Fired Miami social worker gets 1 1/2 years in prison for extorting families of refugee children

Fired Miami social worker gets 1 1/2 years in prison for extorting families of refugee children | Miami Herald:



Leslie Rubero Padilla Handout
As a newly hired employee for a Miami social services agency, Leslie Rubero Padilla’s job was to reunite unaccompanied refugee children with their parents or legal guardians in the United States.

She was supposed to charge the families only for transportation, such as airfare. But authorities say Rubero shook down more than a dozen of them by insisting they had to send her additional money or the reunification with their children would be delayed — or, worse, they would be deported back to their native country in Central America.

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Foster care abuse settlement brings little comfort to some victims

Foster care abuse settlement brings little comfort to some victims - Edmonton - CBC News:

Thousands of Albertans affected by class action lawsuit settlement

DCYF looks at proposed records changes in N.H.

DCYF looks at proposed records changes in N.H. | Concord Monitor:

The New Hampshire Division of Children, Youth and Families is in the process of examining proposed changes to the agency’s records system and will report back to the recently formed Child Fatalities Commission next month.

In Response To Bella Bond Investigation, Baker Expects To Roll Out New DCF Policies By Thanksgiving

In Response To Bella Bond Investigation, Baker Expects To Roll Out New DCF Policies By Thanksgiving | WGBH News:

After negotiations with SEIU 509—the union that represents social workers in Massachusetts—Governor Charlie Baker expects to release updated and reformed intake and supervisory policies for the Department of Children and Families, he told Boston Public Radio Thursday.

Adoptive daughter testifies in day 2 of chicken coop child abuse

Adoptive daughter testifies in day 2 of chicken coop child abuse - WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather & Sports:

Troubling allegations of unsanitary living conditions, beatings, and food deprivation continued to emerge Wednesday in a Taylor County trial.The alleged victim in the case described troubling words that she says her caretaker repeated to her often like "we are stuck with you" and "we don't love you."

Boy, 8, charged with murder in death of girl, 1

Boy, 8, charged with murder in death of girl, 1 - CNN Video:

An 8-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the beating death of a 1-year-old girl while their mothers went out clubbing according to police.

8 dead babies found in German apartment

8 dead babies found in German apartment - CNN.com:

(CNN)The bodies of eight babies have been found wrapped in towels and inside plastic bags in an apartment in Germany's Bavaria state, police said Friday -- a gruesome discovery that spurred authorities to hunt for the woman who last lived there as they try to explain why and how this happened.