A Pennsylvania couple has been accused of locking two children inside dirty dog crates as punishment in a home that was ultimately deemed unfit for human habitation. The two children, ages 11 and 12, were placed in foster care after a code enforcement officer found they were living in “unsanitary and deplorable living conditions” that …
A Kentucky couple was arrested earlier this month after police found their baby in a maggot-infested stroller. The Madisonville Police Department said it received a call about suspicious people who appeared intoxicated walking down the street with a baby stroller, WFIE reported. Police approached the couple, later identified as Thomas Parker and Tiffany McCord, but …
New York State Police said on Thursday that a woman was criminally charged for keeping her 2-year-old son in a cage. On February 8, state police visited Naesha Lumpkin’s Buffalo home to execute an arrest warrant concerning a separate crime. It was then that officers found Lumpkin’s toddler son in a makeshift cage comprised of …
A California man was arrested earlier this week on child endangerment charges after he paid a homeless woman $20 to watch his 7-year-old granddaughter while he got drunk at a bar. Jason Warren, 54, later told a reporter that the woman “looked like a decent person,” KTXL reported. Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies said they were …
A South Carolina woman has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child after she left her under age 10 child alone at a park while she went grocery shopping. Irmo Police said they were called to the scene at about 7:40 p.m. on Saturday by the grandparent of another child who reporting seeing no …
A Washington state mother was arrested this week after her 3-year-old child overdosed on methamphetamine. Vancouver police and fire rescue officials responded to the home on Thursday night after receiving a 911 call about a child overdosing, The Columbian reported. The child’s grandmother told them she administered two doses of Narcan to get the toddler …
Two Staten Island parents have been arrested after their 1-month-old son was found dead on Saturday. New York police responded to the call shortly before 7 a.m. and found the unconscious baby, Gothamist reported. The boy was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Doctors at the hospital reported finding visible …
Deputies found $450,000 worth of drugs and guns. Tierra Hill faces drug and child endangerment charges.
An upstate New York man was arrested on multiple charges late last week after a 10-month-old baby ingested cocaine at his home. Lucas Smith, 24, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, assault, reckless endangerment and drug and firearms possession. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was called in when the baby was hospitalized …
Police in New Hampshire are looking for a 26-year-old mother wanted on child endangerment charges after they found the family living in deplorable conditions with trash, feces, and bugs all over the apartment and no electricity. Manchester Police said the incident began in January with a domestic violence call. The woman, Halie Drouin, had left …
A trial has been scheduled for a Missouri woman who allegedly killed her newborn daughter last month by putting her in an oven. KSHB reported that Mariah Thomas’ jury trial will begin on January 13, 2025. Thomas, 26, is accused of putting her 1-month-old daughter Za’Riah in an oven instead of her crib on February …
A Missouri woman who allegedly killed her 1-month-old daughter this month by putting her in an oven had her bond reduced during a court hearing on Tuesday. Mariah Thomas, 26, reportedly put the infant in the oven instead of her crib on February 9. The baby was declared dead at the Midtown home where Thomas …
