A California woman is behind bars after allegedly urging her little girl to cross railroad tracks by going under a train car that had temporarily stopped on Monday. KTLA 5 reports that Joy Frances Collins, 44, was with her two children, a 9-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter, on Monday evening as she tried to get to …
A Wisconsin woman was handed down a probation sentence and required drug addiction treatment after she got high on crack cocaine and marijuana—and subsequently smothered her infant daughter to death as she slept alongside her earlier this year. The baby is reportedly the second child to die while in the woman’s care. As reported by …
The father of a 2-month-old New York boy who was allegedly almost killed by his nanny testified this week that the nanny hung up the phone as he attempted to give her instructions on how to save his life. Marianne Benjamin-Williams, 46, is facing attempted murder charges for the May 2017 incident that reportedly left …
Authorities in Kentucky say a woman was arrested on suspicion of providing marijuana to a pair of young children recently at her home. According to WKYT, Lexington County Sheriff’s Office investigators allege Janet Cates and her boyfriend, Josh Thomas, were at the home with the children of their neighbors. Police reports indicate Cates was arrested …
A Pennsylvania mother was criminally charged Monday after she allegedly drove for two miles with her 12-year-old son clinging to the car hood. According to LehighValleyLive.com, Bethlehem Township police said Shaurice Jones, 36, took her son to the dentist Wednesday when he refused to go into the office and climbed on top of the vehicle. Jones reportedly …
A Texas man is facing felony charges after his 6-year-old daughter reportedly killed her toddler brother after the man left the children in a car to go shopping. ABC reports that the incident happened earlier this year on May 20, when 26-year-old Adrian Dreshaun Middleton took his children with him to the Family Thrift Store in …
Authorities in Florida say a woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect after allegedly leaving her toddler son alone at a Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant last week. According to WPLG, 25-year-old Riviera Beach resident Sharon Perry was taken into police custody on Saturday. A police report indicates the woman left her son at a …
A mother in Montana is speaking out after her 6-month-old son was reportedly forgotten in a daycare that had shut its doors for the weekend. Tanaya Merchen told KULR that her infant son, Avery, was left at Kids “R” Us daycare during after hours. She recalled going to pick her son Friday only to be met …
Florida authorities are investigating after a woman dropped her baby off at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista and walked away. FOX 35 reports that a woman who claimed she was a guest was standing outside of the resort at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning when a woman walked up to her, handed over …
A Florida mom let her 6-year-old son go trick-or-treating alone on Halloween and is now facing a criminal charge, WESH-TV reports. Police arrested Jessica Anne King on a charge of child neglect stemming from the incident, which the 38-year-old said happened only because she was ill. King and the boy live in Maitland, Florida, a …
Authorities in North Carolina say a woman who reportedly claimed she was overwhelmed with being a single mom has been accused of allegedly abandoning her two young children along a roadway and then speeding away. According to ABC11, 38-year-old Jennifer Westfall of Fuquay-Varina has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse stemming from the October 2 …
Police in Alabama said a 3-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub this week as his father smoked a cigarette outside. Police responded to a home in Daphne at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, where they discovered the unresponsive toddler and reportedly learned that his father had left him unattended in the bathtub. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office claimed the …
