the classroom because of his ‘excellent teaching’. A senior official, acting on behalf of Education Secretary Michael Gove, rubber-stamped the decision, saying there was a ‘need to be proportionate and to act in the public interest’. READ MORE HERE
Cyber-bullying 101: How to Recognize, Prevent and Deal With It
Lawmakers in Florida have taken steps to strengthen their already-stringent rules against cyberbullying. The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that prohibits harassment of students or teachers through the use of computers on- or off-campus. It also increases the authority school officials have to punish students for bullying.
Fifteen years ago, there were no laws against bullying. These laws began to appear shortly after the 1999 Columbine shootings in Littleton, Colo., that left 12 students and a teacher dead. Today, Montana is the only state without an anti-bullying statute. Many states continue to strengthen existing anti-bullying laws by placing the burden of responsibility on schools to monitor for and take action against bullying.
New Jersey Steps It Up
New Jersey enforces some of the strictest anti-bullying laws in the nation, with 11,000 instances reported in the law’s first year alone. New Jersey school officials can take action after a single incident of bullying or in cases where the bullying occurs off school grounds.
However, the complexities of cyberbullying have begun to appear in the appeals courts. In some cases, defendants argued that school officials overreacted to a minor incident. Others maintained administrators did not understand teenage vernacular and had misinterpreted affectionate slang for intimidating language.
Since the New Jersey anti-bullying law went into effect in 2011, at least 16 students, parents and teachers have filed appeals with the state’s commissioner of education. In addition to concerns over suspension or expulsion, these defendants worry about the life-long implications of a criminal record over teenage antics.
The Intricacies of Cyberbullying
These appeals are the result of society’s struggle to define what a cyberbully is and measure the scope of the problem. A cyberbully uses technology to harass, threaten, embarrass or target someone else.
While bullying at school or during afterschool activities has been around forever, technology puts children in the path of cyberbullies every waking moment. Children have more exposure to TV and Internet than ever before. Home entertainment satellite packages alone come with 285 channels, says Slackware.org, making it difficult to control a child’s exposure to adult content, and children can be victimized any time they have access to a computer, tablet or phone.
The Signs
Signs of cyberbullying can be hard to detect. Victims often react passively, choosing to keep the problem a secret out of fear of further bullying. Many victims become afraid to participate in class or sports, causing a decline in performance and anti-social behavior.
The Effects
The anti-crime organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids conducted a nationwide 2006 poll on cyberbullying. The poll found that one in three teens and one in six pre-teens has been a victim.
The effects of cyberbullying include lowered confidence, self-esteem and sense of security, as well as diminished academic and athletic performance. Left unaddressed, cyberbullying can cause serious emotional distress, depression, and hopelessness.
Help Prevent It
Reducing cyberbullying begins at home on the family computer, tablet, or child’s cell phone. Parents believe they know what their children are doing online but teenagers disagree, saying parents know little to nothing about what kids do in cyberspace. In fact, according to a survey conducted byCox Communications, most adolescents say their parents do not limit their online activities at all.
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, has some of the most reasonable suggestions to prevent cyberbullying. This group maintains that, while bullying can indicate a tendency to more serious or even violent behaviors, most cyberbullies grow out of this behavior.
On their official website for the Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT lays out several effective ways someone can protect themselves or their children online. The first suggestion is to develop good online habits and pass them onto children. Parents should strive to keep the lines of communication open and remain vigilant for signs of bullying. Limiting the amount of information available online is wise, such as pictures, interests and personal habits.
What To Do If It Happens in Your Family
Don’t escalate the situation. Document all activity by saving emails or text messages. Do not reply to angry messages and block the offender if necessary. Report the offender to school authorities or police where appropriate.
Florida child molester executed for rape and murder of 10-year-old girl
STARKE, Fla. – A convicted child molester condemned for the 1990 rape and murder of a 10-year-old Florida girl has been executed at the Florida State Prison. Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s office said 56-year-old inmate Elmer Carroll was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday at the prison in Starke. Carroll had been convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery in the rape and strangling death of Christine McGowan. The girl lived with her family next door to a halfway house for homeless men where Carroll was staying in Apopka. READ MORE HERE
The Dodge City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for the rape of a child. Officers are searching for 50-year-old Hugo Baeza for rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Baeza is described as a Hispanic man, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs approximately 225 pounds and has brown eyes and gray hair. He may be driving a black 1991 Dodge truck with Kansas tag 774CLR or a green 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan with Kansas tag 328BNX. Anyone with information on Baeza’s whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (620) 227-STOP or (877) 424-4414, or call the Dodge City Police Department at (620) 225-8128. READ MORE HERE
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