Former salon owner gets 30 years for child molestation

PERRY — A hair stylist and former Centerville salon owner was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole for molesting two teenage boys and sexually exploiting a third in the summer of 2011. Matthew Caleb Pierce, 35, was found guilty by a Houston County jury Nov. 20 of six counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual battery, one count of sexual exploitation of a child and two counts of distribution of controlled substances. READ MORE HERE

A former drummer for Cake and Norah Jones has been sentenced to 15 years to life in a California state prison for molesting a 3-year-old girl in 2009. The musician – 48-year-old Peter Ivan McNeal – must also register as a sex offender for life by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Fred Wapner. READ MORE HERE

JACKSON, Wyoming — The governors of Wyoming and Michigan are trying to speed up extradition of a 94-year-old Michigan man investigators say molested children at a Wyoming youth camp decades ago. Bill Bricker faces three counts in Wyoming of immoral acts with a child. Two men and one woman claim Bricker molested them when they were children at the Teton Valley Ranch Camp in the 1960s and 1980s, Teton County sheriff’s officials allege. Bricker was a volunteer at the camp at the time. Now, citing his age and failing health, Bricker’s attorneys are fighting his extradition to Wyoming.  READ MORE HERE

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court sentenced five janitors Monday to up to eight years in prison over the rape of a kindergartner at an international school in Indonesia. The custodians contracted to work at the Jakarta International School were arrested in April following reports from parents of a 6-year-old boy who claimed to have been sodomized. Police said a sixth suspect committed suicide while in custody after drinking bathroom cleanser. READ MORE HERE

The stress of holiday shopping can bring the worst out of some people. Diana Hendren, 49, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been arrested for allegedly choking her granddaughter while shopping at JC Penny. The alleged incident took place last Sunday. An employee at the store came upon Ms Hendren trying to throttle her granddaughter and called 911. READ MORE HERE

NEW LONDON, North Carolina – A 77-year-old Stanly County man is charged with nine counts of child sex offenses regarding an alleged incident involving a victim under the age of 13. On December 21, investigators with the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office took a report regarding the sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. A suspect, 77-year-old Wayne Arland Kent, was developed through the course of the investigation. READ MORE HERE

CLARKVILLE, Tennessee — A babysitter has been charged with murder in the death last year of a 2-month-old in her care. Sheilla Linares of Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested Friday on federal charges of first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. She is accused of abusing Thomas Castellon II of Clarksville on or about Dec. 3, 2013; he died of his injuries four days later. READ MORE HERE

BEDFORD, Virginia — A Virginia mother accused of strangling her two-year-old son with a stuffed animal will go before a judge. Shana Witt was found competent to stand trial, according to a report on WDBJ7.com. Jordan Smith, 2, was found dead in Witt’s home back in February. The child’s father, Michael Smith, had already pleaded guilty to child abuse and neglect charges. He has not yet been sentenced for the crime. READ MORE HERE

A young married couple who plotted to abuse children as part of a pedophile love triangle are facing jail after police uncovered ‘horrific’ texts and indecent images of children and animals. Kevin Barnett, 28, suggested drugging youngsters so he could enact his sick desires and his wife Susan, 28, said she would be willing to comfort a child as it was raped, a court heard. The pair were found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sexual offence and a second woman, Nikita Moore, 22, was convicted of conspiracy to commit child sexual offences with Barnett. Moore had even discussed having a baby with Barnett, from Barrow, Cumbria, for them to abuse together – although prosecutors conceded this particular ‘horrific’ exchange was just fantasy. READ MORE HERE

A toddler has tragically lost his life, after wandering outside in subzero temperatures to look for his absent mother. The 18-month-old “didn’t stand a chance” in the -10 degree weather in the tiny Russian village of Sosnovka, according to authorities. After Marina Yefimova, 29, put her son Gleb to bed, she decided to go out and visit with some friends. Unfortunately, at some point the little guy woke up and missed his mommy. READ MORE HERE

Former state prosecutor gets nearly 16 years in prison for child porn, fleeing

BANGOR — The state’s former top drug prosecutor, convicted on seven child pornography charges and of contempt for fleeing the state while on bail, was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 16 years in federal prison. James M. Cameron, 52, formerly of Hallowell and Rome, apologized to the judge, child pornography victims and his family Wednesday just before his sentencing in U.S. District Court. He was found possessing more than 100 images of child pornography, authorities said. READ MORE HERE

Some of the alleged attacks fall within the statute of limitations

Several more women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by comedy legend Bill Cosby have come forward sparking a ‘definitive open investigation’ by Los Angeles Police Department, a lawyer for one of the victims has told Daily Mail online. The new victims claim to have been subjected to sex attacks by Cosby but have asked to remain anonymous. Significantly, in another blow for the star, it is believed a number of the latest raft of allegations fall within the statute of limitations meaning he can be prosecuted if enough evidence is found. This comes as a model who accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the Playboy mansion six years ago tells Daily Mail Online that she is scheduled to meet with LAPD detectives to give a formal statement against the comedian. READ MORE HERE

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Father, 38, is arrested for ‘killing daughter, eight, who died as he sexually abused her’

A father who pleaded with the public for help finding his eight-year-old daughter after she went missing in September has been arrested for killing her. Hiawayi Robinson, who was found dead behind an abandoned building in Prichard, Alabama two days after she went missing, died as she was being sexually abused by her father, authorities said. Hiawatha Robinson, 38, was arrested on charges of first-degree sodomy and murder on Tuesday afternoon, and if convicted, he faces up to life in prison for each charge. ‘The facts will show that while engaging in sodomy in the first degree, Hiawatha Robinson Jr. caused the death of Hiawayi Robinson,’ Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich said while announcing the charges at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. READ MORE HERE