A Florida man was arrested on Friday after a 3-month-old baby was admitted to a hospital with severe injuries, including broken and healed rib fractures, a healed fracture on a leg, and tension fractures to the upper arm. The baby was admitted to HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital on March 29 and transferred to St. …
An Arkansas couple has been charged with battery in the apparent abuse of a 7-year-old child who was admitted to Arkansas Children’s Hospital this week “pale, limp, and extremely underweight at just 28 pounds.” Chris Freeman, 39, and Katelyn Freeman, 27, have also been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor in the ongoing …
A Utah couple was arrested this week after a police investigation uncovered hideous abuse of their children. Darren Justin Berriel, 35, faces seven counts of aggravated child abuse, and Rachelle Southwick, 32, has been charged with one of the same count, KSL reported. An affidavit says the couple’s children — the affidavit did not say …
A West Virginia woman was charged last week with child abuse after she allegedly pinned her daughter down and pulled two teeth out of her mouth. Witnesses told police that Rebecca Bailey yelled that her 5-year-old daughter “had a demon in her” while holding a cross during the incident, according to the Raleigh County Sheriff’s …
An Illinois man was charged last week with battery for abusing his two-month-old baby after he admitted he was “overstimulated and overwhelmed” while taking care of his child. The Peoria County State Attorney’s Office said that Bartonville Police received a report of child abuse from the Department of Children and Family Services on June 3. …
A 22-year-old British daycare worker has been found guilty of abusing 21 infants, including kicking a child in the face and stepping on his shoulder. According to The Guardian, Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, admitted to seven counts of cruelty to children under 16 and was convicted on 14 additional charges by a Kingston Crown Court …
Police in Kentucky arrested three people after finding three children and a disabled adult living in what one officer said were the “worst” living conditions they’d ever seen. Police executed a search warrant at the Harrodsburg home at about 11:30 p.m. last week while conducting a child neglect investigation, WDKY reported. They found three children …
An Iowa woman was arrested last month after a months-long investigation determined that she had purposefully injured her infant son. Court documents say Emma Ann Swanson, 22, failed to provide adequate food and health care for the child, who was diagnosed with failure to thrive at the age of 2 months, according to The Messenger. …
A Georgia couple is behind bars after police say they left a 3-year-old child alone in a shed, unsupervised. On June 2, police arrested Sarah Pombert, 34, and Joseph Turner, 35, in Douglasville. They are accused of leaving the victim “unsupervised, unbathed, and unclothed” in a backyard shed between May 1 and May 22, according …
A 37-year-old Louisiana man faces multiple counts related to the stabbing of a 6-year-old child on Sunday. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office said it was called to a home in Leonville for a report of “a domestic disturbance” and found the child with “multiple lacerations and stab wounds to the face, neck and chest …
A former Virginia nurse facing 20 charges related to infant abuse in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit has received a bond modification allowing her to visit her brother’s two children. As Fox 8 News reports, Erin Strotman’s hearing on Wednesday resulted in a bond modification permitting her to visit her niece and nephew, both …
