Police and social workers are appalled at the alleged abuse of a nine-year-old girl whose body was covered in bruises when she was found hiding in a wardrobe in a west Auckland house. Her parents received name suppression when they appeared in the Waitakere District Court yesterday on 36 charges of abusing the nine-year-old and another child, aged seven. They were released on bail to appear again next week.

Social workers said in court documents the nine-year-old had been abused so badly that almost every part of her body was covered in injuries, including part of her scalp torn off her head as she was dragged down the hall, the New Zealand Herald reported. She was found by police last month after they were called to her home for what is believed to have been a domestic dispute. At hospital she was found to be starving, dehydrated and anaemic from internal bleeding. She had a broken bone in her foot and extensive bruising all over her body.

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FORT WALTON BEACH — Nearly five months after a Shalimar woman gave birth on the side of a road, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged her with aggravated child abuse and drug possession. Krystel Lynn Marie Corkins, 26, who was in the county jail on other charges, was charged Dec. 2 with the two felonies. Corkins is accused of injecting herself once a day with crack cocaine for two weeks before giving birth to a baby girl July 11. The 4-pound, 6-ounce baby was born with cocaine in her system and withdrawal symptoms, according to an offense report from the Sheriff’s Office.

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http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/report-35835-nwfdn-walton-fort.html

Angelic Gibson – Jailed After Abandoning Four Children In Feces Smeared Home, Tracked Down By Police Three Weeks Later

Spring, Texas – Angelic Gibson, a 32-year-old Texas woman was jailed Tuesday after she abandoned four children in a home slathered with human feces and then refused to come back when she learned police were feeding her starved children. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called when Gibson’s 7-year-old son wandered over to a neighbor’s home and begged for something to eat. The boy explained that he and his younger three siblings had been home alone for some time and had nothing to eat.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/12/angelic-gibson-jailed-after-abandoning.html

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – A mother in North Carolina has found herself in a lot of trouble after being accused of forcing her young children to ingest drugs. Police say 31-year-old Tracy Leigh Delozier forced her two children, ages 2 and 9, to ingest cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics. She has been arrested and charged with one count of felony child abuse and two counts of misdemeanor child abuse. After the arrest and subsequent investigation, Delozier was also charged with possession with intent to sell marijuana, possession of marijuana and maintaining a home to keep or sell controlled substances.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/17/mom-accused-of-forcing-her-two-young-children-to-ingest-cocaine/

Daughter calls 911 as her father reportedly attempts to strangle her mother.

IRVINE ( KTLA) — A seven year-old called police to her parents’ home as she reportedly witnessed her father attempting to strangle her mother. Gregory Scott Turner remains at large after his daughter called police to their Verano Place home on Wednesday at U.C. Irvine. It was the second time in week that police had been summoned to the Turner home on a report of domestic violence, university spokesman Tom Vasich said Thursday. Turner was arrested on Dec. 9 after a physical altercation with his wife.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-man-wanted-for-trying-to-kill-wife,0,1412355.story

CORONA ( KTLA) — A Riverside County high school teacher was arrested Thursday for allegedly molesting a child. Stephen Wolford, 48, was taken into custody at his home on suspicion of lewd acts with a child under 16. Investigators at the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s station received a report of possible child molestation in June and conducted an investigation. The district attorney’s office reviewed the case and issued an arrest warrant.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-corona-molestation,0,1174265.story

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Doctors said it was the worst case of child abuse they have ever seen. A 4-year-old boy was critically injured, and police said the abuse came at the hand of his mother’s boyfriend. James Hack was rushed to Kosair Children’s Hospital on Wednesday afternoon with critical injuries. Louisville Metro police said his mother’s boyfriend, Johnny Juliot, was responsible. Juliot is now charged with criminal abuse and tampering with physical evidence. Hack suffered skull fractures and bruise s to the scrotum, back, buttocks, face and neck.

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Five teens are facing charges for an attack on a pregnant woman on a Metro bus.

SEATTLE — Five teens are facing charges for an attack on a pregnant woman on a Metro bus. The incident happened last month in downtown Seattle. Police say the teens entered the bus at Westlake and started fighting with the pregnant woman’s boyfriend in the back of the bus. Court documents say they took an MP3 player from a 17-year-old, Jessica M. Redmon-Beckstead, and her boyfriend, Jason Decoste, on Nov. 19 and then beat and kicked them in an attack caught on surveillance video. The Seattle Times reports that when the boyfriend told them to stop because his girlfriend was pregnant, one said they weren’t hitting her stomach, just her face.

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Federal authorities in Los Angeles say they have busted an international child porn message board known as ‘Lost Boy.” The members-only group spanned three continents and resulted in at least 16 arrests, agents say. Indictments were returned last year in Los Angeles for some of the people facing child pornography charges. Investigators say suspects have been charged in Romania, France and Brazil, while others have been convicted in Norway and the United Kingdom. The various defendants used the names “HarryPotter,” “Bottles&Cans,” “Undy12” and “WoodenDoll” to post explicit pictures on the Texas-based bulletin board. Authorities say the ‘Lost Boy’ bulletin board, which was shut down 2 years ago, was dedicated to men who had a sexual interest in young boys and screened members using a thorough vetting process.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-fbi-lost-boy-child-porn,0,2910411.story

Dallas, TX — Police say 37-year-old Carlnelus Delaney Simmons intentionally dipped his girlfriend’s toddler into a pot of boiling water last month, causing third-degree burns to the child’s feet, legs, buttocks and hand. After spending nearly five weeks in the hospital, Jabraylon Bables, just 16-months-old, died from his injuries on Saturday. On November 5, Simmons, a convicted murderer, called 911 to report that Jabraylon had been severely injured while in his care. He told first responders that he had accidentally spilled hot water on the kid. His story, of course, didn’t jibe with the injuries and he was hauled in on charges of felony injury to a child. Doctors say the skin had melted off of Jabraylon’s legs and feet. Surgeons had to remove more than 60 percent of his intestines in two separate operations. He suffered kidney failure and his body was so swollen, he was unrecognizable. The medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/15/toddler-dies-a-month-after-being-dipped-in-boiling-water-moms-boyfriend-charged/

The baby girl suffered a punctured lung, liver and two broken ribs.

MONROVIA — A 6-month-old girl remained hospitalized in guarded condition Wednesday after being snatched by a neighbor’s Great Dane and dragged away. Police say the child’s mother was visiting her neighbor on Monday when the 170-pound dog took the infant right out of her arms. The dog carried the baby about 200 feet before letting go. The child was flown to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center to be treated for bite injuries to the chest, police said.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-great-dane-maul,0,1591408.story

Authorities arrest suspect in Dutch child abuse case

(CNN) — A substitute preschool teacher suspected of molesting up to 50 children has been arrested in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the international police organization Interpol said. Dutch prosecution officials have said the 27-year-old man, known as “Robert M,” confessed to abusing dozens of children and had images of child sexual abuse at his home, according to a statement Monday from Interpol.

An investigation started after the image of a young boy was identified by his family following its broadcast on Dutch television on December 7 at the request of Dutch national police, Interpol said. The victim’s image was part of a series depicting the sexual abuse of a child under age 5 seized during an operation in the United States by officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Interpol said. The series was added to the International Child Sexual Exploitation database (ICSE) at Interpol’s general secretariat in Lyon, the police organization said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/15/netherlands.child.abuse.case/

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – The Knights of Columbus was sued on Tuesday by two men who said they were sexually abused as children by a leader of a youth group run by the Roman Catholic fraternal organization. The federal lawsuits allege that Knights of Columbus officials knew a leader of the Columbian Squires youth group in Texas was molesting children but did not make any effort to stop him or remove him from the position. The suits are believed to be the first child sex abuse claims filed against the Catholic group, said Jeffrey Herman, the attorney representing the two alleged victims.

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http://wsau.com/news/articles/2010/dec/14/lawsuits-accuse-knights-of-columbus-of-child-abuse/