A Lexington couple arrested in July in an alleged child abuse case involving their six adopted children that dates back to January 2010 have been formally indicted in the case. Police say Cheryl Christopher, 51, locked a nine-year-old child in a dog cage at the family’s former home on Deauville Drive, and that she also allegedly tried to suffocate two children while trying to strangle them.

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Victims of childhood sexual abuse pleaded with lawmakers on Tuesday to allow a vote on a bill that would repeal the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes committed against children, suggesting that a majority of House members already support the bill. “All we’re asking for is that when children become adults and they want to confront their abuser they get a fair fight,” said Carmen Durso, an attorney and board member of Massachusetts Citizens for Children.

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PHOENIX — The state’s child protection program is getting new scrutiny, with Gov. Jan Brewer reviewing the program with her social services director and advocates expressing concern about backlogs in investigations of complaints of abuse and neglect. Brewer canceled a scheduled trip to Mexico for a conference of border state governors to instead meet Wednesday with Clarence Carter, director of the state Department of Economic Security.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — A woman was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of drunk driving and child endangerment after allegedly flipping her car with her 4-year-old daughter inside. Police say the woman was driving along the 5900 block of Whitnall Highway at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when she crashed into two parked cars and flipped over.

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JURUPA VALLEY, CA– Two people have been shot in a parking lot at Patriot High School in Jurupa Valley, according to sheriff’s deputies. The shooting, reported around 10:40 a.m., prompted a lockdown on the campus located at Camino Real and Mission Boulevard.

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A 21-year-old DeLand man faces a charge of aggravated child abuse after an infant he brought to a DeLand hospital was discovered to have multiple injuries including a skull fracture. Joshua Dale Bartholomew is being held without bail in the Volusia County Branch Jail.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 16-year-old was arrested Sunday after an infant was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.Javarris Lane is charged with aggravated child abuse.Jacksonville police were called to a home in the 2200 block of West First Street in Northwest Jacksonville just after 10 a.m.Police said they went into the back bedroom and found an adult trying to perform CPR on the unresponsive infant on a bed.

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A report from Amnesty International has said the abuse of children by priests and church-run institutions in Ireland amounted to torture. The research, which included an opinion poll, was commissioned following the publication of a number of reports which catalogued decades of abuse. It found that some of that abuse met the legal definition of torture.

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LANCASTER, CA — Four of six children injured in an alleged drunk-driving crash in Lancaster have been released from the hospital, while two remain hospitalized, one in critical condition, authorities said Monday. The driver, Staneha Allen, has been arrested a woman on suspicion of drunken driving after a rollover accident that injured herself and the six children inside her SUV. She remains hospitalized.

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This September, I am asking you to think about children – the majority of children in the United States – whose dreams are shattered by violence. The Justice Department has been working with leading researchers to take an in-depth look at the problem of children exposed to violence.

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MAN KIDNAPPED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AN 8-YEAR OLD GIRL

John Heuer describes himself as a monster and a drunk on the day last May that he kidnapped an 8-year-old girl from a St. Paul laundromat and sexually assaulted her in his home. As he drove her away, he told a judge Friday, he thought about turning his car around and returning the girl to her family. But he was too scared, he said.

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