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2 hrs ago | Athens Banner-Herald

Ala. teacher cleared in taping together students

A sixth-grade teacher in Phenix City is thankful to be cleared of child abuse charges and plans to stick to the book for now on when correcting children.

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Related Topix: Phenix City, AL, Law, Russell County, AL, Life, Holidays, Christmas

6 hrs ago | The Press-Enterprise

TEMECULA: Grieving mother tells of daughter's murder at SAFE fundraiser

A bright afternoon filled with festive sun hats, wine and fancy cakes took a sharp turn for grave when the keynote speaker of the 11th Annual Denim and Diamonds fundraiser for Safe Alternatives For Everyone reminded hundreds of guests, through her story, of what they were there to support.

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Related Topix: Temecula, CA, Life, Holidays, Mother's Day, Riverside County, CA, Law

10 hrs ago | Post and Courier

DSS silent on specifics surrounding toddlera s death

Two-year-old Elijah Washington died of blunt force trauma. on March 19. Mount Pleasant police charged 25-year-old Bryan Okeith Seabrook of Mathis Ferry Road with homicide by child abuse on May 9. The state Department of Social Services on Friday called the abuse-related death of toddler in Mount Pleasant “an awful tragedy” but the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Mount Pleasant (Washington, DC), Mount Pleasant, SC, Law, Charleston County, SC

14 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Gloucester County grand jury indicts 22; several child abuse charges

2, 2013. - Luis R. Cruz, 32, of Camden on charges of shoplifting and three counts of receiving stolen property in Deptford on Feb.

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Related Topix: Law, Gloucester County, NJ, Deptford, NJ, West Deptford, NJ

18 hrs ago | WKRN

Police respond to domestic violence call and find meth lab

Edward Tarpley, 46, and Tabitha Tarpley, 45, have been charged with Initiation of a Meth Lab, Promotion of Methamphetamine, Possession of Schedule 1, and Child Abuse.

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Related Topix: Law, Tennessee State University

Sat May 18, 2013

Daily Star

Top telly star quizzed by police over child abuse

ANOTHER top telly star has been quizzed by police probing historical allegations of child abuse, the Daily Star Sunday understands.

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Related Topix: Law

Busted In Acadiana

Domestic abuse suspect appears to avoid jail time

Sohail A. Rana of Lafayette who was arrested in June 2012 for Domestic Battery appears to have walked off with light sentencing.

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Related Topix: Law, Lafayette, LA

Examiner.com

Eddie Furlong arrested again, charged with violating restraining order

Actor Eddie Furlong was arrested again on Thursday night for allegedly violating a restraining order and being verbally abusive to his ex-girlfriend, the New York Daily News reported May 17.

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Related Topix: Edward Furlong, Law

Contra Costa Times

Concord man who held San Rafael woman captive gets nearly 23-year...

A man who held a San Rafael woman captive for a weekend of violent abuse was sentenced Friday to 22 years and eight months in state prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, Law, Criminal Defense Law

North Devon Gazette

Holiday parks asked to help halt domestic violence

THE J9 initiative to help prevent domestic abuse is being extended to holiday parks in the Ilfracombe and Woolacombe areas.

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Related Topix: Law, Devon County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

KEPR CBS 19

Possible child abuse at Richland child care

KEPR is looking into a Richland daycare that was closed by the state. The Department of Early Learning says it's the first step into an investigation of abuse allegations.

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Related Topix: Law

Fri May 17, 2013

The Florida Times-Union

Clay teacher to fight firing, denies mistreating student

A fired Oakleaf Junior High School gym teacher says he will be vindicated of accusations resulting in the Clay County Sheriff's Office charging him with child abuse following a confrontation with a student last month.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Clay County, FL, Law

MLive.com

'She is an absolute miracle' family says of girl as jury issues guilty verdict for child abuse

Nathaniel Sweet, on trial this week for skull and rib fractures his former girlfriend's daughter suffered in October, was found guilty Friday of first-degree child abuse.

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Related Topix: Law, Kent County, MI

WCYB

Mother, boyfriend accused of abusing toddler

A mother's call to 911 for help for her two-year-old son turns into a child abuse investigation.

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KKCO-TV Grand Junction

Man pleads guilty to child abuse in Wallace case

Jessie Martinez pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury in the case of Elijah Wallace, who was four-years-old when he was taken to the hospital on Jan.

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Related Topix: Law, Mesa County, CO

This is The West Country

Nine arrested after child abuse images raids

The arrests on suspicion of possessing images of child sexual abuse followed raids on homes, with computers and other digital storage media seized by officers.

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MLive.com

Jackson Current: Man found guilty of child abuse, what's next...

Jackson Current: Man found guilty of child abuse, what's next for Albion Public Schools, a peek at DuPuis jewelry store Daniel Ronquillo chokes back tears as the verdict is read in his trial in front of Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Wilson on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: Law, Jackson County, MI, Education Etc., Marshall, MI, Jackson, MI

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ariz. woman accused of trying to give away baby

A woman is facing a child abuse charge after police say she tried to give her baby to strangers outside a Phoenix convenience store.

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Related Topix: Law

Thu May 16, 2013

WKYC-TV

Ohio lawmakers: disarm domestic violence suspects

A group of Democratic lawmakers in Ohio say domestic-violence deaths can be prevented by taking guns away from people served with restraining orders.

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Related Topix: Law, Cleveland, OH

The Inter-Mountain

Couple charged for alleged child...

A Dailey couple was arrested Wednesday for an incident in which their two grade-school-age children were allegedly beaten with a metal pipe.

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Related Topix: Dailey, WV, Law, Randolph County, WV