Crescent, Oklahoma — The kid to the left is Jacob Jones. He’s a 12-year-old suffering from a few characteristics that make him classic bully-bait. He’s fat, he’s autistic and instead of hipster shirts, his mom dresses him up like a Nintendo billboard. Back in August, Jacob was assaulted by two boys at Crescent Middle School during recess while a third boy filmed it. The video was posted to Youtube where Jacob’s mother eventually found it and notified police. The video shows Jacob walking towards the three boys when one of them makes a half-assed attempt to kick him.

Greensburg, Ind. — Last Thursday, 15-year-old Billy (William) Lucas, was found hanging inside his family’s barn. His suicide is being attributed to reports of bullying even though the suicide note he left did not refer to being bullied or blame anyone in particular for his decision. Lucas was a student at Greensburg Community High School and reportedly a constant source of bullying since the fourth grade. In particular, remarks made about him being a “fag” and questioning his sexual orientation.

WESTMINSTER, Calif. — An Orange County after-school aide is accused of using a cell phone to send nude pictures of himself to underage boys in order to lure them into sexual encounters, according to prosecutors.

Miguel Antonio Mendoza, a part-time aide at Villa Park Elementary School, has been charged with several felonies, including lewd acts on a child under 14 and possession and distribution of child pornography.

Kemp, TX – According to police, 23-year-old Tyler Sides spent a good part of the day Sunday getting shit-faced and acting like an ass. Like most fools who can’t handle their liquor, Tyler reportedly became belligerent and argumentative. Police also say that on several occasions throughout the day, Tyler supposedly spit on his mother. His father, Marcus Sides, apparently had all he could take from his antagonistic spawn once the spit started flying and after a heated verbal altercation, shot his son once in the gut

Gainesville, FL – A 13-year-old girl was asleep in her bedroom at her grandmother’s home early Monday morning when her grandmother reportedly opened the bedroom door and said, “You have a visitor,” before allowing an inebriated 36-year-old Kendrick Johnson into the room. The girl said Johnson then locked the door and proceeded to molest her.

Fort Myers, FL – On September 9th, police received a 911 call reporting that two children had been abandoned on the side of the road by their nanny. When police arrived to talk to the children, they learned that the nanny in question, Krisitine Bedinotti, was crazy. Because of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the children were out of school that day and Kristine had planned on taking them to the library.

Oregon Sexual Predator May Have Victims in California, Police say

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 66-year-old man arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting five young women (minor children) over the past ten years in Oregon, may also have victims in California.

ONTARIO — A Catholic priest in San Bernardino County is accused of sexually abusing two boys within the last two years. Rev. Alex Castillo was removed from duty as an active priest in June. He served at four churches within the Diocese of San Bernardino, including Our Lady of Guadelupe in Ontario.

MORENO VALLEY — The death of a one month old infant Tuesday is being investigated by the Moreno Valley Police Department as well Riverside County Central Homicide Unit detectives amid reports the baby may have been beaten.

A Zion woman accused of fatally beating a 5-year-old was dating the boy’s father and was caring for the child, police said today.

Yolanda Jones, 35, is being held on $3 million bond after being charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 6 death of Tommy Davis III.

Police said Jones brought the boy’s lifeless body to a Zion hospital on Sept. 6 just as she was going into labor to deliver her sixth child.

Forney, Texas (The Weekly Vice) – Liandro Flores, 31, and April Flores, 24, were jailed Wednesday after they allegedly got their 2-year-old stoned to the point of being unresponsive.

According to the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office, paramedics were called to the couple’s home in late August, where they found an unresponsive 2-year-old child. The toddler was rushed to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, where the child was determined to under the heavy influence of marijuana.

LEESBURG, Fla. (WOFL, FOX 35) – A Central Florida man was arrested Saturday after sheriff’s investigators said he used BB gun to motivate a boy under the age of 16 to perform wind sprints.

Robert Barker, 41, was charged with child abuse after investigators said neighbors saw the man forcing the boy to run wind sprints while he fired a BB gun at him. The boy’s exact age and relationship to Barker aren’t being disclosed in order to protect the boy’s identity.

Ask parents what they worry about most when it comes to their children, and they frequently cite the following: kidnapping, a terrorist attack, or some harm done by a stranger.

In reality, according to a 2001 U.S. Department of Justice bulletin, the top sources of mortality in American children are a little closer to home: car accidents, homicide, and abuse at the hands of someone they know. Homicide is actually ranked second or third, depending on the age group analyzed, among the three leading causes of childhood mortality. And while deaths of children resulting from accidents, congenital defects and infectious diseases have fallen over the past 30 years, homicides of children have increased.

EVERETT — A former cheerleading coach was charged with three counts of child rape Thursday for allegedly having a sexual relationship over many years with one of his students beginning when the Everett girl was about 13.

Prosecutors filed the charges against Michael Sijera Cielo, 36, of Fife. He is accused of having sex with the girl several times between 2006 and 2008.

The girl told detectives that the sexual contact started during the summer going into her eighth grade year.