30-year-old Michael Houle, convicted of downloading child pornography at Holyoke library, arrested by Springfield police and charged with raping child

SPRINGFIELD – A 30-year-old Chicopee man who pleaded guilty to downloading child pornography on a computer at the Holyoke Public Library in June was arrested by police here Friday night and charged with raping a child with force.
Sgt. John M. Delaney said that Michael Houle, of 99 Rochester St., Chicopee, lured the boy into the woods during a house party in that city and sexually assaulted him there.

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The investigation began after authorities received a complaint on September 9th. The complaint alleged that Rhoads had sexually assaulted a four-year-old boy. As a result of the investigation, police say three additional victims were identified.

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Boy, 5, Hospitalized, Mother’s Boyfriend Arrested

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 5-year-old Marion boy is still hospitalized in critical condition following the arrest of his mother’s boyfriend on charges related to child abuse.

Michael J. Brown, 35, of Marion, was ordered held over the weekend on $500,000 bail.  He faces charges of felonious assault and child endangering, along with probation violations, 10TV News reported.

Police arrested Brown last week at the Crescent Heights Road home he shared with the child’s mother, and her son, Damien Baker, 5.

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http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/09/20/story_marion_abuse.html?sid=102

UPDATE:

Marion Boy, 5, Dies From Child Abuse Injuries

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http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/sep/21/6/5-year-old-marion-boy-dies-child-abuse-injuries-ar-237795/

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WTAQ) – A Grand Chute man is arrested for allegedly shooting a 3-year-old boy with a BB gun in the abdomen. Authorities were called to an apartment Sunday on West Fourth Street for an abuse allegation. Investigators searching the home found a BB pistol and drugs.

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http://www.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/sep/20/grand-chute-man-allegedly-shoots-3-year-old-bb-gun/

BULGARIA–Charges of criminal negligence are being prepared in Bulgaria over nearly 200 cases of death and abuse in institutions for children with learning disabilities.

Prosecutors have made the move following a six month investigation into years of abuse in more than 25 care homes. It was carried out by the country’s branch of the Helsinki Committee for human rights.

“We saw things that were incomprehensible to me,” said the chief prosecutor. The report uncovered more than 30 cases where children had died from malnutrition, as well as dozens of other instances of violence or mistreatment. In some cases children had been tied up for months.

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http://www.euronews.net/2010/09/20/bulgarian-prosecutors-move-over-institutional-child-abuse/

Investigators: Sherman McBryar forced his daughters to wear homemade straight jackets

STEVENSON, AL – A Jackson County man has been indicted on 18 counts of child abuse. Investigators say Sherman McBryar is a suspect in one of the worst cases they’ve ever seen.

McBryar, 30, of Stevenson, is charged with willful abuse of a child under 18. The two girls he is accused of abusing are one and two years old. Part of the charges involve McBryar allegedly forcing the girls to wear homemade straight jackets.

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http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-sherman-mcbryar-indicted-torture-charges-092010,0,3197712.story

OWENSVILLE, Ind. — A woman flagged down a police officer Thursday night informing him that she was worried about her daughter, 30-year-old Natalie Lawson, after her daycare had called letting her know that she had never shown up to pick up her child. The officer went to the Lawson’s residence and after getting no response from knocking, he entered the unlocked door. Inside the messy house, they found Lawson standing in the living room, nervous and unable to sit down. She informed the officer that she had not slept in two days due to all the meth she had smoked.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/18/mom-charged-with-neglect-after-getting-high-on-meth-and-leaving-her-toddler-at-daycare-for-22-hours/

MILWAUKEE, Wisonsin – A man waiting in jail on sex assault charges just added a couple more felonies under his belt after trying to hire another inmate to kill his victim so they could not testify. Sunil Singh was accused of getting a 14-year-old drunk back in March before raping and beating her in the basement of an apartment building. While awaiting trial, police say that Singh enlisted the help of another prisoner in an effort to win his case — by killing the teen victim.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/18/man-charged-with-raping-teen-now-charged-with-hiring-fellow-inmate-to-kill-her/

AUSTRALIA–A Central Victorian man has been sentenced to 26 years in jail for child sex offences. Dennis Goudge, 57, of Bendigo, pleaded guilty to 58 offences against boys and girls as young as four years old.

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/7959176/near-record-sentence-for-child-sex-offender/

Members of the FBI descended on a Kirkwood home Thursday morning, Sept. 9, arresting Bradley Cook, 31, for his alleged role in both viewing and participating in the torture of a young woman.

Cook and four other Missouri men were indicted by a federal grand jury for their involvement in a commercial sex trafficking conspiracy. According to the indictment, the operation lasted for seven years, beginning in 2002 when a 16-year-old runaway was taken in by Edward Bagley Sr., 43, of Lebanon, Mo. She was eventually beaten, sexually tortured and held as Bagley’s “sexual slave.”

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http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-i-2010-09-17-170977.113118_Kirkwood_Man_Indicted_In_Sex_Trafficking_Conspiracy.html

Authorities on Friday broke up a child pornography ring that made sexually explicit films inside the national penitentiary with youths who passed as relatives of inmates, prosecutors said.

Prosecutor Teresa Martinez said two inmates and a third person who was on parole were implicated in the ring.

“In two cellblocks there were sets where explicit sex was filmed. There were machines and connections to download them to the internet. They had film and digital cameras,” Martinez said.

“The actors came and went as relatives of the inmates,” she said.

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/7968948/paraguay-breaks-up-child-porn-in-prison/