Three-month-old baby suffered 47 broken bones and was violently shaken to death

A baby who suffered 47 broken bones and was shaken to death was ‘mistreated’ because of his deformed hand, a court heard. Mohammed Miah, 37, and Rebeka Nazmin, 31, from Poplar, east London, are accused of murdering their three-month-old son Rifat Mohammed in July last year. Over his 13 weeks of life, Rifat suffered ‘systematic abuse’ that left him with 38 rib fractures, eight fractures to his legs and a broken spine, the Old Bailey heard. READ MORE HERE

Fugitive director Roman Polanski will reportedly attempt to have his decades-long child rape case resolved so that he may return to the United States without fear of arrest or incarceration. The 83-year-old director’s attorney, Harland Braun, has asked a Los Angeles judge to review what it reports is a “long-secret transcript” of the prosecutor’s testimony during Polanski’s trial. The attorney claims the transcript proves that the Pianist director had agreed to a plea deal to serve just 48 days in jail, and that the judge had agreed to the deal. Polanski was convicted of raping a child after a photo shoot in Los Angeles in 1977 and spent 42 days in prison before being released. But the director later fled the country for Europe when he feared that the judge in his case backed out of the deal and suggested prosecutors give him 50 years in prison. READ MORE HERE

On Friday, a former casting agent from Minnesota pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in Massachusetts. Matthew Feeney ran a Bloomington casting agency where he worked with children who wanted to be in movie and television roles. In 2013, he admitted to molesting two brothers in Washington County who were his clients. READ MORE HERE

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — A local man was arraigned Thursday for charges of child abuse and neglect resulting in death. Patrick William Yeager, 30, of an unfixed address, was arraigned in Jefferson County Magistrate Court for felony charges of child neglect resulting in death and child abuse resulting in injury. According to a criminal complaint, police were dispatched to a home in Shenandoah Junction in June 2016 for an unresponsive infant. The father — Yeager — told police he was holding his child in a rocking chair. Yeager said he allegedly blacked out and when he woke up, the chair and toys were upside down. READ MORE HERE

$3,000 Reward Offered for Wanted TX Child Sex Offender

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added David Dale Booth, 58, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and a cash reward up to $3,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture. Booth is wanted for parole violation and failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Booth is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs approximately 195 pounds. He has tattoos on his upper arms. Booth has previously worked in the rail car repair industry. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Booth has ties to Wichita Falls (his last known address). In 1998, Booth was convicted in Tarrant County of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child-sexual contact involving an 8-year-old girl. He was paroled from prison in 2014 and has been wanted since 2015. His criminal history also includes an attempted murder conviction. For more information or updates in the event of his arrest, see his wanted bulletin at:  www.dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/SexOffenderDetails.aspx?id=353.

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JEFFERSON PARISH, LA – A Lafitte man has been arrested in connection with the sexual abuse of two children, and detectives believe there could be more victims who have not come forward, according to a news release from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. Kenneth Leblanc, 62, was booked into the JPCC on one count each of aggravated Rape and sexual battery.  On Feb. 21 Personal Violence Detective Chris Vado received information about an aggravated rape that occurred approximately 24 years ago.  The 35-year-old female victim disclosed that she was sexually assaulted by Leblanc, and that the offenses were committed when she was between the ages of 4 and 13.  She told investigators that Leblanc touched her inappropriately and forced her to perform oral sex. She said the incidents occurred almost every day for nine years. The victim also told investigators that a relative of hers, who was 16 at the time, made disclosures in the past about being victimized by Leblanc on many occasions. READ MORE HERE

A Townsend woman was charged with four counts of felony Sexual Abuse of Children. Colleen Jade Nickerson is accused of texting topless photos of herself and two 14-year-old females at the request of another suspect, Nathan Zipperian from June of last year. The 22-year-old is also accused of bringing both females to Zipperian’s home. Once there prosecutors say Nickerson and Zipperian took one of the 14-year-old to a bedroom. READ MORE HERE

A judge fought back tears as he described how a married couple subjected two young girls to ‘wickedly cruel, chillingly heartless and utterly inhuman’ abuse. Michael Miszczak, 54, and his ex-wife Sandra Jones, 52, ‘brainwashed’ and repeatedly raped their extremely vulnerable victims and beat them with metal poles. They forced the children from before the age of eight to eat their own vomit, watch pornography and fight with each other while half-naked. Police said the abuse was ‘some of the most despicable crimes against children’ they had ever seen, while the prosecutor told Liverpool Crown Court, ‘It’s difficult to imagine a worse example of the rape of a child.’ READ MORE HERE

MICHIGAN – A Michigan man whose 14-month-old stepdaughter died this week after having been beaten into a coma and suffering alleged sexual abuse has been charged with homicide. Layla Heether passed away from her injuries at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, a week after she was found unresponsive at a home in Newaygo while in the care of her stepfather, 29-year-old Wayne Brown. A short time after Laylah was taken to the hospital on February 14, Brown was arrested on a count of domestic violence involving the baby’s mother. READ MORE HERE

$8,000 Reward Offered

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding the public that the reward for Mark Timothy McBride, 59, has been increased to $8,000 for information leading to his capture if the tip comes in during February. McBride, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender and this month’s featured fugitive, is wanted for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, parole violation and probation violation. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

McBride has ties to the North Richland Hills/Fort Worth areas and has previously lived in Pagosa Springs, Colo. Prior to absconding from the North Richland Hills area in 2011, McBride had expressed an interest in living and working in Alaska. In 2006, McBride was convicted in Tarrant County on three counts of indecency with a child/sexual contact for incidents involving two 16-year-old girls.

For more information and updates in the event of his arrest, see his wanted bulletin at www.dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/SexOffenderDetails.aspx?id=314

MARK TIMOTHY MCBRIDE: McBride is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 250 pounds. He may wear glasses.

Washington — New charges have been filed in the case of an ex-Washington State Penitentiary corrections officer accused of child molestation and child rape. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports the amended documents increase the seriousness of one charge filed against Benjamin G. Smith and add four new charges, for a total of seven. A prison spokeswoman says the 33-year-old Smith resigned after his arrest in January from the corrections officer job he held since 2008. READ MORE HERE

TEXAS – Parents are on trial for the death of their 7-month-old son, who allegedly weighed only ten pounds and suffered from meningitis and sepsis for weeks leading up to his death. The San Antonio Express-News reported that Qwalion Busby, 36, and Marquita Johnson, 33, are charged with injury to a child by omission for the December 2015 death of their son Naeem Busby. Prosecutors claimed the child succumbed to sepsis caused by a common ear infection. The pair is accused of not vaccinating the infant and treating him with essential oils and natural remedies. READ MORE HERE

TEXAS – A man has been arrested for child abuse after graphic footage of him beating a seven-year-old child outside his car was reported to police. Kordarell Williams, 27, is reportedly the boyfriend of the young boy’s mother. He was seen lashing the child 62 times with a belt on his head, shoulders, and legs during the five minute long attack in northwest Houston, Texas. Williams admitted in court to hitting the boy because he stole a phone charger. READ MORE HERE