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Dad Fined for Tattooing 3-Year-Old Son

'I am trying to figure out why this is illegal,' judge says

(Newser) - A Georgia father who tattooed "DB"—for "Daddy's Boy"—on the shoulder of his 3-year-old son has been fined $300 and sentenced to a year's probation. The tattoo was discovered when workers from the state's Department of Family and Children Services made a home visit, reports...

5 Browns Dad Gets 10 Years for Sex Abuse

Father of classical piano group convicted of abusing daughters

(Newser) - The father of renowned family piano group The 5 Browns has been sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in jail for sexually abusing his three daughters when they were children. Keith Brown pleaded guilty to three counts of abuse but the judge, who described Brown as a pedophile and...

Teacher Warned of Abuse Before 10-Year-Old's Murder

Girl spoke of being beaten on soles of her feet, looked malnourished

(Newser) - School officials had warned a judge that Nubia Barahona and her twin brother were being abused nearly four years before Nubia's body was found doused in toxic chemicals inside her adoptive father's car, a child welfare lawyer revealed yesterday. In a 2007 hearing to decide whether Jorge and Carmen Barahona...

Accused FLDS Rapist Gets 30 Days

Allen Steed's testimony helped convict polygamist Warren Jeffs

(Newser) - A member of a breakaway Mormon polygamy sect who admitted having sex with his child bride will serve just 30 days in jail as part of a Utah plea deal. Allen Steed was initially charged with first-degree felony rape for bedding his 14-year-old first cousin. He could have faced life...

Acid Dad Charged With Attempted Murder

Jorge Barahona allegedly abused children found doused in chemicals

(Newser) - Jorge Barahona, the man whose adopted twin children were found doused in toxic chemicals inside his truck on the side of the highway Monday, has been charged with attempted murder for the injuries sustained by 10-year-old Victor, the Miami Herald reports. Barahona, who has not been charged in the death...

Cops: Mom Showed Us Pic... of Tot Duct-Taped to Chair

Girl, 2, is being placed with relatives

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania mom has been arrested after showing a photo of herself posing with her toddler daughter gagged and bound to a chair with duct tape ... to police. The photo—which shows the mom smiling and her baby clad only in a diaper—first surfaced on the Mediatakeout website. The...

Father of '5 Browns' Charged With Sexual Abuse

3 daughters in group are alleged victims

(Newser) - Sad news from an acclaimed family of classical musicians: Keith Brown, father of the five Juilliard-trained members of The 5 Browns, has been accused of sexually abusing his three daughters. A family spokesperson confirms the sexual abuse case involves Desirae, 32, Deondra, 30, and Melody, 26, who make up the...

Girl's Body Found in Dad's Truck, Covered in Acid

Her twin brother, 10, is in intensive care

(Newser) - It's one of the more horrific allegations of a child abuse to come along for some time: Florida police found the corpse of a 10-year-old girl, covered in acid, in the back of her adopted father's truck. Her twin brother was in the front seat, nearly overcome by toxic fumes,...

New DNA Test Reveals Children Born of Incest

...and it does so without needing mom or dad's DNA

(Newser) - Suspect your parents may have been related? Well, now you can find out behind their back, thanks to new advances in DNA testing, USA Today reports. In a study published yesterday, doctors revealed that they can now determine if a child is born of incest without testing the DNA of...

Mom Busted After Dumping Newborn in Stadium Toilet

Shivering, wet baby found gasping for air

(Newser) - A South Carolina mom has been busted after she gave birth in a stadium bathroom in the middle of a circus performance, then stuffed the newborn boy in the toilet, according to cops. The shivering baby was found gasping for breath some 90 minutes later by cleaning staff credited with...

After 53 Years, Mom Charged in Baby Daughter's Death

Ruby Klokow, now 74, admitted to causing death

(Newser) - More than 50 years after the suspicious death of a 7-month-old little girl, her mother has been arrested and charged with the killing. Jeaneen Marie Klokow supposedly died after falling off a sofa in 1957, but relatives thought Ruby C. Klokow, now 74, may have played a role in the...

Slapping Teen, Taking Pay Isn't Child Abuse: Court

Although it's not 'admirable' either, justice writes

(Newser) - A couple of New Jersey parents may have slapped their daughter and taken money from her paycheck to pay the cable bill, but that’s hardly child abuse or neglect, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The child in question, now an adult, was removed from her home in 2008...

Stepmother, Father Accused of Torturing, Killing Kids

Remains believed to be Natalie and Chase DeBlase found

(Newser) - An Alabama man and his common-law wife are accused of torturing his two children, who were then murdered and dumped earlier this year. Authorities believe remains discovered last week and over the weekend belong to Natalie DeBlase, who would have been 5 in November, and her brother Chase, 3. Their...

Sex Abuse Victim Savagely Attacks Priest

He 'filled my life with rage and bitterness,' says California man

(Newser) - A California man who accused a Catholic priest of sexually abusing him as a child has been arrested after savagely beating the cleric in the lobby of his retirement home, police report. William Lynch, 43, said he dreamed for years of exacting revenge on the man he charged molested him...

Mom Who Duct-Taped Son Regains Custody

Toddler back with Jayla Hamm after child abuse sentence

(Newser) - An 18-year-old Nebraska mom jailed for duct-taping her 2-year-old son to a wall has regained custody of the boy. The toddler was in state custody while Jayla Hamm served her 10-day sentence for child abuse. Her boyfriend received a 3- to 5-year sentence for the abuse and an additional 12...

Mom Faked Kid's Cancer to Scam Church

Woman allegedly drugged son to make him appear ill

(Newser) - A Michigan mom was charged with three felony counts today, after allegedly tricking her son into believing he had cancer, and the local church into raising money for him. According to police, Carol Lynn Schnuphase, 47, told her 12-year-old boy he had leukemia, then shaved his head, drugged his food,...

High Mom Tapes Her Toddler to Wall

Baby boy sobbed as mom and beau laughed

(Newser) - An 18-year-old Nebraska mom and her boyfriend will serve time for taping the teen's toddler to a wall with duct tape. The couple then snapped pictures of the boy as the terrified toddler sobbed, reports the Daily Mail . They also taped his sippy cup to the wall just out of...

Babysitter, 11, Accused of Murdering Toddler

'I never said goodbye,' says heartsick mom

(Newser) - A Georgia mother has accused her 11-year-old babysitter of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death. Ashlea Collier said when she arrived to pick up her daughter, Zyda, she was "blue" and lying on a bed. The young babysitter said the baby had fallen, but an autopsy revealed the little...

Mother Records 2-Year-Old Smoking Weed: Cops

Jessica Gamble faces 11½ years in prison

(Newser) - An Ohio woman encouraged her 2-year-old daughter to smoke pot, made a cellphone video of the child puffing on a joint, and now faces three felony charges and as much as 11½ years in prison, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. "It’s beyond disgusting,” the prosecutor says of the...

Flight Attendant Takes Slapped Baby From Mom

Police say attendant was right to take child into custody

(Newser) - A Southwest Airlines flight attendant stepped in to remove a baby from her parents after her mother slapped the crying 1-year-old girl in the face, police say. Authorities met the plane when it landed in Albuquerque and returned the child to her parents after questioning them, ABC reports. The baby...

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