Fire Lieutenant charged with child abuse
North Providence Fire Lieutenant Albert Peterson, 42, has been arrested and charged with child abuse towards his 15-year old son. The abuse has been described as physical.
According to North Providence Police, Peterson turned himself into police on Monday and was arraigned before a clerk magistrate on 2nd degree child abuse charges.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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