(Parsons, KS) — A man faces murder, child abuse, and sodomy charges in the death of a 19-month-old boy in Parsons, Kansas. Mark Baker, 25, of Parsons, Kansas, was arrested earlier in the week after after authorities were called to a Parsons home for a report of a non-responsive child.

Southfield— Motorists accused of driving drunk with children in the car, like the Southfield woman whose daughter passed a note last month to a bank teller seeking help, have drawn attention to what authorities say is an under-reported problem that puts hundreds of kids at risk every year in Michigan. Child endangerment charges can be levied when an impaired person drives with a child under age 16. But because the young victims are often either unaware or incapable of knowing what’s happening, or reluctant or too fearful to report it, most cases never lead to arrests. Even the state Department of Human Services can’t say how often reported offenses occur across Michigan.

The BACA Victims Benefit tonight at Third and Walnut is the first in a series of fast approaching events geared towards helping those who need it most. The Montgomery County chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse will hold their annual Victims Benefit tonight at Third and Walnut Bar and Grill, with all proceeds going to victims services in Norristown.

The benefit, which runs from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., will feature DJing by “Big Daddy” of the Mavericks Motorcycle Club, food, drinks, raffles, and much more, all for a $20 donation. The benefit is one of many events coordinated by the Montco BACA members.

Although still early spring, the Texas sun was beating down bright on Saturday as hundreds of motorcycles thundered across Bell and Coryell counties during the first-ever Ride For a Child. The event, put on to raise money for child abuse awareness and prevention, was organized as a joint partnership between the exchange clubs of Copperas Cove, Gatesville, Temple and Killeen.

Sitting in a screening room last week, I watched my life portrayed by someone else. A stranger played my husband and there were different children in my house. My daughter Rachel, son Ben and husband Mervyn had swapped jokes for months about what this moment might be like. Now we were nervous. On screen, actress Emily Watson appeared as a social worker coaxing a distraught teenage mother into surrendering her baby. I held my breath. A vignette from my life had transported me back 25 years.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Two Memphis boys, aged 7 and 9, have admitted to raping a toddler. The victim’s 5-year-old brother told their mother about the abuse after he saw two neighborhood boys abusing his 2-year-old sister, according to The Commercial Appeal. Both boys admitted to the August 9 crime to avoid a trial.

NEW ALBANY, OH– No stranger to controversy, U.S. retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has come under fire for offering a push-up bikini top to young girls. Its “Ashley” bikini — described as “padded” and a “push-up” — was posted on the Abercrombie Kids website earlier this week. The company declined to comment Saturday, but noted it has since updated the description of its bikini online.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—An assistant school principal in New Rochelle who recently resigned from his post was arrested and charged Friday with sexually abusing a 14-year-old student, officials announced Friday. According to authorities, Jose Martinez is accused of having “ongoing courses of manual and oral sex” with the male student between March 2010 and June 2010, inside his middle school office .

RACINE, Wis — Samuel Curtis Johnson III, a billionaire member of the family that runs the SC Johnson & Son household products company, has been charged with repeated sexual assault of a child, officials said on Friday. The child is now 15, and the alleged assault went on for “several years,” according to Racine County District Attorney Michael Nieskes.

BOYLE HEIGHTS– A man is under arrest Saturday after being accused of luring a 6-year-old girl away from her family and sexually assaulting her, police said. Around 8 p.m. Friday police officers responded to a kidnap in progress at Sheridan Elementary School on the 300 block of Cornwell street. When police arrived they found Edward Gonzalez, 28, being held down by witnesses who saw him leave the scene.

ELYRIA — Kevin Kimbrough, who could have faced the death penalty for the death of 8-month-old Jayden Davidson, pleaded guilty before Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski. Kimbrough, 27, of Lorain, was sentenced by Zaleski to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — A Fort Drum soldier who was wounded during a 2009 tour in Afghanistan was charged Friday with killing a four-month-old baby he and his wife were trying to adopt. Jeffrey Sliker, 23, was arraigned Friday in Watertown City Court in northern New York on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Laurne Clark, who was also known as Mollie Sliker. The child was found dead at Sliker’s home Wednesday after his wife alerted authorities. An autopsy determined she died of a blunt-force head injury, and Sliker was arrested.

Montgomery police say former minister Barry Cook has been arrested and charged with sexual torture and aggravated child abuse. Cook, 47, appeared before Montgomery Co. District Judge Sharon Yates Friday and was informed of his charges against him.

(CNN) The Society of Jesus’ Pacific Northwest unit and its insurer have agreed to pay a record $166.1 million to about 500 people who were sexually and psychologically abused as children by Jesuit priests from the 1940s to the 1990s, the Washington State Association of Justice said in statement Friday.