A Florida couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse after a runaway child investigation revealed evidence that had been physical abusing their adopted 13-year-old child. Jupiter Police said they were called to a home in the Egret Landing community about a 13-year-old runaway on January 30. Tracy Ferriter, the mother, allowed one detective into …
A Missouri man who pushed to ban LGBTQ books from school libraries in Kansas City because of sexual images has been charged with molesting a young child. According to court documents, Ryan Utterback, 29, is accused of fondling the same child he had with him at an October 26, 2021 school board meeting in Kansas City. He’s …
A San Antonio couple was arrested over the weekend after a 12-year-old boy passed away from what appears to be child abuse. Derrick Coles, 32, and Kapri Cheatom, 27, are both facing murder charges in connection with the death of Danilo Coles. The defendants are also facing first-degree felony charges of injury to a child …
A British couple will spend years behind bars for abusing their infant daughter and trying to pass the blame onto paramedics. According to The Guardian, Naomi Johnson, 24, and Benjamin O’Shea, 26, will spend the next 15 years combined behind bars for causing and allowing severe harm to their 8-week-old daughter, Amina-Faye Johnson. Amina passed …
A Tennessee woman is facing charges after police say she lied about her son’s death while she kept him hidden in a motel room for weeks. According to Clarksville Now, 39-year-old Vanessa Blanchard was arrested Wednesday and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and false impression. The incident began on October 29, …
Two California daycare workers are accused of neglecting an infant whose skull was fractured and attempting to hide the child’s injuries. Now, authorities are asking the public if any other children have been harmed. Police started their inquiry on September 4 after receiving a report of child abuse allegations from the Loma Linda University Medical Center …
The 18-year-old mother of a newborn has been charged with child abuse and attempted murder after leaving the infant in a dumpster. Police in Hobbs, New Mexico — about three miles from the Texas state line — responded to a call at about 8 p.m. Friday night, and paramedics transported the baby to hospital in …
A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son on New Year’s Eve. Keshawn Rashard Ayers, 26, was arrested Friday night in Fayetteville, the Fayetteville Observer said. The tolddler was in Ayers’s care on December 31 when he reportedly became unresponsive. First responders took the …
Eleven children in Washington remain in protective custody after a fire on Sunday reportedly uncovered they were living in substandard conditions. KREM reported that a fire in the backyard of a Spokane home led firefighters to discover that the residence was covered in trash, animal feces, and rotting food. Firefighters wrote that they also found …
A Pennsylvania woman is facing charges after police say she faked her son’s illnesses, causing him to endure a series of procedures he didn’t need. According to the East Pennsboro Township Police Department, Christine Marie Maxwell, 48, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a victim under 13 and related offenses. Police were alerted …
An arrest affidavit sheds light on the disturbing home life of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery, a 7-year-old New Hampshire girl who has been missing for two years. According to the New Hampshire Department of Justice, police arrested Adam Montgomery, 31, on charges of felony second-degree assault, interference with custody, and two charges of endangering the welfare …
An Alabama couple was arrested on Wednesday, days after their 10-month-old daughter was found floating facedown in a bathtub. Christian Lane, 22, and Sarah Perkins, 21, were reportedly at their Dothan home on December 22 when one of them called 911 about their daughter in distress in a bathtub. Dothan Police Lieutenant Scott Owens told …
