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Grandma cited for leaving baby in hot car

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:32pm

WEST JORDAN -- A 47-year-old woman has been cited after police say she left her grandbaby inside a hot van while shopping at a West Jordan thrift store.

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Study tries to make Utah's KIDS COUNT, pushes for improvements

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 11:05pm

OGDEN — There is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to the health and well-being of Utah kids, according to the Voices for Utah Children’s “Utah KIDS COUNT” study, released Monday.

The study, which has been released annually for the past 17 years, provides comprehensive data on a wide variety of child well-being indicators, including analysis of items ranging from prenatal care to high school graduation.

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Stepmother of boy kept in cage makes plea deal

Andy Grimm Chicago Tribune

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 3:10pm

CHICAGO -- The stepmother of a Gary, Ind., boy who died after enduring daily beatings and being kept in a small cage for nearly two years has entered a plea deal with Lake County, Ind., prosecutors and will testify against her former husband in his murder trial in August.

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Mom charged with taking daughter into tanning booth

David Porter The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 3:10pm

NEWARK, N.J. -- A New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to corroborate her story.

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Woman accused of putting bleach in daughter's eyes

Jennifer Sullivan The Seattle Times

Last updated Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 9:40am

SEATTLE -- A Washington woman was charged Monday with first-degree child assault after authorities said she repeatedly put bleach into the eyes of her then-14-month-old daughter, potentially blinding her.

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Used law enforcement bikes help fetch $6K for Davis Children's Justice Center

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 7:05pm

FARMINGTON — A four-hour yard sale, with 170 bikes made available by area law enforcement agencies, generated close to $6,000 Saturday for the Davis County Children’s Justice Center in Farmington.

The money will be used to buy food and snacks for the child victims interviewed at the center, as well as provide special forensic training for area investigators, Davis County Children’s Justice Center Director Tayna Perkins said.

Also, the funds generated by this year’s yard sale, held this time annually, totaled “a few hundred dollars more” than last year’s event, with money still coming in, said Perkins, who anticipated having a total dollar amount in a couple of days.

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Roy man charged with child abuse

Mike McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 10:55pm

ROY — A Roy man who says he slapped his infant daughter across her face because she had stopped breathing has been charged with child abuse.

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Iowa dad accused of sex abuse captured in Chicago

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 1:33pm

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines man accused of sexually abusing three of his nine children has been captured in Chicago.

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Abbott defense waiting for report in child abuse homicide case

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:06am

OGDEN -- Robert Glen Abbott's court proceedings have been pushed back to allow more time for investigations.

Abbott is charged with child abuse homicide in 2nd District Court in connection with the death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter.

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Man pleads guilty to child sex abuse

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 11:34pm

FARMINGTON -- A 26-year-old man agreed to enter guilty pleas to reduced charges that stem from sexually abusing a child.

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Pinwheels adorn the lawn at the Memorial County Courthouse in Farmington on Wednesday. The pinwheels are to remind us that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. From January through March of this year, 128 sexual or physical child abuse cases have been opened at the CJC in Farmington, says Susan Burton, the center’s development coordinator. During 2011, a total of 364 cases were reported to the CJC, she says.(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Davis may top 2011 child abuse cases well before 2012 is out

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 8:04pm

FARMINGTON — More people, heightened awareness and more criminal incidents has the number of child abuse cases opened at the Davis County Children’s Justice Center on pace to shatter the total case count for 2011.

From January through March of this year, 128 sexual or physical child abuse cases have been opened at the CJC in Farmington, said Susan Burton, the center’s development coordinator.

During 2011, a total of 364 cases were reported to the CJC, she said.

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Jerry Sandusky trial postponed until June; jury may be sequestered

Mike Dawson McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 5:37pm

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Jerry Sandusky's trial on child abuse charges has been delayed until early June, and it appears the jury may be sequestered for the duration of the trial.

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Utah prosecutor honored for fighting child abuse

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 6:12am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A prosecutor for the Utah Attorney General's office is being honored for his work to prosecute child abusers and sex predators while expanding protections for victims.

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Kaysville man pleads guilty to choking his 5-year-old nephew

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 7:09pm

FARMINGTON -- Within two weeks of being arrested and charged, an 18-year-old man admitted to choking his 5-year-old nephew.

Dustin Harley Christensen-Day, of Kaysville, entered a guilty plea to one count of third-degree felony child abuse in 2nd District Court before Judge David C. Hamilton on Wednesday.

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