Authorities in Arizona say a woman was convicted this week on multiple charges related to the torture and death of her toddler son. According to the New York Post, Raquel Barreras and her husband, Martin Barreras, starved Roman, the 3-year-old victim, and deprived him of necessities including human interaction. The mother was found guilty on …
Four Oklahoma suspects are behind bars after police say they senselessly abused a disabled boy. The Express-Star reports that according to court documents filed at the Grady County Courthouse, four adults continuously abused a 13-year-old disabled boy inside a trailer home in Rush Springs. While some of the suspects are accused of physically abusing the …
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A Kansas teacher who was fired in March after reportedly being filmed kicking a 5-year-old girl could face criminal charges months after the recorded incident. Though Crystal Smith was fired from her job at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School, the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office told NBC News they’re currently investigating the February 21 complaint. A lawyer representing …
A Florida man called police after he witnessed an 18-year-old brutally attacking a 18-month-old girl with a brick as he held her inside an outdoor recycling bin. NBC 6 reports that Jose Sotomayor told police he was at his home off of the 20100 block of NW 27th Court in Miami Gardens when he heard …
A Tennessee teacher is facing criminal charges following allegations that she dragged a preschool student into a classroom by her ankles. WTVF reported that a school resource officer witnessed Friday’s alleged assault involving a student and Pre-K teacher Carla Haynes. The officer reportedly spotted the incident unfold on surveillance cameras and reported it to the …
A Florida mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly battering her 9-year-old son during an argument over homework. Martha Ciguenas, 44, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated child abuse for an April 4 incident involving her son. Ciguenas is accused of striking the boy in the head with a glass candle holder and metal …
Police records were released Tuesday by the Illinois Department of Family and Children Services, preceding the announcement that 5-year-old boy, Andrew “A.J.” Freund had been found deceased. The documents provide a more in-depth look at the boy’s living conditions prior to his death, as well as accusations of abuse and neglect. A.J. disappeared from his …
A Texas couple was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison for forcing a Guinean girl to work for them for 16 years. Mohamed Toure, 58, and Denise Cros-Toure, 58, who are also citizens of Guinea, face deportation after serving their federal prison sentences for forced labor. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that the …
Authorities in Kansas confirmed one of their own has been arrested on suspicion of raping a young victim. According to the New York Post, 52-year-old Michael Edward Mastel had been a deputy with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office for more than a decade at the time of his arrest. In a statement on the matter …
A former Georgia daycare employee is facing a felony charge after police allege she beat a 4-year-old boy with a belt. Gwinnett Daily Post reports that 51-year-old Nadine Jones is accused of hitting the little boy while she worked at the Childcare Network in Duluth. She turned herself in on April 8 after authorities charged her …
A man is behind bars after he allegedly threw her young boy from a third floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, and police are trying to figure out why it happened. CBS Minnesota reports that a witness said they overheard the woman screaming that someone threw her child over the edge of the …
