A Houston man who had worked as an elementary school counselor for eight years was arrested on suspicion of indecency with multiple students. According to KHOU, 33-year-old Brandon Thomas McElveen was arrested Thursday in Victoria County, Texas. He currently faces three counts of indecency with a child while authorities investigate whether there have been other …
A Pennsylvania woman will spend the next two and a half to five years of her life behind bars after she beat her daughter for not reciting Bible verses properly. FOX43 reports that Rhonda Shoffner, 41, pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated assault, child endangerment, making terroristic threats, and endangerment. Dauphin County Judge John F. Cherry sentenced Shoffner …
Investigators charged two Georgia women with murder on Tuesday after questioning her claim that a 3-year-old choked while in her temporary custody and died hours later, according to WGCL. A criminal investigation reportedly revealed that the child, Kejuan Mason, 3, died of blunt force trauma. Police charged both Lashirley Morris, 27, and Glenndria Morris, 25, …
An Iowa couple was arrested Wednesday after their 4-month-old son’s body was allegedly found covered in maggots in his swing. The Kansas City Star reported that Cheyanne Harris, 20, and Zachary Koehn, 28, were charged with first-degree murder and felony child endangerment months after Sterling Koehn’s death. The father called 911 on August 30 to their …
Georgia authorities said they have initiated a criminal investigation after Kejuan Mason, 3, died as a result of blunt force trauma while being cared for by a temporary caregiver, according to WGCL. A police report states the caregiver first told officers the child choked on a cupcake she made, but investigators said she later changed …
A Texas mom is behind bars after a cellphone camera caught her reportedly beating up a student who attends her daughter’s high school. Corpus Christi Caller Times reports that incident occurred on Oct. 18 at Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Mary Alice Hernandez, allegedly attacked a high school girl …
An Indiana pastor faces a laundry list of felony charges after police say they have identified multiple child molestation victims over a month-long investigation. According to the Indianapolis Star, 72-year-old Garry Evans, who had been the pastor of Rushville Baptist Temple for three decades, became the subject of an investigation in early September after a …
An Oklahoma jury recommended a mother and father each be sentenced to 130 years after they were convicted of the “worst case of child abuse” a local police officer said he had ever seen, according to People. The couple’s 9-month-old twin girls reportedly weighed approximately eight pounds each when they were examined at a hospital …
A North Carolina couple faces additional disturbing charges in connection with their arrest last year on child abuse charges. According to the Statesville Record & Landmark, Andrew Patrick Williams, 38, and his girlfriend, 37-year-old Stephanie Johanna Giddens, were charged with performing sex acts on the same child they were charged last year with physically abusing. …
A Franklin, Ohio, woman placed her 4-year-old stepson in a scalding bath and the boy’s father did nothing as he slowly died from his injuries. WCPO reported Tuesday that a judge sentenced the child’s father, Robert Ritchie, 32, to seven years in prison for Austin Cooper’s death. Prosecutors said Ritchie failed to get medical help for …
Parents NEVER notified of abuse allegations
A Pennsylvania couple allegedly admitted to waterboarding a 12-year-old girl to punish her, the Beaver County Times reports. Dion Stevens, 34, and Malisa Stevens, 41, were charged earlier this week after police received a tip that the pair was physically abusing the girl. The victim reportedly told authorities that in April, the Stevens’ dragged her …
