A California judge sentenced 19-year-old Obdulia Sanchez to more than six years behind bars for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed her 14-year-old sister, Jacqueline. According to Fox News, Sanchez was sentenced Thursday following a trial that ended with her conviction on charges including gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI and child endangerment. As CrimeOnline …
An Ohio girl’s father and stepmother are under investigation after the girl’s mother took to Facebook on Jan. 31, to post a photo of the girl’s previous long locks, now completely chopped off after she was reportedly forced to get a haircut as punishment. FOX8 reports that Christin Johnson, of Fostoria, shared photos of her daughter’s new …
A Florida couple allegedly led their 13-year-old son to believe he was dying in order to solicit charitable donations from the local community for spurious medical expenses. The New York Post reports that Ginny Irovando Long, 34, and her husband, Robert Edward Long, 47, were charged with one count of child abuse and nine counts …
A Florida man was arrested recently on suspicion of aggravated child abuse for an attack that left a young boy with multiple injuries including two severely swollen black eyes. As the Pensacola News Journal reported, 35-year-old Albert Lee McClammy is accused of abusing the child in his care late last year. The victim’s mother, who …
A baby in Australia appears to have been subjected to appalling abuse by his teenage parents, in one instance being waterboarded by the couple, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Videos uploaded to Snapchat Saturday night depict the child crying and attempting to take a plastic bag off his head. In the background, people can be …
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — Two sisters tied down and burned a 5-year-old girl, permanently disfiguring her, in a voodoo ritual meant to rid her of a demon causing her to misbehave, police said. The women also threatened to cut off the head of the girl’s 8-year-old brother with a machete, authorities said. The boy …
A Colorado middle school teacher whose been teaching in the same district for 20 years is on leave after she allegedly assaulted student who wouldn’t stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance. The Denver Post reports that Karen Smith, a physical education teacher at Angevine Middle School with the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD), is accused physically assault …
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An 18-year-old southern Indiana man has been arrested on charges alleging he molested 17 children ages 3 to 7 while he worked at a YMCA and as an elementary school teaching assistant. Michael Begin Jr., of Jeffersonville, was charged with two counts of child molestation in October. Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy …
Authorities in Illinois have reportedly arrested a Nevada man accused of beating his 10-month-old child to death earlier this week in Las Vegas. According to WGN, 31-year-old Eric Chu was spotted by federal and local law enforcement at a Greyhound bus station in Chicago Friday. Investigators in Nevada were already looking for him in connection …
A New York FedEx worker reportedly saved a young boy from an apartment on Fri. morning that was reportedly so decrepit that it put the child’s life in danger. New York Post reports that the FedEx delivery worker needed a signature when he arrived to an apartment in the Kingsbridge area of the Bronx, and …
A Pennsylvania mother and her boyfriend were arrested on suspicion of beating her 4-year-old son to death. According to Philly.com, 19-year-old Lisa Smith told police her son, Tahjir, told her he spilled his cereal Monday morning, a confession that allegedly sparked the vicious beating. During an attack that allegedly included King punching the boy in …
The two Oklahoma City women watching a baby when he was severely burned last month have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse and child neglect. According to KFOR, the 11-month-old boy’s godmother and grandmother, Breanna Cole and Cordette Cole, were responsible for him while his mother cared for another child who was ill. Investigators …
