A Clay County woman charged with possession of drug paraphernalia because of a photo on her Facebook of her baby appearing to be puffing on a marijuana bong next heads to court Aug. 26.

Rachel Marie Stieringer, 19, of the 4400 block of Lake Road in Keystone Heights was charged July 29 after being alerted by a caller to the Florida Abuse Hotline from Texas who had seen the photo on her Facebook page.

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http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-08-12/story/facebook-photo-child-bong-gets-clay-woman-busted

KEARNEY — The square white stone isn’t flashy.

It has a name, birth and death dates, and a little lamb, but it’s the inscription that says it all: “Loved by many. Safe in heaven.”

The new headstone on Landon Payne’s grave is the result of an outpouring of emotion in the past two weeks for the victim of alleged child abuse.

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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted an investigation into the report of sexual child abuse and solicitation of child pornography in which the suspect, Charles Arnell Smith, Jr., 25, a taekwondo instructor and owner of Global Sport Taekwondo in Waldorf, is accused of soliciting explicit photographs from a 14-year-old girl who had been a student of his at the academy.

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http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/19165

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Two children were taken away from their biological parents because of abuse. Now, deputies say, their adoptive parents were torturing them in Altamonte Springs.

The adoptive parents, 49-year-old Dwayne Hardy and his wife, 46-year-old Pamela, were arrested Wednesday, but were free on $7,100 bond each Thursday.

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Guam – Officers from the Guam Police Department’S  Hagatna Precinct arrested a 38-year old man Thursday on multiple charges of Criminal Sexual Conduct.

According to a release from G.P.D., Alvin Gerald Naputi San Nicolas of Chalan Pago faces charges of 1st Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, 2nd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, Child Abuse, Felonious Restraint and Family Violence.

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http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7196:chalan-pago-man-arrested-for-csc-and-child-abuse&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156

A man facing a murder charge in connection with death of his 6-year-old stepson had been investigated by Child Protective Services on child-abuse allegations as far back as December, officials said.

CPS spokesman Steve Meissner said the state agency is conducting an investigation with local authorities against Koffi A. Dogbevi, 23, who is accused of beating Michael Ibarra on Aug. 3.

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http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_e1e42549-11c7-5c14-b04b-ec172c08c513.html

A 30-year-old father told police he and his 4-year-old son often play rough, including slapping each other in the face.

But police charged Tavoris Doshaun McNeil of 212 S. Skyland Drive with misdemeanor child abuse Thursday after the boy had bruising on his ear, according to a warrant affidavit.

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http://www.gastongazette.com/news/mcneil-49847-abuse-dow.html

TAMPA – On the day a 3-year-old boy died, his father had struck him several times and pulled a chair out from under him, causing the boy to strike the floor with a “thud,” investigators said.

John Taylor Baxley died soon after being transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital.

His father, 26-year-old Justin Garwacki, was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated child abuse, child abuse, child neglect and failing to report neglect of a child. Garwacki’s girlfriend, 21-year-old Kara O’Connell, was arrested on the same charges.

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/aug/13/na-boys-death-spurs-abuse-charges-for-dad/

The Orcutt neighborhood where as many as nine children were allegedly abused by two adults was quiet Thursday.

There was no evidence of what court records say were years of abuse by foster parent Bertha Savoy, 71, and her nephew, Duane James, 38, who live next door to each other in modest two-story homes in a middle-class neighborhood.

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ELMA -Officials say the boy that was shot in the head by his 8 year old brother is now dead.

The boy, identified as Jacob Banks, died Thursday night from injuries he sustained during the shooting.
Investigators say the 6-year-old was shot by his 8-year-old brother. Police say he found the gun in a locked safe at his house in Mason County.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/kcpq-081010-six-year-shot,0,3791995.story

It’s the game rising in popularity every parent should be aware of.

CHICAGO – There’s a game rising in popularity every parent should be aware of. It’s called the ” choking game,” and it’s claimed the lives of two teenage girls.

One of the victims, Rebekah Toia, was a bright, attractive, 15-year-old Northwest Side girl with lots of friends. She was an honor student at Whitney Young High School, a softball player and loved writing fantasy stories and poetry.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-choking-game,0,7193005.story

San Diego, Cali. – When Sharrel Blankenbaker and her three grandchildren walked out of a Texas gas station they were followed by 58-year-old Gary Carner. They were unaware that 10 minutes earlier, he had attempted to abduct a store clerk from a nearby truck stop.  Carner would produce a gun and try to force 12-year-old Cassidy Blankenbaker into his truck but she refused and began yelling for help. That’s when Sharrel began fighting with Carner ordering him to let her granddaughter go. He did, but he also shot Sharrel in the back.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/08/12/girls-grandmother-dies-while-trying-to-stop-her-kidnapper/

WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. — Lisa Witt, 21, has been arrested and charged with child abuse after admitting that on two separate occasions she jerked her 3 1/2 month old son’s legs hard enough that she heard them crack. In both cases, she never took the infant to get medical treatment. In one case Witt admitted she was angry with her husband while changing the baby’s diaper.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/08/12/mother-admits-breaking-both-of-her-infants-legs-because-she-was-angry-with-husband/