A 5-year-old child abandoned at home in a remote Alaska village carried an 18-month-old through 31 below zero temperatures to a neighbor’s home earlier this month after the power went out, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement on Friday. State troopers had to charter an aircraft to fly to Venetie from Fairbanks, 155 miles …
“She told him to get off and told him she loved him.”
A Washington stepfather is facing assault charges after allegedly knocking his 13-year old stepdaughter unconscious with chloroform and acetone. The Courier-Herald reports Allen W. Bittner was charged with second-degree assault after his 13-year-old stepdaughter was found unconscious in her bedroom on October 12. The girl’s mother contacted 911 after she found the girl unresponsive at …
California police arrested a 47-year-old mother on Monday, charging her with child endangerment for tying her toddler son’s hands and putting a plastic bag over his head before their home caught fire Sunday evening, the Ventura County Star reported. Santa Paula police said the cause of the fire was still under investigation, and that the …
Prosecutors, who also accused Nina Singleton of slamming the 2-month-old onto a floor, said the girl is unlikely to survive
A Texas woman and her boyfriend have been arrested over an incident in March when the man put hera 7-year-old son in a scalding shower because of a bad grad in school. John Terrell, 28, has been charged with abuse for putting the boy in the hot shower, which caused burns over 26 percent of …
A mother was charged with misdemeanor child abuse months after her 3-year-old son fell to his death at a North Carolina airport. WSOC-TV reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have issued an arrest warrant for Jitteria Lightner in connection with Jaiden Cowart’s death at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on September 25. The deadly incident reportedly occurred in …
Two parents in Florida are facing criminal charges after their 18-month-old son reportedly died of malnutrition while in their care. Sheila O’Leary called for help on September 27 after finding her son unresponsive and cold at their Cape Coral home. The toddler, who was pronounced dead at the scene, weighed 17 pounds at his time …
The state of Colorado suspended the license of a Colorado Springs home daycare after 26 children were found cramped behind a fake wall in the daycare owner’s basement. NBC8 reports that officials visited the home of 58-year-old Carla Faith, the owner of Play Mountain Place, a home daycare. Authorities, and along with Colorado’s Department of …
An online teacher’s tip reportedly led authorities in Ohio to a severely underweight 11-year-old girl who was allegedly being starved and beaten by her legal guardians. The girl’s legal custodian, Margaret Breeze, 47, and her husband, Charles Breeze, 61, were arrested this month on charges of kidnapping, endangering children, and assault. Citing officials, WLWT reported that …
CrimeOnline’s own Nancy Grace will appear on the “Dr. Oz” show Thursday to talk about the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case. Epstein, 66, was awaiting trial on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors when he reportedly took his own life in his jail cell on August 9. Since then, much of the focus on …
A Long Island woman has been charged with harassing a toddler with a rare genetic disorder for more than a year on social media and via the U.S. mail, NBC New York reported. Krista Sewell, 26, was arrested on Thursday on charges that included aggravated harassment as a hate crime, a felony. She is alleged …
