New Jersey prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested a convenience store owner for selling homemade spray hand-sanitizer that left several young boys with burns. The River Vale Police Department launched an investigation on Monday evening when photos of a boy with burns on his leg were posted to social media. The investigation led to …
A Florida woman is behind bars after police say she left a 9-year-old boy alone at a Cantonment home for over a week without water or electricity. Pensacola News Journal reports that Autumn Lee Beede, 39, is facing child neglect charges after allegedly leaving the young boy to fend for himself from February 5 until …
An Ohio psychologist who made a name for himself speaking and writing on child endangerment and exploitation was arrested Thursday and charged with 145 counts related to child pornography, the Dayton Daily News reported. Last August, Greg Ramey, 70, abruptly left Dayton Children’s Hospital, where he had worked for 40 years, because of a complaint …
A daycare owner in Ohio was cited for child endangerment after a 2-year-old boy in her care was reportedly found on a toy tricycle near a busy road in freezing temperatures. Citing Sandusky police, WABC reported that officers found the disorientated child wearing soaked pants and socks. The boy was reportedly unable to tell officers …
A young girl is dead after a Texas mother went to a bar and left her 7-year-old daughter and two other young children home alone, police say. According to ABC 30, 26-year-old Lauren Dean went to Shades Bar in Bay City on January 30, leaving her three young children, ages 7, 5, and 3 months, …
A 51-year-old south Pittsburgh man has been charged with criminal homicide, child endangerment and weapons offenses in the death of a toddler killed by a shotgun blast, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Marlin Pritchard said he was asleep next to 3-year-old Chassity Clancy and another girl early Sunday when he was awakened by the bang from …
A North Carolina pastor has been charged with 116 sex crimes with minors over a period of 15 years, ABC 11 reported. Rodney Luffman, 58, was arrested and charged with 84 counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, 18 counts of statutory rape against a child between the ages of 13 and 15, 13 …
Police said the teen is doing ‘really well’ in foster care
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 …
A mother in Fargo, North Dakota, is facing multiple charges after she allegedly left her six children alone with the body of a friend who had died in her home. KVLY reports that Amber Barrett, 32, is facing multiple charges including child neglect stemming from a November 2019 incident in which she allegedly left her …
Authorities in Alabama arrested a mother, grandfather, and grandmother on Monday after an investigation revealed that at least four children were being locked in makeshift cages. Lee County investigators and Department of Human Resources officials conducted a welfare check and discovered two wooden cages equipped with hasps and locks in addition to four young children …
Police in southeastern Kentucky arrested the parents of a 5 1/2-month-old boy found lying on a road in “minimal clothing” with temperatures barely above freezing. The Louisville Courier-Journal said both Destiny D. McQueen, 21, and Michael E. Augst, 49, were under the influence of drugs when they were arrested at about 3:15 a.m. Thursday morning. …
