DA: County Attorney Declined 3 Requests to Remove Children From Home Before Toddler’s Fentanyl Death
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Michael McGuire had previously been removed as a family court judge for abuse of power and misconduct.
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May 13, 2023
Juvenile Charged With Murder in Death of Kidnapping Suspect’s Mother
The suspect, Jonathan Jones, was found in Mexico earlier this week with the 17-year-old girl he allegedly kidnapped after skipping out on a court date. Police say there is a connection.
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March 22, 2023
Newborn Abandoned Outside in Frigid Cold for 2 Days
Police in Massachusetts are searching for the mother of a newborn abandoned on the front step of a Springfield couple who returned from a weekend away Sunday night to find him, wrapped in blankets in a car seat. Investigators believe the baby boy was left there Friday night and remained as temperatures plunged below freezing …
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March 11, 2023
Mom Left Her Children Alone in Texas FOR MONTHS While She Went to Alabama. Now She’s Behind Bars.
Raven Yates reportedly wanted to apply lipstick before her photo was taken when she was arrested.
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March 11, 2023
1-Hour-Old Newborn Stuffed Inside Gas Station Bathroom Trash, Found Alive
A newborn baby was found crying inside a bathroom trash can at a California gas station, leading to the arrest of a woman allegedly responsible for abandoning the child, FOX 11 reports. Around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, a clerk at a Chevron station on West Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton discovered the baby and called authorities. “The …
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February 21, 2023
Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Letting Their 6 Kids Live in ‘Deplorable’ Conditions
A Pennsylvania couple has been charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of children after investigators found the family living in “horrid” conditions. Although Dana Elizabeth Ann Rause, 31, and Richard Kevin Rause Jr, 38, face the same six charges, the mother was given a bail five times that of her husband, at $250,000, …
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February 18, 2023
Caretaker Charged With ‘Violent Abuse’ of Her Own Children After Toddler in Her Care Dies
The caretaker of a 3-year-old girl who died after she was found “unresponsive in the bathtub with no water” early Friday morning has now been charged with “the violent abuse” of her own two children. Philadelphia Police said the bruised toddler was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead about an hour after she was …
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February 10, 2023
Mom Leaves Children Home Alone for Months, Posts on Social Media While Investigators Hunt for Her
Texas investigators are working with police in Alabama to find a mother accused of abandoning her two young children alone for nearly two months. Raven Yates, 31, says she is a “Mommy CEO,” recording artist, model, and actress on her social media accounts, where she has been regularly posting since she allegedly left her 12-year-old …
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February 9, 2023
Mom Arrested After Kindergartener Daughter Writes School Story About Her Shooting at Dad
‘Father hit mother in the eye’ before the shooting, the little girl’s story said, but the father was not arrested.
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December 28, 2022
Dad on the Run After Infant Overdoses in Home Littered With Heroin & Syringes
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested on Tuesday in connection with Monday’s suspected overdose of her 9-month-old child. Lehigh Valley Live reported that Easton EMS crews provided Narcan to a baby who was found not breathing due to an apparent opioid overdose. The baby was given a second dose of Narcan at the hospital, which was …
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November 28, 2022
Father Abandons 2-Pound Baby on Top of Stranger’s Car
A Connecticut man was arrested last week for leaving his newborn son on top of a stranger’s car in March. WSFB reported that troopers responded to a location in Mansfield after a baby was discovered wrapped in a towel and on top of a woman’s car hood. A subsequent investigation linked Jorge Grados, 41, to the …
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October 19, 2022
Charges Pending for Teen Mother of Infant Found Dead in Virginia Yard
Investigators in Halifax County, Virginia, found an infant dead in a yard early Tuesday evening. The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said it had identified the teen mother of the dead child — and the circumstances of the death, WDBJ reported. Detectives said they were waiting for a reported from the state Medical Examiner’s Office before …