Ex-DCF worker from Lake Park charged with falsifying records...

Ex-DCF worker from Lake Park charged with falsifying records... | www.palmbeachpost.com:

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

A Lake Park woman who formerly worked for the state Department of Children and Families was arrested today on charges that she falsified records and stole funds, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report.

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Principal's notes say teacher blindfolded girl

Principal's notes say teacher blindfolded girl:

Notes taken by a former principal accused of failing to report suspected sexual abuse at her California elementary school reveal that a teacher who was later charged with molesting children in class blindfolded a second-grade girl and put something in her mouth, a newspaper reported.

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Child abuse reports increase under new Florida law

Child abuse reports increase under new Florida law | firstcoastnews.com:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Anyone in Florida can be charged now with a felony for failing to report child abuse. A new state law took effect this week that's being called the "Penn State law" because it followed the Jerry Sandusky child molesting scandal.

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KING5: Secret Boy Scout files reveal pattern of child molestation in Washington

KING5: Secret Boy Scout files reveal pattern of child molestation in Washington | The Today File | Seattle Times:

Our news partner KING5, through investigative reporter Susannah Frame, has obtained secret files that the Boy Scouts of America have been keeping for decades on leaders and other volunteers in the organization who have been accused of sexually abusing children. The files also show a pattern of child abuse in Washington state, according to the KING5 investigation.

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Son wants to return home to family

Son wants to return home to family | Fraser Coast News | Local News in Fraser Coast | Fraser Coast Chronicle:

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy is in hiding, avoiding child services officers after fleeing foster care in an attempt to be reunited with his mother.

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Parents Gone Wild! Edward John Stecker, age 2, was beaten to death while in foster mother Lillian Bedford’s care

Parents Gone Wild! Edward John Stecker, age 2, was beaten to death while in foster mother Lillian Bedford’s care « Bonnie's Blog of Crime:

Edward “Eddie” John Stecker

Donald and Lillian Bedford lived  at 29 E. Seymour St. in Germantown.

Apparently Lillian Bedford was incompetent to stand trial, so she went to a mental hospital. Another child, Brent “Chuck” Garcia, had died in her care in 1966, but they were unable to prove murder. But Randolph E. Wise, the Welfare Dept. commissioner at the time said Eddie Stecker’s death was the first murder in Philadelphia’s foster care program. I doubt that is true.

Philadelphia Man Seeks Answers 44 Years After Witnessing Brother’s Foster-Care Death
In Loving Memory of Edward J. Stecker “Chahlie’s Angel”
Chahlie’s Angel
Children’s Angels: Edward Stecker

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Philadelphia Man Seeks Answers 44 Years After Witnessing Brother's Foster-Care Death

Philadelphia Man Seeks Answers 44 Years After Witnessing Brother's Foster-Care Death | News and Opinion | Philadelphia Weekly:

Charles Stecker was only 4 years old when he saw his foster mother kill his 2-year-old brother Eddie, but he remembers it like it was yesterday.
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