INDIANA — As the nation mourned the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, an Indiana man made terrifying threats of violence toward an elementary school where his wife works. Police arrested Von Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, after he threatened to kill his wife at the school where she worked and “kill as many people as he could before police could stop him.” READ MORE HERE

Man stabs 22 children at China primary school

A man stabbed 22 primary school students in a knife attack in China on Friday, officials said, the latest in a series of assaults. The attacker “has been detained”, said a spokesman for the Guangshan county government in the central province of Henan, where the stabbing happened. “Twenty-two elementary school students were stabbed, so was an adult villager” but none of the victims died, the official, who declined to give his name, told AFP.  READ MORE HERE

Explosive documents buried for decades may be revealed after judge rules on priests’ bid to keep papers under wraps

Secret files detailing allegations of child sex abuse which have been kept under wraps for decades by Roman Catholic authorities in Los Angeles may be made public. A judge will hear final objections from accused priests who want the documents kept under lock and key. The papers are believed to contain thousands of pages on abusive clerics. READ MORE HERE

A mother who was high on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol killed her four-month-old son when she knocked a large television on to his head, a court has heard. Preston Crown Court was told that Natalie McMillan, 25, from Burnley in Lancashire had taken a mixture of heroin and Valium and was in no fit state to look after her son Kian when the incident happened. The youngster suffered ‘catastrophic’ brain injuries the day after the television toppled from a cupboard  while he was resting on a mat on the floor of the family home last December. READ MORE HERE

Stepfather faces death penalty for murder of boy, 4, found buried on mountain trail with face smashed in by hammer

A pedophile who took a 12-year-old girl he was abusing to a notorious dogging site to be raped by another man has been jailed for life. Michael Gwyther, 44, repeatedly raped the youngster and took her to an open-air sex site where he offered to share her with other men. Swindon Crown Court heard Gwyther’s campaign of abuse only came to light when parents of two other girls aged 14 and 15 who he was grooming found out and contacted police. Officers found indecent pictures and an explicit video of the 12-year-old on his phone when they arrested him at his home in Easterton, Wiltshire. READ MORE HERE

Serial child sex offender Jerry Sandusky lives under tight restrictions in prison for his own safety, it has been revealed. The former Penn State coach is on hard routine after he asked for more prison privileges and then received threats from inmates.  ‘He is being housed in the appropriate facility in order to assure his safety,’ said Susan McNaughton, press secretary for the Pennsylvania state Department of Corrections. READ MORE HERE

The rape of three young boys by their adoptive father has placed the Ohio adoption agency that placed the boys under increased scrutiny. After Kenneth Brandt, of Troy, Ohio, pleaded guilty to raping three boys he adopted from the ACTION, Inc agency,  the shocking crime triggered an investigation of the agency, uncovering some unsettling lapses in procedure. READ MORE HERE

Wakefield, Mass. – A Massachusetts man is facing disturbing charges. He’s accused of sexually abusing more than a dozen children, and prosecutors say this is one of the most troubling cases of abuse they’ve ever seen. When investigators got a search warrant for John and Marian Burbine’s business and their home in Wakefield, they say they found hundreds of videos, photos and audio recordings of John Burbine sexually abusing more than a dozen young children, including toddlers and even newborns. “The basis of these indictments is chilling and troubling,” said Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone at a press conference Thursday. READ MORE HERE

Palm Coast, FL  – James Irvine, a 41-year-old Palm Coast man, was jailed Saturday morning after he allegedly left his girlfriend’s 10-month-old baby in the care of a pit bull so he could drink at a local bar. According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Irvine’s girlfriend left him in charge of her 10-month-old son Friday night while she was away at work. READ MORE HERE

Bethel, CT  – George Sayers Jr., 46, and his daughter Tiffany Hartford, 23, were arrested Monday after DNA testing allegedly confirmed that the pair had a sexual relationship and conceived a child together. According to Bethel Police, an investigation was launched last February when Tiffany Hartford’s former girlfriend called police to report that Sayers and Hartford were selling pornographic photos and videos of her that had been recorded when she was 16 years old. READ MORE HERE

The immeasurable courage of this young victim will bring one monster to justice. San Francisco resident Gary Steven Atkinson, 36, was charged on Tuesday with kidnapping, rape of an incompetent person, committing a lewd act on a child, and attempting lewd acts upon a child after he abducted a 16-year-old girl with autism who had wandered from her group home on November 27. READ MORE HERE

Child sex abuse suspect allegedly says he ‘enjoyed’ the incidents, ‘can’t believe’ he was turned in

A Kingsport man indicted on more than 60 counts related to sexual abuse of a juvenile male — and suspected of abusing at least nine additional 8 to 17-year-olds over the past 20 years — has reportedly told police he sees nothing wrong with the crimes he’s been charged with, adding that he “enjoyed” the incidents. “The worst thing about this case is he feels no remorse about this, other than he was caught,” said Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Det. Tracy Haraz. READ MORE HERE

A man was locked up after killing his girlfriend’s baby. Sadistic Barry McCarney, 33, was found guilty of sexual assault and the grievous bodily harm of  baby Millie Martin on Tuesday after rushing her to a local hospital.  Barry caught on CCTV in Erne Hospital in Northern Ireland rushing through the doors of the hospital cradling his girlfriend’s 15-month-old daughter Millie Martin in his arms. READ MORE HERE