A Washington minister and music teacher has been arrested on rape and molestation charges after allegedly forcing himself on a 15-year-old piano student. The suspect, Royce Clinton Shorter, reportedly had been hitting on the girl during her $37.50 an hour lessons at his N-Time Music Productions studio and store for some time before ultimately coercing her into having sex.

Nitro, WV—-A six-week-old baby boy has been left with a skull fracture, a broken collar bone and broken bones in his left wrist. It was also determined that he had been shaken. Ian Gary Kessinger, 30, the father of the battered baby, was taken into custody. He admitted becoming angry with his son and losing his temper on three separate days, shaking him because he wouldn’t stop crying or eat, and jerking him around without supporting his head.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — The parents of a Texas toddler are struggling for answers days after their young son mysteriously disappeared from a house full of people. Sabrina Benitez, the 18-month-old’s mother, said she believes the boy was abducted — insisting it would have been all but impossible for her boy to go outside. Even if he did, Benitez said, the toddler would have been smart enough to try to get back in or would have been spotted by now.

DAYTON, Ohio — Two grandparents are accused of locking their 9-year-old granddaughter in a small bathroom every night for six years. Brian G. Hart, 55, and his wife 49-year-old Rivae are charged with kidnapping and child endangering. Dayton police say the child spent most of her time in bathroom barricaded by dressers and sleeping on a cot. “It was a deplorable situation,” said Sgt. Larry Toplin with Dayton Police. “This particular little girl was being restrained inside a small area, comprised of a half-bathroom, from the time basically she returned to school until leaving for school again the next morning. And this also included weekends.”

I was born at home after putting my mother through 57 hours of all natural labor 26 years ago. My incredible story of my birth is just the beginning of this life I have been given. I believe every one is born with a purpose and I found my purpose through the events that have taken place in my life. I decided at a young age to take a stand against evil and instead expose it to put a silent epidemic in the spotlight. I turned my childhood diary into a book Stolen Innocence and self-published it when I was a senior in high school. It was republished by Health Communications Inc. in January 2005. I began flying the country telling my story of the sexual abuse I endured as a child. A story I am not ashamed of but instead inspired to put a face and voice on sexual abuse. My mission is to take the stigma and shame off of sexual abuse survivors and give them a reason to speak. To educate the public that children are being abused right now in your own communities and our own backyards. I am at war against this silent evil that is lurking in the shadows.

SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, N.Y.—A man who was once voted “Little League Coach of the Year” has been arrested and charged for allegedly molesting three teenage boys on his team and videotaping the acts, authorities announced Wednesday. According to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, David Hartshorn, 52, was charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual acts, use of a child in a sexual performance and endangering the welfare of a child.

JANESVILLE — The cries from the baby doll sound real and inconsolable. The translucent skull on the simulator allows a user to see what kind of brain damage a baby can suffer from just a little shaking. Red lights glow in the back of the brain when a person mildly shakes the baby. The lights indicate the caregiver has just visually impaired or blinded the baby. At the next level of forceful shaking, lights go on in the front of the baby’s brain, which controls memory and emotion. The baby’s loss of those functions can cause learning disabilities and behavioral disorders.

CLARK COUNTY — A Clarksville baby-sitter accused of abusing a 13-month-old boy in her care is expected in court Wednesday afternoon. Brittany Clyatt, 26, was charged Friday in Clark County Circuit Court with class B felony neglect of a dependent and class B felony battery to a child. According to a probable-cause affidavit, Clyatt was baby-sitting the child Aug. 20 when she called his mother and told her the boy had fallen and broken his arm.

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg man facing dozens of child sex abuse charges will get a new attorney. Harvey Cale, 44, faces charges of encouraging child sex abuse, using a child in display of sexual activity, sodomy and marijuana charges. Cale told Judge Ronald Poole that a conflict with his attorney had not been resolved, and he wanted the court to appoint a new attorney.

Stanley Willis was sentenced to probation 20 years ago in Cincinnati after a boy accused him of sexual abuse and he was convicted of child endangering. He avoided jail again last year when he was sentenced to probation in Florida for attempting “lewd and lascivious molestation” of another boy. But now Willis faces up to 10 years in federal prison – not for touching a child but for viewing child pornography on his computer.

Two Bradley County parents face Aggravated child abuse and neglect charges after police say the couple’s five-month old daughter was severely malnourished. 23-year old Amy Lenea Turner and 20 year old Sean Paul Turner were arrested Sunday by Cleveland Police.

A 47 year-old American man has been arrested accused of sexually abusing children in several countries — including Iceland. The man was arrested in the USA on Friday for the possession of indecent images of minors and for allegedly having sexually abused four young boys. Some of the man’s offences took place in Iceland, Visir.is reports.

NAVARRE — A 44-year-old woman was arrested Saturday after she allegedly slapped her children and used a BB gun in an attempt to get to them in a locked room. According to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Lanette Marion Francis was arrested on three counts of cruelty toward child and misdemeanor simple assault. The report says deputies responded to Francis’ home earlier in the day Saturday, but were called back a few hours later.

A South Carolina woman faces charges of child abuse after her 4-month-old son was found in a meth lab raid in Raeford, N.C., according to an article at FayObserver.com. Ashley Milligan, 23, is the seventh person to be arrested in connection with the raid, which took place last week. The baby had second- and third-degree burns on his upper body, possibly from exposure to chemicals, the article said.