Feds Arrest 7 in L.A. Child Porn Ring
Federal and local law enforcement officers arrested 7 men in Los Angeles this week for participation in a computer child pornography ring. Charges of alleged possession or production of computer child pornography were filed against a total of 55 L.A. and Southern California individuals as a result of the 8-month investigation. Peer-to-peer computer networks like […]
Legislative Update: New Child Abuse Bill
Assembly Bill 116, introduced by Assembly-member Greg Aghazarian, would alter California’s current child abuse laws.
This bill would provide that any parent, guardian, or caregiver of a minor child who knowingly and unlawfully consumes, smokes, inhales, ingests, or otherwise uses a specified controlled substance, if the act occurs in the immediate presence of, or is witnessed […]
Nationwide Sweep Busts Child Sex Rings
In a nationwide crackdown on child sex trafficking, at least 21 children were recovered and 345 people arrested, 290 of them adult prostitutes. Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento were among the 16 major metropolitan areas targeted in the recent 5-day sweep conducted by the FBI, Department of Justice and National Center for Missing and Exploited […]
Animal Abuse, Domestic Violence Cases Linked
There is a link between domestic violence and animal abuse cases say legal experts. In southern Ohio, Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper has formed a new unit that places felony domestic violence cases and animal cruelty cases under the same assistant prosecutor. Like many prosecutors nationwide, Piper has found a distinct link between domestic violence […]
Singer R. Kelly Acquitted of Sex Crimes
Jurors weren’t 100% sure that the man in the child pornography video was R&B superstar R. Kelly. Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges today in a case that dragged slowly through the court system, repeatedly snaring headlines. Kelly and his alleged under-aged partner both steadfastly denied that they were the people depicted in the explicit pornographic […]
Child Abuse and California Law
In 2006, according to a report by the California Department of Social Services, 140 children died in the state as a result of abuse or neglect. In fact, there were over 450,000 reported cases of abuse in California that year. In 2005, 3.3 million cases of abuse were reported to Child Protective Services throughout the […]
Internet Providers Fight Child Porn
The nation’s biggest internet providers have agreed to fight online child pornography by shutting down websites and limiting access to internet bulletin boards. The agreement follows an 8-month investigation of internet pornography by the New York attorney general. Time Warner Cable, Verizon Communications and Sprint Nextel made the joint announcement yesterday. They agreed to develop […]
Sex Offenders as Teachers: Educators Betraying Trust
There is an unfortunately long history of teachers who take advantage of their male or female students, and commit either rape, statutory rape or some other sexual offense. There is also an unfortunate history of students making bogus claims against teachers because they have a grudge over a grade or some other lame excuse.
In the […]
Teachers Face License Suspension for Sex Crimes
Closing what Senator Jack Scott (D-Pasadena) called a loophole, the California Senate last week voted unanimously to automatically suspend a teacher’s license if their license had been revoked in another state for sexual misconduct. Previously teachers were allowed to remain in the classroom while the California Teacher Credentialing Commission investigated, a process that can take […]
Sex Offenders Living at Day Care Homes
It’s every working parent’s worst nightmare. You leave your child with a person you trust to cherish and care for them as you would only to find they may have sexually abused your child. That’s the horror some California parents faced who sent their children to several different Los Angeles area day care homes.
Last week […]