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The victim’s siblings — who are 16, 13 and nine months old — were taken into protective custody by the L.A.

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Now he’d be sent to the hospital, stitched up, placed in protective custody, and sent to another prison.

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The unharmed child was rescued and placed into protective custody by Arizona authorities.

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County, claiming that because he was drunk deputies should have put him in a form of protective custody after he was denied entrance to the stadium because he didn’t have a ticket.

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On Aug. 16, the children were found safe and taken into protective custody in Peru.

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