A 34-year-old Idaho man awas arrested after he brought his 1-month old son to a hospital emergency room with second degree burns on 24 percent of his body. Christopher Stum has been charged with injury to a child and destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence for the January 22 incident, according to EastIdahoNews.com. Court documents …
Police in Nebraska on Thursday arrested a 46-year-old woman on child abuse charges, more than two weeks after she brought a 12-year-old boy to the hospital weighing only 47 pounds and with a core body temperature of 80 degrees. The average 12 year old boy weighs about 90 pounds. KOLN reported that the boy was …
A 50-year-old California woman has been arrested after a 3-month-old baby she was caring for was rushed into emergency surgery for severe head trauma. Doctors said the injuries the baby suffered “were not consistent with any type of fall,” the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were called to the scene on January 13, the …
A US Army sergeant was arrested earlier this month after he was seen on a doorbell video beating a 3-year-old boy. Paul Thames, 29, was charged with injury to a child after the video began circulating on social media, KWTX reported. Thames was seen on the video, recording by a neighbor’s doorbell camera, picking up …
A Georgia man was arrested last week after a 8-week-old baby was brought to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with a brain bleed caused by abusive head trauma. Julian Chase Jalbert Sr. 27, was arrested at the hospital on Wednesday on child cruelty and battery charges, WAGA reports. Hall County deputies were initially called to a …
An Alabama couple has abeen arrested after a 911 call from a Dollar General manager led to the discovery of a 14-year-old girl left on her own at a mobile home for months. The girl’s mother, 43-year-old Marchelle Pertilla, and her stepfather, 52-year-old Eugene Medrano, were charged with child abuse and aggravated cruelty to animals, …
A Kansas couple has been arrested and charged with abusing a young child, hitting the girl with a kitchen utensil and leaving her outside in her underwear in freezing temperatures because she wet her pants. Court records say that Brady Burr, a McPherson firefighter, and his girlfriend, elementary school teacher Abby Bradstreet, were charged with …
A Tennessee first grade teacher was charged with two counts of child abuse after her children reported to their father that she bit and scratched them while screaming at them over her cell phone. Chattanooga Police took the report on December 12 after he picked up two of his children from his estranged wife, Heather …
A Missouri man and woman are facing criminal charges after his 3-year-old daughter was allegedly found dead last week with injuries consistent with abuse. According to WDAF, Novaleigh Galloway was found dead at the Classic Motel in Higginsville on December 23. The girl’s father, Kyle Galloway, and Deanna Kay Hankins were in the room with …
A first-grade Tennessee teacher is facing charges after Chattanooga police say she abused her own children. The alleged incident happened in the Ruby Falls parking lot, at 1720 S. Scenic Highway in Chattanooga, on December 12. The children’s father contacted police concerning the children’s mother, identified as Heather Pecht, News Channel 9 reports. According to …
An Ohio woman has been indicted on child abuse charges stemming over four years. An indictment says that 37-year-old Anjelicia Stewart abused three children from 2021 to 2025, including trying to drown them in the bathtub while screaming “I’m going to kill you.” The indictment also says that she beat the children with belts and …
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 …
