Man arrested for sexually assaulting girl at his parent s preschool
By Jennifer Kendall and FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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Man arrested for sexually assaulting girl at his parent’s preschool
The Austin Police Department is requesting any parent who had their child enrolled in Reggio Emilia Multilingual Preschool Academy from October 2016 – December 2020 to contact the police.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department is requesting any parent who had their child enrolled in Reggio Emilia Multilingual Preschool Academy from October 2016 – December 2020 to contact the police if they have any information about suspected physical or sexual abuse of children.
The request comes after police arrested 20-year-old Steven Ahlberg on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Ahlberg was an employee of Reggio Emilia Multilingual Preschool Academy located at 5710 McCarty Lane Austin, TX 78749.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
The Texas Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) urges parents to practice ‘safe sleep’ as colder temperatures sweep into Central Texas.
As of Dec. 1, DFPS staff have investigated 31 deaths related to unsafe sleep in Fiscal Year 2021, which began in September.
Texas DFPS officials are asking parents and caregivers to ensure children remain safe during sleep as colder temperatures settle into Central Texas.
“Don’t think it won’t happen to you,” DFPS Investigations/Alternative Response Program Administrator Lisa Guyton said. “I’ve been out as a worker on so many cases and supervised so many cases where families don’t think it will happen to them. They think they are light sleepers, and it’s not a big deal to sleep in their bed with their baby.”
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ On December 10, 2020, the Third Court of Appeals of Texas affirmed a lower court s decision in favor of Mr. Ethan Vestal against the Health and Human Services Commission( HHSC ). In doing so, the appellate court ordered the case to go back to the trial court for further proceedings, which includes a jury trial on the merits.
The lawsuit alleges HHSC terminated Mr. Vestal because he reported to the Department of Family Protective Services ( DFPS ) and the Office of the Inspector General ( OIG ) multiple instances of patient abuse. The lawsuit was initially filed on March 21, 2018 in Travis County District Court.
Ashley (L), Drake (M) and Daniel Pardo (R) pose for a picture. | Texas Home School Coalition
The homeschooling parents of a young boy who was wrongfully removed from his home in 2019 have finally been dropped from Texas’ registry of “child abusers,” officially closing the high-profile case.
According to reports, Ashley and Daniel Pardo were removed from the list this week one year after Child Protective Services dropped its five-monthslong case against the parents.
In a statement, Tim Lambert, president of the Texas Homeschool Coalition, applauded the move.
“CPS protects thousands of children every year, but they didn’t protect the Pardo family or Drake; they traumatized them. It is unconscionable that the agency would drop all charges against the family but then keep the family on the Child Abuse Registry anyway, Lambert said.