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Man thought he was asking a 9-year-old's parent for child pornography. It turned out to be an FBI agent.
A man in Arkansas pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possession of child pornography. He talked to an undercover FBI agent online to request videos of a child.
2-month-old girl dies from 'significant head trauma,' dad accused of murder
Police say a 2-month-old Ohio girl dies from significant head trauma. The baby's father has been charged with murder in connection to the case.
Ex-Big Ten All-American accused of sexually assaulting 7-year-old child
Tom Burke, a former lineman with the University of Wisconsin, was accused of raping a child. The All-America was booked into jail and released on bond.
Ex-church bus driver took kids on vacation, helped family find new home while he molested the children
A former church bus driver in Ohio befriended a family and took the children on vacation as he molested the kids. He gave the family a fake name and was a sex offender.
Louisiana man used candy to lure child into vehicle, took them home and raped them: cops
A Louisiana man used candy to lure a child into his vehicle and then took them to a house where he raped them, police say. The suspect remains in jail on $500,000 bond.
Ex-pedatric nurse had 24K child porn images, 6K videos and admitted to distributing materials
A former pedatric nurse admitted to distributing child pornography and will have to spend at least five years in prison. Officers found thousands of images on his computer.
16-year-old California boy killed, stepmother and father accused of murder, cops say
A California teen was assaulted and killed by his step-mother. Now, police say she is charged with his murder and his father is charged with abuse.
5-year-old escapes locker room sexual assault by slipping under the sall, police say
A Utah man followed a 5-year-old boy into gym locker room. Police say the boy had to escape sexual assault by crawling under bathroom stall.
Indiana mother charged after lice infestation nearly kills 4-year-old daughter, police say
A child in Indiana reportedly suffered from a life-threatening lice infestation, police say. Now, her mom was charged with child abuse in connection to the case.
Boston woman who worked as a child caregiver arrested on child pornography charges: police
The suspect admitted to receiving and sending child sexual abuse material, according to police. She was active on sittercity.com, an online marketplace for nannies in the Boston area.