Authorities are searching for a Mississippi man who allegedly left his 5-year-old son in the woods overnight. Wayne County Sheriff Jody Ashley told WDAM Monday that Richard Dearman, 32, is accused of leaving his young son in the woods for 24 hours last Wednesday. “He told him he thought the law was behind him,” Ashley said. “They …
A 3-year-old is fighting for his life after allegedly being shot in the head by his 6-year-old brother in their Philadelphia home. WPVI reported that police arrested the kids’ father, Sirhaven Williams, 36, and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person following Saturday afternoon’s shooting. The father is facing …
A Tulsa, Oklahoma, woman whose 8-month-old son drowned in a dirty mop bucket will spend 15 years behind bars KOTV reported that Heather Freeman, 26, will also serve 10 years probation in connection with the death of Jaxon Annuschat. Annuschat was found face down in the mop bucket on March 6 and died the following day. Freeman allegedly told …
Newly released video shows the moment when police and emergency crews found two Florida mothers passed out in a sports utility vehicle with their crying toddlers in the back, the Daily Mail reports. Authorities were called to a parking lot shortly after 5 p.m. Oct. 5 for a report of two people passed out in …
Authorities arrested an Oklahoma City couple after they allegedly neglected their children to the point they were begging neighbors for food. Oklahoma News 4 reports that police found five children reportedly living alone in squalor at an apartment off of 100 block of W. I-240 Service Rd. Concerned residents contacted authorities when they saw the children …
The day after an Iowa woman was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment for leaving her four preteen children home alone while she traveled in Europe, her ex-husband told Inside Edition he is not surprised to hear that she was charged with such reckless behavior. As CrimeOnline reported this week, Johnston police believe 30-year-old Erin …
A Michigan woman failed to seek medical treatment for her newborn daughter, leading to the baby’s death, a police chief testified in court last week. Lansing State Journal reports that Rachel Piland, of Lansing, refused to take her infant to the hospital, even after the baby couldn’t breathe properly and had blood running out of her …
A Fort Wayne, Indiana, woman allegedly tried to kill her 11-week-old niece by giving her breast milk laced with pain medicine. WANE reports that Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, was charged Monday with attempted murder, though she is not yet in police custody. Rodriguez-Miranda was reportedly angry that her brother, his girlfriend, and their infant child were staying at …
Authorities arrested a Florida woman on Monday after they found a toddler alone inside a hot car, while the woman reportedly checked in with her manager at a Disney resort. WFTV9 reports that police arrested 37-year-old Myriam Lubincadet and charged her with child neglect after they said she left a 2-year-old little girl inside a car …
A Portland, Maine, mother allegedly ran over and killed her toddler girl Saturday night during her other daughter’s 10th birthday party. The Portland Press Herald reports Taneisha Thomas, 27, was driving an SUV when she struck her 17-month-old daughter, Tiannah Sevey, outside her housing complex. Thomas is said to have been backing out of a parking spot when …
Pennsylvania police have arrested a New Castle man after accusing him of forcing an 8-year-old girl to get behind the wheel because he was too intoxicated to drive himself. WPXI reports that Kevin Michael Cook, 24, allegedly instructed the young child to start driving to East Palestine, Ohio. The girl reportedly told officers they that left from her …
Police have arrested the mother of a Wisconsin teenager who was found dead in a pond and accused her of going on a huffing binge, WTMJ-TV reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Pauline Sanders, 39, with five felony counts of bail jumping and a misdemeanor count of intentionally abusing a hazardous substance. According to authorities, Sanders’ …
