A new state law has led to a doubling of reports of suspected child abuse in Lancaster County this year. Many of those reports have turned out to be unfounded, but the number of substantiated cases appears to be running about 20 percent ahead of last year. Through Aug. 15,…
Police: Shots fired, Colorado Springs couple arrested on suspicion of child abuse
A woman and her husband were arrested on suspicion of child abuse Sunday evening after police discovered they had been firing a gun in their vehicle close to a toddler. Police say Cynthia Yancey called police about 5:20 p.m. Sunday, stating that someone had been firing a gun at her…
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson labels VIP child abuse victim ‘a narcissistic bully’
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson launched a scathing attack on a victim of child abuse, it has been revealed. Mr Watson, who has been leading the campaign against allegations of sex abuse, targeted victim Ian McFadyen in an online message. Mr McFadyen, who waived his right to anonymity as a…
2 CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR CHILD PORN, PROSTITUTION, SOURCES SAY
Two veteran Chicago police officers have been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation involving child pornography and prostitution, according to ABC7 sources. Sources say two veteran police officers – each of them with more than 10 years of experience – have been suspended. There are possibly more officers involved…
Walton County sheriff’s deputy arrested in child porn sting
Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials later confirmed it was part of a much larger campaign called “Operation Secret Guardian.” “The goal of the operation was to detect and arrest and prosecute people who are in possession of or trading or producing child pornography,” said Debbie Garner, special agent in charge…
Penn Township man charged in child porn case
A 30-year-old Penn Township man has been charged with sharing 21 child pornographic images on his computer, state Attorney General Katheen Kane said Thursday. Brandon M. Batz of the first block of Shartlesville Road was arraigned Aug. 9 before Senior District Judge William N. Hall Jr. in Reading Central Court…
Former Island Mountie pleads guilty to child porn charge
A former Mountie on Vancouver Island has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. Dale Lee Sheets pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in a Colwood courtroom Thursday. Sheets also pleaded guilty to charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm other than…
Penn man a suspected child predator, Pennsylvania attorney general says
A Berks County man is one of four people identified by the Pennsylvania attorney general on Thursday as being suspected child predators. Brandon Michael Batz was found to have multiple images of suspected child pornography on electronic devices that were seized from his home in Penn Township, near Bernville, officials…
Durham couple charged with felony child abuse of 2-month-old
A day after police charged a woman with murder in her infant’s death, investigators arrested a man and woman on felony child-abuse charges stemming from when their 2-month-old son was brought to a hospital with broken bones and hemorrhaging in his eyes in September. Jessica Naomi Watkins, 31, and Willie…
Child abuse inquiry: Evidence submitted online is accidentally deleted
Evidence submitted to the child abuse inquiry has accidentally been deleted following a technical error. Some information given to the inquiry set up by Home Secretary Theresa May and chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard was permanently lost when the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse (IISCA) website changed its address….