Kids most at risk going, returning from school

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children found that children are most likely to be the victim of abduction when they are walking to and from school or school-related events.

Among the reported trends:
* 38 percent of attempted abductions occurred while a child was walking to or from school, riding a school bus or riding a bicycle.
* 37 percent occurred between 2 and 7 p.m. on a weekday.
* 43 percent involved children ages 10 through 14.
* 72 percent of attempted abduction victims were female.

NCM&EC President Ernie Allen said the findings are supported by a national incidence study conducted by the federal Justice Department several years ago that focused on successful abductions.


“As we tracked these and began to capture basic information about them, there were some clear patterns that were emerging,” he said. “And so frankly, we thought this was the kind of information that moms and dads needed to know about.”

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Ex-NFL Player Arrested on Rape Charges

Former New England Patriots player and high school football coach Danny Villa surrendered to police in his native Arizona on Saturday, one day after a court in Massachusetts issued a warrant for his arrest on charges that he raped a child.

He faces three counts of rape of a child over 14 and three counts of enticing a minor.

The 44-year-old Villa had been working as a football coach at Walpole High School. He resigned Tuesday, hours after the school superintendent confronted him over allegations of criminal misconduct filed by a parent a day earlier.

Girl's Santa Letter Leads to Man's Arrest

PHARR, Texas (Dec. 15) - A Texas man has been arrested after a 9-year-old girl wrote to Santa Claus asking that a relative stop touching her and her sister.

The Monitor of McAllen reports that Andres Enrique Cantu, from the town of Pharr, was arrested Friday and is in the Hidalgo County jail.

A criminal complaint says the girl turned the letter in at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. Authorities interviewed the girl after a school counselor reported the letter.

The complaint says investigators believe the molestation occurred over a period of four years.

Cantu is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child and could face as many as 99 years in prison if convicted.

500 Children Names Found In Porn Suspect's Room

A man was caught in a dumpster with child porn.

Now, his case could impact hundreds of young girls. Racine police were looking for a thief near Dr. Jones Elementary School in Racine, when they found Steven Marcsis, Jr. hiding in a dumpster. When police found him, Marcsis had a camera and lewd pictures

Police seized Marcsis’ computer which Marcsis admitted had some 200 illegal pictures of young girls on it.

They also found a list with 500 names, birthdates and addresses of girls.

Those girls and their parents could be getting a surprise letter in the mail Tuesday.