A Florida mom let her 6-year-old son go trick-or-treating alone on Halloween and is now facing a criminal charge, WESH-TV reports. Police arrested Jessica Anne King on a charge of child neglect stemming from the incident, which the 38-year-old said happened only because she was ill. King and the boy live in Maitland, Florida, a …
Authorities in North Carolina say a woman who reportedly claimed she was overwhelmed with being a single mom has been accused of allegedly abandoning her two young children along a roadway and then speeding away. According to ABC11, 38-year-old Jennifer Westfall of Fuquay-Varina has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse stemming from the October 2 …
Police in Alabama said a 3-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub this week as his father smoked a cigarette outside. Police responded to a home in Daphne at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, where they discovered the unresponsive toddler and reportedly learned that his father had left him unattended in the bathtub. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office claimed the …
Although the incident happened in 2016, a Missouri mother filed a lawsuit against a St. Louis daycare center this year, stemming from an ordeal in which teachers reportedly set up children to fight each other inside a classroom. FOX St. Louis reports that Nicole Merseal found out about the “daycare fight club” after her 10-year-old …
A Florida mother is accused of routinely keeping her 3-year-old son with Down syndrome locked in a dog cage while she picked up her daughter from school. Per the Orlando Sentinel, Department of Children and Families received a tip indicating that the boy was left alone and held in a cage. DCF alerted the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, …
Authorities in Maine say officers arrested a woman found undressed from the waist down in the roadway of a residential neighborhood. According to WGME, 25-year-old Lauren Gelinas was supposed to be babysitting when she allegedly got drunk and ran out partially clothed into the road. Police reports indicate she left two children under the age …
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Authorities in Texas say a babysitter who shirked her duties last week was spotted on surveillance footage leaving the 2-year-old in her care on an ostensible stranger’s doorstep. According to People, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a resident’s call on Wednesday night and viewed the disturbing video. As the footage shows, a figure …
A 17-month-old baby boy suffered horrifying burns at a New York City Applebee’s restaurant on Friday, after a scorching hot cup of water scalded him while out to dinner with his family. According to NY Daily News, toddler Cadien Scott Gaffney picked up the cup of hot water placed on the restaurant table by a …
A Tennessee woman is facing charges after police say she left her child inside a vehicle while she shopped at a Shelby County shopping center. Local Memphis reports that a store customer alerted an officer who happened to be in the area about an infant inside a car at the Dollar Tree parking lot off of the …
Authorities in New York arrested a theater director on suspicion of masturbating in front of a juvenile girl. According to Newsday, 35-year-old Robert J. Miller, who also works as a math teacher at an area high school, faces criminal charges including first-degree public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the …
Two Florida children died in separate incidents Friday after reportedly being left in hot cars. CNN reported that two children—a 1-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy—died miles apart from one another Friday. The girl was found dead in a car parked at a Sanford Wawa at 4:50 p.m. while the boy was found 2:30 p.m. in …
