A North Carolina mother is behind bars on charges that she traded her then-infant daughter to a married couple for their 27-year-old car, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. A Davidson County grand jury indicted Alice Leann Todd and the couple who took Todd’s daughter, Tina Chavis and Vincencio Romero, on charges of unlawful sale, surrender or …
A Texas mom is facing charges after she crashed her car during an early morning chase with an off-duty officer. According to police, she had a 2-month-old baby inside the car. ABC 13 reports that the incident happened early Wednesday after the woman, driving a black Honda Accord, crashed into the off-duty officer’s car in …
Washington police released a video of an elementary school bus driver who allegedly got behind the wheel drunk while driving a bus full of scared children. ABC 13 reports that Catherine Maccarone, 48, was arrested on September 12 in Longview after a 10-year-old child called 911 and told a dispatcher that the bus driver was …
An 11-month-old boy required three doses of the overdose-reversing medicine naloxone on Wednesday when he ingested opioids while his drug-addled parents slept, NBC Philadelphia reported. Kristen Bristow and Charles Salzman Jr were charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and other charges. The child’s grandfather found Bristow and Salzman …
Two Arkansas parents have been arrested after their infant daughter ate some of their methamphetamine and died, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Carrie Darby, 22, and Joseph Phillips, 30, both of Widener, have been charged with manslaughter in the death of their 13-month-old daughter Delaney Phillips on July 7. The St Francis County Sheriff’s Office completed …
An 11-month-old boy died on Friday after he and his twin sister were left inside a hot, parked car outside a Honda dealership where the tots’ father worked, Al.com reported. Oxford, Alabama, Police Chief Bill Partridge said that first responders arriving at around noon found the twins outside of the car, with their father. The …
Four toddler boys broke their legs on the same day and at the same Florida daycare center, according to police. An amended discovery was filed on Friday morning which provided additional details on what may have happened. Panama City News Herald reports that all four boys were healthy and had no issues walking when their …
“I saw her putting chemicals, bleach, Windex something like that, in my coffee and I asked her, what are you doing? She said, ‘I am trying to poison you.'”
A baby’s cry alerted a woman taking out her trash to an abandoned newborn Saturday morning at an apartment complex in Arlington, Texas, WFAA reported. The sobbing baby boy was in a container next to the dumpster at Monterra Pointe Apartments, the station said. The woman called 911 and responders had to administer CPR before …
A New Mexico couple who tried for years to have a child were left devastated when their “miracle baby” died inside a hot car on Tuesday. According to the Hobbs Police Department, 2-year-old Zariah Hasheme was pronounced dead on Tuesday afternoon after her nanny allegedly forgot to drop her off at daycare. The nanny, identified …
A Florida woman was accused of leaving her 3-year-old daughter in her car for three hours on Monday evening while she worked at a strip club. WPLG reported that Manouchika Daniels, 23, is facing child neglect charges for an incident that occurred at Vegas Cabaret in Lauderhill. Someone called 911 shortly before 2 a.m. on …
An Indiana couple who allegedly adopted a disabled 8-year-old girl from Ukraine— only to abandon her years later and move to Canada—was criminally charged on Wednesday. Kristine and Michael Barnett, 45 and 43, are facing neglect of a dependent charges for allegedly leaving their adopted daughter in a rented Lafayette apartment in July 2013. The …
