State Senate panel approves bill setting tougher rules on investigating child abuse in New Jersey In the aftermath of the death of Christiana Glenn, a 8-year-old Irvington girl who died of starvation and complications from a broken leg, a state Senate committee on Monday approved legislation that would require state child abuse investigators to track cases more closely and report more statistics.

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AUSTRALIAN police have carried out a world-first bust on a sophisticated online child abuse network, arresting 11 men in four states and rescuing two abused children.

Covert police operatives spent four months infiltrating the network, secretly taking the place of those they arrested to allow them to delve deeper into the group of men aged between 26 and 67 who were sharing images and videos of the sexual abuse of children as young as four.

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An 11-year-old Ohio girl was allegedly shot by her neighbor after he became upset with a group of children playing on the front yard of his home, Fox 8 reports. Charles DuBose, 55, was arrested after police said he shot the girl, Ivhan`e Merritt, at 10:40 p.m. Friday outside his home in Cleveland. Shamarra Hall, 10, told the station that she and Merritt were among a group of children playing on the man’s front lawn when the incident occurred.

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SANTA ANA– A 13-year-old boy has been taken into custody after allegedly sexually violating his cousin, an 8-year-old girl. On Friday evening the mother of the girl invited a relative and their 13-year-old son, the girl’s cousin, to spend the weekend at their home to accompany them to an amusement park on Sunday.

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ANAHEIM, CA — A suspect has been arrested in the deadly stabbing death of a 12-year-old boy in Anaheim. 18-year-old Bryan Ocampo faces one count of homicide and is being held without bail. The stabbing happened at 2:40 p.m. in front of an apartment complex in the 1500 block of E. La Palma Avenue, across from Sycamore Junior High School, according to police.

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Eric Gilford Pleads Guilty to Murder of Wife and Unborn Child

Wheaton, Ill. – A west suburban Downers Grove man pleaded guilty Friday to the stabbing death of his wife and unborn child last year. Eric Gilford, 36, formerly of Downers Grove, entered the Villa Park residence of an acquaintance May 26, 2010, stabbed his pregnant wife, Kristine Gilford, and fled the scene. Kristine’s young daughter, who was celebrating her fourth birthday that day, witnessed the murder.

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Seven Charged in Alleged Cult Murder of Woman, Child in North Carolina

The leader of an alleged cult appeared in court today to answer charges in the deaths of a woman and child found buried in the backyard of a house in Durham, N.C. Six other people who police say are members of the alleged cult were also charged with murder. He was charged with the murders of Antoinetta McKoy, 28, and 5-year-old Jadon Higganbothan. McKoy was reported missing in February and was last seen in December 2010.

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US – A 12-year-old boy accused of murdering his little brother could be sentenced to life. Cristian Fernandez from Florida is charged with first-degree murder and will be facing trial as an adult. According to reports, Cristian repeatedly struck his 2-year-old brother David’s head while his mother was out. David was later found unconscious bleeding badly. When the mother, Biannela, returned home, she tried giving first-aid and only brought David to hospital after two hours. David was suffering from a fractured skull, a bleeding brain as well as bruising to his face, according to reports.

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Plymouth couple charged with rape of child kept secluded from outside world

A Plymouth couple has been charged with rape of a child after police say they sexually abused a 13-year-old boy, a child who never learned how to use eating utensils or how to brush his teeth as the couple kept him secluded from the outside world. Charges filed against Carol Ann Hann, 43, and Robert Caravella, 52, both of 210 Gould St., describe the life of a child who was never enrolled in school, never made friends and lived in a filthy home with garbage, rotten food and urine-soaked towels strewn about the floor.

COSTA MESA — A 77-year-old former Costa Mesa priest is scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges of molesting a youth parishioner in the early 1990s. Denis Lyons is charged with four felony counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14 years ago, court records show. Lyons is accused of molesting the boy, who was between 7 and 9 years old at the time, when he was at St. John the Baptist School, according to prosecutors.

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