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Child Abuse

Monday, January 14, 2013

Cardin School Gym Teacher Charged with Child Abuse

Baltimore County Police said the victim, now 20, was a student during the four years of alleged abuse by a man who resides in Cockeysville, and there could be more victims.

A former student at Shoshana S. Cardin School told police that her gym teacher and coach at the private school in Pikesville sexually abused her for years. Foye C. Minton Jr., 33, of Cockeysville, has been charged with child abuse against a female student for offenses that police allege began in 2009 and continued for about four years, according to a news release from Baltimore County police. The woman, now 20, contacted police last month to report the alleged abuse, according to the release. It's not clear whether Minton is still employed by the school. Minton is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $250,000 bond. At the time of the alleged offenses, Minton, who is a resident of the unit block of Breezy Hill Court in …

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Jacobs Calls For Penalty For Failing to Report Child Abuse

Bill makes it a misdemeanor to not report suspected child abuse cases punishable by a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail.

Failing to report suspected cases of child abuse could carry a fine and criminal penalties under a bill sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Jacobs. Jacobs' bill would make failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1000 or a year in jail. "We have a really good reporting law here in Maryland—practically everybody has to report in Maryland—but what we need is some teeth to that," Jacobs said. "We don't want to have what happened at Penn State ... happen here." The bill, which was scheduled for a hearing Wednesday afternoon, comes on the heels of the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal in which Jerry Sandusky, a defensive coach for the school's football team, is accused of abusing children. A …

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3:36 pm on Sunday, February 12, 2012

The problem with reporting any kind of crime is the fear and backlash associated with the reporting as well as geting people to believe what one says....The Government System makes things worst with all the cover-ups and bull that often prevent the truth from going forward....Until the system is changed and quicker action is taken on all fronts, This new law could simply cause more problems than …   more ›

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