An Indiana mother is speaking out after she was arrested for allegedly leaving her two young children at home unsupervised while she went to work earlier this month. According to WFLA, 25-year-old Taylor Cumings was locked up after leaving her 4- and 7-year-old sons at their Muncie residence for a full day last week. She …
Authorities in Florida say a 28-year-old social worker is facing criminal charges of possessing a range of illegal child pornography. According to WESH, authorities arrested Bartow resident William Smith at his home on Friday and jailed him on suspicion of using social media to obtain child porn. Local police opened an investigation after receiving a …
A Texas couple whose daughter died after they left her in the backseat of a vehicle could face decades in prison, the Houston Chronicle reports. Olga Esquivel and Angel Esquivel-Blanco, of Humble, Texas, were charged earlier this week with child abandonment in connection with the death of their 2-year-old daughter, Alicia Esquivel. The girl died …
A California woman is behind bars after allegedly urging her little girl to cross railroad tracks by going under a train car that had temporarily stopped on Monday. KTLA 5 reports that Joy Frances Collins, 44, was with her two children, a 9-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter, on Monday evening as she tried to get to …
A Wisconsin woman was handed down a probation sentence and required drug addiction treatment after she got high on crack cocaine and marijuana—and subsequently smothered her infant daughter to death as she slept alongside her earlier this year. The baby is reportedly the second child to die while in the woman’s care. As reported by …
The father of a 2-month-old New York boy who was allegedly almost killed by his nanny testified this week that the nanny hung up the phone as he attempted to give her instructions on how to save his life. Marianne Benjamin-Williams, 46, is facing attempted murder charges for the May 2017 incident that reportedly left …
Authorities in Kentucky say a woman was arrested on suspicion of providing marijuana to a pair of young children recently at her home. According to WKYT, Lexington County Sheriff’s Office investigators allege Janet Cates and her boyfriend, Josh Thomas, were at the home with the children of their neighbors. Police reports indicate Cates was arrested …
A Pennsylvania mother was criminally charged Monday after she allegedly drove for two miles with her 12-year-old son clinging to the car hood. According to LehighValleyLive.com, Bethlehem Township police said Shaurice Jones, 36, took her son to the dentist Wednesday when he refused to go into the office and climbed on top of the vehicle. Jones reportedly …
A Texas man is facing felony charges after his 6-year-old daughter reportedly killed her toddler brother after the man left the children in a car to go shopping. ABC reports that the incident happened earlier this year on May 20, when 26-year-old Adrian Dreshaun Middleton took his children with him to the Family Thrift Store in …
Authorities in Florida say a woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect after allegedly leaving her toddler son alone at a Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant last week. According to WPLG, 25-year-old Riviera Beach resident Sharon Perry was taken into police custody on Saturday. A police report indicates the woman left her son at a …
A mother in Montana is speaking out after her 6-month-old son was reportedly forgotten in a daycare that had shut its doors for the weekend. Tanaya Merchen told KULR that her infant son, Avery, was left at Kids “R” Us daycare during after hours. She recalled going to pick her son Friday only to be met …
Florida authorities are investigating after a woman dropped her baby off at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista and walked away. FOX 35 reports that a woman who claimed she was a guest was standing outside of the resort at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning when a woman walked up to her, handed over …
