A mother was charged with misdemeanor child abuse months after her 3-year-old son fell to his death at a North Carolina airport. WSOC-TV reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have issued an arrest warrant for Jitteria Lightner in connection with Jaiden Cowart’s death at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on September 25. The deadly incident reportedly occurred in …
Two parents in Florida are facing criminal charges after their 18-month-old son reportedly died of malnutrition while in their care. Sheila O’Leary called for help on September 27 after finding her son unresponsive and cold at their Cape Coral home. The toddler, who was pronounced dead at the scene, weighed 17 pounds at his time …
The state of Colorado suspended the license of a Colorado Springs home daycare after 26 children were found cramped behind a fake wall in the daycare owner’s basement. NBC8 reports that officials visited the home of 58-year-old Carla Faith, the owner of Play Mountain Place, a home daycare. Authorities, and along with Colorado’s Department of …
An online teacher’s tip reportedly led authorities in Ohio to a severely underweight 11-year-old girl who was allegedly being starved and beaten by her legal guardians. The girl’s legal custodian, Margaret Breeze, 47, and her husband, Charles Breeze, 61, were arrested this month on charges of kidnapping, endangering children, and assault. Citing officials, WLWT reported that …
CrimeOnline’s own Nancy Grace will appear on the “Dr. Oz” show Thursday to talk about the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case. Epstein, 66, was awaiting trial on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors when he reportedly took his own life in his jail cell on August 9. Since then, much of the focus on …
A Long Island woman has been charged with harassing a toddler with a rare genetic disorder for more than a year on social media and via the U.S. mail, NBC New York reported. Krista Sewell, 26, was arrested on Thursday on charges that included aggravated harassment as a hate crime, a felony. She is alleged …
A month long investigation in Polk County, Florida, netted 17 men on hundreds of charges relating to child pornography and solicitation of a minor for sex, the Polk County Sheriff’s Department announced on Friday. A former middle school assistant principle and two Disney employees — a custodian and a guest experience manager — were among …
Livingston Parish authorities are investigating a report of tainted food brought to a school by a former teacher who has been charged, along with her deputy sheriff husband, with dozens of counts of producing pornography with a child under 13 as well as rape and other charges, WBRZ reported. Dennis Perkins, 44, lost his job …
A 14-year-old girl called a Florida abuse hotline on Thursday, reporting that she was considering suicide because of the physical and emotional abuse she received as well as her horrid living conditions, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported. The girl told counselors on the call that she was being homeschooled but not learning much because …
On Thursday, authorities in North Carolina arrested the grandmother of three children who were reportedly found malnourished and living in deplorable conditions weeks earlier. WRAL reported that Laura Beck, 48, also lived in the Harnett County home with her daughter, Savannah Lewis, 29, who was arrested on October 10. Lewis’ arrest came seven days after …
Former Major League Baseball slugger Josh Hamilton turned himself in to Tarrant County, Texas, authorities on Wednesday on a felony charge of injury to a child, CBS DFW reported. Hamilton, who spent five seasons with the Texas Rangers and won the American League MVP award in 2010, is charged with hitting and scratching his daughter …
A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy and his junior high school teacher wife have been arrested and charged with dozens of counts of producing pornography with a child under 13 as well as rape and other charges, according to The Advocate. Dennis Perkins, 44, had worked for the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office since 2002, working his way …
