CHICAGO – A 15-year-old Chicago-area girl pleaded guilty in juvenile court on Tuesday to the fatal stabbing of her younger sister in a quarrel over household chores, local media reports said. The girl, who was not identified because she was charged as a minor, stabbed her 11-year-old sister 40 times with a kitchen knife. The Daily Herald in suburban Chicago reported the attack took place last January when the two girls were home alone in Mundelein, Illinois. READ MORE HERE

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Police: Girl, 14, stabs sister 40 times

Girl aged 14 stabs 11-year-old sister 40 times

Chicago-area Teenager Pleads Guilty To Stabbing Death Of Sister

CINCINNATI, Ohio — A grand jury indicted a West Virginia mother on charges that she intentionally put fecal matter into her son’s IV as he received treatment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Candida Fluty, of Kermit, is charged with felonious assault and two counts of endangering children. Her nine-year-old son Elijah was born with Hirschsprung, which affects the bowels. The Hamilton County prosecutor’s office said the nine-year-old has had several surgeries and has a colostomy bag. He was last admitted to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital this month. READ MORE HERE

A Michigan couple faces life behind bars after being charged with first-degree child abuse after torturing their relative’s 2-year-old son. Steven A. Torres and Erica Jackson-Torres were watching the boy in their home. Then last weekend, the boy’s injuries, thought to have occurred on January 18, were discovered. It is unclear, according to the police report, if the mother found the injuries or if they were reported by someone else. However, the report does make it clear the injuries were disturbing. READ MORE HERE

Woman, 35, handed 5-consecutive life sentences for sexually abusing 10-yo male relative

A woman has been handed five consecutive life sentences for sexually abusing a 10-year-old male relative in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Melissa Kay Anderson, 35, pleaded no contest to assaulting the child and forcing him to watch her have sex with her boyfriend. She also forced her victim to use sex toys on her, and showed him pornography. READ MORE HERE

Port Huron, MI woman gets 19-50 years

A 22-year-old Port Huron woman will spend at least 19 years in prison for the abuse, torture and assault of her boyfriend’s 4-year-old son. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Cynthia Lane sentenced Charlisa Wood to 19 to 50 years for first-degree child abuse, 19 to 50 years for torture, and two years, 10 months to five years for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. The sentences are to be served concurrently, with credit for 174 days served. READ MORE HERE

Parent’s outrage after son, 15, is tied up like ISIS hostage in class – teacher does nothing to stop them

MINNESOTA – An alleged bullying incident during which a 15-year-old boy was tied up with his hoodie over his face in Minnesota is being investigated by authorities after the boy’s parents used social media to draw attention to it. Dave and Nicolette Rochefort say they were shocked when they found out what had happened to their son, especially as a teacher had been present. They say the teacher made no effort to stop the bullies – two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old – who also whipped their son with an electrical cord. The incident happened at Osakis High School during an industrial technology class on Friday. READ MORE HERE

Bullying in school: Bound and blinded

Ex-soldier charged with beating, raping baby

A 26-year-old former U.S. Army soldier has been charged with assault and rape over the brutal attack of his girlfriend’s baby, authorities said. Thomas Randle Babler was charged Friday in Pierce County, Wash., with second-degree assault and first-degree child rape, according to court records. Bail has been set at $1 million, court documents show. Babler first said the child fell off a couch, then later told investigators he had attacked the baby while experiencing a PTSD episode in his sleep, The News Tribune reported. Babler and the baby’s mother have been dating about a month, and he had been watching the child while the woman went to class. READ MORE HERE

A man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl appeared in Cascade County Court on Friday on a warrant for his arrest. According to court documents, Danny Lynn Severson, 45, molested and digitally penetrated the girl. Court reports say Severson told investigators he was intoxicated during the alleged incidents. READ MORE HERE

A junior high teacher and basketball coach in suburban Illinois was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse against two girls who were former students. Cara Labus, 30, met the two alleged victims, who were between 14 and 16 at the time of the reported abuse, when working at Jerling Junior High School in Orland Park, prosecutors said. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Labus stayed in contact with the two students after they graduated, and that between December 2008 and February 2011 she allegedly engaged in sexual acts with the two. READ MORE HERE

Child’s mother stabbed him when she witnessed the abuse

FLORIDA – A US Army staff sergeant has been found guilty of molesting a 10-year-old girl, whose mother stabbed him when she witnessed the abuse. Jason Lucas Revis, 33, of Oveido, Florida, was convicted of of lewd and lascivious molestation, after he made the girl touch him inappropriately in September 2011. Jurors deliberated for less than four hours before finding Revis guilty last night. He is set to be sentenced on Monday. READ MORE HERE

A former volunteer firefighter already charged with arson faces new allegations that he lured children with toys, money and pornography and sexually assaulted them. Twenty-year-old John Corcoran IV of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, molested more than a dozen children over two years. The attacks took place at his home, as well as in the showers of a YMCA locker room, and on bonfires outside a local historical site, the Lower Swedish Cabin in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, authorities said. READ MORE HERE

A Montana man has been sentenced to 200 years in prison after he impregnated his 11-year-old granddaughter and molested the girl’s younger sister. Mikeal Shane Pruett, 55, was arrested in June after the 11-year-old girl was told she was 32 weeks pregnant. The girl said she did not know she was pregnant because she “didn’t know what pregnant felt like.” She originally told doctors that she had sex with a 14-year-old boy at a county fair but when doctors noticed the dates didn’t match up, she told the truth. READ MORE HERE

A Zanesville man charged with raping a child could face life in prison without parole if convicted. Richard Denney, Jr., 36, pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to two counts of rape of a victim less than 10 years old, a first-degree felony that requires life in prison, and one count of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony. The alleged offenses are said to have occurred between April and December 2014, according to court documents. READ MORE HERE

DENVER – A former human services caseworker was charged Thursday in connection to a fatal child abuse case. Rotchana Madera, 27, was charged with forgery, tampering with evidence and official misconduct. Madera was a caseworker for Denver Human Services. She’s accused of entering false information into the official case tracking system about her work on the Kelsy Newell-Skinner case. Details about what led up to the charges were not released. READ MORE HERE