FLORIDA–Authorities arrested a central Florida father Thursday after he boarded a school bus and reportedly threatened students who were allegedly bullying his daughter.  James Jones’ raw and obscene rage was on caught on the school bus’ security camera. He was charged with disorderly conduct and disturbing a school function in Lake Mary, Fla.

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Davenport, IOWA – A four-year long manhunt is over after Davenport Police arrested a man Friday wanted for sexual assault and child abuse. Police say in 2006, Herman Morris, 30, used a gun and sexually assaulted a woman multiple times over an 11 hour period. Morris is also accused of beating his girlfriend’s two year-old son so bad with a belt, the child had to be airlifted to a hospital for treatment.

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NORRISTOWN, PA — A former Pottstown couple is in trouble with the law after authorities alleged an infant boy in their care was malnourished to the point his “skin was just hanging off him,” according to court documents. Jose Rafael Cardenas Sr., 25, formerly of Walnut Street in Pottstown, was sentenced recently in Montgomery County Court to 11½-to-23-months in the county jail, to be followed by three years’ probation, after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with incidents that occurred in 2009.

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Mom charged with child abuse

Police have arrested the 21-year-old mother of a 6-month-old boy hospitalized in Lubbock with life-threatening injuries. Amanda Fain was charged Thursday night with abuse of a child resulting in great bodily harm. She is being held at the Curry County jail on $100,000 cash-only bond, jail officials said. Police responded to Fain’s residence at 405 Johnson St. Tuesday morning for a report her infant son was gasping for breath. The boy was later airlifted to a Lubbock hospital, where he received a poor prognosis.

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CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – Police say Thomas Harry Canum III, 24, was booked into the Iron County Jail for Child Abuse Homicide following an investigation in the death of a 14-month-old toddler.  Cedar City Police Officers responded to Valley View Medical Center on September 28 around 6:30 pm after doctors started treating the toddler for head injuries.

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A St. Cloud mother is in custody after her infant turned up in a hospital with serious injuries and another child was found alone at home. St. Cloud Hospital staff called police at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 17, when a baby came in with injuries that were “consistent with child abuse,” according to a police report. The child was airlifted to an unspecified metro hospital because of the severity of the injuries.

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PALM COAST, Fla. — Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a local day care operator on Saturday on child abuse charges.Christina Cinelli-McFall was arrested after detectives said they discovered a 1-year-old child was either hit or shaken at her day care, Chrissy’s Cottage in Palm Coast.

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SAN JACINTO (KTLA) — Police in Riverside County are searching for a man who tried to kidnap a 15-year-old girl as she was walking to school. The attempted kidnapping happened just after 6 a.m. Thursday on Lyon Avenue, south of Merlot Place, in San Jacinto. Police say the suspect approached the girl from behind and grabbed her arm, but she was able to fight him off.

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COLLIER COUNTY: A 46-year-old man is facing felony abuse charges after detectives say he used plastic zip ties to tie up a child. They say he also threatened her with a stun gun as a punishment.  Jon Douglas Parrish, of Golden Gate, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with aggravated child abuse-malicious punishment and false imprisonment. Detectives say Parrish used the plastic ties to bind the child’s wrists and ankles as a way of punishing her.

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A judge has sentenced a Newton mother to serve more than 3 years in prison for charges stemming from the death of her 19-month-old son. Twenty-year-old Kathyrn Dale was sentenced to 31-months of jail time for child abuse and 7 months of jail time on additional charges of child endangerment. The charges are to be served consecutively with no parole. Prosecutors said the child’s death was one of the worst cases of child abuse they had ever seen.

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SANTA FE — A father dozed off while in his idling car with his 1-year-old daughter waiting to pick up another child from Cesar Chavez Elementary School. He was awakened by another parent who was frantically banging on his window to inform him that his daughter was currently being choked to death. The little girl had been unrestrained in the backseat when she put her head outside the car’s open window before it was somehow rolled up, wedging her neck between the window and the door frame.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/29/child-on-life-support-after-being-choked-by-cars-electric-window/

Authorities Search for Missing 13-year old Girl

Nancy Melena, 13

RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Authorities are searching for a 13-year-old Rancho Cucamonga girl missing since Friday who friends say wanted to run away from home. San Bernardino County sheriff?s officials said Wednesday that Nancy Melena never showed up for soccer practice after leaving a friend?s house.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-missing-nancy-melena,0,337238.story

Sheriff Lee Baca is asking the public for help in finding the killer

COMPTON — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help in solving a murder that left a high school senior dead. 19-year-old Michael Owens was caught in the crossfire during a fight between two gangs in Compton in January 2009.

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