A 23-year-old man is accused of hitting an 8-yearold boy several times with his hand, resulting in what police called “really bad” bruising. Ryan Anthony Armstrong, of Morgantown, was charged with felony child abuse resulting in injury. He was arraigned in Monongalia County court on Friday and bail was set at $50,000. West Virginia State Police made the arrest.
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This week, the tracks of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy led back to the Vatican. Thanks to Irish broadcaster RTE, a part of the story never quite nailed down before has finally been published. A 1997 letter signed by the late Archbishop Luciano Storero advised Ireland’s bishops against “mandatory” reporting of sex abuse cases to civil authorities. He wrote that canon law “must be meticulously followed” which meant not referring sex abuse cases to police.
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Montgomery County, Kentucky – Charles Williams, 62, and his wife Linda Sue Williams, 60, have been indicted with a total of 31 counts of incest after several family members came forward to reveal multiple cases of sexual abuse that spanned nearly 40 years. According to Kentucky State police, an investigation was launched when an eight year old girl in the family told her father she had been sexually abused late last year. After the father relayed the information to police, three more family members came forward to police with stories of sexual abuse by Williams and his wife.
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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/01/charles-and-linda-sue-williams.html
Moundsville, West Virginia – Jessica Williamson, a 23-year-old Moundsville woman was jailed Tuesday after she allegedly allowed her baby’s fingers to be chewed by a rat. According to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, Williamson’s six-month-old son was taken to the emergency room at Ruby Memorial Hospital in December 2010 after a rat chewed on the child’s fingers, causing injuries to each of his fingertips on his right hand. He was treated and released.
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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/01/jessica-williamson-didnt-need.html
New York–A 28-year-old man is currently being held without bail for allegedly sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl four years ago. Timothy S. Birchall, of Ellenville, was apprehended earlier this week by state police who accuse him of engaging in sexual activity with the child at a home in the town Wawarsing.
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Texas– A Lubbock police officer was allowed to resign just hours before he was arrested for the sexual abuse of his two adopted daughters, ages 12 and 16. Jason Wesley Hignight, 32, graduated the police academy in June of 2010, after passing an extensive background investigation. The victims were adopted after being fostered by Hignight and his wife. The oldest girl stated that the sexual assaults had been going on for three (3) years, usually occurring on his days off (Tues/Wed) and when the mother was not around. Hignight was undone when she unexpectedly came into the girls’ bedroom and found him exposing his penis to the 16-year-old.
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The Monett Police Department is searching for a man accused of raping a child. According to a release from the police department, Dewey G. Stewart, 44, was charged with first-degree statutory rape. He is described as having short blond hair, blue eyes, being 5-foot 8-inches tall and weighing about 125 pounds.
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Another horrible day for a family, when a 7 week old child is rushed to the hospital not breathing and dies the following day at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Mario Perez, 36, was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse for the killing of John Brian Perez. He told police he had thrown the infant on the bed. When the child was autopsied he was found to have broken ribs and severe brain trauma.
A Lewis County grandmother who admitted restraining her grandson with duct tape has been granted shock probation. Roberta Hobbs was originally sentenced to five years behind bars for each charge of child abuse, to be served consecutively.
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A teacher at Hickory Ridge Middle School called police after noticing a 12-year old female student with welts, stratches, bruises and swelling on her arm. According to the affidavit, the girl told the teacher her mother, Shenia Martin, whipped her with an extension cord on her arms and legs. The report says the girl’s 8-year old brother told police Martin tied the girl’s hands behind her back and tied her feet together with a sheet before whipping her with an extension cord.
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http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-st-jude-nurse-abuse,0,7053835.story
WESTPORT — The foster parents of four children were arrested this week for allegedly injuring a 6-month-old boy so severely he had bleeding on the brain and endangering the welfare of the other young children. Debbie DeCarvalho, 42, and Mario Leone, 38, of 1040 Post Road East, turned themselves in to police Wednesday and were charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
A former soldier who was involved in trying to set up a private ambulance service in Shetland has been found guilty of sexually abusing children. Christopher Readings, 44, attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl and carried out lewd acts on a 13-year-old boy at a house in the islands between 2008 and 2010.
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CLINTON – Investigators say a 3-year-old girl suffered a life-threatening brain injury Wednesday while left in the care of her mother’s friend at their Clinton residence. The girl, whose name was not given, is in critical condition at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, according to a release from the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office.
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http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2011/01/21/1065014?sac=Home
A Punta Gorda man has been arrested on sexual assault charges after Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he forced a woman to watch as he assaulted her 12-year-old daughter three times. Jerome Nubin, 32, of 6417 Scott St., is facing three charges of sexual battery on a child under 12 years old, three counts of aggravated assault, kidnapping a child and domestic battery. Deputies responded to a call at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and were told by the victim’s grandfather Nubin had raped the girl, according to a sheriff’s office release.
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