April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families is asking residents be extra aware and watch out for the signs of abused or exploited children.
According to NJ.com, workers at a Vineland preschool called DYFS when a 4 year-old girl showed up with bruises and welts on her face and body after a severe belt lashing. The mother, a 37 year old from Millville has been arrested. Check out this quote from a source inside Cumberland County law enforcement: "Maybe, if you have a two or three year old, you don't beat them with a belt...
The Penn State University child sex abuse scandal has prompted state lawmakers across the nation to take another look at laws designed to protect children and punish child predators.
Yesterday we told you about a federal monitor report showing that while progress was being made in New Jersey's child welfare system, more could be done. Today, a state DYFS worker has been accused of child endangerment.
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The stunning allegations that a beloved icon of Penn State's football team has secretly been a serial molester who used his charity for children to find and groom new victims will undergo their first legal test Tuesday inside a picturesque rural Pennsylvania courthouse.
A former National Hockey League player who rocked the Canadian sports world with sexual abuse accusations against a former coach is the marque witness at a congressional hearing Tuesday examining such abuse in the wake of the Penn State scandal.
Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky posted bail Thursday after spending a night in jail following a new round of sex-abuse charges filed against him.
A state lawmaker has introduced a bill today that would require people to immediately report to law enforcement if they see an adult molesting a child.
The measure is in direct response to the child sex abuse scandals still unfolding at Penn State University and Syracuse University...
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Jerry Sandusky's lawyer says he hasn't discussed pleading guilty with his client and that the former Penn State assistant football coach still maintains he's innocent of the charges against him.