A South Jersey man, charged in attempting to meet a woman in order to have sex with a toddler, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 25 years in prison. John Desper, 42, pleaded guilty in February to charges of attempting to coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity and for traveling to engage in sex acts with a minor. He also pleaded guilty to multiple child pornography counts. Desper, a former 911 emergency dispatcher for Gloucester County, previously served five years in New Jersey state prison for endangering the welfare of child after authorities discovered graphic child porn on his computer at work.

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB Fox 41) — He is accused of giving young children cash, gifts, and cell phones to lure them into his apartment. What police say happened inside the home is very disturbing. Parents of one of the alleged victims say the man left their daughter a voicemail, saying things no grown man should say to a 12-year-old. “This is her stepmom, and let me tell you something if you ever go near my daughter again, it will be your last mistake,” an anonymous mother said to the suspect on the phone.

A 10-week old baby at the center of an abusive investigation underwent brain surgery yesterday for his injuries. The infant is said to be recovering. The Refugio County Sheriff department has been investigating the case since October 22nd, when relatives reported bruising on the child’s backside. X-ray’s would later reveal that the child had also suffered a broken arm.

# 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. -U.S. Department of Justice600,000 – 800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year; 50% are children, most are female. The majority of these victims are forced into the commercial sex trade. – U.S. Department of State, 2004, Trafficking in Persons Report, Washington, D.C.

A Lisa Ling special report: rare access to the isolated American island where hundreds of the worst sex predators live. All men and one woman. Then, adult survivors speak out. One hour outside of Seattle, there’s a small island in the Puget Sound that people rarely visit. Some residents rarely leave. This place, McNeil Island, is home to a corrections center that houses hundreds of the state’s most dangerous sexual predators. Cameras are almost never allowed inside this controversial facility, but in February 2010, correspondent Lisa Ling was granted rare access inside the residents’ rooms, common areas and therapy sessions.

Thousands of convicted sex offenders are evading state and federal authorities, congregating in regions thought to have lax enforcement, slipping back and forth to Mexico or disregarding laws on reporting their whereabouts. As states and federal authorities stitch together a national system for overseeing America’s 700,000 convicted sex offenders, they face a sobering challenge: Locating the estimated 100,000 sex offenders who aren’t saying where they are.

State and local authorities, working with the U.S. Marshals Service, are conducting sex offender sweeps, checking old addresses and hunting down the absconds. Often times, officials say, the offenders are where they have been along — they’ve just fallen behind on paperwork. But sometimes not.

An OPP officer who sexually molested boys for most of his policing career deserves to spend 10 to 12 years behind bars, the prosecution argued Monday. Robert Lewis, a hulking man who committed his crimes throughout 25 of his 30 years on the force, has never admitted guilt, expressed remorse or taken responsibility for his actions, Crown prosecutor Mary Ellen Cullen told a sentencing hearing at Superior Court in Orangeville.

HILLDALE — Police are looking into an unsettling crime against a baby in Summers County where the child died as a result of abuse. That’s the word from the lead investigator in this case that’s been turned over to the W.Va. State Police Crimes Against Children Unit. Sgt. Melissa Clemmons says it’s the worst case of child abuse she’s ever seen. The scene of the crime is a single-wide mobile home off Route 3 in Hilldale. Clemons would not go into details of the multiple injuries suffered by the baby girl, but she says the child died as a result of her wounds.

HORSHAM, Pa. – Police are releasing few details regarding the teenager found dead at a Horsham cemetery on Sunday. At around 2:30 p.m. Sunday a 911 call was made reporting suspicious activity at the Whitemarsh Memorial Park. Whe police arrived they found the dead body of a 16-year-old Hatboro-Horsham High School student at the base of the Tower of Chimes, a 174-foot structure located on the grounds. It’s looking as if the teen, described as a daredevil, had climbed the tower and then plunged to his death. Whether this was deliberate or accidental has not been reported, nor any details on if anyone had been with him when it happened.

CHICAGO — The mother of a slain 4-year-old Bloomingdale girl said she fatally slashed the girl’s throat to keep her from being raped and sold as a sex slave over the Internet, according to prosecution statements at a Sunday bond hearing.
Bond for 43-year-old Marci M. Webber, charged with first-degree murder, was set this morning at $5 million by DuPage County Judge Richard Russo. When Bloomingdale police entered the home Wednesday and found the victim, Magdalene M. Webber, dead in the upstairs bathtub, they saw the words “divine mercy” written in blood on the adjacent wall, said Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Lindt.

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A teenager was stomped, kicked and punched to death at a weekend house party after police say he walked by a group who decided to pounce on the next person who passed by. Four have been charged with murder. District Attorney David McDade said the four, who appeared in court Monday, were charged with murder in the death of 18-year-old Bobby Tillman early Sunday in Douglas County, west of Atlanta.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Two men accused of fatally shooting a 5-year-old boy on Halloween were charged today with murder and other counts. Aaron Shannon was dressed in a red-and-blue Spider-man costume, having his picture taken by his grandfather in the family yard, when shots rang out. Aaron was hit in the head as he ran away. 18-year-old Marcus Denson was arrested Thursday and 21-year-old Leonard Hall Jr. was arrested before dawn Friday.

PHOENIX – Police said a 13-year-old boy out jogging in a Phoenix neighborhood was shot to death by a man in what they are calling a random act of violence. In a neighborhood off Thomas Road where families said they feel safe enough to take strolls and ride bikes, neighbors said they were scared on Sunday. Gennet Abera and her daughter, Tarik, were shocked to see crime tape stretched across North 26th Street. Officers said a teenage boy was murdered early Sunday morning after an argument with an unknown man turned violent.

A father who murdered his daughter’s 16-year-old boyfriend in a jealous rage has been executed. Phillip Hallford forced his then 15-year-old daughter, Melinda, to lure Eddie Shannon to an isolated spot in rural Alabama in 1987. He shot the teenager three times and threw his body off a bridge. Hallford was sexually abusing his daughter and became angry after she started dating Shannon.