A fifth person was arrested Monday, in connections with an extreme case of child abuse that previously landed four other people behind bars in March, after authorities found an Indiana boy with signs of child abuse so horrific that it could have been fatal had no one intervened. The Times Union reports that a physician …
Grandparents of a 5-year-old Utah boy are blasting Salt Lake City social services workers after they claim their plea for help went ignored. The little boy is now in the hospital with a slim chance of survival. FOX13 reports that Jordan Wills, 26, and her boyfriend, John Manning, 31, are behind bars while Wills’ little boy, Tanner, …
A West Virginia special education teacher who stabbed a classmate to death in 1972 is now facing child abuse charges for allegedly abusing at least two elementary school students. Per the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Marlene Sexton Robinson, 58, was indicted this week on three felony counts of child abuse for three incidents that occurred at Bluewell Elementary …
Authorities in Oklahoma say an elementary school teacher inflicted visible injuries on two students during corporal punishment last month. According to Fox News, 50-year-old Gary Gunckel was arrested on suspicion of two counts of child abuse in connection with the alleged paddling he gave the students. After his arrest, Indianola Public Schools indicated that the …
A Massachusetts woman was arrested Sunday night after allegedly grappling with a police officer who attempted to remove her children from her home. According to a police report obtained by the Boston Herald, the officer assisted Department of Children and Families (DCF) workers in removing three young children from the family’s alleged “squalor” home, off …
A Tennessee father was charged with child abuse after footage allegedly showed him hitting and kicking his 6-year-old son. According to WKRN, police with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a Mt. Juliet home Sunday, where they were met by a woman who claimed her ex-husband struck their son in the face and kicked him …
Illinois police say a mother lied about her 3-year-old son being dead via a Facebook post, and then attempted to drown him in a bathtub last Sunday. Celeste Christian, 21, of Chicago, is facing attempted murder charges after authorities said “someone held the boy underwater,” according to the Chicago Tribune. Officials said the tot survived …
An Arizona mother is facing felony child abuse charges for allegedly leaving her 4-year-old daughter home alone all night while she partied. AZ Central reported that the child knocked on a neighbor’s door at around 6:30 a.m. Sunday and said her mother, Alexandra Rose Ciliento, 29, wasn’t home. The neighbor reportedly told police that they waited …
A Michigan couple was arrested on murder charges in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy, who authorities say was found dead inside of a “makeshift cage” on March 12. Matthew James Luke and Jamie Lynn Starr, both 34 years old, of Wayne, were charged with second-degree murder on Saturday in the death of …
Authorities in Tennessee say a Maryland man is facing criminal charges related to his attempt to solicit sex from a minor while in Knox County on a business trip. According to Knox News, 53-year-old Christopher A. Riggins was an employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority at the time of his arrest earlier this …
A New York man was indicted this week on charges related to throwing his dead baby into the East River. According to the New York Post, prosecutors announced the charges in Manhattan Criminal Court on on Friday. Police initially confirmed the incident after receiving reports on Aug. 5 of a body in the water. One …
Prosecutors have dropped second-degree murder charges against a jailed Virginia couple who allegedly beat the woman’s disabled 11-year-old daughter to death in May. The Virginian-Pilot reported that murder charges were changed to felony homicide charges on Thursday. Commonwealth’s attorney spokesperson Amanda Howie told the newspaper that both charges carry a maximum sentence of 40 years but declined …
