<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /> <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/23/build/state/92-molested.inc">Caregiver accused of molestation</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A caregiver at Opportunity Resources Inc. faces criminal charges for molesting a developmentally disabled woman at work and in her apartment.<br />n<br />nGeorge S. Vanderburg, 63, of Arlee worked for nine years at the private, nonprofit organization that provides support for more than 350 people with disabilities. He was placed on administrative leave in December, pending the results of the investigation. </blockquote><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cindict20jan20%2C0%2C4884460.story?coll=sfla-news-broward">Broward grandmother charged with murder in scalding death of toddler</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> A Broward County grand jury indicted a mother and grandmother on first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges on Thursday for the scalding death of 3-year-old Jaquez Mason, state prosecutors said.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/inland/la-me-brown21jan21%2C0%2C6649174.story?coll=la-editions-inland-news">Ex-Riverside Officer Won't Fight 65 Counts in Boys' Abuse</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Former Riverside police officer Adam James Brown pleaded no contest Friday to 65 criminal charges stemming from alleged sex acts with four Riverside County boys under the age of 14.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060123/ap_on_re_us/children_imprisoned">Kids Survive Alleged 5-Year Imprisonment</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong says he's amazed by the survival of two emaciated children who say they were locked in an apartment bathroom and starved for the past five years.<br />n<br />nWhen the siblings were found Thursday, the 16-year-old girl weighed about 40 pounds, and her 11-year-old brother weighed about 30 pounds. The pair were in stable condition Sunday at a hospital, while their grandmother, mother and the mother's boyfriend were in jail.<br />n<br />nTheir grandmother, Esther Rios, 56; mother, Regina Rios, 33; and the mother's boyfriend, Tomas Granados, 33, were jailed on suspicion of child abuse or neglect and false imprisonment in lieu of $100,000 bail.</blockquote>