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NW Ind. woman pleads guilty in molestation of toddler
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to molesting a 2-year-old boy and sending photographs to her boyfriend. Twenty-three-year-old Tara Tryon would be sentenced to 10 years in prison if a Porter County judge...Tags: Punishment, Judges, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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2nd Warsaw woman charged in child's abuse
Two women are now charged this morning with abuse. Police say they were charged because a 4-year-old Kosciuscko County girl was beaten with a belt and her mouth was taped shut. WSBT spoke to jailers as officers booked 30-year-old Jolene Swihart....
Tags: Trials
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Neighbors speak out after Warsaw woman arrested for child abuse
We're hearing from neighbors of a woman arrested for allegedly hitting her child with a belt and taping her mouth shut. Sherena Harris, 26, is being held on a $2,000 bond. A spokesman for the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department says she actually...
Tags: Child Abuse
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'Nightmare is over': 3 missing Ohio women rescued
THOMAS J. SHEERAN,Associated PressCLEVELAND (AP) — The woman's voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."...Tags: Burger King, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jury convicts Lansing man in toddler's death
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The ex-boyfriend of a Lansing woman has been convicted in the slaying and torture of her 2-year-old son. The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/18iTs3B ) that an Ingham County Circuit Court jury found 25-year-...Tags: Child Abuse, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prisons
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4 men to join YWCA's board
South Bend TribuneFor the first time in its 110-year history, the local YWCA has elected men to its board -- four of them. And for the first time in the 33 years of the YWCA's Tribute to Women event, a man will be among those honored. In fact, the event on May 9 now...Tags: Judges, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Justice System
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Michigan prevails in lawsuit over girl's 2008 death
CENTREVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Child welfare workers can't be sued in the death of a southwestern Michigan teen who perished in a fire, even if they knew she was regularly tied to her bed by her parents, a federal appeals court said. A three-judge...
Tags: Judges, Laws, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Indiana child deaths surge in 1st year of hotline
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of children who died because of abuse or neglect in Indiana surged in the first year of a statewide hotline, and the Department of Child Services said it didn't get involved with about 90 percent of those cases until...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Delinquency
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Report: Partners often at fault in child deaths
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An annual report on deaths of Indiana children from abuse and neglect shows that many of those killed in 2011 died at the hands of a parent's boyfriend or girlfriend. The report released Monday by the Department of Child...Tags: Substance Abuse
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Minority Groups, Human Rights, Youth Organizations
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Third former athlete pleads guilty in sex assault
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The last of three former athletes from a college in northeast Indiana has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman at a party. Former University of Saint Francis football player Austin Bower pleaded...
Tags: Rape, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Trials
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Ex-prosecutor's novel explores assault biases
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — What's in a name? Well, if it's "Sally," or "Mary," or "David," or "Steve," there can be a lot of assumptions, just based on the name and the gender the name suggests. But what about the name "Sandy"? What if you've never...Tags: Assault, Lawyers, Minority Groups, Literature, Arts and Culture
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