Calif. lawmakers lead successful effort in House to create US registry of convicted arsonistsSeptember 30th, 2009 House passes registry for convicted arsonistsWASHINGTON — The House has passed a bill sought by California lawmakers that would create a national registry of convicted arsonists. The House passed a similar bill two years ago, but the effort stalled in the Senate.
California pastor gets life sentence for beating, drugging 5 adopted girls in locked garageSeptember 18th, 2009 Calif. pastor gets life term for abusing 5 girlsMORENO VALLEY, Calif. — A 65-year-old California pastor has been sentenced to life in prison for beating and drugging her five adopted daughters and locking them in a Riverside County garage.
Conn. grand jury indicts man on charges he sexually abused boys at Haiti schoolSeptember 17th, 2009 Man indicted in Conn. with abuse at Haiti schoolHARTFORD, Conn.
Calif. corrections worker arrested for abusing, hold wife captive for nearly 2 yearsSeptember 4th, 2009 Cops: Calif. corrections worker held wife captiveLODI, Calif.
Calif. corrections worker charged with sexually abusing wifeSeptember 4th, 2009 Calif. corrections worker charged with sex abuseSAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California corrections worker was charged Friday with sexually abusing his immigrant wife. Michael O'Riley, 60, a social worker at a prison outside Sacramento, was arrested after his 44-year-old wife called police and reported he was threatening to kill her, authorities said.
Supreme Court orders bail for Mass. man convicted of beating school teacher with baseball batAugust 27th, 2009 Supreme Court orders bail for Mass. man in beatingWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the state of Massachusetts to grant bail to a man convicted of beating an elementary school teacher with a baseball bat.
Cambodian court sentences US man to 10 years in prison for child sex abuseAugust 26th, 2009 US sex offender given 10 years in jail in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court sentenced an American man on Wednesday to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl. Phnom Penh Municipal Court Judge Chan Madina found Michael James Dodd of Washington, D.C.
74 yr old incest father held for raping daughters in ArgentinaAugust 20th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - A 74-year-old man has been arrested on charges of raping his three daughters over a period of 17 years and also sexually abusing children he fathered with the elder daughter, the police said. The man was arrested after his 29-year-old daughter filed a criminal complaint with police in the city of Itati.
Brazilian prosecutor accuses Italian priest who ran kids' shelter of sexually abusing boysAugust 20th, 2009 Lauded priest in Brazil accused of abusing boysRIO DE JANEIRO — An Italian priest who ran an award-winning shelter for homeless children in Brazil has been charged with sexually abusing boys for years and allowing visiting foreigners to exploit the children, prosecutors said Wednesday. Father Clodoveo Piazza, now working as a missionary in Mozambique, was charged along with another former director of the nonprofit group Fraternal Help Organization, a private group based in Salvador.
Puerto Rico jury convicts 4 police officers of federal civil rights charges in beating deathAugust 14th, 2009 4 Puerto Rico police officers convicted in beatingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A jury in U.S. federal court has convicted four Puerto Rican police officers in the beating death of a man in their custody.
Man in Ohio sentenced to 12 years in fatal beating of 4-year-old boyAugust 13th, 2009 Man gets 12 years in 4-year-old's beating deathCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a beating that killed an Ohio preschool boy. Twenty-two-year-old Robert Overton III of Columbus was convicted in June of felonious assault and child endangering.
Former California priest charged with 22 counts of sex abuse in UKAugust 8th, 2009 LONDON —British police have charged a former California priest with sexually abusing young boys when he served in the United Kingdom between 1959 and 1983. LONDON —A former California priest extradited from the U.S.
Vt. man charged with holding boy for sex; police say victim locked up at home for 6 yearsJuly 8th, 2009 Vt. man charged with holding boy for sexBENNINGTON, Vt. — Police in Bennington, Vt., say a man spent almost six years sexually abusing a boy whom he hit, threatened and locked in a bedroom with a homemade alarm system while denying him food and water.
Policeman held for abusing mentally unstable sisterJune 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Hyderabad police Tuesday arrested a constable for allegedly sexually abusing his mentally unstable sister for six months. The shameful incident came to light when their mother lodged a complaint against her son with police.
Chicago police officer convicted of battery on female bartender who was half his sizeJune 2nd, 2009 Chicago officer convicted of battery on bartenderCHICAGO — A judge has found a suspended Chicago police officer guilty of aggravated battery in the videotaped beating of a bartender after she refused to serve him more drinks. Anthony Abbate testified Tuesday that he threw, punched and kicked the woman who was half his size because he felt he was in danger.
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