Man arrested after punching 2-MO crying son with fist

Friday afternoon a Milton man was arrested following a family disturbance on Phoenix Dr. in Milton. Jeremy Alexander Davidson, 21, was arrested and charged with felony child abuse and domestic violence involving battery. Alexander is currently being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond. According to Sgt. Scott Haines, with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a family disturbance and discovered Davidson standing in the front yard.

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Kearns resident Antoneus Deslegte, 24, was charged with five second-degree felonies for child abuse Friday. Deslegte is accused of severely beating his 7-month-old twins, a boy and a girl. The daughter was admitted to Primary Children’s Medical Center on June 19 for a large cut and bruise near her eye, police records stated. After arriving in the emergency room, she was given a full set of X-rays, which revealed a fractured bone in her leg.

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MICHIGAN–An infant boy just under two years old is in Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit with serious burns, bruises and other injuries that police said were caused by a babysitter.The babysitter — a 24-year-old woman from Auburn Hills, being held in the Oakland County Jail — has not been identified by police pending the issuance of child-abuse charges expected today, Auburn Hills Lt. Jim Manning said.

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Six-week-old was left unattended for 12 hours

TURN ANGER INTO ADVOCACY!!

Across the country many are furious with the Casey Anthony verdict and believe  justice wasn’t served for her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. “People who are angry and upset need to pick up the phone and call casa or call the children’s advocacy centers,” said Alicia Gracia the Executive Director at CASA. “And say how can I help these children now.” CASA is a group of special advocates who volunteer their time to children in cases of abuse or neglect.

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CARLSBAD — A 19-year-old father has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of child abuse involving his infant daughter. In a two-day jury trial in Fifth Judicial District Court in May, jurors found Arthur “Trey” McClintock III guilty of child abuse – intentional and resulting in great bodily harm.

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RIVERSIDE — A 73-year-old former Riverside detective has been arrested Friday for allegedly molesting a 7-year-old. Granville Douglas Kelley, Jr., 73, is suspected of molesting a 7-year-old in 2003. He was arrested at his home on the 10800 block of Endicott Drive in La Sierra, police said.

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Syracuse, NY –The Syracuse man who walked into an elementary school and molested a first-grade teacher in front of her class, pleaded guilty this morning and was promised a sentence of 12-years to life. Garth Hill, 28, of 2100 Bellevue Ave. pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary and first-degree sexual abuse, both felonies.

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UNION COUNTY, NC – The trial begins Thursday morning for a woman accused of leaving her infant baby to die in Union County. Investigators say Erica Denise Kelly dumped her newborn baby girl in Waxhaw near a burn pile. The infant’s umbilical cord was still attached when it was discovered February 2009. Two of the child’s limbs had been severed.

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Girl, 12, Kills Self to Donate Organs to Brother, Father

West Bengal, India (KTLA) — A 12-year-old girl in West Bengal committed suicide so that she could donate her organs to her sick brother and father only to be cremated a day before her wishes were discovered in a suicide note, it was reported Thursday.

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Former kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart has reportedly been hired by ABC News to serve as a contributor. The 23-year-old will comment on missing persons cases, according to the network. A spokesperson for ABC told CNN that Smart could be on the air within a matter of weeks.

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LOS ANGELES– A suspected serial killer accused in the death of actor Ashton Kutcher’s former girlfriend is now being charged with the 1993 murder of a Chicago teenager. Michael Gargiulo is already being held for a series of other alleged crimes, including the 2001 stabbing of Kutcher’s ex-girlfriend, 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin. Today, prosecutors in the Chicago case charged Gargiulo with first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio.

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SALISBURY — Two juveniles who allege they were sexually abused by a Mardela Springs foster father have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against him and the private foster care placement agency. The lawsuit, which names Stephen James Merritt and MENTOR Maryland as defendants, asks for more than $200 million in compensatory and punitive damages, according to sources.

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