VERNAL — A Vernal woman was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for hanging her 5-year-old son upside down so long that his toes and parts of his feet had to be amputated. Eighth District Judge A. Lynn Payne sentenced Michele Napolitano, 32, to a total of 20 years on six counts of intentionally inflicting serious injury on a child.

Napolitano was arrested for not seeking medical treatment for serious injuries to the boy’s feet, which eventually required amputation of his toes. Investigators described his wounds similar to those seen on a “severe burn victim with open blisters and bleeding sores.”

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A Rowan County couple faces child abuse charges after investigators found a 6-year-old boy living in what was described as “deplorable conditions,” the sheriff’s office says.

Ronald Eugene Burgess, 38, and Rhonda Dawn Burgess, 35, of Long Ferry Road near Salisbury, were arrested Tuesday, according to deputies. They face initial court appearances today.

Woodhaven — A 23-year-old man will be charged today with first-degree child abuse for injuries that critically injured a 7-week-old girl, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

A warrant has been issued to charge Deangelis Devin Nicholas of Brownstown Township in 33rd District Court this afternoon for the Aug 1 assault on the infant daughter of his girlfriend.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — A South Florida toddler is dead and his father charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect after allegedly punching the child in a “boxing” lesson.

According to Miami-Dade police, Lee Wille DeJesus told investigators he punched his son repeatedly, up to 15 times, while the boy was on a bed to teach him how to box.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – While Kari Richardson was out shopping her husband, Randel Eudean Richardson, 36, took their 6-month-old son and held him underwater in a laundry tub he had filled with cold water. After his son quit struggling, he left him their and waited for his wife to return home. When she found their son unresponsive, she called 911.

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TOOELE COUNTY — A man convicted of beating his stepson for nearly 10 hours and then attempting to rape his stepdaughter was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison. Willie Phillips was also fined and ordered to pay restitution.

Phillips was convicted in June of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child and attempted rape of a child. He also pleaded guilty to intentionally inflicting serious injury to a child, which is a second-degree felony.

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Miami-Dade Police have arrested 23-year-old Lee Willie DeJesus and charged him with one count of aggravated child abuse and one count of child neglect after his 2-year-old son suffered a severe injury.

The child was airlifted to Miami Children’s Hospital where he remains in critical condition.

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A 23-year-old Carson City man faces a felony child abuse and a gross domestic battery charge after admitting to abusing a 20-month-old toddler.
David Phillip Gawdun, who lives in the 1700 block of Russell Way, is being held on $43,132 bond in the Carson City Jail after he was arrested on Saturday. In an interview, he has admitted to slapping the girl and other instances of child abuse on the toddler and the girl’s 3-year-old brother.

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IAN HUNTLEY, the paedophile child-killer, could be forced to hand over £100,000 to a woman he sexually abused 13 years ago.  The Soham murderer is suing the prison service after being attacked by another inmate, but Hailey Edwards says any cash he gets should be hers.

MINDEN, Neb. — A failure of the system…That’s what former neighbors say contributed to the death of 4-year-old Landon Payne of rural Kearney County.

Landon’s aunt, Sharon Payne Turnell, 37; her husband, Charles Turnell, 38; and her daughter, Katie Payne, 19, each have been charged with aiding and abetting child abuse that led to Landon’s death Dec. 22. The family lived in Pleasanton, Neb., from September 2006 to October 2009. During that time, neighbors say they called law enforcement and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services numerous times to report suspected abuse and neglect.

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Hot Springs, Arkansas (The Weekly Vice) – Phillip Medley, a 60-year-old Jessieville man, and Bonnie Moore, his 31-year-old live-in lady friend, have been arrested after they allegedly sexually propositioned a 13-year-old girl in their home. But then things got really serious once the cops arrived.

According to Hot Springs police, the 13-year-old female victim was visiting the apartment home of Medley and Moore when they allegedly showed her a pornographic video of small children on a camcorder’s LCD screen.

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The Horror….. Michael Lacy Allegedly Impregnates 11-Year-Old Girl During Sleepover With Daughter…. Says He Thought It Was His Wife

Saint Albans, West Virginia (The Weekly Vice) – Michael Lacy, a 36-year-old Saint Albans man, has been jailed after he allegedly impregnated an 11-year-old girl who was staying the night with his daughter.

According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, the victim was staying the night, as she had done before, with Lacy’s daughter in his apartment while he slept on the couch. Only, on one particular sleepover, Lacy allegedly crept into his daughter’s friend’s bed and had sex with her.

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Richard Moss Sex Offender Registry

Morgan County, Georgia (The Weekly Vice) – Richard Lawson Moss, a 60-year-old convicted sex offender was jailed Thursday after he allegedly had sex with a young horse. According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, A veterinarian witnessed Moss, an employee at the stables, having sex with a foal as he was walking around Wednesday checking the stables. The vet immediately contacted the animal’s owner, who called police.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/08/richard-moss-convicted-child-molester.html

Rock Hill, SC – After a babysitter noticed large bruises on the face of one toddler and a bite mark on the face of another, Chris Roberts, 23, was arrested and charged with two counts of unlawful neglect of a child. After interviewing Roberts, police learned that Roberts was watching the children on Friday while their mother worked. He got angry at the 4-year-old, spanked him and smacked him across the face.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/08/03/man-charged-with-biting-toddlers-face-hitting-another/