LINCOLN, New York – A Madison County man was arrested Thursday and charged with repeatedly raping a child. Joseph M. Weyant, 34, of Canastota, has been charged with sexually abusing a child. The New York State Police said Weyant had sex with a child under the age of 15 multiple times over the course of more than one year. READ MORE HERE

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina – 17-year-olds Winston Eccleston and Lacey Mathews have been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter each and felony child abuse. The charges result from an ongoing investigation by the Woodfin Police Department. Eccleston and Mathews had been reported missing by family members on March 11, and had not been seen since. On Thursday, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office released their names as missing persons and asked for the public’s help to locate them, but did not reveal they were part of an ongoing investigation and may be on the run. READ MORE HERE

Deputies locate, charge missing Asheville teens

Missing NC teens found, charged with manslaughter

Oakdale, Pennsylvania – A 12-year-old boy’s suicide has rocked his community outside Pittsburgh after family members said he was the victim of ongoing bullying at school. Evan W. Ziemniak died on March 23, with the Allegheny County coroner’s office ruling it a suicide. His grandmother Debbie Long stated Evan had been shoved and stabbed with pencils on the school bus, while the sixth grader’s parents reportedly raised the issue with the West Allegheny Middle School several times. READ MORE HERE

PORT ANGELES, Washington — Douglas Allison, 55, the principal of Mountain View Christian School in Sequim, has been arrested on charges of child rape and child molestation, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Detectives arrested Allison at his home Tuesday night, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “Allison was arrested following an investigation into a disclosure made by a 10-year-old female student at the school that she had been sexually assaulted by Mr. Allison,” the sheriff’s office said. READ MORE HERE

Malachi Russler shot and killed his wife and two boys, then he turned the gun on himself in what Sherman police said was an apparent murder-suicide. Police found Kelly Russler, 39; Laing Russler, 7; and Jayden Evans, 10; shot to death inside their Rivercrest Drive home on Monday afternoon. In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, police said the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Officer confirmed the police investigation findings. “A fourth individual, 36-year-old Malachi Russler was also found dead inside the home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the statement said. “Based on the information we have, we consider the investigation closed.” READ MORE HERE

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – A homeowner shot an intruder who tried to break into her Indianapolis home Thursday afternoon. According to police dispatchers, officers received the call around 12:10 p.m. from a home in the 3200 block of West Banta Road. Family members stated that an infant was in the home when it happened. A mother heard the burglar get into the home through a window and then took out her pistol. READ MORE HERE

TIFTON, Georgia — Police have arrested a Georgia teacher after surveillance video appears to show her knocking a special needs student to the floor in a school hallway. 71-year-old Amelia Stripling turned herself in to police Friday afternoon. The incident occurred at the Tift County Pre-K Center in Tifton on March 17. READ MORE HERE

Childrens Entertainer Faces Rape Charges

LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts – A Fitchburg man who worked for years with a local Boys and Girls Club is under arrest and charged with child rape. Arthur Caponi is also a well-known entertainer who sings for senior citizens and children. On his website and Facebook page, 59-year-old Caponi describes himself as a crooner performing at charity events and nursing homes. READ MORE HERE

NEW PORT RICHEY – A Pasco County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after investigators say he choked a 7-year-old girl and repeatedly hit her as a punishment for lying. A PCSO arrest affidavit says 29-year-old Deputy Ryan Robert Ferguson was charged with child abuse after the incident, which reportedly took place at a home in the 8700 block of Citizens Drive last Sunday. READ MORE HERE

Wiltshire – A pedophile babysitter has been jailed for 10 years after he raped and abused five children aged between six and 12. Michael Ponzo, 20, had been asked to look after the children by their unsuspecting families when he carried out the abuse. He filmed some of the abuse and uploaded it to his laptop with scores of other indecent images and conversations with fellow child sex abusers about sharing the footage. READ MORE HERE

WASHINGTON— Army Pvt. Jameson T. Hazelbower went AWOL after learning he was suspected of raping a 15-year-old girl. Despite the potential threat to the public that he posed, the self-described sex addict roamed free for nearly three months before local police collared him in Winnebago, Illinois, near where he grew up. An officer responded to a call late on a Friday night in March 2014 about a suspicious vehicle parked in a cul-de-sac outside an apartment complex. Hazelbower, his pants down to his knees, was in the car with a girl, barely 14. READ MORE HERE

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DALLAS – The two young daughters of Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko were found murdered inside their home in a Fort Worth, Texas, suburb, and his estranged wife sustained multiple stab wounds in the incident, local police said on Friday. Police in Benbrook said Kholodenko, 29, is not considered a suspect in the deaths of his daughters, Nika, 5, and Michela, 1, who were discovered in their bedrooms early on Thursday. READ MORE HERE

Two southwest Florida residents, Joshua Pierre Louis and Roxanne Paduani, were arrested Thursday for allegedly using a stun gun on their four children. According to news reports, Louis, 28, often used the stun gun on his four children, whose ages haven’t yet been released, to discipline them when they were behaving poorly. One of the children revealed scars to a Department of Children and Families’ investigator and provided details about the ongoing abuse in their Lehigh Acres home. READ MORE HERE

CA – A 20-year-old baby sitter in the San Francisco Bay Area has been charged with felony child abuse after a hidden nanny camera allegedly caught her trying to smother a child who wouldn’t stop crying, court documents show. Moriah Pulani Gonzales of Livermore, California was charged Feb. 22 by the Alameda County District Attorney. She was booked and released from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin ahead of her arraignment Friday. READ MORE HERE