NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. – Authorities have charged a western New York woman with drunk driving after police say her 9-year-old daughter wrote a note pleading for help from passing motorists. Police in North Tonawanda say 38-year-old Bonnie Will of Tonawanda was intoxicated while driving her daughter and two other children, ages 8 and 12, when she suddenly stopped her car on a busy road Tuesday.

Mesa, AZ–Child porn doesn’t get any nastier than this, little girls depicted in bondage and bestiality scenes, but that’s what floats the boat of a 60-year-old Mesa man recently arrested by police. Frank Morgan Foster has been charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of minors after child porn was traced to his home computer. During the interview, he admitting that he has been downloading child porn for the past 10 years, and his victims of choice are between the ages 5 to 8.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Three adopted children who allegedly suffered burns and were forced to eat pet food lived in “inhumane conditions” and might never fully recover, an Oklahoma sheriff said Thursday. “They have been raised worse than dogs,” Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards told CNN of the three malnourished juveniles, who are 9, 11 and 15.

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center serves as the nation’s principle information and resource center regarding all aspects of sexual violence. It provides national leadership, consultation and technical assistance by generating and facilitating the development and flow of information on sexual violence intervention and prevention strategies. The NSVRC works to address the causes and impact of sexual violence through collaboration, prevention efforts and the distribution of resources.

Over 3 million cases of child abuse and neglect were reported to child protective service (CPS) agencies in the United States in 2009. “Prevent Child Abuse – America” reports that currently about 47 out of every 1000 children are reported as victims of child maltreatment. Overall, the number of children who reported their abuse increased by 28% between 2008 and 2009.

The Stop Abuse Campaign is a grassroots movement representing the rights of anyone sexually, physically or emotionally abused. Our mission is to stop abuse and alleviate the suffering of all those affected, including families, friends, businesses and communities.

Keith Smith, Author, Advocate and Stranger Abduction Sexual Assault Survivor Discusses His Experience, His Book and Steps We Can Take to Keep Kids Safe. Just click this link to Blog Talk Radio at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2 to listen or call in live. I’ll be discussing my experience as a Stranger Abduction Sexual Assault Survivor, my book Men in My Town plus “5 Things We Can Do to Keep Kids Safe.”

TAMPA, Fla. — Police say two people are accused of using a stun gun to discipline a 13-year-old boy. According to Tampa Police, 22-year-old Christopher Roosevelt Lewis says he bought the stun gun last week. Police arrested Lewis and 19-year-old Deonjhane “Amy” Menifield on child abuse charges.

A Yukon man and woman are accused of beating, choking, whipping and burning their adopted children and feeding them pet food, court records show. John Edward Kluth, 50, and Sonja Kay Kluth, 57, were charged Tuesday in Canadian County District Court with three counts each of child abuse and three counts each of child neglect. They were booked into the Canadian County jail and released on bail, a jail spokesman said. It is not clear if they have retained or been assigned an attorney.

Jeremy McIntosh, 28, of the 200 block of East Midland Street was arrested after he admitted during questioning that he struck the child several times because she would not obey him and continued to cry wanting her mother and father, said police chief Danny Whiteley in a prepared release.

SCRANTON – A federal jury Friday found former Luzerne County Court Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. guilty of racketeering in one of the nation’s worst judicial scandals, a crime in which prosecutors said the former judge used children “as pawns to enrich himself.”

Carroll County, GA –A registered sex offender has been arrested for molesting seven boys, ages 10 to 15. Two more victims have since stepped forward. Dennis Eugene Colley, 41, is no stranger to being arrested for sexual assault. His crimes of choice began in 1992. He previously served four years in prison for three counts of first degree sexual abuse after being convicted.

DELTA, Colo — A western Colorado man accused of molesting a boy 873 times was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Wednesday. Jeffrey Bigham, 47, was arrested last week on suspicion of sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust, Jamie Head, spokeswoman for the Delta, Colorado police department, told Reuters.

SAN DIEGO– A karate instructor accused of carrying on a sexual relationship with one of his teenage students pleaded guilty Wednesday to 29 felony charges, including committing lewd acts on a child. Eric Dylan Protas, who had been free on $800,000, was ordered into custody without bail by El Cajon Judge Peter Deddeh.