Category Archives: Abuse

Michigan lotto winner charged with welfare fraud

By doris | Published: May 10, 2012

Full Story at azcentral.com LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — A Michigan woman who continued to get food stamps after winning a lottery jackpot was arraigned Tuesday on welfare fraud charges. Amanda Clayton, 25, of Lincoln Park was arrested on Monday. If convicted of the two felony charges, she could face up to four years in prison. [...]

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Ex-California teacher who moved in with student arrested on 1998 molestation charge

By doris | Published: April 7, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Christopher James Hooker, the Modesto, Calif., ex-teacher whose romance with a student drew attention from around the world, was arrested Friday after being charged with one count of oral copulation with a minor in an incident that police said happened 14 years ago, the Modesto Bee reported. The charge stems from [...]

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Judge orders man to take his wife on a bowling date

By doris | Published: February 14, 2012

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a Florida judge ruled on Tuesday that a man involved in a scuffle with his wife treat her to an evening at a local bowling alley and a romantic meal at Red Lobster. Click here to read the original story on NBCMiami.com Judge John Hurley [...]

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Entire staff to be replaced at LA school where 2 teachers were arrested

By doris | Published: February 7, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 12:54 a.m. ET: The Los Angeles Unified School District is replacing the entire staff of Miramonte Elementary following the arrest of two teachers on lewd conduct charges last week, Superintendent John Deasy told parents at a meeting Monday night, the Los Angeles Times reported. Positions will be filled by [...]

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South Carolina authorities search for missing toddler

By doris | Published: January 27, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Authorities in South Carolina searched intently Thursday for a missing toddler who was last seen nearly two months ago, and whose pregnant mother has been charged with cruelty toward a child. Columbia police Chief Randy Scott told Vinnie Politan, of CNN’s sister network HLN, that law enforcement launched their [...]

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Images of a captured Gadhafi, bloodied and dazed, broadcast

By doris | Published: October 20, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SIRTE, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, the man who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years, was seen on Arab television pinned against a car, being struck on the head with a pistol while a group of fighters manhandled him. Video footage showed Gadhafi, dazed and bloodied but still clearly [...]

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Child abuse increased as economy crashed, study shows

By doris | Published: September 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com As the U.S. economy began to tank, the number of abused kids landing in the hospital with severe brain injuries spiked, a new study shows. Anecdotes linking child abuse to the recession have surfaced before, but there had been no hard data to back the connection until now. “It’s definitely disturbing,” [...]

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