Category Archives: Child Abuse

May 18, 2012

Sixth graders made porn video at Mexican school

State Education Department spokesman Omar Kantun said the teacher who uses the classroom did not appear to have been present when the video was made. He said no disciplinary action has been taken against any students or teachers as of yet. He said the students involved are being given psychological counseling.

Authorities in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche said Wednesday they are investigating how a porn video was made by sixth-graders inside their school.

State Education Department spokesman Omar Kantun said the video was apparently made in an empty classroom during recess in late April.

“It is real, the case is real, the video exists,” Kantun said. “The Education Department is very concerned.”

He said an investigation is being conducted by his department and the teachers union to determine whether any adults were involved.

Kantun said the teacher who uses the classroom did not appear to have been present when the video was made. He said no disciplinary action has been taken against any students or teachers as of yet. He said the students involved are being given psychological counseling.

The incident occurred in late April at a grade school in the town of Calkini, which is in a relatively conservative and heavily Indian area. Three boys are seen on the video engaging in oral and anal sex recorded on a cellphone by a fourth person, apparently another student.

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May 13, 2012

Rodney Alcala: ‘The Dating Game Killer’ To Face New York Murder Charges

On the show, Alcala beat out two other bachelors to win a date with “bachelorette” Cheryl Bradshaw. The couple appeared to get along well on the program, but police said Bradshaw later decided against going on the date.

Rodney Alcala can be extradited to New York to face charges in two killings, California’s highest court has ruled.

The decision was handed down on Wednesday by the California Supreme Court. In making the decision, the justices rejected claims by the convicted serial killer that such a move would undermine his efforts to appeal his California conviction.

In August, California Gov. Jerry Brown and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed off on Alcala’s transfer to New York to face charges of intentional murder, felony murder and murder in the second degree in connection with the killing of two New York women in 1970s. The women have been identified as Cornelia “Michel” Crilley and Ellen Hover.

Crilley, a TWA flight attendant, was raped and strangled in 1971. At the time, authorities initially suspected that the boyfriend of Crilley, then 23, was responsible. Authorities now claim to have forensic evidence that links Alcala to the scene.

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May 10, 2012

Rochdale grooming trial: Police accused of failing to investigate paedophile gang for fear of appearing racist

Police and social workers were last night accused of failing to investigate an Asian paedophile gang for fear of being perceived as racist, allowing them to prey on up to 50 young white girls.


(Clockwise from top left) Abdul Qayyum, Rochdale rape victim known as Girl E, Kabeer Hassan, Qamar Shahzad and Abdul Rauf

The nine men from Rochdale were yesterday convicted of abusing five vulnerable teenagers after plying them with alcohol, food and small sums of money in return for sex.

However, the true number of victims, who were “passed around” by the gang, is likely to be nearer to 50, police have admitted.

Greater Manchester Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have now apologised after they failed to bring the case of the first victim – Girl A – to trial following her cry for help in August 2008.

One 13 year-old victim became pregnant and had the child aborted while another was forced to have sex with 20 men in one night, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Complaints to social workers and the police were ignored because they were “petrified of being called racist”, former Labour MP for Keighley Ann Cryer said.

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March 7, 2012

Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of Ammonia-Treated Meat For Meals

News of the USDA’s plan to bring 7 million pounds of “pink slime” to school cafeterias nationwide comes just weeks after the government announced new guidelines to ensure students are given healthier options for school meals.

Pink slime — that ammonia-treated meat in a bright Pepto-bismol shade — may have been rejected by fast food joints like McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Burger King, but is being brought in by the tons for the nation’s school lunch program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is purchasing 7 million pounds of the “slime” for school lunches, The Daily reports. Officially termed “Lean Beef Trimmings,” the product is a ground-up combination of beef scraps, cow connective tissues and other beef trimmings that are treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill pathogens like salmonella and E. coli. It’s then blended into traditional meat products like ground beef and hamburger patties.

“We originally called it soylent pink,” microbiologist Carl Custer, who worked at the Food Safety Inspection Service for 35 years, told The Daily. “We looked at the product and we objected to it because it used connective tissues instead of muscle. It was simply not nutritionally equivalent [to ground beef]. My main objection was that it was not meat.”

Custer and microbiologist Gerald Zernstein concluded in a study that the trimmings are a “high risk product,” but Zernstein tells The Daily that “scientists in D.C. were pressured to approve this stuff with minimal safety approval” under President George H.W. Bush’s administration. The USDA asserts that its ground beef purchases “meet the highest standard for food safety.”

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February 27, 2012

Murder, molestation suspects among Riverside County’s Most Wanted

Anyone with information on any of these suspects may call Crime Stoppers at (760) 341-7867. Cash rewards of up to $1,000 are available for information leading to an arrest and conviction.


Angel Jonathan Giron

Age: 21

Wanted on suspicion of: Murder

Date of crime: June 7, 2006, in Cathedral City

Height: 5 feet, 7 inches

Weight: 150 pounds

Description: Hispanic; brown hair, brown eyes

Crime: Police say Angel Giron helped his brother, Jose Gabriel Giron, beat to death a victim from a rival gang, after he had been shot.


Jose Antonio Michel Aceves

Age: 35

Wanted on suspicion of: Murder

Date of crime: May 26, 2008, in Palm Desert

Height: 5 feet, 6 inches

Weight: 170 pounds

Description: Hispanic; black hair, brown eyes

Crime: Police say Aceves and the victim started to fight while drinking with friends at their apartment complex. Prosecutors allege Aceves pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the victim and fired several shots before fleeing.


Juan Manuel Agredano

Age: 30

Wanted on suspicion of: Murder

Date of crime: June 6, 2001, in Indio

Height: 5 feet, 3 inches

Weight: 130 pounds

Description: Hispanic; brown hair, brown eyes

Crime: Police say a man was shot inside the Arabia Mobile Home Park and identified his assailant as Hugo Cervantes Gastelum before he died. Police concluded Agredano was also involved, but they think he fled to Mexico.


Jorge Ponce Aguilar

Age: 40

Wanted on suspicion of: Child molestation

Date of crime: June 1, 1996, to June 1, 1998

Height: 5 feet, 4 inches

Weight: 180 pounds

Description: Hispanic; gray hair, brown eyes

Crime: Police say Aguilar lived with a family in Coachella and molested an 8-year-old girl while the other adults in the home were at work. When the victim finally called police, Aguilar admitted to touching the girl but did not go to court for his preliminary hearing.


Juan Hidalgo Aguilar

Age: 39

Wanted on suspicion of: Murder

Date of crime: Nov. 25, 2007, in Mecca

Height: 5 feet, 8 inches

Weight: 150 pounds

Description: Hispanic; black hair, brown eyes

Crime: Police say Aguilar and the victim got into a car crash with each other. When the victim got out of his damaged vehicle, Aguilar ran over the victim with his van and left the scene.

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February 10, 2012

47 Alleged Paedophiles, all Muslim men, in Liverpool Crown Court

The rally in Liverpool on Monday was hugely successful and a big thank you goes out to all those who took the time and expense to be there. People came from far and wide to express their anger at the establishment imposed media blackout on this massive issue.

Strangely, these alleged paedophiles were shipped in from other parts of the country. The real reason for this is unclear but it is rather bizarre, considering some of the offences were committed as far afield as Rochdale, Burnley and Bolton.

This is the first time in British history that forty seven (47) alleged paedophiles have been in court together. This is THE biggest news story in Britain since the Yorkshire Ripper. And yet, for months the news and front pages have been dominated by a ridiculous argument about what names two overpaid footballers allegedly said to each other on a football pitch.

But, the REAL NEWS that innocent little children are being repeatedly raped by gangs of evil paedophiles, especially in the North of England, goes unreported.

So why hasn’t it been front page news for twelve months? Where are all the investigative journalists?

The answer to this conundrum is that ALL of the defendants (the accused) are Muslim males, and ALL of the victims were little white girls, under the age of sixteen, and very often as young as 10, 11, 12 and 13 years of age.

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February 9, 2012

More photos found in Calif. teacher abuse case

Many of the photos involve children already identified by authorities, but there may be other potential victims, sheriff’s Lt. Carlos Marquez said. Like the other pictures, the photos show children ages 6 to 10 blindfolded and being fed a milky, white liquid authorities believe was semen on spoons or cookies, Marquez said.


In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after photos surfaced. Berndt been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 7 to 10.

The scandal embroiling an elementary school where two teachers were arrested last week on lewdness charges widened Wednesday with revelations of 200 more inappropriate photos of children and that one teacher sent warmly written birthday cards and presents to students who participated in his “games.”

The case of a third-grade teacher accused of feeding children his own semen in bizarre “tasting games” in his classroom over a five-year period has garnered international headlines.

It has also roiled the nation’s second-largest school district, which has a sizable number of students who come from homes with illegal immigrants. Many parents at the school have said they have been reluctant to report suspicions about the teachers because of their immigration status.

The new developments came as Los Angeles Unified School District prepared to reopen Miramonte Elementary School on Thursday with an entirely new staff.

According to three lawsuits filed against the district Tuesday, teacher Mark Berndt sent birthday cards to some of the girls, asking how they were adjusting to the fourth grade. He also wrote warm notes such as “surely no teacher could ever have a more wonderful student than you!!” and “P.P.S. The Roaches Say ‘Hi!’”

He signed the notes: “Mr. B.”

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February 8, 2012

Jacksonville Girl Trapped in Human Trafficking In 36 Hours

For one local girl, it took only 36 hours. “He pulled me in with his kindness and pushed me out with his violence. I was only 15 and naive.”

Police say it doesn’t take long to get trapped in the web known as human trafficking.

For one local girl, it took only 36 hours. “He pulled me in with his kindness and pushed me out with his violence. I was only 15 and naive.”

Those words are from the young Jacksonville girl, simply known in court records as A.B.

“She’s a typical 15-year-old girl. She’s an A/B honor roll student,” said JSO detective Dave Bisplinghoff.

Bisplinghoff said that the typical teen ran away from a stable home life and ended up tangled in human trafficking.

“Within a matter of 36 hours, she was brought into that trade in a poor neighborhood in Jacksonville and quickly introduced to crack cocaine, then the world of prostitution,” said Bisplinghoff.

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January 24, 2012

Irish couples, young Mexican women victims in illegal child adoption ring

Prosecutors say the baby was apparently part of an illegal adoption ring that ensnared destitute young Mexican women trying to earn more for their children and childless Irish couples desperate to become parents.

Life seemed to give Karla Zepeda a break when a woman came to her dusty neighborhood of cinderblock homes and dirt roads looking for babies to photograph in an anti-abortion ad campaign.

The woman asked to use the 15-year-old’s baby girl in a two-week photo shoot for $755 ($10,000 pesos), a small fortune for a teen mother who earns $180 a month at a sandwich stand and shares a cramped, one-story house with her disabled mother, stepfather, and three brothers.

But 9-month-old Camila wasn’t just posing for photographs when she was taken away.

Jalisco state investigators say the child was left for weeks at a time in the care of an Irish couple who had come to Ajijic, a town of cobblestone streets and gated communities 37 miles (60 kilometers) away, thinking they were adopting her.

Prosecutors say the baby was apparently part of an illegal adoption ring that ensnared destitute young Mexican women trying to earn more for their children and childless Irish couples desperate to become parents.

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December 8, 2011

Recent Charges of Sexual Abuse of Children in Hollywood Just Tip of Iceberg, Experts Say

“It’s almost a willing sacrifice that many parents are oblivious to – what kind of environment do they think that they’re pushing their kid into? The casting couch is a real thing, and sometimes just getting an appointment makes people do desperate things.” Paul Peterson, 66, star of The Donna Reed Show


Allison Arngrim (left) starred on ‘Little House on the Prairie.” She said stories about Corey Feldman and Corey Haim (right) being abused as child stars were common in the 1980s and 90s.

If a spate of recent allegations proves true, Hollywood may have a hideous epidemic on its hands. The past two weeks have brought three separate reports of alleged child sexual abuse in the entertainment industry.

Martin Weiss, a 47-year-old Hollywood manager who represented child actors, was charged in Los Angeles on Dec. 1 with sexually abusing a former client. His accuser, who was under 12 years old during the time of the alleged abuse, reported to authorities that Weiss told him “what they were doing was common practice in the entertainment industry.” Weiss has pleaded not guilty.

On Nov. 21, Fernando Rivas, 59, an award-winning composer for “Sesame Street,” was arraigned on charges of coercing a child “to engage in sexually explicit conduct” in South Carolina. The Juilliard-trained composer was also charged with production and distribution of child pornography.

Registered sex offender Jason James Murphy, 35, worked as a casting agent in Hollywood for years before his past kidnapping and sexual abuse of a boy was revealed by the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 17. Murphy’s credits include placing young actors in kid-friendly fare like “Bad News Bears,” “The School of Rock,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” and the forthcoming “Three Stooges.”

Revelations of this sort come as no surprise to former child star Corey Feldman.

Feldman, 40, himself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, unflinchingly warned of the world of pedophiles who are drawn to the entertainment industry last August. “I can tell you that the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia,” Feldman told ABC’s Nightline. “That’s the biggest problem for children in this industry… It’s the big secret.”

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