NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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According to the National Network of Runaway and Youth Service, 10 danger signals may indicate your child is about to run: 1. Growing Isolation The child avoids family gatherings, even at meals, and spends more and more time in his/her room alone. 2. Excessive Blowups Tantrums are common to turbulent teens, but watch...
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Youths entering their adolescent years face many transitions. Physical changes occur in conjunction with a striving for personal identity and autonomy. In the runaway, however, attempts to gain independence in a mature, self-sufficient manner fail. Despite the many reasons runaways give for leaving home, runaway youth often return home, only to run away...
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AIMEE JUAREZ Herald Staff Writer MANATEE – Denise White called the sheriff’s office on a hunch Monday morning. For the past week, the mobile home park manager had received complaints from her tenants at Wayside Glen Community about two 19-year-old men harboring three underage girls inside a trailer. At night, the girls would...
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Nov. 10, 2005 By Patty Brandl A former South Main Street motel that has been vacant since 2003 apparently provided temporary lodging for a teen runaway from Washington state and two others, police officials say. The property, which is owned by Dairyland Investments Inc., is in receivership following an earlier foreclosure. The court-appointed...
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Teen’s 2-month ordeal ends with arrest of pair Judi Villa and Lindsey Collom The Arizona Republic Nov. 9, 2005 12:00 AM Since September, the 15-year-old girl had been raped repeatedly, threatened with death and sold for sex over the Internet, police said. Her captors hid the runaway in a hollowed-out box spring covered...
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Friday, July 29, 2005 By MICHAEL MENDOZA / KVUE News A Round Rock girl who ran away from home three years ago has been reunited with her family. Aravella Rodriguez was 13 years old when she ran away. Now 16, Rodriguez said her 24-year-old boyfriend at the time got her pregnant and took...
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By Brianne E. Boykin The News Herald Thursday, May 5, 2005 Editor’s Note: It is The News Herald’s policy not to name a victim of sexual assault. MORGANTON – A 13-year-old girl walked into the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning. Detectives had been searching for the girl since Saturday. The girl told detectives...
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Erin Leach MASON CITY, Iowa (KIMT) Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Finally some answers as an area runaway comes home. Last Friday, four Osage teenagers ran away. They stole a family car, cash and blank checks. Finally on Monday, they turned themselves in to police in Utah. Now, one of the girls is home....
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