Child Abuse
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Missouri mom eggs on toddlers' fight (video)
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A disturbing video posted on Facebook shows a Missouri woman cheering on her toddler-aged daughter while she fought another toddler.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Last of 8 accusers testify about sex abuse
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One said Sandusky called himself the "tickle monster" before embracing him in a shower. Another said he was forced into sex acts during 100-150 nights he spent in the ex-coach's home.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Witness says Sandusky threatened him
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A witness, now 25, told jurors Sandusky assaulted him in the basement of the former Penn State assistant football coach's State College home in the late 1990s, then threatened to keep him away from his biological family.
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Christina Moore, Bristow mom, sentenced in drywall barricade case
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The Prince William County mother who helped trap three of her young children in a bedroom with drywall was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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Esther Geovanni Castillo, Woodbridge teacher, charged with not reporting abuse
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Esther Geovanni Castillo, a 2nd grade teacher at Marumso Hills Elementary School in Woodbridge, allegedly did not report the suspected abuse of a child for nearly two weeks after she was notified.
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Daniel Black accused of beating son
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Police allege Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Black beat his child with a belt and then tied him to a chair and then spiral staircase.
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Tommy Shelton Jr., former pastor, sentenced for child molestation
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A former pastor in Virginia has been sentenced to six years prison for child molestation.
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Stefon Christian should be held without bond, authorities say
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Stefon Christian, a former Manassas school library assistant, is charged with child sexual abuse. He's facing the prospect of many more charges from other victims who have spoken to police in just the past few weeks.
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John Robey and Christina Moore, Bristow parents charged with child abuse, neglect, sentenced
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One of the Bristow parents who nailed drywall over a bedroom door to lock their three children inside was sentenced Thursday for felony child abuse charges but avoided prison time.
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Joaquinia LaJeuness charged with child abuse in 2010
CommentHoward County police have charged a Columbia woman with abusing her toddler son in 2010. The boy died last year in an unrelated homicide.
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New accuser sues Sandusky, Penn State, Second Mile in abuse case
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The lawsuit claims Sandusky abused the boy from 1992, when the boy was 10, until 1996 and threatened to harm his family to keep the boy quiet.
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After Penn State, Prince William delegate wants expanded reporting rules
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In the wake of the abuse scandal at Penn State, a Virginia official wants to change the Commonwealth's rules about who is required to report sexual abuse.
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Penn State abuse: Obama calls for 'soul-searching' as campus holds vigil
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Students gathered on Penn State's campus Friday to remember the victims of alleged child sex abuse at the hands of a former coach.
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Official: Paterno didn't do enough to stop abuse
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Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and university vice president Gary Schultz surrendered to authorities Monday afternoon on charges of perjury and failure to report abuse.
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Christina Dawn Moore, John Michael Robey plead guilty to child abuse
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The Bristow couple who were indicted on allegations they barricaded three young children in a bedroom to prevent them from leaving pleaded guilty in Circuit Court on Thursday.
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Manassas mom charged with child abuse again
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A Manassas woman charged with taping an infant's mouth shut was charged last year - with her boyfriend - for providing his 15-year-old daughter with marijuana since she was 10 years old.
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Woman arrested for taping child's mouth shut
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A woman has been charged with taping a child's mouth shut to keep her from crying.
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Marco Antonio Martinez Mejia charged with having sex with minor
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A Stafford man is facing charges that he had sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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