LOS ANGELES — Fruiti Pops Inc. is recalling its mamey fruit pops due to a link to a recent typhoid fever outbreak.

The recall, announced Thursday, is due to contaminated mamey fruit pulp from Goya Foods, recalled earlier this month. Mamey is a tropical fruit from Central America often used in smoothies.

The fruit bars were distributed in California, Arizona, and Texas in retail stores, ice cream trucks, and vending machines, the company said.

CHICAGO – A 13-year-old boy is charged in the acid attack that severely burned a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. The suspect was cited in a juvenile delinquency petition, accused of heinous battery, and turned over to Juvenile Court for processing.

FINDLAY, Ohio – An Ohio baby died after his system was flushed with alcohol instead of saline during open heart surgery. According to WLWT in Cincinnati, 7-month-old Tressel had heart issues since birth and parents Emilie and Scott Meinardi knew a procedure would be necessary.

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A Wilmington man who raped three girls, including his 5-year-old niece, has been sentenced to 96 years to life in prison.

Twenty-five-year-old Carlos Aguirre Jr. was sentenced Tuesday in Long Beach after the judge called him a monster. He was convicted last month of a dozen charges, including rape, drug possession and possession of child pornography.

RED BLUFF, Calif. — A Red Bluff man is facing a child abuse charge after police say he severely beat a two-year-old girl in his care.

Investigators first learned about the alleged abuse when they were called to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Tuesday evening. Officials say the victim had bruising on her legs, hips, arms, back and buttocks.

YOU JUST DISCOVERED YOUR CHILD IS BEING ABUSED—NOW WHAT?
The statistics are startling. An estimated one in four girls will be molested by the time she turns 18. One in six boys will too. The great majority of sexual abuse is done by someone the child knows – either a relative or family friend. A U.S. Department of Justice study released in 2000 showed that 34.2 percent of attackers were family members and 58.7 percent were acquaintances. Only 7 percent were strangers.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — State Police say a Berkeley County man allegedly forced his two malnourished children to live in a concrete basement.

Jesse Arlo Lafferty was being held on $140,000 bond Wednesday at the Eastern Regional Jail. The 32-year-old was arraigned Monday on charges of child abuse, child neglect and conspiracy.

Though spanking children who misbehave has been a source of debate among child development researchers, the traditional corporal method remains popular with parents in North Carolina, according to a recent study from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Can football practice be child abuse?
As teens head back to the practice field, recent events raise questions about our attitude toward sports training. If you’re one of the millions of fans who tunes into sports talk radio, chances are you’ve heard a lot of trash talk this week about Albert Haynesworth, the Washington Redskin’s star nosetackle who has refused to practice for health reasons. The majority view on Haynesworth – proffered by fat guys sitting in air conditioned studios, natch – is that he’s a spoiled brat who should quit moaning and hit the field.

Tacoma, WA – Tyler Savage, 18, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Monday night after leading police to the body of 16-year-old Kimmie Daley – a developmentally disabled teen who functioned at the level of a 9-year-old. Daley was reported missing on August 17 after she failed to show up at a friends house two blocks away from her own.

Monroe, WA – Ivan Belardo, 37, was babysitting for his ex-girlfriend’s twin boys early Monday morning when one of the tots reportedly hit him square in the baby-maker with an aluminum bicycle tire pump, supposedly drawing blood. And according to Belardo, the child, just 22-months-old, “looked as if he meant to do it.” At that point, the 6-foot tall, 195-pound Belardo said he “just lost control.”

No Suicide Note Left Behind; Police Left Wondering Why
MADISON, Wis. — Investigators are looking for clues as to why an Iraq war veteran in Wisconsin might have killed his pregnant wife and young daughter before committing suicide.

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scottish police on Friday charged the American mother of three children who were found dead in an Edinburgh town house with their murder.

Theresa Riggi, 46, was arrested late Friday after police completed autopsies on her children: 8-year-old twins Augustino and Gianluca and their 5-year-old sister Cecilia.

An 18-year-old woman will be charged with second-degree murder, following the death of her infant son two weeks ago at Alberta Children’s Hospital. The accused was arrested Tuesday. It’s expected a murder charge will be formally laid by Wednesday.