These Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, photos provided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department show Louise Anna Turpin, left, and David Allen Turpin. Authorities say an emaciated teenager led deputies to a Perris, Calif., home where her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, with some of them malnourished and chained to beds. […]
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Stopping abuse before it happens
The following editorial appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post: For two years, a federal commission has been studying the deaths of children from abuse or neglect. Traveling the country, talking to child welfare leaders and reading daily headlines about young lives lost, the commission came to a sobering realization: We accept these fatalities as inevitable. In […]
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Jay man accused of abusing young child
FARMINGTON — A Jay man is accused of abusing a 2-year-old child, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Friday. Detective Kenneth Charles investigated and arrested Devin Medcoff, 20, on Thursday on a felony charge of aggravated assault, Nichols said. The county received a Maine Department of Health and Human Services referral. The child had […]
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Farmington woman found not competent to stand trial in child abuse case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County court ruled that a Farmington woman accused of hurting a young child is not competent to stand trial and dismissed the charges Thursday. Justice William Stokes ordered the commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to begin proceedings to determine if the woman should be involuntarily committed […]
Posted inNation / World
Abused children die as authorities fail to protect
At least 760 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities — many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger, The Associated Press has found. To determine that number, the […]
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Confirmed cases of physical child abuse on the rise
PORTLAND — Experts say after years of decline, the number of confirmed cases of physical child abuse in Maine has climbed dramatically in recent years. Confirmed cases of the physical abuse of children in Maine rose by 58 percent from 2011 to 2013. Those who work with abused children said they’re not sure why the […]
Posted inLetters
C.Pagon: Child abuse seemingly condoned
This is in response to a Sun Journal story (May 8) involving Allen-Michael St. Claire, who admitted to having struck his infant son’s head into a door frame in the family’s home, causing a magnitude of physical harm to the child. The mother was asleep in the next room, no doubt trying to get some […]
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Sanford man charged with injuring his twin 2-month-old children held on $25,000 bail
SPRINGVALE (AP) — A Sanford man charged with injuring his twin 2-month-old children has been ordered held on $25,000 cash bail. Anthony Carpinelli made his first court appearance Wednesday via video from the York County Jail where he has been held since his arrest Monday on charges including aggravated assault on a child. If he […]
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Phillips man pleads guilty in plea agreement
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man pleaded guilty to a felony charge of gross sexual assault as part of a plea agreement Friday in Franklin County Superior Court. Robert Parker Jr., 44, also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child as part of the agreement which dismissed eight other charges. […]
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Maine raises awareness of child abuse
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has declared April to be Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month. Though the governor was not present, law enforcement, public health officials and social service providers gathered Tuesday in the State House Hall of Flags to commemorate the proclamation and urge greater awareness of child abuse and neglect in Maine. […]