LOCKPORT — A former assistant Boy Scout leader in Amherst and Clarence was sentenced to five years in state prison today for molesting two Town of Lockport brothers in incidents a year apart. The prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco, called Michael P. Walleshauser, 51, of Parkwood Drive, Lockport, “a pedophile,” saying that was proven by the finding of names of pornographic files, although not the actual pictures, in his home computer.

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A PAEDOPHILE jailed for possessing child porn claimed the images found on his computer were ‘artistic’, a court was told. Ian Whittaker, formerly of The Esplanade, Weymouth, was sentenced to a total of 16 months in prison after admitting 12 offences of possessing indecent images of children and three charges of making indecent photos of a child.

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A shocking haul of child sexual abuse material has been seized on ships arriving in Tauranga during a month-long Customs operation. Customs officers seized 14 hard drives and five laptops from several vessels. Some of the items contained “extreme” images of child sexual abuse, and were inspected by investigators and forensic officers who travelled from Auckland.

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The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s office has not released an official cause of death, but investigators do not believe that the death is a result of the alleged sexual assault, Muskogee police Cpl. Pedro Zardeneta said. Robert Jack Meeks II, 22, and Betty J. Hall, 42, both of Muskogee, were booked into the Muskogee County Jail.

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The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is investigating a Twitter account displaying child sex abuse images. Twitter has made much of not bowing to the UK courts when it comes to coverage of super-injunctions, but abuse images normally get less support from freedom of speech advocates. The mini-blog site has been echoing with whispers of the supposed UK super-injunctions which are meant to stop publication of certain information, and stop reporting of the existence of the actual injunction.

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FORT DEFIANCE. – A northeastern Arizona man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the kicking death of his unborn baby. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday that 28-year-old Fernando Woody of Fort Defiance received his sentence Thursday. Woody pleaded guilty in March to voluntary manslaughter after admitting that he kicked the mother of his child in the stomach while wearing boots.

Lincoln, NE – A Lincoln man faces child abuse and assault charges after his girlfriend’s son suffered injuries requiring emergency surgery. Police told KLKN-TV that 20-year-old Kenvon Erving claimed the 19-month-old boy fell off the couch while he was watching him June 4th. The boy was flown to an Omaha hospital, where police say he was diagnosed with four broken ribs and a tear to his small intestine. He also had swelling to his pancreas and abdomen.

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MALIBU — A well-known Malibu artist is in custody after he was accused of molesting his two toddlers, sheriff’s officials said Saturday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims investigators believe Paul Alan Rusconi sexually assaulted his two daughters, both aged 20 months old. Rusconi, 45, was arrested Friday on suspicion of lewd acts upon a minor and possession of child pornography.

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(Reuters) – A Colorado mother who told police she was surfing Facebook when her 22-month-old daughter was struck and killed by a van was arrested on suspicion of child abuse, police said on Friday. Karen Pena, 30, was being held on a $50,000 bond in connection with the May 28 death of Laniece Fletcher, Detective Robert Friel of the Aurora, Colorado, police department said.

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A couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse after their 21-month-old son died Wednesday at the hospital. Adrien Hickerson was taken to LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition Tuesday and was diagnosed with abusive head trauma. He died the following day. Sabrina Hickerson told investigators she flew into a rage when the little boy became defiant.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police in Charlotte have charged two 11-year-olds with sexual exploitation of a minor after finding disturbing images on a cell phone.Police began investigating in April after getting a call from a mother who was concerned about the images she found on her 11-year-old daughter’s cell phone of her 5-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old boy engaged in sex acts.

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