Child Abuse

Winter Haven Man Found On Top Of 12 y/o Girl Half Naked, Charged With Sexual Battery

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 15:36

Winter Haven, Fla. -

Police have arrested 22-year-old Xavier Diaz after he was discovered laying on top of a 12 year old girl Sunday with his pants and underwear pulled down. The girl had been asleep when Diaz laid down and was woken up to discover her pants had been pulled down and started to scream and cry.

A caretaker at the residence heard the noise and investigated to find Diaz laying on top of the girl and called 911 while Diaz apparently fled the scene.

Miami Golf Instructor Ricardo Moreno Arrested Again On Child Sex Charges

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 09:30

Miami, Fla. -

Police have arrested 52-year-old golf instructor Ricardo Moreno on Tuesday on new charges of child sex crimes after having been previously arrested over the weekend on child sex charges on a different boy at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club.

According to police, Moreno was arrested over the weekend for sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy who he was contracted to give golf lesson to. He was then arrested Tuesday after it was discovered he had also molested a different 15-year-old boy.

John Ferguson Of Oviedo Arrested For Sex Crimes With A Minor

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 14:04

Police in Seminole County and Oviedo Florida have arrested 49-year-old John Ferguson on charges of traveling to engage in sex with a minor and solicitation of sex with a minor using a computer.

Ferguson has made contact with a 14-year-old girl and began text messages and chat conversation with the girl when she informed her mother who then went to the police.

An undercover investigator then assumed the girls identity and continued the conversations for nearly four months. It was then that Ferguson asked to meet the girl and offered for her to sleep over at his home.

South Florida Mother Arrested After Burning Teenage Daughter For Refusing To Marry Cousin

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 11:43

Hollywood, Fla. -

Police in Hollywood have arrested 35-year-old Sahar Thabit on child abuse charges after she allegedly burned her teenage daughter with a knife three times for refusing to marry her cousin in an arranged marriage.

The daughter reportedly had refused, instead wanting to marry a man she had been talking to online in Yemen.

A friend of the girl reported the incident to school administrators after she had attempted to commit suicide, school officials then contacted the Hollywood police.

Donald W. Purviance Arrested In Orlando On Human Trafficking And Solicitation of Sex From A Minor

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 03/11/2013 - 17:10

Florida Department of Law Enforcement, FDLE, have arrested 46-year old Donald W. Purviance on charges of human trafficking, solicitation of a parent, soliciting the procurement of a minor for prostitution and attempted lewd and lascivious battery.

The charges stem from when Purviance live in Biscayne Park, near Miami, and caught the attention of the FDLE from an anonymous tip reporting some strange activities.

Disney World Employee Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 17:38

Orlando, FL -

The Orange County Sheriff's Department has arrested 28-year-old Ruben Ferrer on multiple charges of child pornography and distribution. Investigators say that Ferrer was actually downloading images just a few minutes before he was arrested at his brother's house, where he lives.

According to police, Ferrer was caught during an undercover sting operation in which he sent and received images of children between the ages of 4 and 12. They also say he had been trading videos of children doing sex acts.

Man Arrested After Leaving 10-Month Old Child In Care of Pit Bull Dog

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 15:09

Police in Palm Coast have arrested 41-year-old James Irvine after he left his 10-month-old child in the care of a pit bull dog so he could go to a local bar. He has been charged with child neglect.

According to police, they received a call from the child's mother, while she was at work, saying that Irvine has left the child at home alone with the dog so he could go drink.

Irvine reportedly told the mother the "pit bull was watching the baby."

When police and the mother arrived home, the child was in the bedroom with the door shut and the pit bull sitting outside of the door.

2 Osceola County Teachers Arrested After Burning Student In Face With Lighter

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 16:22

Kissimmee, Fla. -

Two Osceola County school teachers have been arrested on child abuse charges after police say they burned a student in the face with a cigarette lighter.

Bianca Vacek, 51, and Thomas Vacek, 53 both taught at Poinciana High School and were married.

Biance is facing charges of aggravated domestic child abuse, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting without violence while her husband Thomas has been charged with failure to report child abuse and resisting arrest without violence.

Mother Who Threw Kids From Highway Overpass Is Released From Jail

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 17:27

Khandi Busby has been released from the Dallas County Jail after spending time at the state mental hospital.

Busby is known for throwing her two kids, aged 6 and 8 at the time, over an I-30 highway overpass into traffic. Both survived the ordeal and are now in foster car.

Busby was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and her release comes with special conditions including no contact with her children.

School Bus Aid Arrested After Choking 13-year-old Autistic Boy On Bus

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 09:41

Police in South Florida have arrested school bus safety aid Darryl Leon Blue after he was caught on video choking a 13-year-old autistic boy for peeing himself.

Blue has sine been released from jail on bond.

In the surveillance video caught on the bus' camera, Blue is seen using a seatbelt to choke the boy.

During the ordeal, the boy can be seen crying and trying to escape. The mother of the boy said both she and her son have suffered physically and emotionally.

Blue has been charged with child abuse.