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Here's where we will keep the latest articles on abuse cases. They may include child abuse, child neglect and/or  family violence. We will also include articles on people who may be a danger to the public safety and we feel everyone should be aware of them.

*Please be warned - some of these stories are extremely disturbing and graphic in nature.

Homolka Alert:Karla Homolka (aka Karla Leanne Teale) walks from prison as a free woman.

Watch and listen to an audio slideshow by Christie Blatchford of The Globe and Mail on Karla Homolka 

Watch Homolka's interview just 2 hours after her release. link on the right hand column under "audio/video" posted July 5, 2005.

Watch the trailer for "Karla" (aka Deadly) the upcoming movie based on the Bernardo/Homolka case


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Girl given probation for abandoning baby

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A Canadian girl was given a year's probation for abandoning her child in a heap of garbage.

No jail for sex abuser

TORONTO (CP) - A Jehovah's Witness who sexually abused his daughter was sentenced Monday to two years less a day to be served in the community in a case that cast a spotlight on how the church handles sex-abuse complaints within its ranks

Teen pleads to keep abusive dad free

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A teenage Calgary, Alberta, girl who was sexually abused by her father pleaded unsuccessfully Thursday to keep him out of jail for the family's sake.

Teacher charged in sex case

Man accused of exploiting a 15-year-old female student on school property

Kelly Patrick - Windsor Star:August 13, 2005

A teacher at Vincent Massey high school is facing criminal charges after he allegedly had sex with one of his 15-year-old female students on school property.

Peel Regional Police - Man arrested for public pool sex assault

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 2 /CNW/ - Peel Regional Police Child Abuse and Sexual Assault investigators have arrested, and charged, a 58 year-old man in relation to an alleged sexual assault that occurred at the South Common Community Centre on South Millway Drive.

 

 

 

Man gets 14 years for making child porn, assaulting children

A 29-year-old Edmonton man who made child pornography and sexually interfered with four children – including his own step-children – has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

In what police say is an unusual move, the judge ordered the man to serve at least half his sentence before being eligible to apply for parole. 
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Boy Injected with Harmful Bacteria

July 14, 2005 — A 29-year-old Delaware mother and nurse, Stephanie McMullen, has been charged with the unbelievable crime of injecting human feces into the bloodstream of her two-year-old son. (read more......)

Band Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse

BERWYN, Ill. Feb 10, 2005 — When a band teacher was arrested here and charged with sexually abusing 16 students, jaws dropped at the allegations: Police said the teacher had tied young girls to chairs with duct tape and rope and then re-enacted bondage scenes from his porn collection. Investigators now say the school district in this blue-collar Chicago suburb had received complaints about the teacher years earlier and had warned him in 2001 against "inappropriate touching" but never reported him. (read more....)

Tenn. teacher charged with sexual battery

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An elementary school teacher has been charged with having sex with one of her students, a 13-year-old boy, at his home and at school, authorities said Tuesday. (read more....)

TV reporter among four men arrested for sex with teenage girl

ABC13 Eyewitness News
(3/08/05 - RICHMOND, TX) — Four men face serious charges - all accused of having sex with the same underage girl. All four men are now in jail in Fort Bend County. (read more....)

Teacher Accused of Sex Abuse

A Braxton County middle school teacher is in police custody after allegedly confessing to sexual misconduct with five of her students.  Toni Lynn Woods, 37, of Strange Creek was arrested Wednesday on eight counts of sexual assault. (read more...)

 

Baby sitter pleads guilty in death of toddler

Joseph Bell calmly admitted Thursday that he kicked, punched, bruised, squeezed and eventually killed a 17-month-old boy under his care earlier this year. (read more....)

Chesapeake woman pleads guilty to molesting own children 

By Teresa Moore/The Ironton Tribune

A Chesapeake woman will spend 10 years in prison and will be forever labeled a sex offender after she admitted Wednesday to abusing and molesting her own young, handicapped sons.

Debbie M. Johnson, 35, of 20 Township Road 1039, pleaded guilty to a five-count indictment including felony rape of a child, gross sexual imposition of a child and endangering a child.
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PETA DEMANDS JAIL TIME, PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION IF ALLEGED ANIMAL TORTURERS ARE CONVICTED

Titusville, Fla.--- This morning, PETA sent an urgent plea to State’s Attorney Norman R. Wolfinger, urging him to vigorously prosecute Alonzo Hair, Philip Hair, and Derrick Hamilton, all of Titusville. Each faces felony charges stemming from their alleged roles in a June 17 incident in which two pit bulls were allowed to maul and gnaw on a tethered feral hog in the presence of two children. Authorities reportedly killed the hog after witnessing the bloody event and hearing him squeal in agony as he attempted to escape from the dogs and the tether attached to one of his rear hooves. (read more....)

Man left four young children alone, Suffolk police say

Two young children were found alone on the street late Friday night in Suffolk, police said, and two others, eighteen months and an eight-month old, were sleeping in their unlocked apartment. (read more....)

Woman Charged With Transporting Children In Car Trunk From Alabama

Jul 11, 2005 -- A Stafford County woman was charged with abuse and neglect of children July 8 after a man reported she had transported his child in the trunk of a car during an eight-hour trip from Alabama July 1. (read more.....)

 

A man who allegedly shook his girlfriend's 3-year-old son to death was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Walfrido Pina, 23, had dropped Tabatha Geronimo off at work Thursday morning and was supposed to take her son Alias to day care, but instead returned with the toddler to the motel room where they were staying, Lantana police said.


Agencies told of danger to boy months before he died in car

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Social-services agencies in two mountain counties had warnings an 8-year-old boy might be in danger 10 months prior to when he died of heat exposure in his mother's car.

Suit alleges retired Windsor bishop had link to pedophile ring in Cornwall

Kelly Patrick-Windsor Star-Wednesday, July 06, 2005A retired Windsor bishop who is alleged to have played an "instrumental" role in a long-rumoured pedophile ring in Cornwall, Ont., is facing at least five lawsuits from men claiming he abused them decades ago. (read more...)

Homolka is 'the devil' and shows no remorse, ex-lover says

Amanda Jelowicki Global News Wednesday, June 22, 2005
MONTREAL - The last time she saw Karla Homolka in person, Lynda Veronneau was convinced she was staring into the eyes of the devil.
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