Authorities say they have arrested a Joplin, Missouri woman trying to sell a baby on Craigslist. Upon further investigation officials learned Alice H. Sims, 29, of Joplin, was in fact not pregnant and was scamming potential buyers. Sims is in custody and has been charged.

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ROANOKE, Va. — A 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week was found unharmed Friday after she and the man accused in her abduction were recognized in a store in San Francisco, police said. Brittany Mae Smith has since been in touch with her family in Virginia, while Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was in police custody in San Francisco, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said at a news conference. The two hadn’t been seen since Dec. 3, when they were captured on store surveillance video at a Walmart in Salem, about five miles from Roanoke.

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ORANGE, Calif. ( KTLA) — A 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting the children of a family friend. Santa Ana police were called to a church in Orange after a 13-year-old girl told a counselor that Gary Gruber had been molesting her for the last three years. He was arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14, sexual penetration by threat of retaliation and continuous sexual abuse of a child, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — An Oakland man was charged Friday with felony child abuse for the suffocation death of his 4-month-old son, according to Alameda County District Attorney spokeswoman Teresa Drenick. William Thunderhawk, 26, initially was charged with child abuse last week after his infant son, Wambli Thunderhawk, was hospitalized with suspicious injuries in late November. Wambli died from his injuries on Sunday. Oakland police had sought Wednesday to have the charges upgraded to murder because an autopsy determined that he had injuries consistent with suffocation and also revealed that he had three fractured ribs, police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said.

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Heather Leavell-Keaton Is Extradited to AL to Face Upgraded Charges

The girlfriend of John DeBlase, the Alabama man accused of murdering and discarding of the bodies of his two young children, is on her way back to Alabama where she will face upgraded charges, court officials told ABC News.  One attorney involved in the case said he expects the woman to be charged with murder. Heather Leavell-Keaton is expected to arrive in Mobile, Ala., later today. She is currently charged with child abuse, but police want to talk to her about the deaths of DeBlase’s 3-year-old son Chase and 5-year-old daughter Natalie.

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Lincoln, NE – A Lincoln day care owner has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse because police don’t believe her explanation for an infant’s broken arm. Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood says 25-year-old Natalie Johanson’s explanation for how the child was hurt didn’t match the boy’s injuries, so she was arrested Wednesday. Police say the 8-month-old was injured on Oct. 21. The boy’s mother noticed that night that the baby wasn’t using his left arm and was in pain. Tests revealed a fracture in the boy’s elbow.

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A 22-year-old Silver Springs man was arrested on Nov. 23 on charges of child abuse and murder following the death of a two-year-old child. Cody Wallace was arrested on those charges and is being held in the Lyon County Jail in Yerington. His bail on the child abuse charge was set at $75,000, and there is a no bail hold on the murder charge. Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in Silver Springs on a report of an incident involving a toddler who was having difficulty breathing, according to LCSO Sgt. Cherie Rye, who added that the young boy’s mother and biological father were present, along with Wallace.

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PHOENIX – A Gilbert man has been sentenced in the child-abuse death of his former girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter. 23-year-old David Reed was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter and lifetime probation for domestic violence. Autopsy reports showed the little girl died from a blow to the head, had 5 inch fractures on her skull and extensive brain swelling.

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Yesterday detectives arrested Don Underwood, a doctor of naturopathic medicine and a licensed acupuncturist, on seven counts of child molestation. The charges came after an employee of the doctor told police that her 9-year-old son told her about a “tickling game” he and Underwood played at his home while naked in bed. Detectives say Underwood has sort of admitted that he engaged in sexual conduct with a boy. “He hasn’t admitted anything that would rise to the level that he believes he committed a crime. He is specifying that what he did was for medical purposes and bonding purposes.

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BRONX, New York ( KTLA) — A pregnant teacher suffered a miscarriage after she was hit while trying to break up a fight between two students in the Bronx. The teacher, Lissedia Batista, 27, was pushed out of the way and fell to the floor as she tried to stop a fight between two male students at Explorations Academy Wednesday morning, the New York Times reported. Batista, who was four months pregnant, was accidentally elbowed in the stomach during the incident, according to the New York Daily News.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A toddler found floating in a fountain at a downtown hotel suffered life-threatening injuries. The unidentified boy remains hospitalized, a day after officers pulled him from a decorative fountain at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and revived him using CPR. The officers went to the hotel after the 18-month-old boy’s mother reported him missing. Fire officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle the incident appeared to be an accident. Hyatt spokesman Pete Hillan says the hotel has emptied the fountain and erected a barrier around the 29-inch-deep trough where the boy was found.

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Woman found guilty of child abuse for drugging 10-week-old baby

ANNISTON, AL (WBRC) – In Anniston, a woman has been found guilty of child abuse after authorities say she fed her boyfriend’s 10-week-old baby meth and ecstasy. The Anniston star reports 23-year-old Stevette Patrice Chapman was convicted of abuse and drug possession.

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