FULLERTON, CA — A teenage mother was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison for murdering her newborn immediately after giving birth by stabbing her multiple times and hiding the corpse in her closet. Yoselin Torres Tovar, 20, Fullerton, pleaded guilty on May 1, 2012, during the second day of jury trial to one felony count of second degree murder. READ MORE HERE

IRVINE, CA — Police are once again searching an Irvine landfill for the bodies of two young boys believed to have been killed by their father more than a month ago. Investigators believe that Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, is responsible for the death of his girlfriend and their 1-year-old and 3-month-old children.  READ MORE HERE

BUTLER, GA– More details in the case of a Butler, GA teen who was taken from her family after reports she was staying in a chicken coop.  The original investigation report said when the Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFACS) came to the Franklin residence, Diana Franklin, the mother, would not cooperate with them.   READ MORE HERE

LOS ANGELES — A 26-year-old gang member will spend the rest of his life prison for killing 4-month-old ‘Baby Andrew’ and wounding his pregnant babysitter and another man. Ricardo Hernandez was sentenced Thursday to eight life terms, plus 125 years in prison for the 2009 crime.  READ MORE HERE

Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in the nation’s courts, successfully challenging many of the restrictions as infringements on free speech and their right to participate in common online discussions. The legal battles pit public outrage over sex crimes against cherished guarantees of individual freedom and the far-reaching communication changes brought by Facebook, LinkedIn and dozens of other sites. READ MORE HERE

TAMPA — A toddler whose mother is accused of waiting hours to get help even though the boy was unconscious died Wednesday morning. The 2-year-old, Christian Love, was pronounced dead at 11:21 a.m. at Tampa General Hospital. Family members say they will donate some of the boy’s organs.  READ MORE HERE

Child abuse reporting laws do not apply to adult patients who talk about childhood problems in therapy, the attorney general’s office ruled Wednesday. In December, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists asked the attorney general to clarify Texas’ mandatory reporter law, which requires certain professionals to report suspected child abuse or neglect to authorities within 48 hours of a disclosure.  READ MORE HERE

While imposing the maximum sentence Tuesday against a woman convicted of child abuse for torturing a 21-month-old girl with cold water, a judge lamented that his options “pale in comparison to any justice that should be doled out.” Mary Horsley, 51, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for her convictions on child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and attempted child abuse with serious bodily injury. She also was sentenced to two years in the El Paso County jail for her conviction on two charges of misdemeanor child abuse, followed by five years of probation.  READ MORE HERE

Former newspaper proprietor Eddie Shah has been charged with several sex offenses, including the rape of a teenage girl, police said today. The 68-year-old was charged alongside a man and woman, both 52, at Hammersmith Police Station today. The charges, said to have happened on various dates in the 1990s, relate to the same alleged victim, who was then aged between 12 and 15 years. READ MORE HERE

Nixa, Mo – Megan Bowman, a 23-year-old Missouri woman was jailed Sunday after she allegedly confessed to molesting two toddlers, taking lewd photographs and then sending the images to a man she met on the Internet. According to Nixa Police, Bowman confessed to taking nude photographs of a 3-year-old girl and then sending the images to men she reportedly met through a Craigslist personal ad.  READ MORE HERE

Miami ‘zombie-like’ face-chewing suspect Rudy Eugene was ‘a beautiful person,’ former classmate says

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Attempted Suicide After High School Bullies Called Him Gay

Bullying led to brain-damage for a teen boy. Zachery Gray, 17, has been left brain-damaged after he tried to commit suicide because he was suffering from nonstop abuse for being gay, at Zephyrhills High School in Pasco County, Florida, even though he had a steady girlfriend.  READ MORE HERE

A mother was too protective of her daughter in a St. Petersburg mall. Debbie Piscitella, 46, choked a 14-year-old boy in public over comments the boy made about her daughter on Facebook. READ MORE HERE

A mother and daughter are forced to cope with the acts of a maniac. A 37-year-old Australian man killed himself Friday with a .9mm hand gun, but only after dragging his eight-year-old son out of primary school and shooting him in the head he forced his seven-year-old daughter to watch. READ MORE HERE