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 …
A New Jersey father is facing criminal charges a week after his 10-month-old son reportedly was found crawling alone in the street. According to the Asbury Park Press, Evgeniy Dorman, 41, was charged with cruelty and neglect of a child after he surrendered to police Friday afternoon. Lakewood police said their investigation revealed that the infant crawled …
A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly left her 1-year-old daughter inside a hot car, leading to the infant’s death, Seminole County authorities said on Saturday. Orlando’s NBC2 reports that 29-year-old Kailyn Pollard is facing charges of negligent manslaughter after her daughter, Kit Noelle Pollard, was found dead inside a car parked by a gas pump on …
A 5-month-old Alabama boy reportedly drowned in a bathtub Saturday as his father played video games in another room and forgot about him. Jefferson County police announced that Cordarius Cotton, 23, was charged with reckless manslaughter for leaving his son, Dezmend Cotton, alone in a tub for more than an hour. Medics who arrived at the …
Authorities in Illinois have arrested a man for placing his toddler inside of a locked trunk outside of a business in Norridge earlier this month. According to the New York Post, 28-year-old Boguslaw Matlak is facing a misdemeanor count of child endangerment over what he claimed was a closely controlled experiment. He defended his actions …
