A 34-year-old Rapid City man whose computer allegedly contained child pornography is being held on $500,000 bond. Rapid City police executing a search warrant at Glenn H. Muscato’s East North Street motel room found several images of child pornography on his computer, according to officials. A video what appears to be the rape of a child between 4 and 6 years old was also found on the computer, according to Pennington County deputy state’s attorney Joshua Zellmer.

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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – A Macomb County man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a reduced charge in connection with a fire pit explosion that killed his 6-year-old daughter. Majd Muhammad Al-Shara says he wishes it was him and not his 6-year-old daughter, Aliaa, who died in the September accident at their Lenox Township home.

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Dade City, Florida – Deputies have arrested a Brooksville pastor after a girl says he molested her. The girl, who’s between 12 and 16 years old, told deputies Jason Allen Roberts, 36, touched her inappropriately about five years ago. Roberts is currently pastor of the Christian Fellowship Church in Dade City, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s office. The girl told deputies Roberts came into her bedroom and fondled her private area over her clothing while she was sleeping. When she awoke, Roberts stopped and immediately apologized, she told deputies.

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http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=171244&catid=8

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage woman is charged with child abuse because of a “Dr.Phil” TV show appearance in which the audience saw video of her disciplining a 7-year-old son by putting hot sauce in his mouth and forcing him into a cold shower. The methods chosen by Jessica Beagley were unreasonable, said municipal prosecutor Cynthia Franklin. The lawyer for the 36-year-old mother said the city is intruding into a family matter.

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Police: Family Member Severely Beats 11-Year-Old Rape Victim

PHOENIX – An 11-year-old girl who had been sexually assaulted was moments later viciously beaten by an adult family member and had to spend six days in the ICU, according to police. On Jan. 10, patrol officers responded to a home in the 8600 block of W Turney in west Phoenix. According to court documents, an 11-year-old girl had been severely beaten by a family member, 34-year-old Jon Gary.

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http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/11-year-old-rape-victim-beaten-1-21-2011?obref=obinsite

Grants, NM – Police arrested a Grants High School teacher Thursday night for beating two of his children with a stick in a locker room at the school. 27-Year old Armando Melendez faces two counts of child abuse and one count of tampering with evidence. According to the arrest warrant, the 8-year old boys were playing basketball in the high school gym after school hours last week. Melendez took the boys into the locker room and spanked them with a metal stick he had found at the school.

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http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/northeast/grants-teacher-arrested-for-child-abuse?utm_source=feedburner

Des Plaines, IL — A Great Lakes man was arrested after he was found having sex with a 13-year-old inside a parked car in Lion’s Woods Forest Preserve. He had met the girl on MySpace when she was 12. Steve Burton, 20, admitted that he had been chatting and texting with the girl for six (6) months, and had met her for sex on at least four (4) other occasions. He stated that he was aware of the girl’s real age.

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I’ll let you in on a little secret kids, there’s only a handful of crime blogs out there that are actually worth reading and even fewer ethical bloggers. Luckily for us, the so good he’s scary Rob Taylor just happens to fall into both categories and the following story comes to us from his personal crime blog Greenville Dragnet: A 29-year-old firefighter in South Carolina is currently behind bars today after being charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

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http://deadkidsofmyspace.com/

Four Los Fresnos teenagers are facing criminal charges after they allegedly sodomized another teen with a cell phone and videotaped the whole thing. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio spoke to Action 4 News about the ongoing investigation. Sheriff Lucio said the incident happened on Monday between a group of teens who were all friends and playing a game at home named “pants.” The sheriff reports that four teens between 13 and 14 years old grabbed the 15-year-old victim and forced a cell phone into his anus. Lucio said the teens videotaped the whole incident.

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http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=570710

Henrietta, N.Y. – Kevin Minemier, 18, of Henrietta, is accused of stabbing, Nicole Bean, 17, at Wegmans Tuesday night. It happened inside the store, in the frozen foods section. Minemier and Bean were boyfriend and girlfriend, according to Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. Minemier was arraigned at 1:26 a.m. Wednesday in Henrietta. Minemier faces two counts of assault and one count of attempted murder. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 31.

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http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Suspect-Identified-Accused-of-Attempted-Murder-in/EROhq1wwHUmzFCRklC8lLw.cspx

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A West Side teen is accused of raping a 10-year-old boy at the Hilltop Branch Library Tuesday. Michael Hill, 19, has been charged with gross sexual imposition, kidnapping and rape in connection with a 10-year-old boy, according to court records. The alleged molestation happened at about 5 p.m. Tuesday in a restroom at the Hilltop Branch Library, 511 S. Hague Ave., according to Columbus police. The boy was at the library with his older sister.

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http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/jan/26/12/columbus-teen-accused-raping-child-hilltop-library-ar-376532/

TEMECULA — A 9-year-old girl is dead and her two siblings hospitalized after their mother lost control of the family SUV. It happened around 3 p.m. at Redhawk and Vail Ranch parkways, said Lt. Ron Heim of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The SUV struck a tree, slammed into a light pole and overturned, authorities said. Coroner’s officials identified the dead girl as Chloe Honeycutt of Temecula.

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