A California stepmother was sentenced to 7 years to life and 7 years, 10 months for torturing her 10-year-old stepdaughter as the judge overseeing the case said he hoped she “spends the rest of her life in prison.” “She is evil incarnate,” Orange County Superior Court Judge Scott Steiner said of 35-year-old Mayra Chavez. “I …
5 other children were found in the ‘filthy’ home, officials said. One of those 5 tested positive for meth.
An Arkansas man was arrested last week after investigators found a 5-year-old girl hidden in a secret closet in his home. Jon Thompson, 40, has been charged with false imprisonment, child endangerment, and interference in custody. He was already out on bond on drug charges at the time. Tontitown Police officers arrived at Thompson’s home …
An elementary school employee in New Jersey is accused of intentionally contaminating food and kitchen equipment with bodily fluids and bleach, prompting criminal charges and outraged parents. On Monday, officials with the Upper Deerfield School District notified New Jersey State Police about social media posts allegedly created by Giovanni Impellizzeri, a janitor at Elizabeth Moore …
A Florida woman was arrested on Tuesday after she was allegedly filmed abusing her 3-year-old son. A doorbell camera at a Sunny Isles condo reportedly caught the incident involving Yulia Storozhuk, 29, and her son. Police wrote in their report how Storozhuk kicked the victim twice, then grabbed him by the face and pushed him …
An Alabama couple was arrested after their son’s body was reportedly found in the freezer of their former home on Sunday. According to WDHN, the apparent body of Logan Halstead, 19, was found in an overturned freezer in the backyard of a Henry County home. A source told the news outlet that the teen’s parents, …
A mother and grandmother face child abuse charges in Wisconsin after a toddler was brought into the hospital suffering from deep second-degree burns, apparently caused by a curling iron. April Smith, 50, was charged earlier this month with felony child abuse after an investigation into the injuries on her 17-month-old granddaughter. Smith and her daughter, …
Newly released police body camera footage shows armed officers bursting into the Utah home of “momfluencer” Ruby Franke in August in search of her children after her 12-year-old son escaped her business partner’s home and asked a neighbor for food and water. The 12-year-old, with tape around his ankles and sores on his wrists, and …
A former Georgia daycare provider was sentenced Friday by a DeKalb County judge, in connection with the 202a death of an infant at a Dunwoody childcare center. According to 11AliveNews, Amanda Hickey, who owned the Little Lovey Daycare in Dunwoody, will spend 30 years in prison for the death of 4-month-old Charlie Arrison Cronmiller, following …
Texas police arrested a woman on Wednesday, weeks after her 3-month-old son died with reported injuries that suggest he was abused. The Waco Herald-Tribune reported that Amir Cosby died two days after he was hospitalized on September 21 for 16 bone fractures, brain swelling, a blood infection, and severe malnourishment. Police interviewed a family member …
An Alabama couple was arrested Thursday night after allegedly using a blowtorch to severely burn young children. WDHN reports that Ashleigh Ableman, 27, and Howard Anderson, 53, have been charged with one count each of torture/willful abuse of a child, in connection with alleged abuse involving Ableman’s three children. According to Dale County jail records, …
A California mother and her boyfriend have been chargedin the death of her 1-year-old son was found unresponsive and with severe burns on Sunday. Sergio Mena, 32, and Samantha Garver, 33, were charged on Wednesday with murder and child abuse that detectives say occurred over the past several months, KABC reports. Additionally, Mena has been …
