LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Three boys abducted from Southern California more than two years ago have been found safe in the Netherlands, and their fathers have been arrested on kidnapping charges. John Silah and George Silah were taken into custody in The Hague on Tuesday, according to the FBI. Greg Silah and his cousins Alex and Zaven Silah were taken to a shelter. They will be reunited with their mothers, Christine Stackhouse and Zanni Kalayejian, in The Netherlands on Saturday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman and her boyfriend have been charged with trying to sell her infant grandson for $30,000. Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents arrested 45-year-old Patty Bigbee and 42-year-old Lawrence Works on Friday in Daytona Beach after they met with an agent posing as a buyer. Both were charged with illegal sale or surrender of a child, and Bigbee was also charged with communication fraud.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY ( KTLA) — A bitter divorce battle turned into a deadly shooting Friday afternoon. A man is believed to have shot and killed his wife and his 8-year-old daughter before taking his own life at a home in Fountain Valley. The shooting happened in the 9900 block of Dandelion Avenue just before 6 p.m.. Officers responded to the shooting after someone inside the home called to report a family dispute.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A vigil was held in South Los Angeles Saturday evening for Aaron Shannon Jr., the 5-year-old boy shot and killed on Halloween. Family members grieved the loss of Aaron as community leaders pledged to bring peace to the gang-ridden neighborhood. On Halloween, Aaron 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.

SAN ANTONIO — 22-year-old Rafael Trevino is facing a Capital Murder charge for killing his 7-week-old baby girl, San Antonio Police say. EMS was called the Trevino home in the 10000 block of Medio Creek around 7 a.m. on Thursday. The baby’s mom told detectives that when she woke up from her sleep, she discovered that the child was not breathing.

Between April 2009 and March 2010, there were more than 6,000 reports sent to the police agency which protects youngsters on the web, nearly 900 more than the previous year. Ceop said a quarter (1,536) related to grooming and another quarter (1,553) related to the possession and distribution of images. The rise was partly down to a greater awareness of the problem, more children using the internet, and young people increasingly posting explicit images of themselves online which could end up on paedophile networks.

A Salina man who went by the name “pervypedostrokin” when trading child pornography images in an Internet chat room was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced Wednesday. Nathan E. Boyce, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography and admitted to posting pornographic images of children on a public website for trade with other collectors, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.

Bartlesville, OK — Here’s the final story for Friday and boy does it end the day on a down note. Bartlesville police say that a 10-day-old infant was found dead inside a running washing machine. On Thursday night, a 911 call was made from a home with a lady accusing another of killing her baby. Police were dispatched to the location where they found the infant dead inside a washing machine. Holland said the baby’s aunt stopped by the home to check on the family and found the mother asleep and two smaller children at home but did not see the infant. That’s when she noticed that the washing machine was running out-of-balance and went to investigate.

NEW ORLEANS — A man declared dead 16 years ago was charged Thursday with the recent kidnapping of a 12-year-old Nevada girl whose body was found by hunters in Louisiana. Authorities said 53-year-old Thomas Steven Sanders, legally dead in Mississippi since 1994, apparently had been living in Las Vegas where he met Lexis Roberts and her mother, Suellen Roberts, a few months ago. Lexis Roberts’ remains were found in east-central Louisiana in early October.

WILDOMAR ( KTLA) — A 9-month-old baby boy was found alone in his crib — just a few feet away from an indoor pot farm — while his mother was arrested on burglary charges. 18-year-old Jordan Ann Womack, of Wildomar, was arrested Tuesday, along with housemates Zachary Anderson and Conrad Munoz, both 19, on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

According to Bullying Statistics, thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child’s physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child’s safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child’s safety. A poll of teens ages 12-17 proved that they think violence increased at their schools. 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.

Every young person has the right to feel safe at home, at school and in the community. Bullying is not a normal part of growing up. It doesn’t usually go away on its own and often gets worse with time. Bullying needs to be dealt with directly. To stop hurtful behaviour we all need to respond when it occurs and take steps to prevent it. The first step is recognizing when there is a problem. Here is some information to help you figure out whether a teen you know has experienced, seen, heard or taken part in bullying. This information will also help you take steps to stop the bullying and help the teen who is being bullied.

Bullying suspected as reason for Cooperstown girl’s suicide
Early Thursday, a couple hours before the sun rose in Cooperstown, N.D., 16-year-old Cassidy Joy Andel posted a note on her Facebook page: “My time has come, and so I’m gone. To a better place, far beyond. I love you all as you can see. But it’s better now, because I’m free.”

Five men are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of sex offences against girls as young as 12 in South Yorkshire. Zafran Ramzan, 21, was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in her own home. Ramzan – along with Razwan Razaq, 30, Umar Razaq, 24, Adil Hussain 20, and Mohsin Khan, 21 – was also convicted of sexual activity with a child.