A teaching assistant was arrested on Tuesday after leaving her six-year-old daughter with a group of homeless people so that she could allegedly go and satisfy her ‘manic sexual rage’, by prostituting herself. Laura Lee Kelly left the young girl with the strangers, in Evergreen Park, Mesa, Arizona. She asked them to babysit and handed them beers in return for their trouble, Fox News reported. Kelly then went and had sex with two men, allegedly in exchange for cash.

The hunt for a fugitive monk who faces pedophile allegations is being stepped up by Scotland Yard today with the release of the first clear photograph of him since his arrest and subsequent disappearance 18 months ago. The image of 68-year-old Laurence Soper, wearing a traditional habit, was taken about ten years ago and will appear on police websites. Religious magazine Faith Today will also circulate the picture and alert monasteries worldwide.

York, PA – Victoria Manning, 29, and her boyfriend Darren Leber, 33, were charged last week after they allegedly beat and burned Manning’s 3-year-old son over a period of several months. According to police, officers were dispatched last week when Manning brought her 3-year-old son to York hospital and the boy was found to be suffering from numerous injuries and a severe infection to a burn on the arch of his foot.

TACOMA — A not guilty plea was entered Thursday in the case of a Spanaway man charged with shooting to death his wife and 11-year-old daughter. The defendant’s former brother-in-law said it’s all just “surreal.” During his arraignment in Pierce County Superior Court, Dean Holmes, 40, did not address the court except to confirm his name and birthdate.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming — Sheriff’s officials in Wyoming are asking the public for help in the investigation of a murdered teen from Pomona. Rigoberto Alvarado, Jr., 17, was reported missing by his father on July 30 after he didn’t return home to their apartment in Rock Springs the night before. His body was found on August 19 near a long-abandoned coal mine outside of town after days of intense searching.

YPSILANTI, MI – Ypsilanti Police say a man who provides free Christmas dinners to the community has been charges with sexually assaulting a teenage boy. Leonardo Devinci Christian has been charged with 3 felonies and 2 high count misdemeanors. Police say that he began assaulting the boy in November of 2011, when the victim was 13-years-old. The assaults allegedly took place on numerous occasions in Christian’s home.

Brittany Lenay Wyandt, 20, of Claysburg, Pennsylvania was arrested Tuesday after allegedly giving birth to a 14-year-old’s baby last week. Wyandt approached the 14-year-old’s mother with a sonogram, who then contacted police about the affair. According to Philly.com, the boy has admitted to having regular sexual encounters with Wyandt.

FAIRFIELD — A 10-year-old girl was charged with manslaughter Thursday in connection with the death of a 3-month-old baby from Clinton. Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway died July 8 while she was being baby-sat in a Fairfield home. Police did not identify the 10-year-old. She is in the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, according to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The baby sat alone for 16 hours in a hot third-floor room, strapped in a car seat in front of a TV with no food or water and wearing the same dirty diaper. Before baby Kayla died of dehydration and starvation, she likely screamed, squirmed and cried out for help. Her mother, Kimberly Ann Taschler, was two floors down in their Palmerton home smoking marijuana. When she finally did check on Kayla two-thirds of a day after propping her in front of the TV, it was too late.

RIVERSIDE, CA — A Riverside mother and her two young children were stabbed to death Thursday morning by the woman’s estranged husband or boyfriend, police said. The suspect was later shot and wounded in a confrontation with officers, according to authorities. Police were called to the 10400 block of Granger Court just before 7 a.m. by other residents of the home who saw a man speeding away from the location.

16-year-old Hannah Truelove was discovered dead in the woods near her home in Gainesville, Georgia on Friday night after she had tweeted “I got me a stalker”. Her mother had reported her missing on Thursday, and several social media messages via Twitter indicated that she was aware she was in danger.

’16 & Pregnant’ couple, Ebony and Joshua Rendon, have custody of their child once more, thanks to taking on better hygiene within their household. According to TMZ, “The Department of Human Services stripped the MTV stars of custody of their daughter Jocelyn last year, after police found deplorable living conditions in their home like feces covered walls, maggots and flies.”

Child sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,000 times a year, but the number of unreported instances is far greater, because the children are afraid to tell anyone what has happened, and the legal procedure for validating an episode is difficult. The problem should be identified, the abuse stopped, and the child should receive professional help. The long-term emotional and psychological damage of sexual abuse can be devastating to the child. Child sexual abuse can take place within the family, by a parent, step-parent, sibling or other relative; or outside the home, for example, by a friend, neighbor, child care person, teacher, or stranger. When sexual abuse has occurred, a child can develop a variety of distressing feelings, thoughts and behaviors. No child is psychologically prepared to cope with repeated sexual stimulation. Even a two or three year old, who cannot know the sexual activity is wrong, will develop problems resulting from the inability to cope with the over-stimulation.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC — Deputies are asking for your help finding a missing 20-year-old Spartanburg County woman. The sheriff’s office says Crystal Lynn Freeman was last seen on May 2 on Midland Drive. She was reported missing by her mother on May 15. Freeman’s mother tells investigators Crystal suffers from depression and needs medication.