A man made an initial court appearance Friday on 22 charges alleging he repeatedly raped a 6-year-old girl and had child pornography depicting at least 18 victims. James Hubert Hopkins, 44, appeared on the charges in Yellowstone County Justice Court. He faces four felony counts of sexual intercourse without consent and 18 counts of sexual abuse of children. Judge Pro Tem Michele Sullivan set Hopkins’ bond at $250,000, told him to have no contact with any children, including his own, and to undergo GPS monitoring if he posts bail.

MARTINSBURG -A Martinsburg man indicted on child abuse and neglect charges in connection with the death of his 3-year-old son was found guilty Friday on all counts following a four-day jury trial in Berkeley County Circuit Court. The jury of eight men and four women reached a verdict at about 1:40 p.m., finding James N. Mauldin, 22, guilty of death of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian by child abuse; child abuse causing serious bodily injury; malicious assault; two counts of gross child neglect creating a substantial risk of serious bodily injury; and one count of presenting false information regarding a child’s injuries.

A 10-month-old baby died on Friday night after his mother’s boyfriend allegedly beat him. Eddie Widdick, 23, of Jermyn, Pennsylvania was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his girlfriend Ashley Nelson’s child on Wednesday for allegedly bludgeoning the boy so badly he suffered deep brain injuries, hemorrhages in both eyes, bruises on the head and torso, and a rib fracture. An autopsy will be performed on the baby Silas on Monday and more charges will be filed against Widdick following the autopsy, First Assistant District Attorney Gene Talerico said Saturday. He also said that homicide charges are likely.

TROY, N.Y. – The city man accused of sexually abusing three little girls was arrested Friday in Pinellas Park, Fla., capping 14 hours of twists and turns in the case that has captured national attention. Acting on a tip, Pinellas Park Police found Jesse P. Sawyer, 25, in a church shelter at about midnight. At that point, he was detained but not arrested. The FBI and Troy Police provided verbal confirmation of the federal warrant for Sawyer’s arrest, and scrambled to provide a copy of the document itself.

A mother starved, beat and tortured her two-16-year-old children for more than eight years, police have said. Jamie Marie Hicks, 43, allegedly inflicted cruelty on the two children at her home in North Tampa, Florida while their stepfather, 53-year-old Vernon Courtney Lovell, looked on and did nothing. She hit them with various objects, choked them to the point of unconsciousness and held their heads under water, according to a police report reported in the Tampa Bay Times. She also withheld food from them for up to three days at a time, they told police, and on other occasions, she fed them spoiled food or made them regurgitate food and then eat it again.

Sexual Assault: the sexual exploitation, forcible penetration, or an act of sexual contact on the body of another person, male or female, without his or her consent. Rape is an act of power and control, in which the victim is humiliated, degraded, and left with feelings of shame, guilt, and anger. If you are forced against your will to have sex with someone, that is rape. NC General Statute 14-27 defines rape and sexual assault as the following:

A Ward Melville High School science teacher has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a female student, police said. Special Victims Section detectives arrested Stephen Malusa, 47, after an investigation revealed that he had abused the female student in May 2013, police said. Malusa, of Selden, was charged with third degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He was arraigned Tuesday in First District Court in Central Islip and is being held on $45,000 bond or $15,000 cash bail.

Murder charges have been filed against a Morgan County man after the weekend death of a 9-month-old baby in his care, an official with the local sheriff’s office said Tuesday. Donald Justin Lee, 21, was arrested Saturday night and charged with cruelty to children. Charges were upgraded to felony murder on Monday, Morgan sheriff’s Capt. Christopher Bish told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

ATLANTA, GA — The FBI is asking for your help as they search for a murder suspect and a missing child. Federal officials are searching for Kahlil Malik Tatum, who was charged with the murder of his wife in Washington, D.C. Authorities say Tatum fled D.C. and has ties to Atlanta. He is described as 5’7″ tall, weighing 170 pounds. Police say he has a distinctive tattoo on his left upper arm.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Raleigh man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he raped a 12-year-old child. Jeremy Samuel Jones, 26, of 204 Farrington Drive, Apt. B, is charged with one count each of first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. According to arrest warrants, the alleged offenses happened between Sunday and Tuesday. The warrants do not say how Jones knows the child.

Marshalls Creek, Monroe County – The founder and director of the Pennsylvania Singing Boys Choir is charged with rape. Bernard Schade, also known as Ken Werner, had contact with thousands of children in northeastern and central Pennsylvania. Now, police and the FBI are concerned there may be more victims. State Police say Schade raped an 11-year-old boy who performed in his choir. It allegedly happened in 1996 at Schade’s home in Marshall’s Creek. Court documents show he now has a Wind Gap address.

EUCLID, Ohio — A Cleveland man is facing his third child rape charge in two years, this time accused of forcing an 8-year-old boy to perform sex acts on him. James Johnson, 29, is facing a first-degree felony rape charge in Euclid Municipal Court. Johnson is being held in jail on $100,000 bond and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 3. Johnson is also facing charges after being indicted in 2013. Those charges allege he raped a 4-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

EAST MOLINE, Illinois – Authorities in a western Illinois community are investigating after they discovered a dozen razor blades glued to playground equipment in an East Moline city park. The razor blades were discovered Monday in the community’s Millennium Park after a 2-year-old boy sliced his finger on a razor. The laceration was minor. Police Lt. Brian Foltz told the Quad-City Times that officers are “always doing park checks,” but authorities aren’t sure how long the blades had been attached to the playground equipment.

Timothy Johnson made a bank transaction in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Monday, March 17. Last known whereabouts Clinton, TN. Tim drives a 1999 Chevy Chevy Silverado extended cab with the Indiana license plate of TK-267LVZ.