MICHIGAN – The apparently remorseless Detroit mother who admitted to killing two of her children and hiding their bodies in a deep freezer was sentenced Friday morning to life in prison without parole. Mitchelle Blair, 36, was allowed to address the Wayne County courtroom and displayed the same anger she has previously shown since her arrest in March in the horrific case. READ MORE HERE

Sign the Petition to BAN Pro-Pedophilia Websites

There are websites that exist that promote and glorify sexually abusing children. Help The Mama Bear Effect? reach their desired signatures to makes these websites illegal. Child sexual abuse is a crime, yet a growing number of pro-pedophilia websites promoting the listing of ‘stories’ of sexually abusing children and ‘photos’ of ‘clothed’ children. Sites like youngcity.net and boylinks.net are just a couple that are allowing pedophiles to feel comfortable and acceptable about their abusive nature. These children cannot defend themselves – and it is time that we acknowledge ‘free speech’ does not cover the right to exploit and abuse innocent beings. SIGN PETITION HERE

Mother jailed for life for brutally torturing, starving her 4-YO son to death found dead after ‘taking her own life’ 

A mother jailed for life for brutally torturing and starving her four-year-old son has been found dead in prison after she was said to have taken her own life. Magdelena Luczak, 29, was convicted of murdering tragic Daniel Pelka along with his stepfather Mariusz Krezolek, 34, in March 2012. The pair were jailed for a minimum of 30 years following a trial in August 2013 after a court heard the child was beaten to death following years of starvation and mistreatment. READ MORE HERE

Police launch manhunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ father of missing CA infant

UPDATE: (7/13/2015) –Deputies confirm Matthew Graham killed in Dunsmuir shooting

ONO, California — A father considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his 6-month-old daughter in Northern California became the subject of a manhunt after he stole a gun and fled, authorities said Saturday. Matthew Graham, 23, skipped a meeting with his probation officer and stole a semi-automatic pistol from his mother after learning new information about the probe, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. READ MORE HERE

Police looking for Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham on the loose, armed and dangerous

Manhunt launched for father of missing baby in California

Grandmother shoots, kills her daughter, two grandkids, self

A South Florida woman killed her daughter and her two grandchildren before taking her own life over the weekend, police say. Cops in the town of Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, say Nilda Sheffield, 53, gunned down Elizabeth Flores, 30, and Flores’ kids Xavier Neff, 7, and Sofia Chiddo, 2. A horrified friend of the family discovered the bodies in the family’s home on the 4600 block of Chariot Circle around noon on Saturday. READ MORE HERE

A Massachusetts woman allegedly drugged and molested an 8-year-old boy during sickening Skype sessions with a disgraced NYPD sergeant, the Daily News has learned. The woman, whose name The News is withholding to protect the identity of the now-13-year-old victim, is the second woman charged with participating in the sexual exploitation of children with Sgt. Alberto Randazzo. READ MORE HERE

Springfield police say three witnesses followed a 14-year-old girl’s screams along a dark trail, pulled a would-be rapist off her and held the man down until officers arrived. Three friends were parking their car at a Greenway Trail near Wilson’s Creek on Thursday night when they heard a girl screaming for help, according to a probable cause statement. The three friends followed the sounds of the screams, using a cell phone as their flashlight, until they found a man later identified as Christopher Muller wearing only his boxers lying on top of the girl, according to the statement. READ MORE HERE

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — A South Florida officer has been arrested after he was found possessing child pornography on his home computer. Fort Lauderdale Police arrested Jorge E. Vasquez after, they said, he traded child pornography online. READ MORE HERE

MAN WHO KIDNAPPED, RAPED GIRL HAS BEEN ARRESTED

HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Authorities have located a missing 13-year-old Florida girl and arrested the man, who was in the U.S. illegally, after she was found with. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Polk County, Fla. authorities on Thursday about the girl. Her name is not being released. She was last seen on Tuesday and was thought to be with Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez. Polk County authorities had received information that the two may be in a Hartford Township residence. Deputies went to the home with Covert Township and Pokagon Tribal police. They found the girl and Hernandez-Gomez upon arrival. READ MORE HERE

SUMMER STRONG CONTEST

UPDATE! Thanks to all of YOU who voted for us, Champions for Kids has notified us that we were one of the top eight and will be awarded $5,000!! Thank you!!
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Please vote for Dreamcatchers for Abused Children – it will only take a few seconds of your time, we promise! We don’t ask for much, but we cannot fulfill our mission with having the funding to operate…and this simple contest would allow us that opportunity!

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PUBLIC OUTRAGE as Oakland County (MI) Judge Lisa Gorcyca held the 9, 10 & 14 year old in contempt and sent them to Children’s Village Juvenile Facility

UPDATE (7/11/15) – Judge Orders Release of Kids Sent to Detention Center – Kids now Attending Summer Camp

MICHIGAN – Three Bloomfield Hills kids who refused an order by a judge to go to lunch with their father have been ordered to a juvenile detention facility. “I felt like I was watching them be executed,” said Maya Tsimhoni. The Tsimhoni family was in Oakland County’s family court for a hearing on supervised parenting time when Judge Lisa Gorcyca took matters into her own hands. June 24 court transcripts showed how upset the judge was. She ordered the Tsimhoni kids ages 14,10 and 9 to have a “healthy relationship” with their father. READ MORE HERE

The saga of the Tsimhoni children continued today as dozens of friends rallied to have them released after they were sent to a detention center for disobeying a judge’s orders. Today, Taryn Asher dug up the court transcript that includes the stunning comments the judge made to the kids in court two weeks ago.

Read the court transcript as she sent the three kids to Children’s Village

Law expert stunned by judge’s decision to hold children in detention center

Statement from the father, Omer Tsimhoni’s, Attorney

The Power of a Family Court Judge – The Law Blogger

Judge compares Bloomfield Hills children to Charles Manson

NANCY GRACE is now covering this story!!  Judge sends kids to juvie for not seeing dad

PUBLIC PROTEST – Three siblings ordered to juvenile detention for refusing to eat lunch with their dad: http://goo.gl/z8eM5v. If that doesn’t seem right to you, you’re not alone. This group of protesters agree and they’re talking to Taryn Asher!

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITIONS!! 

On Change.org there is a petition to the Oakland County family court to release the three siblings. It currently has 3,432 supporters who have signed.

A second petition on Ipetitions.com began to remove Gorcyca from office. That had 2,849 signatures as of Thursday night.

Petitioning Judge Lisa Gorcyca — Release the Tsimhoni children from Children’s Village

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NOTE: Dreamcatchers for Abused Children is sharing this story because we are concerned about the children’s well-being. For those asking, we are very well aware of what parental alienation is. We have covered this subject repeatedly on this site; I was also a victim to this as a child. Regardless of what the issues are between the husband and wife, the focus should be on the children and their best interest. Our concern is for the welfare of the children and the fact that they were just sentenced to juvy until the age of 18! What this judge did is immoral and incomprehensible! Imagine if ALL family court judges ordered the children of divorced parents to be incarcerated — what kind of future would those children have? These children need love, security, understanding, and stability. Being separated from their family, and placed into a juvenile detention hall, is going to cause life-long trauma, PTSD, and emotional issues. I pray these children are not harmed while incarcerated! So, please keep the “mother – father” agenda separate from the issue we are focusing on — the children!

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If you would like to express your opinion to Judge Lisa Gorcyca, here is her contact information:

Honorable Lisa Gorcyca

Location: Fourth Floor – East Wing, Courtroom 4B

Telephone: 248-858-0360 

Presiding Judge – Family Division

• Elected to the Oakland County Circuit Court, November 2008
• Graduate of Michigan State University, 1989, and Michigan State University – Detroit College of Law, with honors, 1993
• Former Oakland County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 1993-2008
• Founder, Former Chair and Member, Oakland County’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team
• Former Co-Chair and Member, Oakland County Coordinating Council Against Domestic Violence
• Former Member, Royal Oak Task Force Against Domestic Violence
• Board Member, Troy Community Coalition for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Past Instructor, Oakland Police Academy
• Past Lecturer, Prosecuting Attorney Association of Michigan’s statewide Domestic Violence course and Basic Training
• Named “A Crime Fighting Mom” by United States Senator Carl Levin for 2008 for outstanding work in crime prevention and creating a safer community

Ex-teacher, 36, who sexually abused three male students is sentenced to up to 30-years behind bars

UTAH – A judge sentenced a former high school English teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three male students to up to 30 years in prison Thursday. Prosecutors say one of the boys was 16 and two were 17 when Brianne Altice had sex with them. The 36-year-old Altice was initially free while her case played out, but was sent to jail in January after it emerged that she continued a sexual relationship with one of the then 17-year-old boys while she was out on bail.  Her lawyer said Altice is a damaged person who gave into daily flirtations from the boys because she was belittled at home and dealing with self-esteem problems. READ MORE HERE

Newark – A former U.S. Army major and his wife were convicted Wednesday of torturing their three foster children for years, breaking their bones, force-feeding them hot sauce, denying them water and using one of their biological kids to guard the toilet bowls so the foster children couldn’t try to quench their thirst, authorities said. A federal jury in Newark returned the verdicts against John Jackson and his wife, Carolyn. The trial began in April.  READ MORE HERE

LAUDERHILL, Florida – Lauderhill police are investigating after an 11-month-old was found unresponsive in a hot sport utility vehicle Wednesday evening. Police told Local 10 News the toddler’s family members went grocery shopping, returned to their apartment complex off Northwest 19th Street in Lauderhill, unloaded the groceries and, after about an hour, realized the baby was nowhere to be found. That’s when they went to the parking lot and found the baby inside the SUV, Lt. Gregory Solowsky said. “The family members opened up the door, saw that the child was unresponsive, immediately began CPR and then contacted the police and fire-rescue,” Solowsky said. READ MORE HERE