Detectives in south Florida are investigating after a 9-month-old baby drowned when his mother left him unattended in the bathtub and took a nap, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said the child’s parents, identified as Heather Clifford, 29, and Shawn Stewart Davis, 30, found the boy face down in the water …
The children’s mother said she ‘heard a noise’ but did not realize what had happened until two hours later
A Florida woman has been charged with three counts of felony child abuse after police found her three children abandoned overnight in a mini-school bus parked in a city beach lot with a bucket for a toilet and a bin of perishable food but no cooler. The mother, Andrea L. Kerrins, 33, was found aboard …
A Georgia woman is accused of leaving her 14-year-old son with mental disabilities outside of a hospital last week. Diana Elliott, 37, reportedly entered at Grady Memorial Hospital with her son but left him outside the building and took off in a red minivan without him. The 14-year-old appeared malnourished, and police said he appeared …
Florida police said a father made his son get out of his car while on the highway after he became upset that the boy may be gay. FOX News reports that according to a police affidavit, 30-year-old Evenaud Julmeus was enraged when he found gay pornography on his pre-teen son’s cellphone. Julmeus made the boy …
An active duty soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, has been arrested and charged with two counts of causing injury to a child after he attacked his two young sons while high on LSD, the El Paso Police Department said. Sgt Zakary Frampton, 26, was being held on $550,000 bond at the …
A Wyoming, Ohio, woman operating an illegal daycare facility in her home was arrested this week after she was found unconscious with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit for driving with nine children in her care, WKRC reported. Julie Groteke, 42, pleaded not guilty to nine counts of endangering children in Hamilton …
An online teacher’s tip reportedly led authorities in Ohio to a severely underweight 11-year-old girl who was allegedly being starved and beaten by her legal guardians. The girl’s legal custodian, Margaret Breeze, 47, and her husband, Charles Breeze, 61, were arrested this month on charges of kidnapping, endangering children, and assault. Citing officials, WLWT reported that …
An Alabama toddler is in critical condition after police say the little boy ate drugs while in his parents’ care. Al.com reports that the incident happened in Leesburg on Saturday after a 3-year-old boy discovered meth and ingested it. His parents, identified as Tony Randle Parris, 54, and Cynthia Diane Lane, 46, were arrested and …
The day care’s owner allegedly lied about having her CPR certification
Livingston Parish authorities are investigating a report of tainted food brought to a school by a former teacher who has been charged, along with her deputy sheriff husband, with dozens of counts of producing pornography with a child under 13 as well as rape and other charges, WBRZ reported. Dennis Perkins, 44, lost his job …
A 14-year-old girl called a Florida abuse hotline on Thursday, reporting that she was considering suicide because of the physical and emotional abuse she received as well as her horrid living conditions, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported. The girl told counselors on the call that she was being homeschooled but not learning much because …
