WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says 1 in 10 youths at juvenile detention facilities around the country reported having been sexually victimized by staff or by other youths. The study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that among the more than 1,300 youths who reported victimization by adult staff, 9 out of 10 were […]
The parents of a School 16 Troy, New York, elementary school student are alleging that their son’s teacher forced him to lick his desk after…
NFL player Michael Boley has a great lawyer and publicity team. I say that because Boley was arrested for child abuse back in February and the information is just coming out now. Michael Boley is a former starting linebacker for the New York Giants. Alabama authorities have had him under investigation since 2011 for allegations of abusing […]
As a father of a teenage daughter, I was particularly alarmed to learn that a 9-year-old girl was sexually abused during a lunch break in a Harlem school – and the crime went unpunished because the principal never called the police or investigated the allegations. The girl’s mother told The New York Daily News that […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nine months after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys — a scandal that destroyed the once unimpeachable reputation of Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno — Jerry Sandusky is again claiming he did nothing wrong. Sandusky has rarely spoken about the allegations, although he has consistently maintained his innocence […]
According to WJXT in Jacksonville, FL, 54-year-old Mark “Super” Duper, an ex NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins got arrested Wednesday, for allegedly punching and abusing a teenage boy when the boy refused to pick up his hat off the floor. The alleged victim was at the man’s home playing video games at the time. The arrest report says, “Duper punched […]
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island middle school principal has been arrested on charges he had sex with a teenager he met online. Newsday reports J.W. Dodd Middle School principal John O’Mard was arraigned Wednesday after being arrested on criminal sexual act charges. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted. Police […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The trustee overseeing Casey Anthony‘s bankruptcy case has filed a motion to sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts. In a motion filed Friday in federal court in Tampa, trustee Stephen Meininger asked Judge K. Rodney May for permission to sell the “exclusive worldwide rights” of […]
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four cases alleging abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told Cardinal Roger Mahony nearly 30 years ago he had molested children, attorneys confirmed Tuesday. The cases involving ex-priest Michael Baker span 26 years from 1974 to 2000. Two were set for […]
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Police in Brockton, Mass., have asked state child welfare officials to investigate possible child abuse or neglect in the case of a 9-year-old who appears in sexually suggestive rap videos. Police said Monday they haven’t filed criminal charges or arrested the father of fourth grader Luie Rivera Jr., who goes by […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 76-year-old Wisconsin woman accused of killing her infant daughter more than a half-century ago will serve 45 days in jail and 10 years’ probation, under a plea agreement approved Monday. Ruby Klokow was charged with second-degree murder in the 1957 death of her 6-month-old daughter, Jeaneen, only after her son, James […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis woman says her 2-year-old son was traumatized by a man accused of slapping the boy and calling him a racial slur during an Atlanta-bound flight. The boy’s mother, Jessica Bennett, said in a statement Saturday that her son has become “apprehensive to strangers” since the Feb. 8 flight from Minneapolis. […]
