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This wasn’t the first time Josi Montell Hall was accused of violently abusing his daughter. But this time there was no doubt, Jacksonville prosecutors said.
A jury agreed Friday, finding Hall guilty of second-degree murder in the 2008 beating death of his 22-month-old daughter, Kyla.
A 21-year-old Billings woman was convicted Friday of abusing an 8-month-old child she was baby-sitting at her home.
A District Court jury returned the guilty verdict against Nevada Ugalde for aggravated assault. She was charged for the injuries suffered by Isaiah Napier on June 11, 2008.
ELIZABETHTON — A welfare check on a child led to the arrest of a Beck Mountain man and woman on charges of neglect and drug manufacturing charges.
Authorities have accused a Jacksonville man of intentional child abuse.
The Jacksonville Police Department arrested Corey Dinan, 32, of Western Boulevard, late Friday and charged him with two counts of intentional child abuse causing serious bodily injury, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and assault on a child under age 12.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A father in New York who’s facing charges offering his children for sale on Craigslist says the whole thing was a joke.
The ad posted by Joshua Stagnitto read, in part: “Selling my kids on the Craigslist black market. I have two kids, two and one year old.”
Parents and relatives are overwhelmingly the most likely perpetrators of abuse of a child, according to an annual report released by the state Department of Public Welfare.
About 81 percent of the substantiated 3,365 sexual assaults on children statewide in 2009 were committed by parents, family members or someone living in the child’s home, the report found. Another 16 percent of the sexual assaults were committed by baby sitters.
Newly famed celebrity, Mo’Nique has opened up about a very dark childhood secret that saw her brother banished from the family home. When the Precious star went public about child molestation claims laid on her by brother, Gerald, her parents were left distraught. To confront their public shame, both Mo’Nique’s parents and her troubled brother appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s show to discuss the situation in which Gerald aged 13 at the time tried to “lay on top of” Mo’Nique, then eight.
VALLEJO (KRON) — Vallejo police are searching for more potential victims of a man accused of molesting children and taking pornographic photos of them. Vallejo police raided Christopher Wright’s Oakland home Thursday where they seized what they describe as “a lot” of child pornography.
Child sexual abusers don’t just become one overnight. They start with thoughts and desires that one day they decide to act out. In many cases, they don’t even know why they are having the kind of thoughts they have, but over time, the thoughts grow stronger until they become desires, then one day become actions.
FLINT, Mich. — Authorities have filed a second-degree murder charge against the mother of a 4-year-old Genesee County boy who was beaten to death.Corrine Baker was accused Friday of willfully disregarding the condition of her son, Dominick Calhoun, who died April 12.”In the end, the woman who he trusted the most – his mother – let him down,” said Genesse County Sheriff Robert Pickell.
FULLERTON — A teenager was charged with murder Thursday on suspicion of stabbing her newborn daughter and hiding the corpse in her closet.
FAIRVIEW, N.J. — A New Jersey woman is pregnant by the same man who is accused of murdering her daughter.
Jakeline Jimenez’s attorney said at a court hearing yesterday that she is four-months pregnant with Yopher Jimenez’ child. Police say on April 4, he slapped her 1-year-old daughter Victoria, bashed her skull against a hard surface, then drowned her in a bathtub.
HOMER, N.Y. (WKTV) – An Assistant Professor at SUNY Cortland is now facing 31 counts, including several rape charges, after allegedly victimizing a teenage girl since the age of 13.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — An undercover cocaine arrest led to the discovery of two young children living in squalid conditions according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say that they made arraignments for undercover officers to purchase cocaine from Emalee McKie.
DREAMCATCHERS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, INC. is an official non-profit 501(c)3 child abuse & neglect organization. Our mission is to educate the public on all aspects of child abuse such as symptoms, intervention, prevention, statistics, reporting, and helping victims locate the proper resources necessary to achieve a full recovery. We also cover areas such as bullying, teen suicide & prevention, children\'s rights, child trafficking, missing & exploited children, online safety, and pedophiles/sex offenders.
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