A Florida woman was arrested on Wednesday, weeks after a 10-month-old boy was reportedly hospitalized with injuries consistent with abuse. On January 14, babysitter Heather Hogan, 39, told Suwannee County Fire Rescue crews that the baby boy had a seizure and fell off the couch multiple times. The baby not only tested positive for cannabis …
An Oklahoma couple is facing charges after police say they used a tree branch and Taser to discipline a 10-year-old child, and police say they are both on the run. According to court documents, a Midwest city officer met with a young boy after the victim told school staff about the alleged abuse, then implored …
A South Carolina mother was charged with murder on Tuesday in connection with October’s death of her 2-month-old daughter. Jordan Fowler’s daughter died on October 15 at their Belvedere home. Aiken County police said at the time that Fowler squeezed and shook her daughter — but a recent arrest warrant stated that she hit her …
The parents of a 6-year-old Pennsylvania girl were arrested last week after they allegedly locked her naked in a dog cage, fed her dog food, and physically abused her, including beating her with a broom and shooting her legs with a BB gun. Police said they launched an investigation on January 7, wen they were …
Three people were arrested Friday morning in the “horrifying” child abuse case of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead from starvation, neglect, and pneumonia in her home last month. Geanna Bradley’s parents, Brandy and Thomas Blasse and and her grandmother, Debra Geron, were charged with second degree murder, kidnapping, and unlawful imprisonment, Hawaii News …
A former Indiana daycare director will spend six months behind bars for giving children melatonin gummies without their parents’ permission. On Friday, Tonya Rachelle Voris, 53, was sentenced after pleading guilty last year to felony neglect and misdemeanor reckless supervision by a childcare provider. In addition to six months behind bars, she’ll serve 18 months …
An 8-year-ld Kentucky girl is hospitalized and her parents behind bars after the child showed up at a neighbor’s front door Thursday night covered in bruises. Austin, 27, and Kayla Frazier, 31, were charged with first degree criminal child abuse of a child under 12, according to WSAZ. An arrest report says the 8-year-old gold …
A Mississippi woman is facing child neglect charges after she allegedly brought her toddler to Walmart dressed only in a diaper amid freezing temperatures, WJTV reports. Around 10:30 a.m. on January 17, police in Byram, southwest of Jackson, were called to the store and found 26-year-old Kambria Gabrielle Darby in the parking lot. It was …
A Milwaukee police officer was suspended on Saturday after he was charged with physical abuse of a child and strangulation and suffocation. A criminal complaint against Frank Williams, 30, says that Milwaukee police were called to Children’s Hospital Wisconsin on Wednesday for a report of child abuse, WISN reported. Sgt. Zachery Thoms responded to the …
An Oklahoma pastor and his wife have been charged with child abuse, kidnapping, and child neglect of as many as eight children. Blackwell Police say Keith and Candy Holt beat the children with a board and locked them in a bathroom for days without food or water as a punishment, KOKH reported. Police Chief Jay …
Three people have been arrested after apartment maintenance workers found a malnourished toddler with her ankles duct taped together in November. Court documents say that Kenry Joseph Flukers, Toniesha Deshae Perkins, and Mya Jhari Breaux-McGruder have been charged with injury to a child by omission and unlawful restraint, KTRK reported. The three are accused of …
Atlanta police are currently investigating the reasons behind the failure to conduct welfare checks on a family, despite receiving three requests from social services. Two weeks before Christmas, 4-year-old Treasure McWeay passed away from starvation. Her father, Rodney Weaver, 31, who appeared at a hearing Thursday at the Fulton County Magistrate Court, is now facing …
