High profile allegations of abuse by Jimmy Savile and other celebrities have triggered a 20 per cent surge in sex assaults reported to police. New figures released today show police were told of 64,200 sexual offences in the year to March, with officials crediting the publicity around historic allegations for encouraging victims to come forward. It also emerged police are failing to solve half of crimes, including nearly three quarters of cases of theft, criminal damage and arson.

Mexican police have rescued more than 450 children they believe were abused at a children’s home in Zamora in the western state of Michoacan. They were allegedly subject to sexual abuse and forced to beg on the streets. The owner, Rosa del Carmen Verduzco, and eight employees at the House of the Big Family have been arrested. Correspondents say it is one of Mexico’s worst incidents of alleged child abuse at a children’s institution in many years.

An alleged child rapist has been denied bail with police expecting to lay more charges after another five potential victims have come forward. Gregory James Druery, 50, offered a $920,000 surety to abide by conditions effectively placing him under house-arrest at a bail application at Liverpool Local Court on Friday. He was denied bail after the court heard that five more potential victims had come forward and that child porn, including footage of some naked victims, had allegedly been found on Druery’s computer. “If he wasn’t arrested there would be more offences,” the prosecution said. “There’s a common thread to his approach to victims.” The telco technician is facing 19 charges, including three counts of sexual intercourse with a child aged between 14 and 16.

Just days after getting arrested in a child sex sting, Robert Kingsolver is a long way from his beloved job at Walt Disney World. Inside his rented house in a suburban Orlando neighborhood filled with children, he sits in a folding chair in a nearly empty room, wires dangling in the corner where his computer used to be connected. Now, he can’t be online or near children. “My life is ruined,” he told CNN in an interview at his home. “My family’s life is ruined. My kids’ life is ruined. I’ve devastated my parents because of bad judgment.”

Today theindychannel.com reported Indianapolis police department arrested Ja’Lyne Dawson and her boyfriend, Donald Stubbs, in what they call a “horrible case of child abuse.” Dawson and Stubbs, are accused of beating and severely abusing Dawson’s 2 year old son. The toddler suffered a “broken jaw, respiratory failure and a perforated intestine.”

Today USA TODAY reported a man is accused of “hugging his toddler to death.” Robert Kemp was arrested and is being charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of 14-month-old Jaylen Harris. The charges come more than a year after the toddler died. Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell did not say why more than a year had passed before charges were filed against Kemp. Baby Jaylen “died of asphyxiation.”

The Amarillo Police Department and Amarillo Crime Stoppers are asking for your help in locating wanted a child sex offender. Tommy Dale Sells, who has 4 counts of sex offenses against a child, is wanted by law enforcement. If you have any information on Sells, you should step forward. I mean, 4 counts of sex offenses against a child! I know, the rule is innocent until proven guilty, but this guy has 4 counts of sexual misconduct with a child! 1 count isn’t cool, and he has 4. So, please look at the pictures and do the right thing. Amarillo Police release: “Amarillo Crime Stoppers needs your help locating this week`s fugitive, Tommy Dale Sells who has a Potter County warrant for 4 counts of sex offenses against a child. If you have any information on Tommy Sells, contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers at (806)374-4400 or submit a tip on-line at amapolice.org. Remember, if your anonymous tip leads to his arrest, you could get a reward of up to $300.?

Elizabeth Johnson, an Arizona woman convicted in the Christmastime 2009 disappearance of her son, Gabriel Johnson, has been freed from prison. Johnson, who has served roughly 5 years behind bars, was released from Perryville state prison just after midnight Friday, authorities said. She now faces four years’ probation. According to KNXV-TV, Johnson’s attorney said she is looking forward to rejoining society and has plans to help single mothers in need. The attorney did not elaborate on those plans, the news station reported.

A 26-year-old woman has become the first to be charged under controversial new laws in Tennessee that make it illegal to take drugs while pregnant, after both her and her baby tested positive for methamphetamine. Mallory Loyola was arrested as she was discharged from hospital on Tuesday, having welcomed her daughter last Sunday, later admitting to police she smoked meth just days before giving birth. The new law – introduced in the state earlier this month – states that a woman can be ‘prosecuted for assault for the illegal use of a narcotic drug while pregnant’, according to WATE-TV. Officials are hoping the assault charges – and now Loyola’s arrest – will stop women abusing drugs during their pregnancy, however opposers say it will only cultivate troubled women not seeking proper prenatal care.

Up to 95% of child sexual abusers are male (Bagley, 1995). They can be single, married and have families of their own. Up to 1/3 of reported offences are committed by adolescents (Bagley, 1995). 95% of abusers will be known to the family (Child Protection Council, 1993). They will be a trusted friend and/or family member. It crucial to note, that child sex offenders ‘groom’ both the child and the family. It is also important to note, that the sexual abuse of children has no social boundaries.

All parents want to protect their children from predators, but how do you keep your kids safe when you don’t know how to spot one? Anyone can be a child molester or a pedophile, so identifying one can be difficult – especially because most child molesters or pedophiles are initially trusted by the children they abuse. Read on to learn which behaviors and traits are red flags, what situations to avoid, and how to deter child molesters from targeting your child.

Two year-old Conner Bachuss died at the hands of his mother’s, Mashanna Bachuss, ex-boyfriend Ronald Saunders. Today I received word there has been an update to block Conner’s killers parole. The Block Parole Petition drive is currently in progress and Ms. Bachuss and her family need your help to keep Conner’s killer behind bars. Please take a moment of your time and submit your petition today to keep Ronald Saunders in prison for the remainder of his 10 year sentence.

McKINNEY, Texas – A McKinney child who went missing in 2006 has been found and returned to his father. In 2006, Dean Drees’ 2-year-old son went missing. After an investigation, police found he had been kidnapped by his mother Padmashini Drees, the non-custodial parent, and taken to India.

Today KRQE.COM reported that the Albuquerque Police Department say “the parents of the two young children put them in a very dangerous situation” Albuquerque Police said it all began when an undercover detective answered an ad for an escort that left Jodeci Smith charged with “abandonment or abuse of a child and conspiracy to commit a second degree felony.” Her boyfriend, Ruben Lave is facing the same charges as well as additional charges of “promoting prostitution.”