During his arrest last summer, Michael John Shaw told police he was acting like a “full-blooded pedophile” when he molested an 11-year-old boy and downloaded thousands of child pornography images. A judge treated him like one Thursday and sent him to federal prison for 15 years. Shaw, 39, of 234 Bennett St., Luzerne, previously pleaded guilty to a federal count of sexual exploitation of minors for receiving and distributing child porn from 2012 through June 2013. READ MORE HERE

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police say a baby’s life is hanging by a thread tonight.  The person who was supposed to be taking of care of her is now facing charges.  The baby is only four months old and police are trying to determine how long she was abused as well as who all was involved.  The mother’s boyfriend is now charged for child rape, and abuse. Warning:  this case is disturbing – and we have chosen to not share all the details. READ MORE HERE

TACOMA — A 24-year-old female math teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child rape and communicating with two minors for immoral purposes, an official for the Tacoma schools said. The woman is being held in a Pierce County Jail. Q13 FOX News is not naming her until she’s been officially charged. READ MORE HERE

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William Brock pleaded guilty to 35 counts of possessing child pornography

Police suspect he was beaten by mother’s boyfriend

A 2-year-old boy who police suspect was beaten by his mother’s boyfriend in late January remains in is in critical condition, according to a report by Beacon Journal news partner WEWS in Cleveland. Kurtis Mathes, 23, of Johnston Court, has been charged with child neglect and assault in the incident, according to police. He is being held in the Summit County Jail. READ MORE HERE

SURGIONSVILLE, Tennessee – An East Tennessee couple accused of forcing the man’s 5-year-old daughter to drink more than 2 liters of grape soda and water, causing her brain to swell and rupture, was arraigned Friday on charges of murder, abuse and neglect. Randall Vaughn and his wife Mary will face trial in October. A judge ordered Friday that Mary Vaughn be represented by a public defender. Randall Vaughn will seek a private attorney. The couple did not enter a plea. They are jailed on $500,000 bond each. READ MORE HERE

LAS VEGAS — A Nellis Air Force Base airman is being held in Las Vegas after he was accused of causing severe head and body injuries to his 3-month-old son. Records show 31-year-old Andrew Leach remained Saturday at the Clark County jail pending a preliminary hearing Feb. 20 on a child abuse causing substantial bodily harm charge. READ MORE HERE

A 16-year-old Virginia girl is facing a charge of distributing child pornography after tweeting nude pictures of herself. The James City County girl posted the pictures on or around January 30, and they were shared by various friends before a school resource officer was informed about them. The school staff member spoke to the girl and her mother before turning the case over to James City County police. READ MORE HERE

Police: Mom arrested for allowing convicted molester to move back in

CLAYTON COUNTY, Georgia — A woman is in jail right now after police say she allowed a man who molested two children back into her home. Channel 2’s Tom Jones went to Clayton County where officers say the convicted sex offender sexually assaulted one of the victims again. “That’s disgusting and then for her to sit her and let(space)… you know. That’s awful,” said neighbor Aleia Berry. It was hard for neighbors of 31-year-old Darrika Driver to get the words out after hearing why police arrested her. READ MORE HERE

San Francisco city attorney sues MeetMe.com, saying site puts minors at risk

MeetMe.com, a social networking site, is enabling predators to target minors, San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera charged in a lawsuit Monday. Herrerra said the New Hope, Pa.-based company MeetMe Inc. was violating California laws by relying on legally invalid consent from minors age 13 to 17 to reveal their real-time locations and personal information to strangers. Dozens of minors nationwide have been victimized by predators who found them on the networking site, and it has been implicated in several crimes involving sexual assault and illicit sex with minors in California, according to the suit. READ MORE HERE

45 arrested, 16 juveniles rescued in Super Bowl prostitution bust

Forty-five people were arrested and 16 juveniles rescued in a two-week crackdown on prostitution in the New York-New Jersey area leading up to last Sunday’s Super Bowl, Federal Bureau of Investigation officials said on Tuesday. The bureau said some of those arrested claimed they traveled to the site because of the high-profile football game, which drew an estimated 400,000 visitors to the region. The minors rescued ranged in age from 13 to 17 and included high school students and children reported missing by their families, the FBI said. READ MORE HERE

Six-day-old Kayden Powell found alive at Iowa gas station

Six-day-old Kayden Powell has been found alive in West Branch, Iowa. Kayden was taken from his residence in the early morning hours on Thursday, February 6th. But at approximately 10:15 a.m. on Friday, a police chief in West Branch, Iowa was conducting a canvass of a gas station near Interstate 80. He apparently heard a baby’s cry and found Kayden in a tote bag swaddled in blankets just outside of the gas station. Despite the frigid temperatures, Kayden appears to be doing well. Emergency medical officials say the child is in excellent health. READ MORE HERE

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Woman charged with kidnapping baby found in Iowa

Kristin Smith, aunt, charged with kidnapping from Beloit bassinette

A 13-year-old schoolboy raped his eight-year-old sister after watching pornography on an X-Box computer console, a court has heard. The teenager told police he used the games console to view explicit material before he ‘decided to try it out’. The boy said he targeted his younger sister because she was small and ‘couldn’t remember stuff’. READ MORE HERE

The United Nations has demanded that the Vatican ‘immediately remove’ all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report. The U.N. watchdog for children’s rights said the Holy See should also hand over its archives on sexual abuse of tens of thousands of children so that culprits, as well as ‘those who concealed their crimes’, could be held accountable. The watchdog’s exceptionally blunt paper – the most far-reaching critique of the Church hierarchy by the world body – followed its public grilling of Vatican officials last month. READ MORE HERE
UN panel’s recommendations to Vatican

Pope pressured to act on abuse after UN rebuke

Video: Catholic sex abuse victims’ ‘validated’ by scathing UN report