A Rowan County man is in jail, 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 handled the investigation and brought the charges. Larry Dwayne Connor, 43, was charged in Mecklenburg County Saturday, then taken to Rowan County and booked into the Detention Center on New Year’s Day.

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ELMWOOD PARK — A borough man who allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old female acquaintance has been charged with criminal sexual contact, authorities said Sunday. Carlos Zambrano, 31, was being held Sunday in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail, pending an arraignment on Tuesday.

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New Port Richey, FL – Calvin Kemp was arrested Saturday night for losing his cool and taking matters into his own hands after being repeatedly ding-dong-ditched by a couple of neighborhood kids. The kids apparently hit Kemp’s house several times that evening, and Kemp apparently got pissed. According to police, Kemp stood outside his house and waited for the kids to return. And the kids, obviously too stupid to know that you don’t hit the same damn house twice in one night, didn’t let him down.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2011/01/03/man-accused-of-hitting-kid-with-bat-after-being-ding-dong-ditched/

The Department of Internal Affairs has marked a dubious milestone in blocking half a million attempts by internet users in New Zealand to access child sex websites.

Since February, the department has prevented access to 500 sites featuring images of child sex abuse for about 500,000 internet users. The ministry says it’s not known how many of these attempts were made by one person, or a group of people, or individuals.

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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/65500/500,000th-attempt-to-access-child-porn-site-blocked

A commission looking into allegations of child witchcraft in the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has commenced today in the city of Uyo in the country’s southeast.The commission was set up last month by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other related Matters. As part of the commission’s regular proceedings, concerned members of the public are invited to make their own submissions.

Some evidence detailing child abuse was submitted by a coalition of national and international child rights advocacy organizations. Reports were submitted by the Child’s Rights and Rehabilitation Network as well as Stepping Stones Nigeria, organizations working to rehabilitate and care for abandoned children who have been accused of witchcraft.

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http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/News/News/child-charity-news/Pages/Child-Witchcraft-Nigeria-535.aspx

TAMPA, FLORIDA – Two Hillsborough County men were arrested in separate New Year’s Day incidents, accused of attacking children in their care. Just after noon, Frank Joseph Iasevoli, 38, of 2513 Orange Tree Loop in Tampa, grabbed his stepson , threw him to the ground and started yanking out tufts of his hair “in a fit of rage” after the boy refused to take out the garbage, according to an arrest report.

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TEMPLE TERRACE — After setting off fireworks with relatives, a Tampa man took his 6-year-old son aside at an apartment complex Friday night and stabbed him more than 20 times, authorities said. He then threw the bloody child over a 6-foot fence into a wooded area, leaving him for dead, and returned to the party as if nothing had happened, Hillsborough County sheriff’s detective Mark Greer reported. The father, Xavier Dequan Thomas Sr., 23, was arrested at 1:06 a.m. Saturday on a charge of attempted murder, jail records show. Family members say he is mentally ill.

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Raleigh, N.C. — A Moore County man has been charged with sexually abusing a Raleigh child over the course of nine months, according to an arrest warrant. Victor Almanza, 20, of 108 Holly Place in West End, faces charges of first-degree rape of a child and indecent liberties with a child. The victim was younger than 13 years old, according to the warrant.

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http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8863946/

Raleigh, N.C. — A Raleigh man has been accused of assaulting and seriously injuring his 3-year-old son on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant. Joseph G. Sinclair, 26, of 1616 Extine Lane, was charged Friday with one count of intentional child abuse inflicting serious physical injury. The warrant states that Sinclair’s son had swollen and bruised eye and lips and bruises resembling fingerprints on his neck and shoulder. The boy required emergency medical care and had to be hospitalized.

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Torture, murder charges in tot’s death

STOCKTON – A 19-year-old Stockton woman was in custody Friday on suspicion of murder after her 11-month-old daughter died on Christmas, police said. Police said the baby, Raziah Bates, was brought to a hospital on Christmas Eve, said Officer Pete Smith, a Stockton police spokesman. Medical workers called police when they suspected child abuse, Smith said, and Raziah died within 24 hours. Her mother, Bianca Armstead, was first arrested and booked into San Joaquin County jail on suspicion of child abuse, Smith said, but the murder charge was added after an autopsy.

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