#child-safety

#child-safety

"Lens got off the school bus that day with the same expectation that any child has: to get off safely and to get home to their family. It is the reckless actions of this defendant that have opened an unfillable hole in the hearts of everyone who knew Lens and who loved him."

Apple's decision that the UK will be one of the first countries in the world to receive new child safety protections on devices is a real win for children and families.

Rosa was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree aggravated harassment for allowing his son to ingest lethal doses of drugs.

However, instead of going to the location where the girls instructed him to, the suspect drove to the area of Sunburst and Lemona Avenue ... it's a residential neighborhood, but it's secluded enough ... not enough people or vehicle traffic around.

These are very rare occurrences to have such a positive outcome on such an old case as this, but it reminds us that through hard work, and dedication, and cooperation, stories with positive outcomes like these can happen.

Gardaí launched the inquiry after three separate incidents were reported in the Dublin 3 area last month, including the alleged sexual assault of a young girl and two other suspicious approaches to children.

Police said the suspect took the child during a family dispute. Police arrested the suspect after he and the child exited a vehicle on Center Road. The child was reunited with relatives. No injuries were reported.

There's an analogy I've heard many times that may be helpful here: If there are a few poison M&Ms in a bag of 30, should you feel safe eating it? What's three out of 30, right? Is it likely that James or someone else will do something inappropriate? No, but is it impossible? Also no.

This is one I'm screaming about. The former Sacramento County district attorney who prosecuted Funston expressed strong opposition to his release, reflecting the intensity of concern among law enforcement and victims regarding his scheduled freedom from state prison.

On Jan. 24, a woman and her fiance allegedly caught him taking a picture up her skirt. The man confronted Sanchez, who said he was going through a hard time but fled the store when the man called police, authorities said. The Walgreens manager helped police identify Sanchez as a suspect.

And so I just jumped in. My only thing was, 'You got to get this baby out of here.' If she's going down, I'll go down with her, but the goal is to get us both up.

As the father of kids who are right about those ages, I can concur that it's probably not a great idea for my kids to go down to the dock unsupervised even though they can swim and won't jump in or get pulled in by some giant man-eating horseshoe crab. If it were my kids, I would never leave them alone for more than five minutes.