Darlington, SC – Niosha Latrice Kelly, a 27 year old mother was arrested early Sunday morning. She was charged with unlawful neglect of a child.  Police were called to the suspect’s residence before 12:30 a.m. Sunday after EMS personnel first were called to the scene. It is standard procedure for police to respond to EMS calls in the city. Niosha was home caring for her three children. Her 17 day old baby girl suffered two skull fractures. It is unclear as to how the injury occurred as Niosha gave police a few different stories.

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WETUMPKA—The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl who died early Tuesday morning when someone fired up to 18 rounds from a high powered rifle through the home where she was sleeping. It marks the first homicide of the year for Elmore County, said Sheriff Bill Franklin. “Any homicide is bad, but you’re dealing with a 6 year-old here,” he said. “She was asleep in her bed when she was struck by the bullet in her side.”

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A Rowan County man is charged with first-degree rape of a child under the age of 13 and five counts of first-degree sexual offense on a child under the age of 13. Spencer police said Larry Dwayne Connor, 43, was charged in Mecklenburg County on Saturday, then taken to Rowan County and booked into the Detention Center on New Year’s Day.

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http://www.salisburypost.com/Crime/010411-rape-charges-Larry-Connor-qcd

YORKVILLE — A Montgomery man will spend the next 29 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl. Late last month, Joe Harvey Jr., 28, 0-99 block of Marnel Road, Montgomery, was given consecutive sentences of 25 years for predatory criminal sexual assault and 10 years for aggravated battery of a child, the Kendall County state’s attorney’s office said.

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TAMPA – A 23-year-old man is accused of pressing a red-hot fork on the forehead of a 4-year-old boy. Leon McWilliams Lovel remained in jail today on an aggravated child abuse charge in the Dec. 28 incident, according to arrest reports. Authorities learned of the incident Monday when the child attended school. Bail had not been set for Lovel, 2008 E. Wilder Ave.

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/04/041100/tampa-man-accused-of-burning-boy-with-fork/

An 85-year-old Belgian activist priest, who was being pushed for the Nobel Peace Prize, admitted recently that he sexually abused a child 40 years ago. Francois Houtart, founder of the nonprofit organization Cetri, wrote in a letter to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir that he touched “the intimate parts” of his then eight-year-old cousin, and called the incident “inconsiderate and irresponsible,” the AP said. The case came to light amid moves by the World Social Forum to nominate Houtart for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work against the impact of globalization on developing countries, the AP reported.

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http://theundergroundsite.com/index.php/2011/01/belgian-activist-priest-admits-to-child-sexual-abuse-14954

A paedophile priest has had his face slashed in prison while returning to his cell after Mass.

Former clergy man Tony Walsh was set upon by a fellow inmate at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise on Sunday morning – one month after he was given 16 years for sexual attacks on three children over 20 years ago. Walsh, known for being a ‘singing priest’ and Elvis impersonator, had a previous conviction for indecently assaulting young boys that led to him being jailed for a decade in the 1980s.

Police: Dad Raped Teen at Son’s New

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio — Deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s department have arrested a man they say raped a 14-year-old girl at a New Year’s Eve party he allowed his teenage son to throw at their Concord Township home. Christopher Beller, 48, was arrested at his home on Ridgeview Trail, after authorities responded to a call of a naked female laying in the grass outside the home. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s department, when deputies arrived the 14-year-old was being treated by The Concord Township Fire Department. Authorities say she was highly intoxicated and barely responsive.

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Prosecutors: Gang members killed woman, son

Federal prosecutors say a Hempstead woman and her toddler were slain in Central Islip woods earlier this year by MS-13 gang members in retaliation for the woman asking rival gang members to threaten her estranged boyfriend, court papers say. Vanessa Argueta, 19, had given her boyfriend’s address to members of the 18th Street gang, a rival of the MS-13 gang, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco wrote in a court order ruling that the woman’s accused killer be tried as an adult.

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http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/prosecutors-gang-members-killed-woman-son-1.2576663

HOUSTON — The woman accused in the murder of 12-year-old Jonathan Foster briefly appeared before a judge Monday. It was the first court appearance for Mona Nelson after a medical delay last week.  This is the first time we’ve seen and heard from Mona Nelson publicly. She only spoke two words in open court — ‘yes, ma’am,’ to indicate to the judge that she understood her rights as read. Nelson is accused of killing 12-year-old Jonathan Foster by tying his hands behind his back with twine and burning his body beyond recognition. The boy vanished from his home on Christmas Eve. Nelson was arrested four days later.

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7876708