Mom jailed after 16-year-old son is hospitalized weighing 26 POUNDS: Police
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Police said the teen is doing ‘really well’ in foster care
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January 20, 2020
‘People chose not to listen’: DCF returned toddler to mom weeks before she died of ‘non-accidental’ head injuries [Docs]
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) were allegedly involved with a 2-year-old Massachusetts girl who died on New Year’s Eve — weeks after her mother had regained custody of her. Shaniqua Leonard, 29, was charged with reckless endangerment following the death of her daughter, Lyric Farrell, who was rushed to the hospital on December …
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January 19, 2020
51-year-old ‘babysitter’ sexually abused kids for years: Cops
A 51-year-old Idaho man was arrested this week and charged with felony lewd conduct with a child and felony sexual exploitation of a child after two children — a 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl — said he’d sexually abused them for years. Richard Dutton reportedly admitted to sexually abusing the boy, saying that it …
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January 17, 2020
Montana dad arrested for breaking 3-month-old baby’s arm
A Montana man was charged with breaking his three-month-old baby girl’s arm, the Bozeman Chronicle reported. Trevor Jackson Hale, 20, was charged with felony assault on a minor and ordered held on $15,000 bond. The Chronicle said that Belgrade Police Department said it responded to call from Bozeman Health Urgent Care about an infant with …
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January 17, 2020
Children locked in wooden cages at Alabama home: Cops
Three people were arrested this week after deputies conducting a welfare check at a home in eastern Alabama found wooden cages and “evidence that the children had been locked in the cages on multiple occasions,” according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Five children lived in the home in Smiths Station, a rural community not …
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January 15, 2020
Court Docs: ‘Dad’ threatens daughter after she records him beating her & abusing dog. FIVE judges recuse themselves from case [UPDATE]
The mother of a Florida teen who recorded her father’s alleged abuse has filed a petition against the man and re-opened a custody battle that has been ongoing for years. The Destin Log reports that Allison Tringas filed Petition for Injunction Against Domestic Violence on January 2, a week after her 14-year-old daughter brought police …
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January 14, 2020
SEE IT: No one believes her until teen girl installs cameras, records dad beating her & choking, abusing family dog [Police]
A Florida teen said no one believed her when she said her dad was abusing her and her pet dog. She proved herself after installing security cameras and catching her alleged abuser in the act. The Walton Sun reports that 47-year-old Damon Becnel was arrested January 2 on child abuse and animal cruelty charges after …
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January 8, 2020
Precious angel dies after she’s stuffed into backpack and left in car all day: Cops
A Lubbock man has been charged with murder after he stuffed a 10-month-old baby girl into a backpack and left her in his car all day, according to Everything Lubbock. Trevor Rowe, 27, was dating Marion Jester-Montoya’s mother and took the little girl with him on Tuesday when he went to his job. Investigators said …
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January 6, 2020
Tennessee dad jailed in death of newborn son
A Tennessee father has been charged with first degree murder and aggravated child abuse following the death of his 5-week-old son on Saturday. Gavin Clark, 21, was home in Manchester with the newborn that day while his mother was at work, according to News Channel 5. When she returned home, she felt something was wrong …
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January 3, 2020
Boy locked in attic dies after being raped & tortured by father. Mom says she pleaded for help, warned he was in danger [Docs]
In addition to being abused with spatulas and Tasers, authorities believe Takoda Collins was forced to eat his own feces
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January 2, 2020
Virginia dad beats man accused of molesting his children: Cops
A Virginia man severely beat a relative visiting for the holidays early Sunday when he found the man nude from the waist down in his young children’s bedroom, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. Spotsylvania County deputies arrested Mark Stanley, a 60-year-old visiting from North Carolina, charging him with two counts of taking indecent liberties …
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December 30, 2019
Assistant police chief reportedly confesses to sexually abusing 7- and 9-year-old children
An assistant police chief in Oklahoma was charged last week with sexually abusing two young children repeatedly since September after one of the children reportedly called 911 to report it. The Muskogee Phoenix reported that David Ray Kash, 49, confessed during interviews after his December 19 arrest. He was assistant chief for the police department …