Fatality identified in Sparks City school shooting

Sparks City, Nevada

The fatality from today's shooting in Sparks Middle School has been identified.  Michael Landsberry, a math teacher at the middle school, was in the Nevada National Guard, and was also a former Marine.

Witnesses say that when a shot rang out, Mr. Landsberry came to investigate.  The student shooter pointed a gun at him, and Mr. Landsberry told him to put it down, whereupon he was shot and killed.  The shooter subsequently shot and wounded two other students.

Mr. Landsberry is survived by his wife, two step-daughters, and a legacy of giving his life as a shield for others.

Child Abduction Digest 8-11-13

Shelbyville, IN

Police released a description of a man who allegedly attempted to abduct two children from a school bus stop.

The children alerted middle school officials, who in turn alerted the police.

Police seek information on possible abduction victim

Manatee County, FL edgy after string of attempted abductions

Crimes against Children 8-4-13

New York man tries to obtain child pornography

Missouri man sentenced for child porn

Connecticut man sentenced for sex trafficking of a minor

Maryland man produces child pornography, pleads guilty

New Mexico man downloads child porn, pleads guilty

Connecticutt man places a fake bomb in front of a middle school

New Mexico man pleads guilty to a charge of child sexual abuse

Virginia man sentenced for travelling across state lines to have sex with a minor

Maryland man transports child porn, gets prison time

Kansas man chared for sex trafficking of a child

Virginia man produces child pornography, pleads guilty

Michigan man sentenced for child pornography

Crimes against Children 5-21-13

Illinois man pleads to child pornography charge

Kentucky man sentenced for child porn

Child porn leads to 20 years for Maryland man

Kansas man produces child porn, gets 260 years

Canadian transports minor with intent to have sex

Pittsburgh man possesses child porn

New Jersey man distributes images of child abuse from work

Parents angry with sexual assaults at school

Attempted sexual assault at middle school

Teacher in jail for sexually assaulting students

Child Abduction Digest 5-17-13

9-year old to be charged for a false report of her abduction

Attempted abduction has police on edge

Report of an attempted abduction near a middle school was false

Attempted abduction in Orange Co. Florida

Kentucky police look into report of attempted abduction

Man charged with child abuse and kidnapping

Attempted abduction investigated by LAPD

School Safety in the News 5-6-13

Schools and the local community team up to solve traffic issues

Middle school upgrades access control

Aboriginal schools get cyber-bullying training

City mourns the loss of a school safety icon 

New Zealand celebrates United Nations Global Road Safety Week

The Sunshine Coast of Australia installs new traffic lights near schools

Mumbai school buses get CCTV systems

Child Abduction Digest 5-1-13

Woman who kidnapped a 5-year old girl from school in Philadelphia

Two abduction attempts near a middle school

Schools on alert after attempted abductions

Child Abduction Digest 4-27-13

Possible attempted abduction near Harrison K-8 school

Two students at the same school report attempted abductions by the same man

Parents are alerted after an attempted abduction at Harrison Middle School

Hawaiian parents on alert after several attempted abductions

Highwood, IL police warn of a possible abductor

Abductor in Santa Ana arrested, second suspect escapes

Child Abduction Digest 4-6-13

Police: No safety threat after reported abduction
WISH

Baker M.S. Student Reports Attempted Abduction
KRIS Corpus Christi News

Police seek man who tried to abduct boy in Tuscarawas Co.
WTOV Steubenville

Police Investigate Possible Abduction Attempt At School Bus ... - Yuma

School Safety in the News 3-28-13

Bronx Students Will Help Train the School Safety Agents Who Guard Them
DNAinfo

Blumenthal to discuss school safety at Kelly Middle School
TheDay.com

School-bus Accidents Raise Safety Concern
Wall Street Journal (blog)

School conducts safety program
WAVY-TV

Blue Springs voters to decide on school safety upgrades
fox4kc.com

Ohio County Finds Resources To Employ Safety Officers For 12 Districts
NBC4i.com

Governor OKs, amends school safety bills
Henrico Citizen

Former city police commissioner talks guns, schools at forum
WBAL Baltimore

CREC Receives Advanced Training On School Safety ...
Hartford Courant

Aldermen discuss school safety proposals | Yale Daily News

School safety measures advance in Iowa House | Des Moines ...

School Assault Digest 3-9-13

Hartford Teen Assaulted On Way To School - Courant.com

Assault charge being considered against St. Johns assistant principal - Lansing State Journal  


Assault charges filed in air gun shooting at elementary school - MySA.com

Fargo police investigate assault report at Davies High - WDAY

Police make arrest in alleged Davies High School assault - INFORUM  

Pennsville student drunk at school, assaults staff members: police - NJ.com 

Student Charged With Assault By Dangerous Weapon After Incident at Middle School - Peabody, MA Patch

Mother assaults middle school student after game

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Crimes against Children 1-27-13

Air Academy High School teacher arrested in sex assault case involving minor - Local Story

Plainfield High School teacher arrested on sexual assault charges - NJ.com

EPIC Academy Charter School basketball coach Kevin Jones accused of sexually assaulting student, 17 - abc7chicago.com

School coach charged with sexual assault - UPI.com

Prominent East End architect Sears arrested on child porn charges - Long Island Business News

Suffield Middle School Staff Member Accused Of Filming Nude Children - Hartford Courant

Accuser comes forward against ex-YAFL boss - KOAT.com

Toronto man charged with possession of child pornography - cbc.ca

New Iberia businessman pleads guilty to child porn - WDSU.com

Reynoldsburg Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges - NBC 4i

Teens, adults attack a missle school student

Safe Havens, International

Crimes against Children 12-28-12

Police detail investigation into middle school band director - KOCO.com

Pediatric dentist with office in Framingham is arrested on child porn charges, prosecutors say - The Boston Globe 







Jacksonville Man Indicted on Federal Child Pornography Charges - Jacksonville

2 First Coast men charged with child pornography offenses in federal court - Jacksonville.com

Utah man pleads not guilty to possessing child pornography in Rapid City - KOTA Territory News

Binghamton Man Could Be Facing Child Pornography Charges - FOX 40 WICZ TV

Madison County man indicted on federal child pornography charges - Everything Alabama

Owens Cross Roads man indicted on federal child pornography charges - Everything Alabama

A depraved world: FBI agents wage a stressful battle against child pornography - New Jersey On-Line

Two Former Students in Custody in Suspected Arson of Blanding High School

Blanding, UT
A suspected arson gutted the media center of San Juan High School early Saturday morning, causing extensive damage.

Two Blanding men have been arrested in connection with the suspected arson and a rash of recent burglaries at the high school and nearby middle school. The suspects were identified as Deven W. White, 19, and Christopher Stolzer, 22, according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Both are former students of San Juan High School, although deputies said the motive for the alleged offenses has not been established.

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Middle School Students get Big Lesson on Bus Safety

Mt. Gilead, OH
Escap­ing from the rear emer­gency door on the smoke filled school bus was a scary thing for Mount Gilead Mid­dle School stu­dent Lane Smith. “I couldn’t see a thing. I was scared.”

It was Bus Safety Week and one of the events orga­nized by the staff was the fill­ing of a bus with (harm­less) smoke by the Mount Gilead Fire Depart­ment. Forty Mid­dle School stu­dents who had brought let­ters of per­mis­sion from their par­ents, were seated in the bus. The rest of the Mid­dle School stu­dent body watched as smoke filled the bus. When it was filled, the emer­gency rear door was opened the stu­dents escaped in an orderly and rapid fashion.

Stephanie Clark, a bus dri­ver, said 25 mil­lion kids ride buses daily in the U.S. and they travel one mil­lion miles in a day. She also said that six buses catch fire each day in the U. S.

Bus fires can be caused by at least four things; (1) power steer­ing and trans­mis­sion flu­ids have a flash point sim­i­lar to gaso­line so while engine oil and diesel fuel are less prone to ignite, these flu­ids drip­ping on the exhaust sys­tem or near the elec­tri­cal spare can ignite quickly. (2) fail­ure to refill the oil in the hub after a brake job; (3) Dual wheels can cre­ate fric­tion and enough heat to start a fire and (4) elec­tri­cal increas­ing due to com­pli­cated cir­cuit breaker on today’s buses.

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'Pharm Parties' Leading Some Western Massachusetts Teens to Misuse of Prescription Drugs

Ludlow, MA
Michael J. Dias was born on Oct. 18, 1989, but instead of celebrating his birthday, his family in Ludlow now mourns his death.

Dias committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in May 2009.

The fall into the lure of drugs for tens of thousands of young people across Western Massachusetts begins as early as middle school and most likely by high school when they begin using and abusing pharmaceutical drugs – oxycodone, hydrocodone, Percocet, and Ritalin, police and medical experts say.

“The statistics are pretty scary. The number of middle schoolers who have tried oxycodone or hydrocodone-type prescription medications is fairly alarming, but in high school it’s become an epidemic,” said Dr. Louis Durkin, emergency room medical director at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield.

Pharmaceutical drugs are highly addictive, hooking students not only on the medication but also the dealer. In high school, when the supplier graduates, students left behind are forced to find another source. Very often this pursuit of drugs takes a dangerous turn into the city. The young drug users are now forced to buy from drug dealers in metropolitan areas, like Springfield and Holyoke, where law enforcement officers say the suburban kids can wind up being in over their heads.

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Officials ‘Lock Down’ Bennington Middle School

Bennington, VT
About 600 students were “locked down” at the Mount Anthony Union Middle School in Bennington for several hours on Friday, but police said the cause was a single .22-caliber bullet found in the hallway and there were no actual threats of violence or danger to students or staff.

Many parents expressed strong anxiety while waiting outside the school on Friday for students to be released or for more information about why police were there. But tensions decreased dramatically as students began to leave the building.

Police and school officials spent about 30 minutes helping to connect parents and students and assisting students who needed to pick up a particular item from a locker or contact someone for a ride.

After most students had been released, Timothy Payne, principal of the middle school, said the staff had reported finding a single, live cartridge of a .22-caliber bullet around noon on Friday.

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Barrington Middle School Students Suspended over Sex Abuse on Bus

Barrington, IL
Two students at a northwest suburban middle school have been suspended after the district investigated a series of alleged sexual abuse incidents that took place earlier this month on a school bus, Pioneer Press is reporting.

Tom Leonard, superintendant of Barrington School District 220, sent a letter to parents Tuesday notifying the community of the reported assaults, which officials said occurred over a four-day period from Oct. 1 to Oct. 4.

“The bus driver noticed some questionable activity going on in the back of the bus,” said Jeff Arnett, chief communications officer for District 220. “Almost at the same time, a student submitted a bullying report on behalf of the student on the bus.”

The report, Arnett said, prompted Prairie Middle School officials to examine surveillance videos taken on the bus.

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