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Mother Arrested for Using Stun Gun On Children

Posted by Sandra On February - 2 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Florida woman arrested for using stun gun to discipline children as young as seven-years-old

https://www.fogliandpartners.com/cbhv7u7 article-0-1B240D1700000578-29_306x423A Florida caregiver faces child abuse charges after the relatives she looked after ratted on her use of a taser-like gun for discipline to school officials. Letina  Smith, 41, of Kissimmee, made the three children aged seven, eight and nine-years-old sit against the wall as they would in a chair with their arms out, but minus the chair – if they moved they would be zapped, she called it the ‘electric chair,’ officials said. READ MORE HERE

Father Accused of Incest

Posted by Sandra On February - 1 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Dad Accused Of Incest, Assaulting Daughter And Her 2 Friends Multiple Times

Buy Ambien Overnight Cod download (2)LETHBRIDGE, Altanta – A man from Lethbridge, Alta., is accused of sexually assaulting his nine-year-old daughter and two of her friends. The 51-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday and charged with three counts of invitation to sexual touching and one each of sexual assault, incest and sexual interference. The father’s name can’t be released to protect his daughter’s identity. READ MORE HERE

Salvation Army Accused of Child Abuse, Torture, Rape

Posted by Sandra On February - 1 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

https://municion.org/j2ggffm5 download (1)AUSTRALIA — Young boys were locked in a cage for days on end as part of a brutal regime of physical and sexual abuse meted out to dozens of youngsters at Salvation Army homes in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, a royal commission into child-sex abuse has heard. And the Salvation Army’s leadership often failed to discipline or remove the perpetrators, but simply moved them to other homes where they frequently continued the abuse. The revelations came during the first public hearing in Sydney by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse for 2014. READ MORE HERE

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https://www.wefairplay.org/2025/03/11/0rdgql2t5jq Salvation Army in Australia ‘rented out’ boys for sexual abuse

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Registered Sex Offender Rapes Again

Posted by Sandra On February - 1 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

Police say sex offender, on probation, raped girl, 14

https://ottawaphotographer.com/rzx9k3p5m2 downloadHIGHLAND FALLS — A Highland Falls man, already a Level 1 registered sex offender and currently on probation for a sex offense, was arrested Wednesday, charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl. The arrest was made by the Orange County Child Abuse Unit, which includes state police, Orange County sheriff’s deputies and Town of Warwick and Village of Goshen police.  State police said the arrest followed an investigation of a case that was referred to the unit by the New York State Child Abuse Hotline. READ MORE HERE

Man Burned Toddler’s Genitals With Blowdryer

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https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/sj6uveuyz BURN_MARKS_20140123214209_320_240HERNANDO COUNTY, Florida – Three-year-old Ethan isn’t old enough to express how he feels with full sentences but his repeated use of one word gets across the pain he feels from the second degree burns on his little body. “Owie! Owie,” screamed Ethan while in his mother’s arms. The Hernando County boy was repeatedly burned with a hot blow dryer as a form of punishment last Friday, deputies say. READ MORE HERE

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Teens Raped Disabled Child

Posted by Sandra On January - 31 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

capture-20140131-225405PORTSMOUTH — Police in New Hampshire are calling it a horrific crime and have arrested two teenagers in connection with a rape case involving a brain-damaged child. “This is a case where they need to be brought to justice and answer for what they did,” explained Portsmouth Deputy Chief Corey MacDonald. Vincent Pittore, 18, of Derry, New Hampshire is accused of raping a young girl twice. He’s charged with two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. READ MORE HERE

School Child Abuse Reporting Failing

Posted by Sandra On January - 31 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

images (1)Sexual abuse of children by teachers or other public school employees is likely underestimated because of a patchwork reporting system and involvement of numerous local, state and federal agencies in investigating such claims, according to a new government report obtained exclusively by NBC News. The report by the Government Accountability Office, released Thursday, raises numerous questions about how closely public schools are following federal requirements for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse allegations or suspicions involving the public school employees who oversee the 50 million children enrolled in the nation’s public K-12 schools. The report also raises doubts about the accuracy of the data on the scope of the problem. READ MORE HERE

State officials failed in 2013 to address school child abuse

Sex abuse at schools: Systems for reporting suspicions lacking

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Woman Murdered Boyfriend’s 2-YO Toddler

Posted by Sandra On January - 31 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

childPLANO, Texas – A 25-year-old Texas woman is charged with capital murder in the death of her boyfriend’s 2-year-old daughter. Grace Ford, who would have turned 3 next month, was found dead with duct tape over her mouth inside her father’s apartment on January 9. The father’s girlfriend, 25-year-old Melinda Muniz, was also inside the apartment. Police found her on the floor, also with duct tape on her mouth and her pants pulled down, according to the station. READ MORE HERE

Girl Held Hostage, Repeatedly Raped, for 15-Years By Relative

Posted by Sandra On January - 31 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

https://www.scarpellino.com/ip0edip8dg Raul Ochoa of Richmond is accused of keeping the girl as a sex slave from the age of 12 until she escaped aged 27

article-2549099-1B176F5C00000578-64_306x423This is the horrifying image of a grimy shack which a young girl was forced to build before being held in it as a sex slave for 15 years. The woman, who has not been identified, was repeatedly raped and brutally controlled from the age of 12 by a male relative who kept her imprisoned in the plywood shed with a single mattress at a home in Richmond, California. Raul Ochoa, 52, was convicted on Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of forced lewd acts on a child and two counts of forcible rape. As part of a plea deal, he will be formally sentenced to 22 years in state prison next month. READ MORE HERE

 

Three Children Imprisoned By Adoptive Parents for Months

Posted by Sandra On January - 31 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

article-2549781-1B1CAB2A00000578-146_306x423Three children have been rescued from a home in Tennessee after being found locked in bedrooms with portable toilets. The two girls, aged 12 and 17, and a 14-year-old boy were only allowed to leave to go to school, the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office reported on Friday. The children had been held this way for six months in order to ‘discipline them’.  The girls were locked in a room with the windows screwed shut and a portable toilet at the home in Covington. The teenage boy was held in a separate shed with no heating, electricity or running water. READ MORE HERE

Rape Victim Killed Herself After Pleas for Help Are Ignored

Posted by Sandra On January - 31 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

imagesThe University of Missouri has been accused of ignoring the alleged rape of a star swimmer by at least one member of its football team – and the student later committed suicide. According to a 16-month long investigation by ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines,’ staff at the school first learned about the alleged February 2010 incident after Canadian-born Sasha Menu Courey recounted her harrowing experience to a rape crisis counselor during an online chat conversation and a campus therapist in December that year. READ MORE HERE

Sasha Menu Courey’s Death Casts Light On Campus Sexual Assault

MU curators approve independent counsel to investigate Sasha Menu Courey case

Why Didn’t Mizzou Report Sasha Menu Courey’s Sexual Assault?

Liberia Rape Victims Are 65% Children

Posted by Sandra On January - 28 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

348236_Liberian-childrenTwo-thirds of those raped in Liberia in 2013 were children, the government of the West African country says. The Liberian Ministry of Gender and Development said in a statement on Tuesday that 65 percent of the 1,002 rape cases reported last year were between three and 14, AFP reported. The statement also revealed that ten under-14 children also died by injuries after being raped. “As a result of rape, 10 children from eight counties between the ages of three and 14 died during the year 2013. In some of the cases the perpetrators are still at large,” said the ministry. READ MORE HERE

Child Abuser Released After Serving Only 10-Months of 12-Year Sentence

Posted by Sandra On January - 28 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

downloadA woman convicted of child abuse is now free from jail. She served less than a year of her sentence.  A judge made the decision this morning. Our FOX23 crew talked to the father of one of the victims in the case. The woman was sentenced to 15 years in the Department of Corrections, but according to court documents, Meredith Howard is now out after only serving 10 months. It’s a story FOX23 has been following since 2010. Meredith Howard was convicted of two counts of child abuse. “One of the counts involved her breaking the femur bone of a 9-month-old baby,” said Tulsa County district attorney Sarah McAmis. The other was an assault on a 19-month-old. “The baby required immediate surgery and literally almost died on the way to the hospital,” said McAmis. READ MORE HERE

Daycare Teacher Meredith Howard Allegedly Sexually Abused 19-mth old

Child abuser released after Tulsa judge suspends prison term

Child-care worker convicted in abuse cases ordered released 

Nuns Accused of Forcing Children To Eat Own Vomit

Posted by Sandra On January - 28 - 2014 ADD COMMENTS

article-2547145-1B0220CE00000578-29_634x399Children were forced to eat their own vomit and put soiled bed sheets on their heads as punishment at care homes run by nuns, the largest public inquiry into institutional child abuse was told. The investigation into the behavior of Catholic nuns from the Sisters of Nazareth children’s homes in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, heard children were also forced to bathe in disinfectant and were beaten for wetting the bed. In a harsh regime where the youngsters were known by numbers rather than their names, many were subjected to humiliation, threats and physical abuse, counsel to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, Christine Smith QC said. READ MORE HERE

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