Al Qaeda is kidnapping young children in troubled Somalia and brainwashing them to launch future attacks on the West, it has been claimed. The ‘terrorist schools’ keep the children – some as young as seven – chained up to beds while they were taught an extreme version of Islam. The youths, all under 10-years-old, were also taught about suicide bombings and told they would go to paradise if they killed themselves in ‘martyrdom-operations’.  READ MORE HERE

A man has come forward alleging he saw Jerry Sandusky and a prominent Penn State University donor sexually abusing two boys together aboard a private plane, it was claimed on Monday. The FBI is reportedly taking the accusations ‘seriously,’ and has opened an investigation into a pedophile sex ring that could spread beyond the former Penn State football coach. Until now, authorities have believed that Sandusky was a lone abuser. The newest allegations threaten bring out more horrifying revelations about sexual abuse surrounding the once-prestigious college athletics program.  READ MORE HERE

Grand Island, NE – Michelle Almonte-De Jesus, a 27-year-old Nebraska woman has been charged with repeatedly having sex with her teenage step son. According to police, an investigation was launched when the father of a 16-year-old boy saw his wife having sex with the boy. Investigators say Almonte-De Jesus began having sex with the victim when he was 15-years-old and continued until he was 16-years-old. The alleged sexual encounters reportedly took place between Jan 1 and August 10 of this year.  READ MORE HERE

The boy needed surgery on both legs

A woman was arrested Sunday after she took her 5-year-old son to a hospital with deep cuts on his legs and told police that she had spanked him with a bag full of glass, an arrest report shows.  READ MORE HERE

CUDAHY, CA — The extreme heat gripping the Southland put two small children in jeopardy — and their mother behind bars. Arely Amaya, 18, was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after allegedly leaving her year-old son and 2-week-old daughter locked in a car while she went shopping along the 7900 block of Atlantic Avenue. The temperature outside was 92 degrees and the car interior was about 10 to 15 degrees hotter, according to a press release from Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.  READ MORE HERE

FEDS: ‘He shared boys he molested with other high-profile pedophiles linked to Penn State as part of a sex ring’

Federal officials have launched an investigation into a possible pedophile ring involving disgraced former Penn State defensive coordinator and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky. According to RadarOnline, both the FBI and a criminal investigative division of the United States Postal Service are looking into allegations that Sandusky shared boys with other men connected to Penn State as part of a child sex  ring. READ MORE HERE

WOODLAND HILLS, CA — A 23-year old man is facing murder charges after allegedly providing heroin that killed a 13-year old boy. The boy’s body was discovered Wednesday morning at a home in the 5300 block of Manton Avenue in Woodland Hills. Brett Cronin, 23, was arrested later that night after admitting that the heroin was his. READ MORE HERE

PERRIS, Calif. — Jurors have recommended the death penalty for a 54-year old man convicted of strangling his wife and her 6-year old daughter after learning the little girl was not his biological child. Michael Barbar was charged with two counts of murder and special circumstances of multiple murders and lying in wait in connection with the November 2009 murders. The bodies were discovered November 13 inside the Barbar family home in the 2800 block of Banner Place in Perris. READ MORE HERE

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a young woman believed to be a child porn producer and to rescue 2 underage victims. A Jane Doe arrest warrant has been obtained in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., for the woman. The woman was spotted in child sex videos recently discovered by computer forensics agents working on an unrelated child porn case in Los Angeles. READ MORE HERE

A toddler was left with deep scratches all over his face after a nine-year-old girl attacked him ‘like a wild animal’ – because he accidentally knocked her with a twig. Finlay Garety was walking in the woods near his home Milton Keynes when the girl ‘flipped’ and launched a savage attack, clawing at the two-year-old’s face. However, the unnamed fair-haired girl is unlikely to face punishment because – at nine years old – she is below the age of criminal responsibility.  READ MORE HERE

New Port Richey, FL – Crystal Rusaw, a 24-year-old New Port Richey woman was jailed Saturday after she allegedly left her 3 small children at home alone to have sex with a neighbor. The children (ages 10 months, 3 and 4) were later found crossing a busy highway without any supervision. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation was launched when a witness spotted the children crossing a four-lane road around 5:00 a.m. The oldest child was carrying the youngest child across the road. The baby was wearing only a urine-soaked diaper.  READ MORE HERE

A Chinese company that assembles devices for Samsung Electronics Co. hired children at its production facilities and forced employees to work excessive hours, violating labor laws, China Labor Watch said in a report. Seven children younger than 16 were working in the factory of HEG Electronics (Huizhou) Co. that makes phones and DVD players for Samsung, according to the report issued today. Child workers faced the “same harsh conditions” as adults and were paid only 70 percent of the wages of other workers, according to the New York-based group, which said it conducted investigations in June and July.  READ MORE HERE

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The ombudsman appointed by the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese in the fallout of a priest abuse case says that only a few of the allegations of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior reported in the last year have been substantiated. The report from diocese ombudsman Jenifer Valenti says that of those 40 allegations, 20 were reported cases of sexual abuse that involved clergy, diocese employees, religious orders or volunteers, and that only seven of those cases were substantiated, and involved five people. READ MORE HERE

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La Grange, KY  – Ashley Nicole Cox, a 22-year-old Kentucky woman has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge after she killed her newborn baby while visiting her boyfriend in prison. According to police, Cox was visiting her boyfriend at the Roederer Correctional Complex in March, 2010, when she ran to the bathroom and delivered a healthy baby girl. Investigators say Cox welcomed her new daughter into the world by stuffing toilet paper into the infant’s mouth until she was unable to breath. Cox then tossed the baby into a trash can and covered her with more toilet paper.  READ MORE HERE