An Arizona man allegedly tied up his 14-year-old stepson and assaulted him after the boy ran away from home and returned. Mto Assa, 37, has been charged with child abuse, aggravated assault, and unlawful imprisonment, Fox 10 reported. Glendale police said that the boy’s mother reported him as a runaway on Tuesday. The boy’s sister …
A Florida woman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly abusing her 5-week-old daughter in videos she sent to the newborn’s father. Bryunna Joyce, 19, reportedly sent videos depicting abuse following an argument with the baby’s father. The videos Joyce sent showed her slapping and suffocating the baby with a blanket for 37 seconds, and throwing …
A Texas woman behind bars in connection with the death of 5-year-old Samuel Olson reportedly had plans to flee the state with his body. According to a motion for bail obtained by the Daily Beast, 26-year-old Theresa Balboa is accused of making plans with friends to travel to Louisiana with the child’s remains. She was …
A 32-year-old Florida man led police on a 40-minute chase through the Gifford community last week with a 2-month-old baby boy in his car. Deputies eventually cornered John Henry James III at the Taylor Pointe Apartments, where James bailed out of his car and threw the infant at a deputy before running through trees and …
A California woman has been charged with murder in the death of her teenage stepson, and the boy’s father has been charged with felony child abuse, police say. Officers were called to a home just after noon on Tuesday about a person needing CPR, the Pomona Police Department said. First responders found a 16-year-old boy …
The little girl had a feeding tube inserted and another to flush out her intestines. Sophie Hartman also put her in leg braces and a wheelchair, which doctors said weren’t necessary. Her attorneys say the charges are false.
A Florida man is behind bars after police say he fled the scene of an accident while intoxicated, leaving his three young children behind. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident happened in Lehigh Acres on Friday, at around 4:40 a.m. Kern Campbell, 31, was allegedly driving drunk when he took a curve near …
A Houston man charged in connection with Maleah Davis’ death pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, knocking the possibility of a murder charge off the table. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday that Derion Vence pleaded guilty to injury to a child and tampering with a corpse. He’ll serve 40 years behind bars, …
An Indiana man has been arrested on child abuse charges after a 17-month-old boy died this week of blunt force trauma to the chest. Aiden M. Clark had a fractured sternum and his “heart was ripped in half,” an arrest affidavit for Shaquille Rowe, 27, said, WANE reported. The toddler had a torn pericardium sac …
The father of two children found dead Sunday morning in a Nebraska home was located and arrested in California Sunday evening. Bellevue Police began looking for Adam Price, 34, after 3-year-old Theodore Price and 5-year-old Emily Price were found dead by friends of the family who went inside after police visited the home twice and …
A New Mexico mother charged in the death of her 5-month-old daughter was denied bail on Thursday, two days after the same judge granted bond to her boyfriend, who is also charged in the case. Danielle Lujan, 23, and Israel Ramirez, 23, were arrested last week after deputies responded to a 911 in April about …
A Florida mother says her daughter was spanked at school without her permission, and now, the principal could possibly face criminal charges. WINK News reports that the Clewiston Police Department and the Department of Children and Families are currently investigating Principal Melissa Carter for paddling the little girl last month. School clerk Cecilia Self is …
