A babysitter has been charged with murder after he allegedly slammed a toddler he was looking after into a wall. Jarrod Rudder, 24, grabbed two-year-old Michael Pulliam by the wrist and smacked the child off a wall and lamp causing multiple broken bones and a brain bleed. Rudder is the boyfriend of the child’s mother Amanda Howell and had been living with them at their trailer park home in Elkville, Illinois. READ MORE HERE

Man sentenced in child abuse homicide case

CEDAR CITY — Emotions ran high Tuesday in Cedar City’s 5th District Court as a Cedar City man who shook his former girlfriend’s infant child, causing fatal injuries, was sentenced to 1 to 15 years in Utah State Prison. According to testimony, Thomas Harry Canum III, 25, was left alone with 14-month-old Cayden Lasseter, the son of his former girlfriend, Molly Gricius, on Sept. 18, 2010.  READ MORE HERE

Texas — Andrea Yates is asking for some of her freedom back.  She became infamous in 2001 after murdering her five young children. She was eventually declared guilty by insanity.  But now her doctors say she should be allowed to go to church outside the Texas mental hospital where she lives. But the court will have to decide. Her lawyer, George Parnham, says a congregation has agreed to let her come to their church.  READ MORE HERE

A priest, charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year-old boy, has said that although he let the teenager share his bed and view pornography, he had never touched him. The accuser, who is now 30, testified today that he was 14 when Reverend James Brennan, 48, sexually abused him at his apartment. Reverend James Brennan, 48, was one of several priests involved in the clergy abuse trial which has scandalized the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.  READ MORE HERE

Authorities charge woman with incest

A 32-year-old woman faces charges of incest and other allegations in Napa County Superior Court after she was arrested on suspicion of having sex with her 16-year-old biological son from Napa, according to court documents. Mistie Atkinson, of Nice, Lake County, was arrested on a warrant in early March in Ukiah, where police allegedly found her in a hotel room with the boy, according to court documents. READ MORE HERE

LA MIRADA, CA- Sheriff’s investigators arrested a substitute teacher Tuesday, accusing him of having a sexually-charged relationship with a 13-year-old girl over the Internet. Taylor Welch, 22, was arrested at his La Mirada home on suspicion of conducting lewd acts with the girl and sending her explicit material.  READ MORE HERE

FULLERTON, CA — A young mother accused of stabbing her newborn daughter to death plead guilty Tuesday to second degree murder. In a deal with prosecutors, Yoselin Torres Tovar, 20, plead to one felony count of second-degree murder with a sentencing enhancement. She was initially charged with felony murder and child abuse.  READ MORE HERE

According to ABC 7, a neighbor reported hearing the woman moaning, crying and making noises but he did not think it was anything as serious as what occurred. Moss’s family said that Rogers had insisted that Moss terminate the pregnancy but Moss refused.  READ MORE HERE

Cory Pingeton, an 18-year-old student at Franklin High School in Franklin, Mass., required medical attention after an unnamed suspect viciously attacked him in the school’s hallway. After fleeing the campus following the attack, the suspected assailant now faces criminal charges, WBZ-TV reports.  READ MORE HERE

A mother has been jailed after she filmed her children getting changed for the sexual gratification of her new pedophile boyfriend. The 42-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had earlier signed a bizarre ‘contract’ with her new lover – a retired fire and rescue worker – agreeing to become his ‘sex slave’.  READ MORE HERE

A man accused of murdering a gay supermarket worker embarked on a campaign against uncaught paedophiles using ‘military strategy’ to track them down after overhearing convicted prisoners planning new offences while in prison, a court heard. Christopher Hunnisett, who is on trial accused of killing supermarket worker Peter Bick, told the court he used the internet and a network of ‘live sources’ – some made in prison – to investigate rumours of child abuse. He assigned possible offenders militaristic ‘call signs’ depending on the strength of evidence against them, he said.  READ MORE HERE

NEW MADRID COUNTY, MO– A Missouri woman faces more than a dozen charges for statutory rape and sodomy in New Madrid County. Sheriff Terry Stevens says Melissa Eaton, 48, of Lilbourn, Missouri allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with a teenage boy. According to court records juvenile authorities alerted investigators about the situation. READ MORE HERE

Sarasota, Florida — A grandmother and grandfather are facing numerous charges for towing a toy plastic car from behind their SUV… with their grandchild seated inside. According to the arrest report, a Sarasota deputy on patrol spotted the SUV on Sunday, pulling a small plastic Hot Wheels car with the 7-year-old girl inside.  The toy car was connected to the SUV with dog leashes tied to the trailer hitch.  READ MORE HERE

TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson Police released surveillance video Friday of several potential witnesses who they want to speak to regarding the disappearance of six-year-old Isabel Celis. The video shows a group of five people – two men and three women – walking through a parking lot headed in the general direction of the Celis house after Midnight on April 21, the morning Isabel was reported missing. As of Sunday afternoon, police said they had identified and interviewed three of those people.  READ MORE HERE