Thiensville, Wisconsin – Aaron Zenke, an 18-year-old Wisconsin man was jailed after he allegedly demanded that a 13-year-old girl send him nude photos, or he would “come find her.” According to police, an investigation was launched after a 13-year-old girl told detectives that she was chatting with Zenke on a social networking site called iMesh when he ordered her to send him nude photographs of herself – and if she didn’t, he would “come find her.”

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/12/aaron-zenke-jailed-after-theatening-to.html

BOISE, IDAHO – A 68-year-old passenger on a Southwest flight from Las Vegas was arrested when his plane landed in Boise after police say he punched a teenage passenger. According to reports, the 15-year-old was flying alone and was playing games and listening to music on his iPhone when the announcement was made to turn off all electronic devices. Either not hearing the announcement, or not caring, the teen kept on using his iPhone as the plane began its landing. This really aggravated Russell Miller who feared the electronic device usage was a threat to his safety so he reportedly got the teen’s attention by punching him in the arm hard enough to leave a mark and ultimately garner him one count of misdemeanor battery.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/29/man-arrested-after-punching-teenager-using-phone-on-plane/

PITTSBURGH, PA – Just when you think it can’t get much worse than stealing from kids with cancer, along comes 38-year-old Jody Lynn Bennett. He has been arrested and accused of stealing items from the casket of a teen who died in a Christmas Day car crash. Bradley McCombs, 17, was on his way to pick up a relative but was killed after losing control of his vehicle and flipping it. During Bradley’s open-casket viewing on Monday night, Bennett allegedly reached inside Bradley’s coffin and stole a Game Boy, Game Boy Light and three games that had been placed inside by Bradley’s family.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/29/man-accused-of-stealing-gameboy-from-dead-teens-coffin/

A 5-month-old baby is in critical condition after police say he was shaken violently. Waterbury police responded to a home Sunday night in responded to a medical call of a child having a seizure. The boy was taken to the hospital where doctors determined he was the victim of child abuse, police said. Officers arrested Luis Colon, 21, and charged him with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.

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http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Man-Shook-Baby-to-Make-Him-Stop-Crying-Police-112555784.html

TIGARD, Ore. — A maintenance man is accused of sexually abusing a young boy at the Tigard apartment complex where he works.Last week, deputies arrested Doroteo Perez-Tapia, 54, after getting a call about sex abuse at the Beef Bend Court Apartments.Law enforcement officials say the caller claimed Perez-Tapia fondled an 11-year-old boy inside an empty apartment at the complex.After the arrest, detectives say, other allegations began to surface and now they believe Perez-Tapia might have more victims.

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http://www.kptv.com/news/26293935/detail.html

Legislation that would create a state registry of child abusers could die on the House floor if no one takes up the cause in the new legislative session. Rep. John Espinoza, D-Croswell, introduced House Bill 6568 in November. He had hoped to expedite the process and get the bill signed before his term ends Friday. But, by the time he introduced the bill, Espinoza said there wasn’t enough time for a committee hearing, and his colleagues didn’t feel comfortable voting without one. While no one has approached him about sponsoring the bill, Espinoza said he plans to pitch the idea to incoming legislators in the next several days.

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http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20101228/NEWS01/12280309/Child-abuse-bill-in-limbo

It’s sad when the a person whom you assume to have the best interests of the children at heart turn out to be quite the opposite. An Oneida County Child Protective Services case worker has been released on his own recognizance while he faces pending charges of possessing child pornography, according to federal court documents.  The conditions of his release include:

• Participating in a home confinement program, which will include electronic monitoring and a daily curfew from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.
• Must not possess any computer with online capabilities or use any Internet site without court approval.
• Stay away from places where anyone younger than 18 are likely to gather, including schools, parks and arcades, and must not have any direct contact with a person younger than 18.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/child-abuse-investigator-charged-with-child-pornography

Sacrament, CA – In May, 2004, Truly Lo who was only 6 years old was hit with a clothes hanger and beaten with fists, and strangled for four to six minutes according to prosecutors. Her injuries were so severe that she lost consciousness and has been in a coma since due to brain damage. She was beaten by her stepmother, Weili Kao, who was charged at the time with four felony counts. In August, 2005, Kao was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The beatings and strangulation were dealt out as punishment because the child had told a lie.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/strangled-and-beaten-by-stepmom-girl-dies-after-6-year-coma

Roseville, CA – Scott Carlson, 20, was watching his girlfriend’s baby at a house near Martin and Gratiot while she was at work. The 13-month-old baby was getting into the wrapping paper and Carlson “lost his temper a little”. The baby suffered second-degree burns apparently from a Bic lighter and had a multitude of bruises on the back, buttocks and head that were consistent with intentionally-inflicted abuse.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/baby-burned-with-lighter-for-getting-into-wrapping-paper?cid=parsely#parsely

DALLAS — Dallas police are looking for a capital murder suspect who attempted to wrestle a gun away from an officer who was trying to arrest him Wednesday night. The suspect, identified as Simon Lopez, 26, may have been shot before he fled. He is wanted in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s one-year-old son in Tyler. The struggle happened around 9:30 p.m. at the Red Crown Inn, C.F. Hawn Freeway at St. Augustine Road in Southeast Dallas. Lopez was last seen wearing a blue hoodie and dark jeans.

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http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Dallas-police-open-fire-on-murder-suspect-112357199.html

SAN ANTONIO — He was brutally attacked and left for dead in a southeast Bexar County field. Now, a new arrest in this case brings the total to three people behind bars charged with murder. Could the late April killing of Mark Gabler  be a case of vigilante justice gone too far?  The suspects reportedly took justice into their own hands after Gabler allegedly molested a seven year old girl. Richelle Vasquez is now behind bars on murder and theft charges in connection with the April 26 murder. The 31-year-old joins Shawn Phillips and Kenneth Nelsen behind bars for the same crime.

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http://www.kens5.com/news/Vigilante-justice-gone-too-far-Third-suspect-jailed-in-murder-case-112497154.html