Authorities in Florida say a daycare worker in Ormond Beach was arrested on suspicion of shaking, smacking and tossing kids under her supervision. According to KTRK, 65-year-old Katherine Weitz is accused of abusing multiple children while working at the Dream City Academy. Police say the abuse occurred within the first three days of her full-time …
A woman in Florida was arrested Tuesday evening, accused of trying to suffocate her 6-month-old baby in a Walmart parking lot. As reported by TC Palm, Indian River County deputies were informed of a post on Aniyah Thomas’ Facebook profile in which she allegedly threatened to kill herself and her child. Brevard County police then …
Authorities in Texas say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of burning her young stepdaughter in an incident earlier this month. According to the New York Post, 20-year-old Dalia Jimenez was arrested after police responded to a Grand Prairie residence on May 13 in response to the report of a burned child at the …
A Missouri woman is accused of sexually abusing a young boy and livestreaming the assault for her boyfriend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Authorities have charged 31-year-old Heather McDorman, who also allegedly tried to photograph young girls in public restrooms, with five counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempting to produce …
A woman in Virginia Beach is in jail after she allegedly left two children on a hot beach while she got drunk at a Memorial Day weekend beach party. WAVY reports that Shelby Ross Oliver is facing multiple charges after she was arrested on Sunday at a “Floatopia” event on the beach. After police responded …
Before he died, a 12-year-old boy was shackled inside an Indiana motel bathtub with a dog shock collar around his neck, according to police. CBS 4 reports that little Eduardo Posso passed away at the IU Health Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Indiana, last week after he was rushed to the hospital “severely emaciated.” The boy’s …
A 3-year-old girl in Georgia died days after being beaten and sexually assaulted at the hands of her mother and stepfather, police said. WALB reported that Janiyah Armanie Brooks died Saturday afternoon, a week after authorities found her unresponsive at her home. Albany police said she suffered injuries to her genital area, ribs, hands, and …
Police in Washington state arrested a man Sunday on suspicion of repeatedly beating his 7-year-old daughter with a belt and waterboarding her for misbehaving. Officers responded to a 7-Eleven in Lakewood after a woman claimed her boyfriend, Matthew Farrar, 27, had spanked his daughter with a belt approximately 13 times and waterboarded her at their …
A young child in Maryland alerted authorities to a group of toddlers left alone in a hot car with the windows rolled up. NBC News reports that a child, believed to be a 4-year-old boy, called 911 to report that he and six other children — determined to be ages 2-4 — had been left …
Authorities in Florida say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of abusing her baby because the 10-month-old boy could not yet walk. According to WFTS, 25-year-old Natalee Sesler is accused of shouting profanity at the child before throwing him into a wooden fence during an outburst at a residence on 72nd Avenue in Pinellas …
Authorities in Florida say a woman was arrested on suspicion of dumping her newborn baby girl into a dumpster. According to Fox News, 35-year-old Rafaelle Alessandra Carbalho Sousa of Boca Raton was denied bond and remained behind bars on charges expected to include attempted murder and child abuse. The baby, weighing 6 pounds and 8 …
An Arizona father was who was arrested late last month for abusing his son was investigated last fall after a 1-year-old foster child inexplicably died while in his care, according to reports. The Arizona Republic reported that Colin Steffee, 27, was arrested on April 24 after his son emailed El Mirage Police Chief Paul Marzocca …
