Authorities in London, Ontario have pressed charges against a couple after finding a malnourished 10-year-old boy in their home, living in horrible conditions and covered in his own waste. CTV has more. “The master bedroom – an alleged jail cell for a 10-year-old boy for as long as two years. … The boy had come to Canada four years ago from an unnamed Asian country without his parents.” The boy was found after an anonymous tip to Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex. CTV also reports the homeowners were called to the scene and when police entered the home, they found the boy living in so-called “squalid” conditions. READ MORE HERE

WANTED BY THE FBI: REX C. REICHERT

 

Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – Criminal Attempt With Intent to Commit The Crime of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Criminal Solicitation With the Intent of Promoting or Facilitating the Commissions of the Crime of Involuntary Sexual Intercourse, Indecent Assault, Corruption of a Minor, Endangering the Welfare of Children

REX C. REICHERT

Photograph taken in 1984	Photograph taken in 1963	Photograph age enhanced in 2011

DESCRIPTION

Date(s) of Birth Used: September 16, 1945 Place of Birth: Ohio Height: 5’10” Weight: 150 pounds NCIC: W687345809 Occupation: Reichert has been employed as a technician in a recording studio. He also has operated an amusement arcade and invented a board game that was sold commercially.	Hair: Gray Eyes: Gray Sex: Male Race: White Nationality: American

Scars and Marks:	None known
Remarks:	Reichert is skilled in electronics, specifically musical equipment. He has been known to wear wire-rimmed glasses and have his hair in a ponytail. Reichert may travel to Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Canada, and Europe.

Victim Impact Statements

What Is A Victim Impact Statement?

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Over time, I have heard a number of victim impact statements.  Some are touching,  others seem to miss the point.  They can be rambling dissertations  that make everyone in the courtroom  uncomfortable or even confused.   They are sometimes read by the lawyers in the case,  but in those circumstances they seem more like a performance than an actual heartfelt statement.   There are even times where they hurt the real effort to punish.  READ MORE HERE — Very powerful example of victim impact statement!

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A 21-year-old man is believed to have shot dead his parents and teen sister in a bloody memorial day murder-suicide, but the motive for the attack remains a mystery. Michael Sheer killed his parents Mark and Lydia Sheer, 55 and 54, as well as his 15-year-old sister Amy Sheer, according to a statement from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. They apparently died early Monday at their home in Mission Viejo, authorities said. READ MORE HERE

LAS VEGAS — A dramatic development in the shooting of an eleven year old boy who was shot in the head. The boy remains in critical condition at University Medical Center. Police arrested that boy’s mother on charges of attempted murder and child abuse. It’s been more than day now and the boy’s condition at UMC has not improved. Neighbors were surprised about the shooting, but floored about the mother facing charges. READ MORE HERE

Most Wanted alleged child rapist captured after 3 years

NASHVILLE, TN -A man wanted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for nearly three years was captured in Wilmington, North Carolina this week. Stephen Beck, 43, was added to the Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive list in July of 2011 after he failed to appear in court in Wilson County. Beck was due in court to enter a plea deal or set a trial date on charges stemming from his August 2010 arrest on dozens of rape and sex-related charges. READ MORE HERE

STOCKTON, CA —When authorities investigated child abuse reports of two young boys, they said they uncovered evidence of a prostitution operation inside a Stockton home where the brothers live. The San Joaquin Sheriff’s Department got a tip from an emergency room nurse who filed a severe child abuse case after a mother of a 10-year-old boy brought her son to the hospital for medical attention. READ MORE HERE

City Express: “Seeing this, I was trembling all over. How can there be a mother like this?!!” — This incident happened yesterday [April 29] evening on a road in Cixi [in Ningbo, Zhejiang province]. It was no common traffic accident, and it’s said the child was tossed into traffic by its own mother before it was run over by a truck. Eye witnesses say this mother threw her two children into traffic after having a fight with her husband, with the smaller one (only 8 months old) ultimately being run over, unable to be saved. READ MORE HERE

A Burns Flat woman jailed last year on three counts of producing child pornography has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars after she was convicted of making a video of her performing sex acts on a one-year-old. Laura Jean Shoulders, 46, was arrested in Burns Flat in December by several law enforcement agencies.  READ MORE HERE

Nearly 100 people including a former COP and girl, 15, arrested in sex-slave sting 

A four-day prostitution sting in Florida has led to the arrests of nearly 100 people, among them a former Orlando police officer. The 98 arrests on charges ranging from offering to commit lewd acts to aiding and abetting prostitution, child abuse and drug possession, took place over the Memorial Day weekend in Polk County.  According to investigators, former Orlando police officer Michael Johnson, 44, was netted in the sting. READ MORE HERE

She secretly handed over boy for child rapist Aaron Hughes to abuse

A babysitter has been jailed for 16 years for handing a three-year-old boy to a known pedophile who drugged and raped the child as he slept. Claire Semmens, 28, gave the little boy to Aaron Hughes, a sex offender who sedated the youngster before carrying out and filming two sex attacks. Hughes, who had a previous conviction for child rape, was also jailed for life today as a judge hit out at the pair’s ‘horrendous’ crimes. READ MORE HERE

FBI Announces Child Summer Safety Tips

In advance of National Missing Children’s Day on May 25, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Washington Field Office is sharing tips on how to keep kids safe and information about how the FBI investigates instances of child abduction and exploitation. Through the Child Exploitation Task Force, the FBI works to decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation, provide a rapid investigative response to crimes against children, and enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement agencies. READ MORE HERE

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Chris Denning, 73, faces over 41 offences including indecent assault and another serious sexual offence between 1967 and 1985

A disc jockey who was part of the original Radio 1 line-up was yesterday charged with a string of sex attacks on 22 boys aged between nine and 16. Chris Denning, 73, is to be prosecuted over 41 offences including indecent assault and another serious sexual offence between 1967 and 1985. Although not a household name, Denning posed for a picture with a host of famous BBC DJs for the launch of Radio 1 and Radio 2 in 1967. Among those alongside him were Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Young, Kenny Everett, Terry Wogan, Pete Murray, Ed Stewart, Pete Drummond and John Peel. READ MORE HERE

Man Who Claimed His 3-YO Daughter Initiated Sex Gets 12- Years

APPLETON, WI – An Appleton man who claimed his 3-year-old daughter initiated sexual contact will likely spend the next 12 years behind bars. Outagamie County prosecutors recommended a stronger sentence of 25 years in prison for the 39-year-old man. Assistant District Attorney Peter Hahn says the man blames the mother of the child and even the victim and needs to be “locked up for a long time.” READ MORE HERE