A Florida man was arrested this week in Tennessee and charged with the death of a 1-year-old child earlier this month. Witnesses told Tampa police that Terin Smith, 28, hit the child during a bath on August 1 for being “whiny,” the Tampa Bay Times reported. Afterward, Smith put the baby in a crib. Other …
When toddler Olivia Soto died, her mother told investigators the little girl fell out of her crib, just four days after she turned 2. The stepfather, Jordan Shreeve, called 911 for an ambulance, but left the couple’s Van Buren, Arkansas, home to take a friend home before first responders got there. Investigators found blood on …
A Florida preschool teacher was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly punching and pushing a 4-year-old boy. Pinellas County police said in a statement that they responded to Dunedin KinderCare after a witness reported hearing screaming from the preschool’s playground. The witness also alleged that they overheard Ashley Richards, 32, screaming at the victim and punching …
A Florida couple has been charged with murder, child abuse, and child neglect after a 3-year-old girl in their care was brought to the hospital this week “pulseless.” Doctors revived Brandy Crews on Tuesday but she had no brain activity and died on Friday, WTVT reported. Hospital personnel found multiple burns, cuts, and fractures along …
A Texas mother is facing charges after she allegedly left her six children home alone while she was out at a bar. According to the Corpus Christi Police Department, officers arrived at a home on the NW side of the city on Sunday, where a 9-year-old child told them that she had not seen her …
A Louisiana father left his unresponsive toddler son alone in a hotel room Sunday night while he picked up the child’s mother from work. When he returned, Anderson King, 25, took the 2-year-old to a Baton Rouge hospital, where “life-saving measures … were unsuccessful,” a warrant for King’s arrest says. WAFB reported that a Baton …
A Texas man allegedly shook and fatally beat his 1-month-old son, who was found dead in a Texas motel room on Thursday. Houston police who responded to a Motel 6 found Santana Robinson’s lifeless body. The baby’s mother, Alana Gabriel, said Jamal Robertson, 33, struck and shook their son because he would not stop crying …
Georgia authorities have charged two daycare workers accused of abusing a young boy in a Clarkston daycare last month. According to AJC, authorities obtained arrest warrants for both Bernetta Glover and Autumn Coney. They’ve been charged with first-degree cruelty to children. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened at the Clarkston First Baptist Daycare, in …
A Mississippi woman was arrested last week after she intentionally ran over her own 6-year-old child with her car. A local hospital called Hattiesburg Police when the child was brought in for treatment at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, WDAM reported. The child’s father also incurred minor injuries in the incident, which police deemed a …
A Texas woman was arrested on Tuesday, nearly ten months after her 6-year-old daughter reportedly starved to death while in her care. The girl was pronounced dead on October 3, 2021, after her mother, Stephanie Jimenez, 38, called 911 to their San Antonio home because she was unresponsive. The girl weighed 31 pounds, and the …
An Arizona couple has been arrested after an anonymous tip led police officers to their home, where they found their three children living in a filthy house without food or running water and not going to school. The investigation began in February, when a caller told the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that the three young …
A New Jersey daycare worker is accused of slapping an autistic 2-year-old so hard that the boy’s blood vessels ruptured and a large bruise was left on the side of his face, CBS Philly reports. Police this week arrested the daycare worker, identified as 36-year-old Jamie Price, in connection with the incident that allegedly happened …
