A reserve police officer and his wife have been arrested and charged with subjecting their biological and foster children to “cruel and unusual punishment.” Branch County prosecutors Zachary W. Stempien said that Matthew and Cassandra Boatrite, 34 and 32, were charged after a joint investigation by Michigan Child Protective Services and Michigan State Police, WTVB …
A Missouri woman has avoided prison time after pleading guilty to child abuse Friday. During a hearing at the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri, in St. Louis, 22-year-old Emily Rigdon pleaded guilty to two counts of abuse or neglect of a child. A judge sentenced to five years behind bars on each count, with …
An Indiana couple has been charged with neglect — and the stepmother charged with battery — a 911 call brought emergency responders to the home and found an unresponsive 7-year-old girl was brought to the hospital with “bruises all over her.” Jennifer Revis, 33, reportedly told police her stepdaughter suffered a seizure after an argument, …
A Massachusetts state trooper has been suspended after he was charged with punching his son in the face. Michael Gagnon was arrested on November 25, according to the Plympton Police Department, which said he was charged with domestic assault and battery and aggravated assault on a child under age 14. He was given a $1,000 …
A Kentucky man has been jailed on child abuse charges after critically injuring his girlfriend’s child while changing a diaper last month. Court records say the incident took place on October 14 while 29-year-old Jorge Jesus Perez-Ramirez was looking after the child, who was taken to immediate care and then transported to Norton Children’s Hospital …
A South Carolina father has been jailed after he allegedly threatened his 11-year-old son when the boy asked for food. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office said that 44-year-old Thomas Baker called 911 and asked the police remove his son from the property for being “unruly” and “not listening,” but a police report says that Baker …
An Oregon woman was arrested last week after police found her 11-year-old son, who is low-functioning and non-verbal, unsupervised in the home filled with excrement, rotting garbage, and piles of clothes and trash. Ruby Itzayana Godina-Velador, 32, was charged with three counts of criminal mistreatment, KATU reported. Police were initially called when the boy did …
An Alabama elementary school teacher was arrested this week and charged with willful abuse of a child under 18 after a video went viral showing her allegedly beating a boy with a belt more than 20 times. Cottage Hill Christian Academy said the boy was Nicole Staples’ son and the incident took place at her …
A New York couple and an unamed minor were arrested last week on child abuse charges. Gairelyn O’Donnell, 42, and Fred O’Donnell, 42, were charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for “knowingly acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of four …
A Utah father and his girlfriend have been charged with child torture after they allegedly starved his 5-year-old daughter to the point where she ate her own feces and other non-food items in an attempt to “save” herself. Daniel James Fivas, 32, brought the little girl to the hospital on August 30 because she was …
This week, Wisconsin police arrested four people who allegedly severely neglected one of the suspects’ teen daughters. In August, Walter Goodman, 47, called 911 about his autistic 14-year-old daughter, claiming she appeared lethargic, nearly comatose. The first responding officer believed the girl was between six and eight years old — presumably because she weighed 35 …
A San Antonio police officer was arrested this week and charged with multiple counts of injury to a child for several incidents that took place in 2024. Jacob Ryan, 24, turned himself in on Tuesday after he was indicted and an arrest warrant was issued, KSAT reported. He faces three counts of injury to a …
