According to police, Garcia has been charged with 14 felony counts which include 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and four counts of child molestation.

In a statement, Chandler Police Department said: "The charges involved juvenile victims who were all patients at the Pediatric Dental & Orthodontics location near Chandler Heights and Arizona Avenue. Garcia also worked at the dental office located on Warner Road in Gilbert Rd."

The police also said: "If you have reason to believe that your child may be a victim, please contact the Chandler PD Sex Crimes Unit at 480-782-4494."

Police Officer Arrested for Beating, Choking 7-Year-Old Girl: Court Docs

SOURCE :https://www.newsweek.com/police-officer-arrested-beating-choking-7-year-old-girl-court-docs-1862541

A Wisconsin police officer is facing a felony child abuse charge after he allegedly beat and choked a 7-year-old girl, according to court documents.

Frank Williams, a 30-year-old police officer with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), has been charged with one count of felony physical abuse of a child and one count of felony strangulation and suffocation, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Newsweek.

On January 18, The MPD released a statement announcing that an officer had been arrested as a suspect in a child abuse case.

"The Milwaukee Police Department holds all members to the highest degree of integrity and if any member violates the code of conduct, they will be held accountable," the MPD told Newsweek in an email on Monday. "He is fully suspended. An internal investigation is pending."

The condition of the victim, who has not been named because of her age but was identified as a relative of Williams, was unknown as of Saturday night.

It was unclear if Williams had retained an attorney who could speak on his behalf at the time of publication.

On January 17, MPD Sergeant Zachery Thoms responded to the emergency room at the Milwaukee campus of Children's Wisconsin for a report of child abuse, according to the criminal complaint.

Thoms said he met with the 7-year-old victim at the hospital and said he observed seven or eight bruises on the girl's thigh as well as a large bruise on her arm.

While being interviewed by Thoms, the child said that Williams had "whooped" her with a thick belt the day before because she was supposed to be taking a nap, the court documents state.

After hitting the little girl with the belt, she said Williams then put his hands around her throat and choked her, the criminal complaint alleges. "He squished my neck," the girl said during a follow-up interview with MPD on January 18, where she described how Williams choked her until she "couldn't breathe."

The girl said that Williams told her to stop talking back during the incident and that she ran into the hallway to get away, the document states. She told police that Williams' wife Brittney Mason-Gordon and a 4-year-old boy had witnessed the January 16 encounter. Mason-Gordon allegedly told the girl to "stop moving," according to the criminal complaint, which stated, Mason-Gordon also told Williams, "That's enough." He responded, "No it's not," the court documents allege.

Mason-Gordon then "continued to look at her cell phone and did not take any further action," the girl said during the police interview.

After beating the 7-year-old girl, Williams then began to strike the 4-year-old boy with the belt, the little girl said during the police interview. She said that she could hear the boy crying.

It was unclear how the girl got to the hospital or if the boy suffered any injuries.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office filed formal charges, and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Williams was released from custody Saturday morning.

Williams was sworn in as an MPD recruit in 2016, local station WITI reported.

Child Sexually Assaulted in Her Bedroom by Intruder as Parents Slept: Cops

A 35-year-old man was arrested this week after he allegedly snuck into a California home and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl for hours in her bedroom as her parents slept in another room, threatening to kill the child if she made noise, according to local police.

Marcos Maldonado was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, the Culver City Police Department (CCPD) confirmed to Newsweek in an email on Saturday.

Maldonado was identified as the suspect through DNA evidence and arrested on the Interstate 5 Freeway after leaving a downtown Los Angeles hotel and boarding a bus heading toward Bakersfield, California.

Marcos Maldonado, 35, is facing charges after allegedly breaking into a California home and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in her bedroom as her parents slept and threatened to kill the girl if she screamed, according to local police. CULVER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT..

Maldonado's arrest comes more than a month after CCPD officers received a report of a sexual assault and break-in at a residence in the Blair Hills community of Culver City, California, which is about 10 miles west of Los Angeles, according to the department.

Around 7:45 a.m. on December 2, 2023, CCPD officers were called to the home where they spoke with the victim, a 12-year-old girl, and her parents who said that a man, later identified as Maldonado, entered the home and "committed a sexual assault" on the girl before leaving the residence on foot hours later, police said in an online statement.

Culver City police officers immediately searched the area for witnesses and additional evidence and recovered video showing the suspect leaving the area. Despite the video evidence, Maldonado managed to evade authorities until Thursday, police said.

"From the day that this crime occurred, detectives have worked tirelessly to identify and locate the involved suspect," CCPD said in a statement on Friday announcing his arrest.

Investigators determined Maldonado had entered the home through an unlocked balcony door sometime between 2 and 3 a.m. and assaulted the victim in her bedroom before leaving around 7 a.m., using the front door.

Day Care Worker Caught on Video Abusing Multiple Infants: Police

AGeorgia woman is facing multiple charges and lost her job at a local day care center after video surveillance showed her "ongoing" pattern of abusing infants under her supervision, local police said.

Nicole Cabrera, 21, of Collins, Georgia, was arrested last week and charged with nine felony counts of first-degree cruelty to children and one count of misdemeanor battery, court records obtained by local media outlets show.

Cabrera was employed by Step by Step Childcare & Learning Center in Lyons, Georgia, when the abuse occurred, Lyons Police Chief Wesley Walker told outlet Southeast Georgia Today. The day care owner confirmed to local media that Cabrera was an infant teacher at the Lyons facility before she was fired.

Former day care employee Nicole Cabrera, 21, is accused of abusing at least nine infants in her care, according to authorities in Georgia. TOOMBS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

Walker said Cabrera was terminated from her position at the day care on November 28, around the time that LPD began investigating a parent's allegations of abuse, according to local station WTGS. It was unclear whether Cabrera was fired before or after the police investigation ensued.

A representative for Step by Step told the station the decision to fire Cabrera came after staff received parental complaints of scratches and marks on their babies. The complaints prompted employees to review the facility's surveillance footage, which led to charges being filed against Cabrera, WTGS reports

"We started investigating this case in November and we've identified nine victims who are all under the age of 1 year," Walker told local media. "The injuries included scratches, abrasions, and bumps on their heads."

In one instance, a parent told police that her daughter went to day care and when she picked her up one day in late November, her daughter had numerous scratches on her head and stomach, according to the LPD incident report.

The parent told LPD that she was able to view the facility's footage and saw her daughter's teacher, Cabrera, being rough with the infant. An LPD officer said in the report that he watched some of the video and witnessed Cabrera pick up the girl and aggressively put her in a small portable swing, causing the child to hit her head on the top of the seat.

Briana Lopez, mom of one of the other harmed infants, told WJCL 22 that she noticed her daughter had injuries to the left side of her ear and the back of her head that weren't there before the baby was dropped off at day care. She was also able to view footage of the incident.

"I saw how she slammed my child over and over," Lopez said.

Another parent, Samantha Adams, told WJCL 22 that investigators believe her young son was abused as many as four times in one day.

"She just picks him up, slams him back down," Adams said. "Then he tries to roll over again, crying as hard as he can, and then she picks him up again and flips him ... and slams him back down again."

Cabrera was released from the Toombs County Detention Center after posting $25,000 bond. Walker said the investigation is ongoing and that additional charges are expected.

'Below Deck' Crew Member Charged With Child Abuse

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Avideo editor on reality TV series Below Deck has been charged with child endangerment after an alleged incident involving his 6-year-old son.

Christopher Charkowski, 39, worked on the Bravo series for 34 episodes and was released from custody after his arrest on January 4. Below Deck is a reality series that follows the lives of crew members working aboard luxury yachts.

In court papers shared to X, formerly Twitter, California prosecutors have alleged he acted in violence towards his son, including punching him and throwing him on the couch. If convicted on the felony charge, he could face up to six years in prison.

The charges were brought to light by a person on X, named as Beks, claiming to be a friend of Charkowski's wife, Dara Faye Stransky. They are parents to four children.

Beks shared screenshots of the court papers and captioned the post, "editor for multiple shows including Below Deck Mediterranean & Jury Duty, has been charged with felony aggravated child endangerment."

In her X thread, Beks also posted footage from a home camera which shows the alleged incident. Newsweek was unable to verify the footage but saw that it showed a man punching a child in a living room surrounded by two other children and two dogs.

Another video showed a man telling an older woman, who Beks identifies as Charkowski's mom, that he wants to murder his wife and then die by suicide.

Stransky responded to Beks' thread by writing: "Oh look, that's my soon to be ex husband."

Stransky filed for divorce from Charkowski in 2018 based on court documents obtained by Newsweek. Charkowski was also sued for child support in 2014.

"I want to see more regular people representing us, not business people who swear they're not regular politicians and then they get into office—and, guess what, they're regular politicians," she told local news site The Signal.

"My kids need a future. Your kids need a future. I'm a mom whose kind of fed up watching this, and I want to try to make changes."

She regularly posts about political issues to her social media and has shared that two of her four children with Charkowski has autism.