A 51-year-old Toledo man was arrested May 7 as part of an ongoing Internet sting after he agreed to meet and pay someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and Prosecutor Michael Golden.

Kenneth Goodwin, the Winlock postmaster, was booked in the Lewis County Jail on three counts of patronizing prostitution after his arrest in Winlock. He posted bail and was released

A 60-year-old Santa Rosa School District bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 13-year-old boy at a Sacramento motel in February.

Detectives with the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department’s Child Abuse Bureau arrested Petaluma resident Richard “Butch” Guillen on Thursday in the parking lot of the Bodega Bay Marina while he was transporting schoolchildren on a field trip, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release.

WILLIAMSON – A Williamson man remains behind bars for the felonious abuse of his infant son Monday.

Williamson Police Department Lt. C. D. Rockel said 25 year old Justin Tyler ”Rooster” Russell of Williamson remains in Southwestern Regional Jail facing charges of child abuse resulting in serious injury.

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http://www.williamsondailynews.com/view/full_story/7443459/article-Local-man-jailed-for-alleged-child-abuse?instance=home_news_lead

L.A. County’s child welfare agency has a backlog of some 3,700 cases open 60 days or more. Department and union officials say they’re ‘at a breaking point’ with current staffing levels.

Los Angeles County’s child welfare system has failed to complete investigations into child abuse hotline tips involving more than 18,000 children within the time mandated by the state, according to county records.

Because of the backlog, state regulators recently extended L.A. County’s deadline for completing investigations from 30 days to 60, but Department of Children and Family Services officials have been unable to meet the new timeline as well. Some 3,700 cases — many involving multiple children — have been open two months or longer without determining whether abuse or neglect is taking place in the home.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/15/local/la-me-child-abuse-20100516

But it was at a neighborhood Safeway store in northern California where the sex slave problem became a terrible reality for one family. In 2008 Vicki Zito’s daughter was abducted there, then forced into unthinkable acts.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/extras/ktla-sex-slaves-sweeps,0,3561067.story

Hazleton, Pa. (The Weekly Vice) – Barbara Reimiller, a 33-year-old Pennsylvania woman was charged Friday on allegations she beat her 8-year-old son with a metal pipe, fed him dog food and locked him up for hours without a bathroom.

According to police, an investigation was launched after an 8-year-old boy’s father brought him to the station after suffering nearly a year of torture and abuse.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/

Avondale, AZ – Brian Willner, Agua Fria High School’s special-education director, is being held without bond after a 15-year-old special-needs student accused him of raping her. Authorities believe the assault took place on school grounds sometime between March 23rd and April 9th.

According to the police report, Willner excused the teen from class and took her into his office. Once there, he pinned her down and proceeded to rape her.

READ MORE HERE (along with other child abuse headlines):

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/05/13/special-ed-teacher-accused-of-raping-special-ed-student/

Martin Anthony Smith, 45, was being hunted by police probing a string of serious sex crime allegations.

The fugitive’s arrest followed an international appeal to trace him.

Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, which led that plea, said Smith, a medium who had appeared on television, was apprehended in Barcelona Friday – more than two years after he skipped bail in the UK.

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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/tv-psychic-from-carlisle-held-over-child-rape-1.706517?referrerPath=sport/reds

OREGON CITY — A man convicted of what prosecutors called one of the worst cases of child abuse they had ever seen was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

Clackamas County Judge Ronald Thom set the sentence for Derek Piskorski, the maximum possible for the crimes, and what prosecutors had asked for.

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http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/26-years-for-man-who-put-boy-in-freezer-93696779.html

Father charged with murder by child abuse in 3-month-old son’s death

A 21-year-old Las Vegas man accused of beating and biting his 3-month-old son has been charged with murder by child abuse in the boy’s death. An investigation revealed the infant suffered blunt force abdominal trauma and multiple injuries consistent with human bites, police said.

Medical personnel advised officers that Angel had a non-displacement fracture to the head, a laceration to the liver and internal bleeding that could have been caused by his extensive injuries.

The police report also said the infant had three small bruises on the forehead, bruising to both inner thighs, additional small circular bruises on the back, abdomen and head, as well as a small laceration to his right earlobe and adult-sized bite marks on his right arm, lower chest, right ankle and lower back.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/12/father-charged-murder-child-abuse-3-month-old-sons/

Misty Lynch

Rocky Mount police are searching for an area woman facing several charges related to felony child abuse and neglect.

Authorities said warrants have been obtained on Misty Lynch, 32, for felony child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and animal cruelty.

Police reported that officers responded at 9:02 a.m. Tuesday to Lynch’s residence on Wildberry Drive, attempting to serve her existing warrants on charges related to school attendance violations, failure to appear on traffic charges and injury to real property.

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http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/woman-sought-child-abuse-charges-19627

NEW YORK (CBS) Ethan Stacy’s last days before allegedly being beaten to death and buried in the mountains of northern Utah were nothing but constant torturous abuse, according to police documents released late Wednesday and viewed by Crimesider.

According to probable cause documents from the Layton County Sheriff’s Department concerning the arrest of Ethan’s mother Stephanie Sloop, the mom received a phone call last Friday from her husband, Nathanael Sloop, saying the 4-year-old had burned himself while taking a bath.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004890-504083.html