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 …
Alabama authorities announced that a 5-month-old baby is dead after apparently drowning in a bathtub inside a Jefferson County apartment on Sunday. Center Point Chief Donnie West said that the medics who responded to the incident at a Jefferson County Housing Authority Complex saw the unidentified infant being carried out of the apartment upon arrival, …
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing opened Monday with a debate over whether the 81-year-old comedian should be branded a “sexually violent predator” — a scarlet letter that would make him subject to mandatory lifetime counseling and community notification of his whereabouts. Cosby, who faces up to 30 years in prison for drugging …
Authorities in Massachusetts say passersby spotted a young child alone in shopping cart outside of a Target department store last week. According to WCVB, police received the report of an 18-month-old boy abandoned in the parking lot at about 1 p.m. on Saturday. Reports indicate officers responded to the business on Robert Drive in Easton. …
Authorities in Kentucky have arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of leaving her young children inside her vehicle with two loaded firearms as she went into a tanning salon for an appointment. According to Fox News, Shepherdsville resident Monica Gentry entered the Louisville-area establishment on Tuesday as a 5-year-old and 5-month-old remained in the backseat. …
Authorities in Georgia say a man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of multiple criminal counts associated with the shooting of a toddler last week. According to WAGA, the 3-year-old boy was admitted to Emory Midtown Hospital on Friday. He was apparently suffering from a gunshot wound and hospital staff reportedly contacted local authorities …
A toddler girl passed away after police say she was left inside a van on Tuesday, by a family member who likely left the child inside the vehicle on accident. ABC reports that an 18-month-old girl was left inside a van off of Hardie Drive in Morgana, near a daycare on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities to arrived …
An Indiana mother whose 2-year-old son died Wednesday after being left in a hot car has been arrested—and reportedly admitted to drinking all day as the child lay dying. Authorities said 28-year-old Britni Wihebrink, of Salem, was taken into custody Thursday and is charged with “neglect of a dependent resulting in death” in connection with …
A Georgia mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly leaving her 2-year-old son in a hot car for 45 minutes while she smoked marijuana inside an apartment. According to The Newman Times-Herald, police responded to the parking lot of Jackson’s Landing Apartments on Friday after a caller reported that a child had been left in a …
