After a toddler boy in Wichita, Kansas, died on Sunday, an attorney for the boy’s grandparents filed a lawsuit against the Sedgwick County Department of Children and Families, claiming the agency knew the boy was being abused at home but failed to save him. The Wichita Eagle reports that 2-year-old Anthony “Tony” Bunn died from blunt …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
Prosecutors in Pennsylvania are pursuing a slew of criminal charges against a priest accused of sexually assaulting two boys. According to the Philly Voice, 64-year-old Rev. David Poulson was arrested earlier this week and is expected to face counts including indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. The charges were announced …
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they’re not filing criminal charges in the case of a 1-year-old boy who was reportedly seriously injured at an Indiana daycare late last month. A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to WCPO that no charges will be filed for an incident involving Jesse Harris IV, who reportedly returned home from Kiddie Garden …
An Ohio father is accused of hogtying his 13-year-old daughter with zip ties and dragging her across a parking lot—all to stop her from running away. John L. Hofacker was arrested Friday afternoon after his teen daughter was reportedly spotted outside New London Lanes bowling alley screaming for help. According to WJW, responding officers approached the …
The father of a missing Kansas boy was arrested in Wichita for child battery in an unrelated case on Wednesday. The Wichita Eagle reports that Jonathan Hernandez, father of missing 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, is facing battery charges after he reportedly hit his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son on February 5, a few weeks before his own son …
Two Wichita, Kansas, staff members lost their jobs on Tuesday after the Kansas Department for Children and Families fired them while making a “number of personnel changes.” The Wichita Eagle reports that the Wichita DCF has been under extreme scrutiny after several children allegedly died at the hands of abusive parents or disappeared, even though …
A Pennsylvania couple who reportedly starved their three young children to the point they ate paint off the walls was sentenced to prison Monday. PennLive.com reported that Joshua Weyant, 35, was sentenced to 19 to 39 years in state prison while wife Brandi, 39, was sentenced to 18 to 37 years behind bars. The pair had pleaded guilty to …
A criminal trial began this week in Utah against three defendants accused of raping a 9-year-old girl in 2016 as her mother used drugs in the same home. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, authorities in Uintah County identified the suspects after the alleged victim selected their photos out of a lineup. They have since …
A little boy brutally attacked at an Indiana daycare on Monday has been released from the hospital, but authorities still have no suspects in custody as the daycare continues to blame the attack on a 2-year-old girl. NBC13 reports that Tiffany Griffith, the mother of baby Jesse, 1, said that it’s difficult to look at …
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services revoked the licenses of two day cares that Aniya Day-Garrett attended, finding that they failed to report suspected abuse before her mother and boyfriend allegedly beat the 4-year-old to death. According to Cleveland.com, the state agency wrote that Harbor Crest Childcare Academy, in Cleveland, and Get Ready, Set, Grow …
As an Indiana toddler boy continues to recover in a hospital after being brutally attacked while at a daycare on Monday, Family and Social Services (FSSA) carried an emergency order to shut the daycare down immediately. The Indy Channel reports that FSSA spokesperson Marni Lemons indicated that an order was put into place to stop operations at the …
