MOUNT MORRIS, Michigan— A 30-year-old Michigan man who says he got the idea to waterboard a 5-year-old from a movie has been arraigned on child abuse charges. Michael A. Porter appeared in court Monday, and a judge set his bond at $400,000. Porter returns to court May 28. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer. READ MORE HERE

Michigan man in court after ‘waterboarding his girlfriend’s son, 5, by restraining him with belts, covering his face with underwear and dumping water on the boy’ 

One of three men who kidnapped 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver, then buried them alive in an underground bunker, was granted parole after nearly 40 years in prison. James Schoenfeld, 63, applied for parole 20 times before he finally received initial approval on Wednesday. READ MORE HERE

A pedophile priest dubbed a ‘sadist’ by his victims has been jailed for at least nine years for luring schoolboys to his office with video games, cigarettes and alcohol before sexually abusing. Former Catholic cleric David Edward Rapson, 61, was found guilty of sexually abusing six boys at two Victorian boarding schools in the 1970s and 1980s. Rapson was in 2013 jailed for 13 years, but was bailed 12 months later when the Victorian Court of Appeal quashed his rape and sexual assault convictions. He was found guilty in three new trials in February and March this year. In sentencing on Monday, County Court judge James Parrish described Rapson as a sexual predator who took advantage of the trust he had as a teacher and spiritual adviser. READ MORE HERE

A Mexican couple have been arrested and accused of forcing their own 12-year-old daughter to have sex with a stranger while the mother filmed the rapes. Lorena Isela Cortinas and the girl’s father, Ricardo Navarro Allende, are said to have subsequently attempted to sell the tapes to a pedophile ring in their home town of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. In an attempt to defend their behavior, Cortinas reportedly claimed that she and her husband had allowed the man to rape their daughter because he promised to buy them a new house and van. READ MORE HERE

MINOT, N.D.—The superintendent and high school principal of the Sawyer Public School System in north-central North Dakota has been charged with three felony counts for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. According to Minot police investigators, Charles Soper, 50, who lives in Minot, began contact with the juvenile using Grindr, a smartphone application designed for gays. READ MORE HERE

GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Authorities say the bodies of two adults and two children were found in a trailer in a rural area of Michigan’s northeastern Lower Peninsula. Michigan State Police First Lt. Mike Hahn said the bodies discovered Saturday morning were that of a 24-year-old woman, 39-year-old man, and boys who were 2 and 4 years old. The trailer is in Oscoda County’s Greenwood Township, about 180 miles north-northwest of Detroit. READ MORE HERE

A GoFundMe Account has been set-up for the funeral expenses of these two children and their mother. Click HERE

JERSEY SHORE, Pennsylvania — A man said he was mimicking a professional wrestling move when he inadvertently slammed his girlfriend’s toddler to the floor, causing head injuries that killed the boy, police said. Brandon Hoffman, 20, was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated assault and other offenses in the death of 18-month-old Bryson Shoemaker. READ MORE HERE

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Pennsylvania man imitates WWE Undertaker’s ‘Last Ride,’ kills toddler: officials

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BARTLESVILLE — A 27-year-old Bartlesville woman was arraigned Monday on a charge of child neglect following an investigation into the death of a 3-month-old girl whose lifeless body became food for roaches, according to authorities. Brittany Cherokee Dawn Bell appeared in Washington County District Court via video monitor from the jail. Her bond was set at $10,000, and Associate District Judge Russell Vaclaw scheduled a May 8 hearing. READ MORE HERE

PHOENIX, Arizona – A teacher at Longview Elementary School in Phoenix is accused of sexual conduct with a 12-year-old student, according to court records. Kenne Michael Worthen, 27, is facing charges of luring a minor for sexual exploitation, child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor.  He was arrested at the school on Friday afternoon. The investigation began after the victim’s classmates told a teacher they believed the victim and Worthen were having inappropriate conversations. READ MORE HERE

A ten-year-old girl in Paraguay who fell pregnant after allegedly being raped by her stepfather has been refused an abortion. The girl was taken to hospital by her mother after complaining about stomach cramps, and doctors found that she was 21 weeks pregnant. Termination is illegal in Paraguay, even in cases of incest and rape, and the girl has instead been moved to a ‘young mothers’ home’, and her mother arrested over the alleged rape. READ MORE HERE

NEW YORK – The jury in the murder trial of a man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 said Wednesday that it is deadlocked, but the judge told them to keep deliberating. The jurors sent a note to the judge saying they have been unable to reach a unanimous decision after 10 days of deliberations in the trial of Pedro Hernandez. The defense argued for a mistrial, saying it was obvious the jury was hung. READ MORE HERE

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan –  A Mid-Michigan father is charged with sex crimes against his toddler son. Twenty-two-year-old Dustin Griffin is accused of sexually assaulting his 17-month-old son and shooting him in the head with a pellet gun. READ MORE HERE

Disgraced former headmaster given 50-year prison sentence for dealing child porn

A disgraced former headmaster of a $27,000-a-year prep school has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for dealing child pornography. Christopher Wheeler, 54, who worked at the exclusive Tower Hill school in Delaware, had more than 2,000 images and videos of boys engaging in sex acts with men when police raided his $350,000 mansion in Wilmington in October 2013. One of those showed a naked boy with his head being held by an adult male while performing a sex act. Court documents say Wheeler was running Net Shred – a program designed to eradicate internet history – when authorities knocked on his door. READ MORE HERE

Former political candidate heads to trial on 66 counts in child rape case

A man who ran for Lehman Township tax collector is heading to Pike County Court on 66 counts of child sexual abuse. At the end of a Wednesday preliminary hearing, a district judge found sufficient evidence to send the case against Hal Harris, 47, of Bushkill, to county court, where Harris can go to trial, plead guilty or plead no contest. Harris had posted bail and been released from custody as of Thursday, according to court records. READ MORE HERE