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Child Rapists, Kidnappers, Pedophiles Avoid Justice by Apologizing for Their Actions

Posted by Sandra On August - 9 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS
  • Hundreds of sex offenders let off with community resolution orders
  • Deals allow criminals to avoid the courts by making an apology to victims
  • 20 orders given to people who raped children aged under 13
  • MP calls for Government review, asking: ‘How on Earth did this happen?’ 

1407505224700_wps_10_The_silhouetted_shape_of_Child rapists, kidnappers and perverts caught with child abuse images have been allowed to walk free by the police – because they said they were sorry. Hundreds of sex offenders have been let off the hook because they apologized to their victims and the police for their actions, according to figures obtained by MailOnline. The government is facing calls to halt the use of controversial use of the resolution orders, with MPs demanding to know: ‘How on earth has this happened?’ READ MORE HERE

Mother Allowed Man to Molest Her Daughters for 5-Years

Posted by Sandra On August - 7 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS
  • Shawn Ussery, 42, of Florida, charged with sexual battery and aggravated child abuse 
  • His 37-year-old live-in girlfriend is facing counts of failure to protect children and lewd and lascivious exhibition

article-2718033-204EF2C100000578-169_306x423A Florida mother and her live-in boyfriend are facing a slew of child abuse charges after sheriff’s officials say the man repeatedly molested his girlfriend’s children – and she did nothing to stop him. According to the Manatee County’s Sheriff’s Office, 42-year-old Shawn Ussery had not only sexually abused the minors for five years, but he also smoked methamphetamine with at least one of the victims. Ussery was arrested Tuesday at his home in Bradenton on 10 counts of sexual battery, 16 counts of capital sexual battery and a single count of aggravated child abuse. READ MORE HERE

Father Beat Up Infant Son While He Was Being Treated In Hospital

Posted by Sandra On August - 7 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS
  • Was brought in with a blow to the head and had suffered ‘forceful shaking’
  • Father attacked him while he was being treated – causing extensive bruising 

1407327311437_wps_1_article_2322404_19B530020A father attacked his baby son in hospital while the little boy was being treated for injuries he had inflicted in a previous violent outburst, it has been revealed. The child was taken to Rotherham District Hospital in South Yorkshire when he was less than three weeks old where medical staff found he had suffered severe head injuries and ‘forceful shaking’. While he was still being treated for his injuries his father attacked him again – leaving him with extensive bruising. READ MORE HERE

Woman Charged In Her Son’s 1990 Slaying

Posted by Sandra On August - 7 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

_h353_w628_m6_otrue_lfalseSTUART, Florida — More than two decades after she reported her 5-year-old son missing from a carnival in New Jersey, a woman investigators say they long considered a suspect was arrested on the day that Timothy Wiltsey would have turned 29. Michelle Lodzinski, 47, was held without bail by a Florida judge after a brief court appearance Thursday. She was arrested Wednesday in Jensen Beach. It wasn’t known whether she would agree to return to New Jersey, where a judge set her bail at $2 million. She appeared on camera from jail wearing an orange jumpsuit and did not yet have an attorney. READ MORE HERE

Nurse Who Killed 40 Infants Set To Be Released From Prison In 2018

Posted by Sandra On August - 6 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Genene Jones, 64, will be released from prison in February, 2018

1407352554545_Image_galleryImage_Genene_Jones_mugshotA pediatric nurse who allegedly murdered more than 40 infants in the 1980’s and was sent to prison for 99 years is up for parole this week. The parole board will almost certainly vote to keep Genene Jones behind bars. But no matter what the board does, she will walk free in less than four years.  ‘She’s probably going to be the first serial killer in this country’s history to be legally released,’ said Andy Kahan.

Jones, now age 64, is suspected of murdering dozens of infants by injecting them with a combination of drugs at two hospitals in San Antonio and Kerrville, Texas, between 1971 and 1984. Some estimates say she killed as many as 46 children. However, she was only convicted of two crimes – the murder of 15-month-old Chelsea McClellan and the attempted murder of Rolando Jones, who was 18 months old at the time. Her 99-year prison sentence was reduced by one third because of Texas sentencing laws at the time. She was put away in 1985. She is scheduled to be released in February 2018. READ MORE HERE


 

 

Drunken 21-YO Mother of Five Kills Her Infant Daughter

Posted by Sandra On August - 6 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

article-2718287-20505BBF00000578-725_306x423A 21-year-old mother of five from Denver has been charged in the beating death of her 2-month-old daughter after a night of heavy drinking. Kelsy Newell-Skinner was arrested last Monday and remains in custody for allegedly beating her daughter, Natalee Marie Skinner-Hurst, over the weekend. The infant, who died at a hospital last Thursday, was brain dead and had multiple injuries, including severe bruising on her head, a swollen left eye, fractured ribs and what are thought to be bite marks on her left thigh. READ MORE HERE

Parents Sue Website ‘Care.com’ After Child Killed by Nanny

Posted by Sandra On August - 6 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

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  • Rylan Koopmeiners died from blunt force trauma while under the care of nanny found through the website

A Kenosha, Wisconsin, couple is suing the popular child care website Care.com for the death of their baby girl.  Prosecutors say 3-month-old Rylan Koopmeiners died of blunt force trauma on July 27, 2012, while under the care of Sarah Gumm, a nanny the girl’s parents found on Care.com. Now, Nathan and Reggan Koopmeiners claim the website is partially responsible for their daughter’s death. According to the suit, Gumm, 33, repeatedly left the 3-month-old unattended while she allegedly took a taxi to a local pharmacy and purchased wine. The lawsuit goes on to allege that Gumm was under the influence of alcohol while providing nanny services and “negligently struck and/or slammed Rylan on her head causing a head injury” and ultimately, death. READ MORE HERE

Child Fatally Stabbed By Child

Posted by Sandra On August - 5 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Deadly playground attack

KENTWOOD, Michigan — A community in Kentwood is in mourning following a fatal stabbing that took place between two kids on the playground Monday evening. It happened Monday at Pinebrook Village Mobile Home Park at about 6 p.m. Police said four children were at the playground inside the mobile home park when a 12-year-old pulled out a knife and began stabbing Michael Conner Verkerke, 9, repeatedly in the back. Adam Zachow, who lives across the street from the Verkerke’s, said his kids spend the weekend playing with Michael, who goes by his middle name, Conner. READ MORE HERE

Victim: Michael Conner Verkerke, 9, Kentwood, Mich.

Victim: Michael Conner Verkerke, 9, Kentwood, MI

 

Two Men Charged In Fatal Shooting of Sleeping 8-YO Boy

Posted by Sandra On August - 4 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

4391515_GDETROIT – Two Detroit men were arraigned in Wayne County Circuit Court in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old boy on July 29. Calvin Mosby, 28, and Devaunte Starks, 17, were charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Jakari Pearson in the 680 block of East Street in Detroit. Mosby had previously dated Pearson’s mother and allegedly has threatened her. At 1:20 a.m. Mosby, accompanied by Starks, went to the woman’s home and shot Pearson.  READ MORE HERE

4-City Child Trafficking Loop Discovered In 3 States

Posted by Sandra On August - 4 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Child Sex Trafficking Loop Involved Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, and Birmingham

26157138_BG1A recent investigation by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation revealed a four-city child sex trafficking loop made up of Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, and Birmingham. Investigators say teenage girls are brought from city to city. One teen talked about how she was sold into the sex trade at 15 years old. An older man showed her affection, then drugged and took her to an abandoned house. READ MORE HERE

 

MI News Channel Investigation Results in Sex Offender’s Conviction

Posted by Sandra On August - 4 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Donald_Richard_Quinn_20131113110112_640_480MICHIGAN – A jury found Dr. Donald Quinn, a dentist who was the focus of a recent 7 Action News investigation, guilty of two counts of willfully violating the sex offender registry act, following a one-day trial before Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Colleen O’Brien. Last year, 7 Action News Investigator Heather Catallo found  Quinn working at a dental office that wasn’t listed with the state’s sex offender registry.  That is a felony. “Have you told the state that this is where you’re working – it’s not on the sex offender registry,” Catallo asked Quinn in November.  He did not answer the question. A few days after Catallo found Dr. Quinn at Southfield Dental Care PC, police arrested him at the dental office. READ MORE HERE

Mother of Bullied 12-YO Suicide Victim Sues School Board

Posted by Sandra On August - 4 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Tricia Norman listed three defendants in the lawsuit she filed Monday in Polk County, Florida

article-2715665-20404F3400000578-686_634x546The mother of a 12-year-old Florida girl who authorities say jumped to her death because she was excessively bullied is now suing the Polk County School Board, a construction materials company and a teenager accused of stalking her daughter. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in Polk County. Rebecca Sedwick leaped to her death from the roof of an abandoned concrete plant in Lakeland in September 2013.  A month later, the sheriff’s office controversially arrested two of her classmates, Guadalupe Shaw, 14 and Katelyn Roman, 13, on charges of aggravated stalking. READ MORE HERE

 

2-MO Old Abused Infant Dies

Posted by Sandra On August - 3 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

2-mo child in Denver abuse case dies; mother in custody

20140801__kelsy-newell-skinner~p1_200A 2-month-old victim of suspected child abuse last weekend died Thursday, Denver police announced. The mother, 21-year-old Kelsy Newell-Skinner, was arrested on Monday and remains in custody. Around 11 p.m. Sunday police were called to Children’s Hospital in Aurora, where the baby girl had been transported from Parker Adventist Hospital, according to the arrest affidavit. READ MORE HERE

Mom Told Police She “Didn’t Know Son Was Dead Until Smell Set In”

Posted by Sandra On August - 3 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

police-tapeHARRISBURG, PA — The mother of an 8-year-old Pennsylvania boy whose decomposing body was found on the third floor of their home said Saturday she didn’t know he had died until noticing the smell. Kimberly Tutko said her husband was the primary caretaker of their mentally disabled son, and he waited several days to tell her the boy had died. Police were called to the home Friday and found the boy’s body. Police charged Jarrod Tutko, 38, on Saturday with child endangerment, concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse. Court records do not list an attorney for him. READ MORE HERE

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