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Former Yeshiva Teacher Admits Sex Assault

Townsquare News Network — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:42:25 +0000

With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday on the third day of his trial and admitted he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy he had met while working as a camp counselor.

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Mount Holly Couple Plead Not Guilty to Child Abuse

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:51:01 +0000

A U.S. Army major and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges alleging the couple abused their three foster children by withholding food and water, making the children eat red pepper and assaulting them to the point of breaking their bones.

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Mount Holly Couple in Child Abuse Case Free on Bail

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:58:56 +0000

An Army major and his wife accused of abusing their three foster children are free on $250,000 bail each.

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NJ Daycare Worker Accused of Abusing Two Toddlers

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:48:05 +0000

Prosecutors have filed child abuse and child endangerment charges against a northern New Jersey daycare center worker who allegedly injured two toddlers.

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Mount Holly Couple Faces Federal Child Abuse Charges

Townsquare News Network — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:46:58 +0000

An Army major and his wife disciplined their three foster children over a span of several years by withholding food and water and assaulting them severely enough to cause broken bones, a federal indictment released Tuesday charged.

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NJ High Court Declines 'Shower Game' Appeal

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:40:09 +0000

New Jersey's Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of a chaperone whose child endangerment conviction stemming from what he called a "shower game" was reversed on appeal.

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Substance Abuse While Pregnant Is Child Abuse Says NJ Assemblyman

Kevin McArdle — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:59:18 +0000

The definition of child abuse would expand to include a child subject to prenatal exposure to a controlled, dangerous substance under a new bill introduced by Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon.

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Mendham Monument to Child Abuse Victims Damaged Again

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:24:32 +0000

A monument at a New Jersey Catholic church that is dedicated to victims of child sexual abuse has been destroyed for the second time in less than two years.

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Child Abuse Reports Drop For 5th Straight Year

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:45:15 +0000

New federal statistics show that reports of child abuse and neglect have dropped nationwide for the fifth consecutive year, and abuse-related child fatalities also are at a five-year low.

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Did Suspected Child Abuser Leave Victims in Lakewood?

Tom Mongelli — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:00:04 +0000

A Newton 56-year-old arrested in July for kiddie porn later admitted luring a 15-year-old to Pennsylvania for sex and having erotic fantasies about child cannibalism, say federal investigators. Now they want to know if Robert Mucha's alleged victims include any children in Lakewood, where he spent time as a drum and bugle corps instructor several years ago.

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