Child abuse

John Hernandez, 41, and Natasha Dabbs, 37, were taken into custody after the boy said he had been forced to stand in a closet as punishment.

Large bruises and lacerations were found on the child's arms, legs and face, according to officials.

"Each of you is blameless, each of you did nothing wrong and has nothing to be ashamed of. Each of you deserved so much better."

The British socialite is again asking for bail just weeks after one accuser said she was 'behind bars, where she belongs.'

Jeffrey Epstein was nearly the target of an undercover sting by the former host of "To Catch a Predator," but Chris Hansen pulled out after reviewing security at his mansions.

Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest in July came after the FBI obtained permission to use a special surveillance device to expose her location, court documents show.

"She is stooping to these vicious personal attacks to distract from the fact that she's been campaigning with a former member of the Ku Klux Klan," Ossoff said.

"I want to assure everyone that Tony is doing very well in the loving home of a foster family here in Medina County," Hinckley, Ohio Police Chief David Centner said Thursday after the boy was found abandoned in a cemetery.

Kirstie Flood, 29, was arrested after an autopsy revealed the child "suffered severe injuries that resulted in her death," the Sandy Springs Police Department in Georgia said.

The bipartisan Stronger CAPTA was so widely praised that we expected Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to quickly bring the bill to the Senate floor. Instead, the Republicans are blocking it with a much weaker bill of their own.

Geoffrey Portway, 47, is behind bars after police found child pornography and a torture dungeon in the basement of his Massachusetts home.

Ghislaine Maxwell claims she is woken every 15 minutes with a flashlight and "excessively and invasively searched" in jail awaiting trial on Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking charges.

Nikki Manning, 30, was arrested and charged after deputies received reports of possible child abuse in Greenville, North Carolina, dating back to October.

Police in Texas said the baby's mother, Destiney Harbour, 21, had given birth at home in August and the infant had received no formal medical care since then.

She admitted failing to provide her daughter with adequate food, clothing, or heating, hitting her, and permitting her to smoke cannabis and drink alcohol.

Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell after his weeks in a gang-plagued jail were marked by extortion and fears he would be attacked, a new biography claims.

A video of care worker Rehan Baig abusing the birds - which were pets - was saved under the file name 'family vids'.

The baby suffered burns to her hands and is in stable condition at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital in Connecticut.

A New York prosecutor twice refused to open a new investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 — after lawyers for the victims claiming "there was a massive sex trafficking ring."

Daniel Schwarz, 44, and Ashley Schwarz, 34, were arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the girl's death in Odessa, Texas.

The youngster was expected to go to toilet on the floor and lived in conditions not fit for an animal, said detectives.

Multiple YouTubers have tried to raise awareness of the forum in recent weeks, urging their viewers to report the platform's known web domains to law enforcement authorities.

Maria Urias-Astorga and Ramiro Miranda-Quinonez are facing child abuse charges after their 14-year-old son died suffering from a tumor which they say went untreated as they could not afford insurance.

"The film routinely fetishizes and sexualizes these pre-adolescent girls as they perform dances simulating sexual conduct in revealing clothing," Sen. Cruz wrote in a letter to Attorney General Barr.

Sabrina Ray, 16, was found deceased in her home in 2017 wearing a diaper and tank top, weighing just 56 pounds.

Nelson Sanderson was found guilty of molesting a child under the age of 12 in 2016.

John Michael Musbach allegedly asked if 14 years old was an "acceptable age or too young" when hiring a hitman on the dark web.

Stephen Parshall is already awaiting trial for terrorism offenses after allegedly planning to throw Molotov cocktails at police during BLM protests.

The campaign was launched on Change.org to encourage Congress to pass legislation supporting the creation of a nationwide child abuse reporting system.

Ghislaine Maxwell is expecting to learn whether she will be released on bail today after prosecutors described her as an "extreme risk of flight."