A convicted child rapist is seeking a pardon from the state of Alabama, almost 50 years after he molested and assaulted a 7-year-old girl who was a student in his Sunday school class. Leon Albert Prince, 79, served 15 years of a 30 years sentence after his 1991 conviction for carnal knowledge of a child, …
A Colorado foster mother and her boyfriend were arrested last week following an investigation into the death of a 15-month-old boy in their care, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says. Dacey Spinuzzi, 31, has been charged with child abuse resulting in death, and Ramondo Jones, 36, was charged with murder of a child under 12 …
Matthew Miller was sentenced this week to 600 years in prison for the crimes.
A Virginia woman has been charged with child abuse, neglect, and aggravated malicious wounding for the injuries her ex-boyfriend’s child received while in her care last month, WSET reports. The 3-year-old boy had life-threatening injuries when he was airlifted from the tiny community of Gladys to Roanoke-Carillon Hospital on September 16. Campbell County deputies learned …
An Arkansas pastor was arrested last week on drug charges and reportedly admitted to performing an exorcism on a young boy at his Mayflower church, the Log Cabin Democrat reported. Twentieth Judicial District Drug Task Force agents and Conway Police Department officers went looking for Lloyd Eddie Lasker Jr., 49, on September 22 because he …
An Alabama woman accused of abusing and neglecting her children is back behind bars after violating her bond agreement. In January, as CrimeOnline previously reported, three people were arrested after deputies conducted a welfare check at a home in Lee County, Alabama. Authorities found wooden cages and “evidence that the children had been locked in the …
The mother of a Texas girl whose case went viral after several online videos sparked a campaign against child abuse, is speaking out for the first time. Kelly Long, the mother of a young girl seen screaming in an online video during a custody exchange with the child’s father, said she has not spoken out …
Family members are speaking out after a Michigan man allegedly beat to death one toddler and critically injured his twin brother. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ecorse police responded to a call at around 4 a.m. in late July, in connection to an unresponsive child at the Renaissance Estates apartment complex. Responding officers arrived to find a …
The parents of a 2-month-old Alabama girl have been charged with aggravated child abuse after the infant stopped breathing and was rushed to a hospital — where doctors found she had 12 fractured ribs and a healing broken wrist. Kylar Matthew Markley, 22, and McKayla Leigh Allen, 19, both of Gadsden, were arrested September 3, …
A 7-year-old California boy is fighting for his after a brutal attack, allegedly by the hands of his own mother and stepfather. The Modesto Bee reports that officers arrived at an apartment of off Oakdale Road, at the Live Oak Apartments in Modesto on Sunday, to find first responders treating a young boy who had …
A Florida couple was arrested Monday, months after their 3-month-old child reportedly died in their care and a toddler in their household tested positive for narcotics. WJXY obtained a heavily-redacted arrest report which stated that the infant was pronounced dead at a hospital in January. Cheyanne Schilling, 24, was transported to the hospital around the …
An Ohio couple was arrested this week for allegedly torturing a 7-year-old girl over a period of seven months last year, including padlocking the little girl into a dog cage, Cleveland.com reports. A grand jury in Canton indicted Derek Mayle, 30, and Lillian Cottrell, 29, Monday on charges of endangering children. Court records say the …
