On August 13, the St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations was notified of a critically injured 7 month old female, from Mechanicsville.

The child had been transported from a local area medical facility to the Children’s National Hospital Center with an unknown life threatening condition.

Mobile, AL – Steve Giardini used to have a title attached to his name – it was Mobile County Assistant District Attorney. Giardini specialized in the prosecution of sex crimes against children. That title was trashed the second an FBI agent knocked on his door in April of ’09, search warrant in hand. Giardini resigned less than 24 hours later. According to authorities, Giardini is accused of soliciting a 15-year-old girl over the internet to have sex.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) – A Springfield mother was taken to jail after police rescued her 3-month-old baby from inside a hot car. Police said this was the child’s second trip to the emergency room in 24 hours.

Reports show the child was first taken to the hospital after falling onto concrete pavement when her mother dropped her car seat carrier. The child suffered cuts on her face from the fall.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The bodies of two children have been recovered from a car submerged in a South Carolina river and their mother has been arrested.

Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams said the children were recovered from the North Edisto River after the car was found near a boat landing Monday.

Craigslist sting: Men with Skittles, condoms accused of child-sex attempts
Fifteen men from Orlando, Lake Mary, Maitland, Orange City, St. Cloud, Kissimmee and elsewhere in Florida were accused of trying to have sex with girls.

When they saw ads on Craigslist looking for “guidance’ for their daughters, men from around the state responded with offers of help. And after exchanging emails, instant messages and telephone calls with people they thought were the moms and dads of the young girls, and in some cases the children themselves, they flocked to Polk County.

THE worry of ‘stranger danger’ used to be enough to keep parents awake at night.

Thanks largely to a ‘don’t accept sweets’ advertising campaign, mums and dads would be left with nagging fears that one day their child could be snatched after innocently talking to a stranger in the street.

Nowadays strangers don’t need sweets. At the click of a button they can make contact with children in their own bedrooms and even through their mobile phones.

Although the internet is an invaluable communication tool, the sad fact is that it is exposing millions of children across the world to danger from online predators.

MARY ESTHER – A 30-year-old man was charged after a child protection doctor determined that he physically abused two children.

On Aug. 8, the children, who are 4 and 7 years old, got in trouble for playing too loudly in the living room, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Russell Brian McKesson pulled one of the children’s shorts down and spanked the child with a black braided belt, leaving marks that were visible for three days.

A 56-year-old Victorian man has pleaded guilty to 25 years of sexual abuse against multiple children.

The Victorian County Court heard Dennis Goudge, from Bendigo in central Victoria, molested 18 children, one as young as three, between 1970 and 1994.

SAN DIEGO – Growing up in a troubled home can cut your life short or lead to a host of health problems later on, according to studies presented over the weekend at the American Psychological Association meeting.

In several major presentations, researchers outlined evidence that weathering difficulties as a child can set your health on the wrong course decades later.

“Our latest research shows that those reporting multiple adversities could shorten their life span by seven to 15 years,” says Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, a health psychologist at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. “What we have is clear evidence that adverse childhood experience may have lasting, measurable consequences.”

Orlando Martinez stayed up late in Iraq last year to try to watch his daughter sing for the Circles of Hope Telethon via an Internet feed. About halfway through the event, the connection went down.

On Sunday evening, Martinez sat in the audience at the Carl Perkins Civic Center — relaxed and smiling — as 11-year-old Maggie took the stage to sing. It is the third year Maggie took part in the Circles of Hope Telethon, which is the largest fundraiser for the Exchange Club/Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

A Lexington Park man has been jailed in lieu of $500,000 bond on a charge of first-degree child abuse resulting in death, after his 4-month-old daughter died last week at a hospital. Court papers allege that Brian T. Hart, 21, committed the offense on Saturday, Aug. 7.

Mooresville, IN – After receiving an anonymous tip about possible child abuse/medical neglect, caseworkers from DCS made an unannounced visit to the home of 19-year-old Kaitlin Moore and her 24-year-old boyfriend, Justin Weber. There they found the couple’s 2-month-old infant suffering from severe, untreated burns. When the child was examined at the hospital, doctors also discovered a total of 8 fractures to several bones including one rib, both arms, both legs and her right ankle.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a western Michigan man reported to his parole officer that he sexually assaulted his pit bull.

Jose Antonio Sanchez, 58, of Muskegon, faces a preliminary examination Tuesday on one felony count of sodomy. His bond was set at $50,000 last week in Muskegon County district court. He remains jailed.

“Are we modeling positive values and moral behavior around children?” “Schools need to cultivate an environment of trust and accountability for their students,” said Duncan. “Victims of bullying aren’t ‘tattletales;’ they’re being responsible. We, as adults, must also present consistent and sustained model behavior for children.”

Video of a recent Fox News Panel discussion “The Push to Ban Paddling in Schools” is available online at Opposing Views where panelists are shocked to learn that corporal punishment is still used in schools in 20 states and state that it is medieval, and they refer to Memphis City Schools Board Member Whalum’s assertion that detention doesn’t work in poor, largely populated areas. The panel comes to the conclusion that there has to be a better way for schools to discipline students than by the pain and humiliation of paddling.