An Arizona man was arrested on Sunday after his 9-year-old son was reportedly found dead in his home The Arizona Republic reported that the boy’s body was discovered following a medical call to the family’s Picture Rocks home. The boy’s father, Joseph Antonsen, 38, allegedly told police that his son became sick on Friday and …
A Florida man has been charged with aggravated child abuse after he was seen on video holding a 4-year-old child by one foot before dropping the child off a 2nd story balcony at a Daytona Beach resort. Brandon Gilmore reportedly told the child’s mother on Saturday he was taking the child to play and “scare …
A Texas toddler is in critical condition and a daycare worker has been charged with injury to a child after police and emergency medical personnel were called to a Harlingen daycare on Thursday. In a statement on Saturday, Harlingen Police said the 15-month-old girl was “unresponsive” when they arrived, and an officer began CPR until …
On Monday, West Virginia police charged a woman with killing her newborn daughter, who was hospitalized with serious injuries on Thursday and succumbed to her injuries days later. Brooke Kessler’s 16-day-old daughter was admitted to a Charleston hospital with various injuries that appeared non-accidental. The baby died on Sunday after being taken off life support, …
A Texas father was sentenced this week to life in prison for abusing his twin daughters to the point that one of them died. The girl’s stepmother was previously convicted on similar charges and sentenced to life in prison, according to KBTX. Justin Hopper was convicted on Thursday of injury to a child with intent …
An Arizona father has been arrested on child abuse charges for allegedly giving his 12- and 13-year-old sons “laughing gas” — nitrous oxide — repeatedly while they were out “4-wheeling” during a visit. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said it took the report on June 4 from the children’s mother, who told them her 16-year-old …
A Nevada couple appeared in court on Saturday amid allegations that they killed their 2-year-old son who was discovered in a dumpster a day earlier. Jacoby Robinson Jr. was reported missing on Thursday, a day before he was found deceased a few blocks from his Las Vegas home, as CrimeOnline reported. His father, Jacoby Robinson, …
A Florida woman has been arrested after she allegedly gave a relative a baby bottle of bleach to feed her 13-month-old daughter. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said it began a lengthy investigation on January 2 when the relative reported the incident. The relative found 22-year-old Melissa Barnes and the baby living in a shed …
On Friday, a New Jersey man was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the 2021 death of his 6-year-old son. Christopher Gregor, 31, was found guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in regards to a March 2021 incident in which he was filmed speeding up a treadmill Corey Micciolo was running on, causing the …
A Florida woman was arrested on Tuesday for abusing her son and smearing feces all over him. On May 11, a Department of Children and Family investigator responded to a West Park location regarding a report about Tania Contreras, 39, smearing feces on a child. A search of Contreras’ phone uncovered a video of her …
A Florida Christian school principal was arrested last week for putting student on the ground in a chokehold and using a charging cable to hit the child. Dontay Akeem Prophet, the 33-year-old principal of Destiny Leadership Academy in Ocala, told police he was trying “to prevent harm to the child” by keeping the student in …
A Florida woman was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stomping on her 10-month-old. Alicia Brea’s friend reportedly contacted authorities about Brea, 18, sending her pictures of her stomping on the baby’s face. Hollywood police officers who responded to Brea’s home did not see injuries to the baby, but a search of her phone uncovered pictures …
