ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police say they have arrested man who was keeping more than 100,000 child pornography images on his computer. Detectives said they arrested 43-year-old Jeffrey Todd Lobdell on Tuesday morning after serving a search warrant at his apartment and seizing the computer.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police say they have arrested man who was keeping more than 100,000 child pornography images on his computer. Detectives said they arrested 43-year-old Jeffrey Todd Lobdell on Tuesday morning after serving a search warrant at his apartment and seizing the computer.

A Lexington couple arrested in July in an alleged child abuse case involving their six adopted children that dates back to January 2010 have been formally indicted in the case. Police say Cheryl Christopher, 51, locked a nine-year-old child in a dog cage at the family’s former home on Deauville Drive, and that she also allegedly tried to suffocate two children while trying to strangle them.

Victims of childhood sexual abuse pleaded with lawmakers on Tuesday to allow a vote on a bill that would repeal the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes committed against children, suggesting that a majority of House members already support the bill. “All we’re asking for is that when children become adults and they want to confront their abuser they get a fair fight,” said Carmen Durso, an attorney and board member of Massachusetts Citizens for Children.

PHOENIX — The state’s child protection program is getting new scrutiny, with Gov. Jan Brewer reviewing the program with her social services director and advocates expressing concern about backlogs in investigations of complaints of abuse and neglect. Brewer canceled a scheduled trip to Mexico for a conference of border state governors to instead meet Wednesday with Clarence Carter, director of the state Department of Economic Security.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered an elderly widow he robbed, citing the severe abuse the prisoner suffered as a child, according to news reports out of Columbus. Joseph Murphy, 46, of Marion was scheduled to be executed Oct. 18. He was convicted of what Kasich called the “heinous and disturbing” slaying of 72-year-old Ruth Predmore during a February 1987 home robbery.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — A woman was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of drunk driving and child endangerment after allegedly flipping her car with her 4-year-old daughter inside. Police say the woman was driving along the 5900 block of Whitnall Highway at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when she crashed into two parked cars and flipped over.

JURUPA VALLEY, CA– Two people have been shot in a parking lot at Patriot High School in Jurupa Valley, according to sheriff’s deputies. The shooting, reported around 10:40 a.m., prompted a lockdown on the campus located at Camino Real and Mission Boulevard.

FULLERTON, CA — A young woman accused of drowning her newborn boy in a toilet has pleaded guilty to felony child abuse. Under a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to dismiss murder charges against 21-year old Yanira Bernice Valderrama.

Family dysfunction can be any condition that interferes with healthy family functioning. Most families have some periods of time where functioning is impaired by stressful circumstances (death in the family, a parent’s serious illness, etc.). Healthy families tend to return to normal functioning after the crisis passes. In dysfunctional families, however, problems tend to be chronic and children do not consistently get their needs met. Negative patterns of parental behavior tend to be dominant in their children’s lives.

The purpose of a timeout is to remove a child from an enjoyable experience, when they have misbehaved, and have them placed in an area free from distraction in order to calm down and reflect on their behavior. Listed below are ten secrets to implementing timeouts at home.

A Cathedral City man posed as a teen online, then assaulted and drugged the girl he lured to his apartment, investigators said today. The girl, who ran away from Buena Park, told investigators she met the man on a social networking site two years ago. She has communicated with him via several sites, including Facebook, MySpace and mbuzzy.com.

A 21-year-old DeLand man faces a charge of aggravated child abuse after an infant he brought to a DeLand hospital was discovered to have multiple injuries including a skull fracture. Joshua Dale Bartholomew is being held without bail in the Volusia County Branch Jail.

Chattanooga Police have charged Donna Alicia Ray with aggravated child abuse after she allegedly stabbed her 15-year-old daughter in the back following an argument Sunday night. According to police, Ray confronted her daughter after arriving home at 1701 Oak St. when she smelled smoke in the house and “assumed that her daughter had been doing something wrong.”

MILWAUKEE—Milwaukee police are investigating a child abuse case on the city’s west side that left a one-year-old girl in critical condition. The incident happened around 6:00 p.m. on Sunday in the 3600 block of W. Kilbourn Ave.