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 …
A Florida mother said she’s receiving death threats after a video where she’s apparently seen dunking her 3-year-old son’s head in a toilet went viral. While Kaitlyn Wolf told WESH that the disturbing stunt was a “joke,” both the Leesburg Police Department and the state of Florida are investigating the matter. While the child can be heard screaming …
A Texas man and woman are behind bars and facing child neglect charges after police say they left their 11-year-old daughter home alone to travel cross-country to attend a concert in Detroit. The Houston Chronicle reports that John Guerrero, 48, and Virginia Yearnd, 39, arrived back to home in Houston on Monday and were promptly arrested …
A Utah woman wasted no time intervening when she says she saw a man attempt to capture cellphone images of her 12-year-old daughter in a Salt Lake City store’s dressing room. According to Fox News, it was Doris Stiles-Scown who ended up capturing someone’s image at the Rue 21 location recently. The mother posted footage …
Newly released video shows the tense moments when a Florida deputy rescued a 3-year-old girl after she was reportedly left in a hot car for more than 12 hours. According to WESH, Seminole County police were called to the Vista Haven Apartments early June 17 following reports of a child locked in a stolen car. …
