Lakeisha Holloway’s path to the Strip seems to have passed out of homelessness and back again. And now the woman accused of driving her Oldsmobile onto a busy sidewalk Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens of others, faces a murder charge. On Tuesday, the Clark County district attorney’s office charged…
Vegas crash suspect charged with murder, child abuse
It wasn’t long ago that the woman arrested in the deadly Las Vegas Strip sidewalk crash seemed to be doing well for herself. After a rough childhood that included a period of homelessness in high school, Lakeisha Holloway had become an award-winning high school graduate and caring mother. Prosecutors charged…
Dismantling online child abuse, one byte at a time
He sees human nature at its very worst, and it’s the best job he’s ever had. Detective Senior Sergeant John Michael is at the frontline of stemming the tide of online child abuse as the head of the OCEANZ team (the Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand), a unit he…
Eradicating child abuse: “stop seeking easy, quick-fix solutions”
ICMEC is a non-governmental, non-profit organization working to make the world a safer place for all children by eradicating child abduction, sexual abuse and exploitation. It is headquartered in the United States, with regional representation in Brazil and Singapore. Since its inception in 1998, ICMEC has trained over 7,500 law…
Key dates set for historical child abuse inquiry
The chair of an historical inquiry into child abuse in Scotland has announced two key dates. Susan O’Brien, QC, said that for a person who suffered abuse to give their account to the inquiry of their experience of abuse, its impact and the effect on their family, the abuse must…
Child sexual abuse at critical level, minister says
Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise said on Thursday that child abuse was at a critical level, particularly in regard to sexual abuse. “Violence toward children is increasing everywhere. Indonesia is facing an emergency over violence against children,” said Yohana as quoted by kompas.com. This horrendous leaves…
Former Army major, wife, to be sentenced in child abuse case
A former U.S. Army Major and his wife, convicted this summer of physically and psychologically abusing their children, will learn their fate in federal court Tuesday. Former Army Maj. John Jackson and his wife Carolyn were convicted in July of severely abusing their three adoptive children in the name of disciplining…
York County officer accused of child abuse seeking reduced bond
The former police officer from York County accused of child abuse against his infant son – in what prosecutors have called a shaken baby case – will appear in court Thursday after a family court judge ruled there was no abuse. Robert Jeffrey “Jeff” Taylor was an officer at the…
Two in East Ridge Charged with Child Abuse, Including Mother
East Ridge Police have arrested and charged a 39-year-old mother and another man with aggravated child abuse, after her daughter reported she had been abused to teachers at East Ridge High School. An arrest report obtained by NewsChannel 9 from the arresting officer for East Ridge Police reads as follows:…
Child abuse royal commission: George Pell ‘crestfallen’ after call with abuse victim, priest John Walshe says
In the phone call, Cardinal Pell and the victim, David Ridsdale, discussed the fact that Mr Ridsdale had been sexually abused by his uncle, Father Gerald Ridsdale. In May, Mr Ridsdale told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse the conversation ended acrimoniously after Cardinal Pell allegedly…