Archive for "children"

Mother of Missing Child Arrested for Human Trafficking, Child Abuse– UPDATE: Child Dead

November 16th, 2009

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Shaniya Davis,5, is missing and her mother is one of the suspects arrested in the crime.

Police are charging 25-year-old Antoinette Davis with human trafficking, felony child abuse involving prostitution and filing a false police report as well as another suspect.

UPDATE: Shaniya’s body has been found

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From: Associated Press

“Authorities in North Carolina have found the body of a 5-year-old girl reported missing by her mother, who has since been charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution.

Shaniya Davis was found around noon in Lee County, NC, on Walker Road near Highway 87, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The girl was found about 7 miles from a hotel in Sanford where she was last seen, officials said.

Earlier in the day, Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance said officers were searching along the highway based on “reliable information” that indicated that Davis’ body may have been dumped there.

Police had previously believed they would find the girl alive. About 200 searchers fanned across several miles southeast of Sanford. Some walked along roads, ravines and fields while others drove on four-wheelers.”

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Police: Man Uses Child as Human Shield During Domestic Fight

November 12th, 2009

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You can’t make this stuff up.  Tilic Beal, 19, of Springfield, Ohio was arrested and charged with domestic violence and child endangerment for grabbing his girlfriend’s four-year-old son and using him as a human shield as the couple was embroiled in a knife fight.

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Jay-Z: Having Kids is High on Priority List

November 9th, 2009

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Jay-Z and Beyonce want to have kids, according to Mr. Carter.

From Bossip.com

Jay-Z has finally admitted that he and Beyonce are trying to procreate and are working hard at it.

After displaying some rare PDA at the MTV Europe Awards, Jay and Beyonce are finally letting the world in on their relationship. Apparently, Jay more so than Beyonce. Recently, Jay-Z slipped up during an interview and said that making kids are on the high priority list for the couple.

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Boy Dragged In School Bus Incident

October 30th, 2009

A mishap on a New Jersey school bus caused 7-year-old Chisano Mutts to be dragged for a block clinging for life.

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Child Writes Obama Daughters For Help

October 27th, 2009

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A six-year-old girl who witnessed her mother’s murder has written a letter to Sasha and Malia Obama seeking help for her father.

Bianca Perez, who lives in New York wrote the girls “to see if you can ask your daddy to help me and my daddy,” according to the letter.

From the New York Daily News

Bianca wrote the letter with the help of her father, Joseph Perez, 31, last week. They sent the letter over the weekend.

Her mother, Christina Scarabaggio, 27, was shot to death by an abusive boyfriend in September 2007 as she tried to shield Bianca, then 4, in front of their Bay Ridge home.

Christopher Flynn, 27, shot Scarabaggio twice in the back and once in the face before turning his .380-caliber handgun on himself.

Bianca has been living with her father on Staten Island ever since. Like many New Yorkers, he has fallen on hard times.



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Woman Charged with Murder After Beating 5-Year-Old to Death

October 26th, 2009

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Arshon Baker, 5, is dead because he wanted his mother’s attention. Now Angel Glass faces murder and abuse charges, according to Lt. Thomas Stacho, of the Cleveland Police Department.

From Cleveland.com

Police interviewed Glass on Friday night after Arshon was rushed to MetroHealth from their house in the 6600 block of Ovington Road, Stacho said.

“She said she was in her apartment doing another woman’s hair when the boy pulled on her dress to get her attention,” Stacho said. “She ordered him to stand in the corner. After a few minutes, he came out of the corner, so she said she took a brush and beat him on his hands.

“When that didn’t work, she took a braided belt and hit him with it,” Stacho said. “She said the boy ran away and she grabbed him and continued to beat him.”

Glass took her son to the hospital after being hit on the head after losing responsiveness.

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Grandmother Delivers Grandchild

October 22nd, 2009

Congratulations to mother, child and grandmother who share a very special bond.

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Ne-Yo Song to be Lead Single for Disney Movie

October 20th, 2009

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R&B star Ne-Yo’s newest song, “Never Knew I Needed,” will be the lead single for Disney’s first-ever animated film featuring a Black princess.

The movie is called “The Princess and the Frog” and it debuts Dec. 11. The movie features the voices of Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard and Anika Noni Rose, who plays Tiana, the princess.

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Middle School Student Tasered by School Officer

October 15th, 2009

De’Coria Brown, a 14-year-old middle school student is now facing felony charges after a fight in school in which she allegedly assaulted a student, teachers and a school resource officer. But did she have to be tazered? You make the call.

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Are Longer School Days Neccessary?

September 28th, 2009

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Admitting his proposal is not popular with his own daughters, President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, believes it is time to extend the length of the school day as well as weekend and summer classes.

“Our school calendar is based upon the agrarian economy and not too many of our kids are working the fields today,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

Duncan said children from other industrialized nations attend school 25-30 percent longer than American students. He believes the more time American kids spend in the classroom the more information they will learn.

So what do you think? Should school be extended?

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