Pinellas County deputies have arrested a sheriff’s employee and accused him of beating a teenager so badly the boy was scarred. Willye Shaw, 41, was charged Monday with one count of child abuse on a 16-year-old boy, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Shaw, a technical support specialist for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, is on administrative leave without pay pending the outcome of an administrative investigation. READ MORE HERE

German brothers and sisters are on the verge of being able to have sexual relations without worrying about breaking the law and going to jail. A government committee has said laws that ban incest are a violation of right to sexual self-expression. The case centres on a Liepzig man, Patrick Stuebing, who was adopted as a child and later met and married his biological sister and together have had four children. Stuebing has been in violation of German law and jailed. While in jail, all of his children except one were removed from his wife. Two of the children are disabled. READ MORE HERE

German Ethics Council in favor of lifting ban on incest with siblings

Police have captured a man wanted for raping a 9 year old girl. Richard hall was apprehended last night in Pittston. Officials say the abuse by Hall reportedly started back in January at several locations in Moosic including a hotel, cemetery, and gas station bathroom. The young victim also told investigators Hall would snort crushed pills in front of her. Hall is locked up this morning in the Lackawanna County Prison. READ MORE HERE

KISSIMMEE, Florida —Several more alleged victims came forward after a Kissimmee man was accused of raping a 12-year-old boy, according to detectives. Jorge Ramos, 49, was previously charged with sexual battery on child under 12 years old after the victim told police Ramos raped him numerous times over a two-year time span, according to the Kissimmee Police Department. READ MORE HERE

MAHANOY CITY — A man is accused of raping a boy and a girl for years in Schuylkill County. Authorities arrested David Rivera, 21, from Minersville on Friday. According to officials, Rivera is charged with multiple counts of rape of a child and other related charges. Police said he’s accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl and seven-year-old boy. Authorities said Rivera is locked up in Schuylkill County. READ MORE HERE

SYDNEY – Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced an independent inquiry into allegations that Nauru Offshore Processing Centre guards have abused women and child asylum seekers. According to Canberra officials, at least one refugee advocacy group, Save the Children, which has support staff located at the Australian-funded facility on the South Pacific island-nation of Nauru, claim that female asylum seekers were forced to have sex with guards before being allowed to shower. READ MORE HERE

Australia orders inquiry into asylum camp sex abuse claims

Detention centre child sex abuse claims number in dozens

A national child abuse investigation unit to co-ordinate inquiries into online grooming and child sexual exploitation is to be launched by Police ­Scotland. The move comes amid growing concern about the kind of systematic sexual abuse of young teenagers recently uncovered in Rotherham. Child protection authorities believe the problem is far more widespread than previously thought. As revealed by Scotland on Sunday in August, 23 people in Scotland, including a significant number from ethnic minorities, have been reported to the Crown in connection with 53 alleged offences. One offender is due to be sentenced on Thursday. READ MORE HERE

A pediatric nurse accused of molesting a six-week-old boy who was born prematurely allegedly sent indecent photos of the baby to a counselor. Michael William Lutts, who is also a foster parent, brought the infant to his home on August 4 and texted Stephen Schaffner, saying ‘Hey I have a baby for us’, court documents show. Lutts, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente care group, sent several images and videos of a sexual messages to Schaffner, a counselor from Greensboro, Maryland. Schaffner, who was charged yesterday with conspiracy and nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child, replied with messages including, ‘That’s hot’ and ‘nice pic’. Lutts sent the images and messages to Schaffner, 34, immediately after being granted care of the baby and the two made plans for the nurse to abuse the child, according to federal prosecutors. READ MORE HERE

Baby who died tested positive for meth, marijuana AND cocaine

The medical examiner has ruled that the cause of death was ‘prematurity with substance abuse by his mother as a contributing factor to his prematurity and subsequent death.’ Ms Matuska has not been charged in connection to her son’s death due to a legal loophole in the negligent homicide statue, which states that children born within a mother’s womb could be classified as a self-abortion. The Tucson Police Department, who has been investigating the case for the past seven months, said that detectives are still trying to pinpoint when exactly baby Delmon was pronounced dead. On the day of the baby’s passing, police executed a search warrant at Matuska’s home, seizing cell phones, a counterfeit $20 bill and marijuana. READ MORE HERE

A police K9 has successfully tracked down a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped by his father and threatened with death. Richard Mamales, 44, allegedly snatched his young son, Derek, following an argument with the boy’s mother at his home in Tooele, Utah, on Friday night. He reportedly threatened to kill the entire family – starting with Derek – before grabbing his son’s hand and disappearing for the night. READ MORE HERE

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Totally Disfigured: Julia Alvarez suffered shocking injuries

A teenage girl was left disfigured after two jealous rivals slashed her face with knives because she was ‘too pretty’. The pair allegedly wanted to make Julia Alvarez, 15, ‘look like Chucky’, a reference to the heavily scarred horror movie character.  Julia had been to visit friends and was walking home when she says she was approached by the two sisters who started hitting her and punched her to the ground. According to her statement two girls aged 18 and 16 pulled out knives and said: “Everyone says you are pretty. You won’t look pretty when we have finished with you. People will call you Chucky.” READ MORE HERE

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Family stand by woman who killed her California Mayor husband in argument

To the people in the LA suburb of Bell Gardens, Mayor Daniel Crespo was a kind-hearted family man who always wore a smile on his face and worked tirelessly to help improve the lives of those in his area. So when it emerged the 45-year-old had been shot dead by his wife during a domestic dispute, the shell-shocked locals united in grief. But behind closed doors, a very different and somewhat sinister picture of this popular figure is beginning to emerge. READ MORE HERE

A 5-month-old baby clings to life in a Denver hospital, and the person allegedly responsible for putting him there is the child’s stepfather. Philip Jiron sits in the Pueblo County Jail after he allegedly slapped and abused his 5-month-old stepson so badly, the infant is in critical condition. According to arrest papers obtained by 11 News, the little boy is suffering from severe head trauma. Doctors say the infant has two skull fractures and will only move him after he is in stable condition. READ MORE HERE