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Couple Sentenced to 270-Days in Jail For Child Abuse

Posted by Sandra On October - 10 - 2010 1 COMMENT

Mario Alberto Colin, 31 and Cheryl Ann Stuart, 25

Mother and boyfriend plead guilty to tying up and starving her 2 kids

SANTA ANA (KTLA) — A mother and her boyfriend were sentenced to 270 days in jail on Friday after pleading guilty to felony child abuse for tying up and starving her two young sons. Cheryl Ann Stuart, 26, and Mario Alberto Colin, 31 were arrested in June at a home Stuart rented in the 1400 block of North Parsons Place, according to Santa Ana police spokesman Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. Officers went to the home after her landlord called police to have them check on the boys’ welfare, Bertagna said.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-santa-ana-child-abuse,0,5469697.story

Simi Valley Coach Accused of Having Sex with 13-Year Old

Posted by Sandra On October - 10 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Michael Burgmeier

SIMI VALLEY, CA (KTLA) — A softball coach at Simi Valley High School was arrested after a 15-year-old girl said the pair had engaged in a consensual sexual relationship two years ago. 40-year-old Michael Patrick Burgmeier was arrested in the 400 block of Los Angeles Avenue by Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies Friday on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, officials said. According to authorities, the girl told another person she had sex with Burgmeier in September and October of 2008, and that person told her parents.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-coach-sex-allegations,0,6635631.story

Child Dies; Babysitter Charged With 1st Degree Murder

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 1 COMMENT

UNCUT VIDEO: Post Falls Baby Dies; Babysitter Charged With 1st Degree Murder

UPDATE: POST FALLS, Idaho – The Post Falls Police Department has confirmed the 3-year-old injured allegedly by a babysitter has died as a result of injuries. The child passed away at Sacred Heart Medical Center. Kevin Randall is working on getting you more information.

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: On Monday, October 4th, 2010 at approximately 4:30 P.M. Post Falls Officers responded to the 500 block of North Elm Road for a report of a 3 year-old male child who was breathing but unresponsive. When officers arrived on scene, they were told by the babysitter that she was attempting to remove urine soaked clothes from the 3 year-old when he became “limp” and unresponsive.

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http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=13294686

Dad sentenced to 7.5-yrs for ‘harrowing’ child abuse

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
A father who subjected his two daughters to cruel sexual and physical abuse has been jailed for seven and a half years.
A father who subjected his two daughters to cruel sexual and physical abuse has been jailed for seven and a half years. A judge yesterday described the 56-year-old’s treatment of his children at their home in Leeds as “truly harrowing”. Leeds Crown Court heard he subjected his eldest daughter to systematic abuse from the age of 12 and his youngest from the age of 14. Their ordeals ended when they escaped their father when they reached 16. The abuse came to light when his youngest daughter, now in her 30s, contacted police.
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Father guilty of 1st degree abuse in 5-wk old daughter’s death

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 1 COMMENT

Nicholas Ray McKee |

Nicholas Ray McKee was found guilty Friday of first-degree child abuse resulting in death, but not guilty of second-degree murder, in the death of his 5-week-old daughter, Bella Appel-McKee. Washington County Circuit Judge Daniel P. Dwyer ruled that McKee “acted in a grossly negligent manner” that resulted in the infant’s death, but not with the “malice aforethought” necessary to convict him of second-degree murder. However, both charges carry the same maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.

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http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=254447&format=html

Kelsey Briggs’ Mother Will Not Get a New Trial

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Raye Dawn Smith, the mother of Kelsey Smith Briggs, will not get a new trial.  Kelsey was killed in 2005.
Raye Dawn Smith, the mother of Kelsey Smith Briggs, will not get a new trial. Kelsey was killed in 2005.

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma mother convicted of enabling child abuse will not get a new trial. Raye Dawn Smith was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the death of her daughter Kelsey Smith Briggs. Smith’s attorneys argued a juror in the 2007 trial broke the rules by researching the case on the internet. The judge ruled Friday there was no evidence the juror received any information from outside the courtroom, or shared anything with her fellow jurors.

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http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13294868

“The Lisa Project”–Life Through the Eyes of an Abused Child

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 1 COMMENT
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Going beyond headlines and statistics

VISALIA — Powerful, heart-wrenching and at times, hard to watch — that is what The Lisa Project — a multi-media program that allows visitors to experience the life of abuse from a child’s perspective, is. “Everything you thought you knew about child abuse is about to change,” the self-guided audio tells people going through the exhibit. “I’m going to tell you of a world that is foreign to you, but very familiar to me,” the presentation begins as Lisa, the narrator, shares her story and the story of other abused children.

The unique mobile project, designed to raise the community’s awareness of child abuse, is presented by the Tulare County Child Abuse Prevention Council through the month of October. Through audio narration, and told through a child’s perspective, visitors are guided from room to room with scenarios depicting abuse. The PG-13 exhibit is not meant to shock visitors, but is intended to educate the community about the very real threat to children, said marketing chair Patricia Pullen of Synchrony of Visalia, a nonprofit mental health agency that also provides parent education.

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http://www.recorderonline.com/news/visalia-46783-eyes-life.html

Canadian Gov’t Encourages Child-Abuse Investigations

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Canadian Government Encourages Child-abuse Investigation Team

The Canadian Government has encouraged the effort to develop a special child-abuse investigation team in the capital. An amount worth $5 million has been promised by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to be applied over five years to make expansion and development of child advocacy centres across the nation. The share of money could also be applied for by Organized Response to Child Abuse centre of Greater Victoria.

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http://topnews.co.uk/214421-canadian-government-encourages-child-abuse-investigation-team

Woman Arrested For Child Porn, Incest

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Woman Booked On Charges Of Child Porn, Incest

Alva, FL – Police say 31-year-old Candice Miller is facing numerous charges after she was found to be in possession of nearly 1,000 pornographic images depicting herself and two children in various sex acts. Among those photos, Miller is seen performing oral sex on a 14-year-old boy – another shows that same teen boy sitting on a bed with his 9-year-old sister – both naked. Authorities believe Miller was emailing the photos to an ex-boyfriend she had previously met on an internet dating site.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/10/07/woman-booked-on-charges-of-child-porn-incest/

Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Attending Elementary School Function

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Attending Function At Elementary School

Polk County, TN – What happens when a registered sex offender and his cross-dressing boyfriend show up at an elementary school on Grandparent’s Day? Not much. What happens when the sex offender’s cross-dressing boyfriend enters the girl’s restroom to drain the main vein? People get weirded out and start investigating shit. When staff members saw the cross-dresser go into the bathroom, they grew suspicious and checked the school’s sign-in sheet, cross-referenced it with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry and found 49-year-old William Baker’s name in both places.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/10/08/registered-sex-offender-arrested-after-attending-function-at-elementary-school/

4-Day Old Newborn Dies after Being Snatched by Monkey

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Newborn Dies after Being Snatched by Monkey

Malaysia — A newborn baby died after being snatched by a monkey from her family’s living room in central Malaysia, an official said Thursday. The body of the four-day-old girl was found outside the family’s home in Negri Sembilan state Wednesday, said a Wildlife Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing protocol. The monkey took the infant to the roof of the single-story house and then dropped her after possibly mistaking her for food, the official said. The girl, who had been left alone in the room, had bite marks on her neck and face.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-monkey-attack,0,4535916.story

1 School — 4 Bullied Teens Commit Suicide

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 1 COMMENT

Deaths of Bullied Teens Prompt Families to Sue Mentor Schools

1 School, 4 Bullied Teens Dead by Own Hand

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) —Sladjana Vidovic’s body lay in an open casket, dressed in the sparkly pink dress she had planned to wear to the prom. Days earlier, she had tied one end of a rope around her neck and the other around a bed post before jumping out her bedroom window. The 16-year-old’s last words, scribbled in English and her native Croatian, told of her daily torment at Mentor High School, where students mocked her accent, taunted her with insults like “Slutty Jana” and threw food at her.

It was the fourth time in little more than two years that a bullied high school student in this small Cleveland suburb on Lake Erie died by his or her own hand — three suicides, one overdose of antidepressants. One was bullied for being gay, another for having a learning disability, another for being a boy who happened to like wearing pink.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/wjw-sns-ap-us-bullying-one-town,0,7596912.story

Gunman School Shooting Left 2 Children Wounded

Posted by Sandra On October - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

School shooting in Carlsbad, CA

Gunman identified as 41-year-old Brendan L. O’Rourke, a transient

CARLSBAD, Calif. (KTLA) — Authorities have identified the accused gunman in a Carlsbad school shooting as 41-year-old Brendan L. O’Rourke. The shooting took place at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad. Two girls ages 6 and 7, were hit in the arm, but their wounds are not considered serious. Rourke is believed to be a transient. He was booked on six counted of attempted murder and numerous weapons violations.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-carlsbad-school-shooting,0,1631998.story

Former Pastor Found Guilty of 6-Counts Child Rape/Molestation/Incest

Posted by Sandra On October - 7 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Former Sequim pastor Steven Welty was found guilty of six counts of child rape, six counts of child molestation and six counts of incest by Clallam County Superior Court judge Brooke Taylor today, Oct. 6.  Welty waived his right to a jury trial Monday morning.

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http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-10-06_breaking_news__welty__former_sequim_pastor__found_guilty

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