A Pennsylvania man and woman were arraigned Monday n numerous child endangerment charges after police say they left two kids home alone earlier this month. The Times-Tribune reports that a concerned neighbor contacted police on March 7 and said that two young children were alone in a home in Dunmore. When police arrived, they found …
A couple in Harris County, Texas, is accused of leaving their 4-year-old daughter in a hot car for nearly 40 minutes as they ate lunch at a restaurant. Antonio Hurtado, 31, and Brenda Hurtado, 30, were arrested Sunday after police allegedly caught the mother taking the unconscious girl out of the car. Police were called to 2400 block …
A Massachusetts man who had escaped a house fire ran back into the burning building to save his two young children, but all three died. The tragic scene unfolded in Springfield at about 7:25 a.m. Sunday morning, when a fire broke out in a four-story apartment building on Belmont Avenue, the Boston Globe reports. Springfield’s …
Authorities have tracked down the Pennsylvania high school student missing with a 45-year-old family friend in Mexico, and the teen girl is on her way to being reunited with her family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Amy Yu, 15, of Allentown, disappeared on March 5 after Kevin Esterly allegedly signed her out of Lehigh Valley Academy Charter School, …
A New York woman is facing a child endangerment charge after police say she failed to properly watch her infant daughter, resulting in the baby crawling alone along a busy road in Utica on Friday. FOX reports that Ledrika Ford, 27, was officially charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a concerned citizen spotted …
A California man was arrested this week on suspicion of child endangerment after police say he left an unattended handgun within the reach of a toddler. According to the Fresno Bee, 38-year-old Armando Ortega allegedly left the firearm on a sofa Wednesday afternoon while he was at a residence on North Lindale Place in Porterville. …
A 17-year-old girl reportedly gave birth to a newborn, then left the baby on a porch in Atlanta on early Friday morning, as temperatures dropped to below freezing. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the unnamed teen allegedly admitted to police that she gave birth and decided to leave the baby, with the umbilical cord still …
Authorities in New York have arrested a woman and her father over an incident earlier this year at an area movie theater. According to WABC, 25-year-old Keri Karman and 61-year-old were at a cinema on Long Island on Jan. 2 when the female suspect became engaged in an altercation with another moviegoer and a 2-year-old …
A New Mexico woman and man are behind bars after a young boy died and his two sisters were injured during an alleged drunk driving episode in Bloomfield on Saturday. Farmington Daily Times reports that Candace Jim (picture right), 40, is accused of driving drunk on Saturday morning at around 11:45 a.m., when she crossed her vehicle …
The stepmother of missing 5-year-old Kansas boy, Lucas Hernandez, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon on child endangerment charges. According to the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Emily Glass is charged with two counts of child endangerment in connection with a young boy who disappeared from his Wichita home on Saturday. So far, little details are …
A Richfield, Utah, day care employee was sentenced late last month for nearly killing a 22-month-old boy in her care by placing a heavy picture frame on top of his playpen. The Richfield Reaper reported that Casey Bertelson, 28, was sentenced to 80 days in jail and 30 days home confinement for a May 15 incident that …
An Indianapolis mother was reportedly arrested on Saturday for giving her daughter a bleach-like concoction to cure her autism. The unnamed woman, 28, was accused of telling her husband that she’s been giving their daughter a combination of hydrochloric acid and a water purifying solution into her drinks. The Washington Post reported that the toxic combination is marketed …
