An Arizona couple was arrested on child abuse charges in connection with Sunday’s death of their 1-year-old son. Braydon Pena and Shania Harris, both 25, called 911 claiming they woke up to find their son dead. Pena said he picked up breakfast for him and Harris before they went back to bed — leading Scottsdale …
Last week, Utah officials released various pictures and videos related to the case against “8 Passengers” YouTuber Ruby Franke — who was sentenced last month to at least four years in prison for abusing her children. In addition to pictures showing Franke’s children bound with duct tape, Washington County prosecutors released a photo showing a …
A Georgia couple was arrested earlier this month month on child abuse charges after their 2-month-old son was found unresponseve in their home. The boy was taken to Martin Army Community Hospital by the parents, 26-year-old Scott Sartin and 24-year-old Jada Sartin, and he and his twin sister were later admitted to Children’s Hospital of …
The owner of a North Carolina daycare is facing charges after police say she left children alone in a park before recklessly throwing them in her car last month. According to the Charlotte Observer, 43-year-old Leslye Denise Torrence is facing six misdemeanor child abuse charges in connection with a February 21 child neglect incident. Torrence …
A Utah couple was arrested this week after police found their 8-year-old daughter with autism chained to a bed by her ankle. Benjamin Sorensen, 45, and Emily Sorensen, 40, have been charged with abuse of a child with a disability, KTVX reported. Court documents say police were called to the home in Provo on March …
A Kentucky couple has been arrested for the death of their two month old son last year. An arrest report says that Lexington police found the infant with “deep bite marks on his extremities and internal bleeding in his skull, eyes and scalp,” WLEX reported. The report says Chendra Magar told officers he drank alcohol …
A San Antonio woman is facing charges after police say she deliberately spiked a drink and had her son serve it to an alleged elementary school bully. According to the Bexar County Sherrif’s Office, Jennifer Lynn Rossi, 45, was arrested Tuesday and charged with injury to a child resulting in bodily injury-reckless by omission. Bexar …
Two Michigan parents have been charged with torturing their adopted children for more than a decade. Kris and Alan Jones were denied bond Friday when they were arraigned on three counts each of torture and child abuse, WWMT reported. Court documents say the Joneses forced the children to sleep in the garage regardless of the …
A Florida mom was seen on video she recorded encouraging one of her children to beat a child under 5 with a belt, laughing and telling the child to “hit harder, baby” and “beat the crap out of the sly devil.” Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies made the discovery when they searched Karyn S. Parrish’s cell …
A Tenneseee mother has been charged with child abuse after she posted a photo of her 5-year-old daughter waxing a nude woman. Jasmine Moss, 30, is charged with misdemeanor child neglect and child abuse, according to WREG. Moss’s posts, to an account advertising her hair removal business, said her daughter helped wax 24 clients in …
An Oklahoma couple is in the wind after they were charged with child abuse and their children taken into state custody. Court documents say that Jamie Ahmad and her boyfriend, Robert Davis, are running from a warrant for their arrests on four counts of child abuse, KOCO reports. The warrants allege that they beat a …
An Alabama woman trying to punish her son by making him walk home from school ran over him accidentally, AL.com reports. Now she is prohibited from having any contact with the boy. The incident unfolded around 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 9, in the city of Boaz after 27-year-old Sarai Rachel James learned from a principal …
