A Texas woman was arrested last week after her six children were reportedly found living in substandard conditions. On November 11, Brownsville police responded to multiple reports about unattended children in the parking lot at Tropical Garden Apartments. Responding officers discovered three of Samantha Lee Abrego’s children running naked and barefoot in the rain, according …
A Long Island man has been charged with menacing and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly pointed a gun at a 6-year-old boy retrieving a bag of candy mistakenly left on his doorstep. Manhasset police said the incident happened Saturday evening when a mother tood her daughter, two sons, and a nephew …
Three children who disappeared more than a year ago in New Mexico were found safe this week. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said they launched an investigation on June 15, 2022, after they were contacted by the Children, Youth, and Families Department for assistance. CYFD told deputies at that time that they had been contacted …
A couple in West Bengal, India, sold their 8-month-old baby to buy an iPhone and travel for Instagram content, police say. According to The Indian Express, the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate was alerted to the alleged incident after some of the defendants’ residents saw the new phone and noticed that the infant hadn’t been seen in …
Police investigating the death of a toddler who fell from a third floor apartment window over the weekend are describing the “horrendous” conditions they found in the apartment, where a mother lived with five children ages 2 to 12. Tabitha Frank, 34, left the children home alone on Saturday while she went to buy food …
A 20-year-old Michigan woman was arrested last week after an infant and a toddler were found abandoned outside a high school in Madison Heights. Police did not say if the woman is the children’s mother and have not identified her, WDIV reported. A driving instructor for the Official Driving School found the children on July …
An Ohio mom and her boyfriend have been arrested in connection with the death of her 6-month-old son. Vinton County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Aaron Ervin told WSAZ that Kasley Hoover went to a neighbor’s Tuesday night at about 11:30 p.m. to call 911. The baby was struggling to breathe, she said. Deputies and medical …
A Wisconsin couple was arrested after the woman’s two sons reportedly escaped their home last week covered in blood and feces. On July 13, a Milwaukee resident saw Katie Koch’s two sons, ages 7 and 9, climb onto an air conditioner unit and walk down the street naked. A child who witnessed the ordeal described …
An Alabama couple was arrested after their 2-year-old daughter allegedly tested positive for drugs on Saturday. According to WALA, Tyler Still and Hannah Straszheim’s toddler was found naked and disorientated outside a neighbor’s apartment in Daphne. Police captain Reginald Ardi said they believe the child was unattended for at least 20 minutes. WEAR reported that …
A Bronx couple have been indicted on neglect charges after police found the woman’s two daughters naked a bruised in a locked room, eating pieces of a foam mattress. The two girls, ages 3 and 4, were found in an apartment “with urine and feces about the place” and without adequate food, clothing, or clean …
Police in Albion, Michigan, rushed to the scene Saturday morning after a 15-year-old girl called 911 for help and dispatchers heard children screaming in the background of the call. Officers who arrived on the scene heard a commotion behind a locked door and kicked it in to find a woman holding a toddler under the …
A family friend has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after she was caught on camera beating and slamming a toddler onto a sofa. Kristla Holmes told WCBS that she was at work when she took a look at her surveillance camera and saw Chantal Mason cover her 2-year-old son with a …
