LOS ANGELES — A newborn baby was turned over to an L.A. fire station on Christmas Eve under California’s Safe Haven Law which allows a parent or legal guardian to hand over a baby rather than abandon the child. L.A. Fire officials say on Friday afternoon a woman, whose identity is being kept confidential, brought a newborn baby girl to the Exposition Park fire station on South Hoover Street. Fire crews helped the woman, and took in the child who was healthy and well fed.

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11 week old dies at the hands of her father

Easton, PA – Joseph A. Urquia, 21, has a history of child abuse. Last year, he admitted to assaulting his daughter, who was 3 months old at the time, by spanking her and causing a large bruise across her entire buttocks. Urquia told an Easton detective he had struck the baby “out of frustration”. Originally accused of felony aggravated assault, Urquia eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of simple assault, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 18 months of probation by Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito. Yes, you read correctly, they allowed him to plead to a lesser charge. He is still on probation for this offense.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/11-week-old-dies-at-the-hands-of-her-father

In February 2008, 7-week-old Caitlynne Bohlen of Grand Island died from suffocation after her mother’s boyfriend reportedly placed a pacifier in her mouth, wrapped a blanket around her head and used a pillow to squeeze her against the side of her crib. Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Klein is serving five to seven years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for manslaughter in her death.

In January 2008, a 28-year-old Omaha man was arrested in the death of his son, 8-month-old Jaiden-Jackson Self. Marquale Self is serving 20 to 32 years for child abuse resulting in his death. Fifteen more times that year, Nebraska children died as the result of child abuse or neglect, ranking the state second behind Florida in the rate of child abuse deaths per 100,000 children.

In 2007 and 2008, Nebraska also ranked in the top three states for the rate of deaths of children from child abuse or neglect: 16 in 2007 and 17 in 2008.  The recently released 2009 rankings show Nebraska had improved to 18th in the country in the rate of deaths, not including the District of Columbia. Last year, the state recorded 10. Nationally, child abuse deaths have increased in recent years. In 2009, the official number reported by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data Systems was 1,676. The National Coalition to End Child Abuse believes the number is higher, closer to 2,500 a year.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lots of kids are dreaming of Christmas joy this week, but for two local children, abuse has taken that away, and those accused are paying the price.On Monday, police in Mount Washington, Ky., arrested Ashley Sneed, 20, at her apartment and charged her with abusing her 2-year-old son, who suffered bruising on his back, legs and even his private areas.Sneed said her son was injured after falling in the snow. Doctors said otherwise as they treated his injuries.A $500,000 cash bond was set for Sneed Tuesday.Sneed entered a not guilty plea.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – I don’t know which pisses me off more. Child abusers, or the women who allowed it. Well, maybe not allowed it, but through their lack of common sense, attributed to it. Case in point, Johnny Juliot and his girlfriend, Tara Hack. They met through a friend and although they had not known each other long, Juliot was already abusive towards her. But this did not stop her from letting Juliot watch her son, 4-year-old Tony Hack, because she says he was never violent towards the boy. When she arrived home on one of these occasions, she was greeted with Juliot carrying her son limp in his arms, blood coming from his mouth. They both took Tony the hospital and while there, Juliot left. Doctors told Hack her son’s skull fractures and bruising had come from getting the crap beat out of him, calling it the worst case of child abuse they’d ever seen.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/21/kentucky-man-charged-with-beating-girlfriends-son-to-death/

Vail, CO — Scott Filler, 41, faces a misdemeanor child abuse charge for allegedly punching a 14-year-old girl in the face at the Beaver Creek ski resort in Vail last Friday. According to police, the teen, visiting from Mexico, was skiing on a beginner run with a ski school class when she swerved to avoid a skier who had fallen in front of her and accidentally bumped into Filler’s 4-year-old son, knocking both of them to the ground. Filler, who was on the run with his son, thought the teen had been skiing recklessly. Believing his son had been seriously injured, Filler attacked, jumping on the teen and punching her in the face.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/22/man-experiencing-slope-rage-accused-of-punching-teen-girl-in-face/

CLIFTON, N.J. — Police are searching for a New Jersey man after police say he raped a 12-year-old girl he met online while another man videotaped the assault. Police say that 20-year-old Leonardo Quintero met the girl on AOL Instant Messenger and had been chatting with her for a few weeks. On Dec 17, Quintero talked the girl into sneaking out of her house at around 2 a.m. where the girl thought they were just going to drive around the block. Instead Quintero took the girl to the home of 19-year-old Canpolat Cankurt. There the two men refused to take the girl home when she asked and took her into the basement instead where they had her drink alcohol. Afterwards Quintero raped the girl while Cankurt videotaped the assault with his cell phone.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/22/police-searching-for-suspect-in-videotaped-rape-of-12-year-old-girl/

(CNN) — An American school founder who young Haitian men once hailed as a savior was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing them. Douglas Perlitz, 40, was sentenced in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut, to 19 years and 7 months behind bars for abusing the Haitian men when they were boys under his care, said Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston. “We’re very pleased with the sentence,” he said. “He was brought to justice and I hope it sends a strong message to people who are doing that or who are even thinking about doing that.”

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/21/haiti.abuse/index.html?hpt=T1

Brevard Community College (Florida) has suspended the director of a Palm Bay-based student resource center less than a day after he was arrested in connection to child sex-abuse charges.

Man charged with 300 counts of molestation of girls under 12

Melbourne Beach police arrested James Charles Wright-Roberts, 63, (former Michigan teacher/resident) Monday evening, accusing him of more than 300 counts of sexual battery and showing pornography to two girls younger than 12 years old. He has worked since 2005 at BCC’s Palm Bay Learning Lab, a resource center that provides extra assistance to college students, school officials confirmed. BCC had not had any complaints with Roberts during the time, according to a statement from the college.

“However, in consideration of the serious nature of the charges for which he was arrested and pursuant to our duties as a learning institution under the Florida Statutes, we have suspended Mr. Roberts without pay until further notice,” BCC director of marketing and media relations Kate Junco wrote in the statement. “During his suspension, the College will be exploring whether further action, including termination, is appropriate consistent with our obligations under Florida law.”

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http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101221/NEWS01/12210321/1006/Melbourne+Beach+man+faces+300+sex+charges

ORANGE COUNTY, FL – The man who was chased out of a Florida Walmart by the mother of the child he flashed is a registered sex offender who has spent time in prison for…can you guess? If you guessed child related sex crimes then you would be correct. Shocker, right? At around 3 p.m. Sunday, a tall man with a ponytail opened his trench coat and exposed himself to a young girl at an Ocoee Walmart and took off  after the child’s mother tried to stop him. Using descriptions given by witnesses as well as surveillance footage, police have nabbed 43-year-old David Huffman, a transient, and charged him with lewd and lascivious exhibition to a child under 16.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/21/shocker-suspected-walmart-flasher-is-a-homeless-sex-offender/

Sex offender Stephen Wilson has been jailed for nine years after raping and abusing a girl. Speaking via video link, the victim told Grimsby Crown Court that her sickening ordeal had been “horrible” and says it has ruined her life. Wilson, 52, of Saltergate, Grimsby, denied rape, indecent assault and two offences of gross indecency with a child but was convicted by a jury on majority verdicts after a trial. During the trial, the court heard that Wilson took advantage of the girl on several occasions, starting when she was only eight years old. Geraldine Kelly, prosecuting, said the information came to light after she confided in a health professional, by writing a letter outlining what she had been subjected to some years before, and stating how the experience had ruined her life.

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http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Rapist-preyed-year-old-repugnant-man/article-3022979-detail/article.html

A man accused of raping three young children is now behind bars in Perry County.  The criminal complaint says that the defendant not only raped girls as young as 3 and 4, but also photographed himself doing it.  That’s what police reportedly found on his computer.  Mark Permenter, 32, of Camp Hill, faces numerous charges, including the rape of a child.  Through an ongoing investigation, police seized his computer and said they found disturbing images of Permenter having sex with very young children.  Police aren’t sure exactly how long this has been going on, but said it could have been happening for a long time.   After being interviewed by police, Permenter apparently admitted to many of the terrible details in the criminal complaint.  He is currently in the Perry County Prison on $150,000 cash bond.  He is due in court on Jan. 12.

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http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/UPDATE-Man-charged-with-rape-assault-of-3-children/pH63-kEtAU64yjOK8-IAlw.cspx

Baby Gabriel’s Mom Says She Suffocated Son

LAPEER, MI — A vigil was held Sunday to raise awareness about child abuse and to celebrate the life of 2-year-old Lily Furneaux-Wolfenbarger, who was killed in November. “Lily would want us to celebrate the two-and-a-half-years that we had her,” grandmother Lynette Furneaux said. The child’s stepmother, 26-year-old Renee King, has been charged with murder, sexual assault and child abuse. Investigators accuse King, who remains behind bars, of raping her stepdaughter and killing her with a blow to the head. King says she is innocent. A delay in forensic testing forced her pretrial hearing to be pushed back to Jan. 24. “She was so beautiful …. just her smile lit up the world and she loved to sing and dance and loved Jesus,” Lauren said.

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