A Tennessee couple has been charged with cild neglect after police conducting a wellness check at the home found two young chidren living in filthy and disgusting conditions. Leon Woods, 65, and Carol Phillips, 32, apparently had an argument Friday night and somehow that came to the attention of Woods’ adult daughter, he called police, …
An Indiana man is charged with neglect and intimidation against four children who said he threatened to suffocate them if they didn’t go to sleep, beat them, and forced them to stand in a corner for hours. Hancock Superior Court Judge Dan Marshall issued four no contact orders on 35-year-old Curtis Edward Bordenkircher after giving …
The Indiana parents of an 8-month old girl have been arrested after the child was found weighing just nine pounds and suffering from severe malnourishment. The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office said Benjamin Tackett and Kayla Thompson, both 25, frequently locked the baby in a room alone for 10 hours at a time while they slept. …
A Michigan woman was sentenced Wednesday, following the 2024 death of her toddler daughter. According to ABC 13, a Grand Rapids judge sentenced Angelica Arechiga, 27, to 45 days in jail, along with 24 months of probation, following a no contest plea earlier this year to one count of child abuse that resulted in death. …
An Indiana judge sentenced an Evansville father to prison Thursday, following the death of his 12-year-old daughter. According to Law&Crime, Vanderburgh County Circuit Court Judge Ryan D. Hatfield sentenced Brent Bredhold, 39, to nine years in state prison. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Vanderburgh County jury convicted him earlier this month on neglect of a …
A Virginia dad was arrested this week after daycare staff discovered a gun in his child’s backpack. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said it was called at about 8:30 a.m. Monday after Dylan Scott Whorley, 27, dropped the child off at daycare and staff found the gun. Investigators determined that Whorley had put the gun …
A Florida couple has been charged with child neglect after they allegedly left a boy on the side of Interstate 75 earlier this month with a bag of handguns. North Port police said they were alerted to the juvenile walking along the side of the busy highway just before 6 p.m. on October 1, WWSB …
An Indiana father has been convicted in connection with his daughter’s death, who passed away last year due to complications with diabetes. On Thursday, a Vanderburgh County jury convicted Brent Bredhold, 39, on neglect of a dependent causing death, following the July 4, 2024, death of 12-year-old Alice Bredhold. According to affidavits for the arrests, …
A Florida mother was arrested last week after her children’s father dropped the kids off at a “filthy” Miami Beach home filled with “old food and dirty dishes scattered throughout, with flies and insects.” Miriam Shvetz, 34, was not home, and the children were alone, WPLG said. Shvetz’s ex-husband called police after the kids, ages …
An Oklahoma mother and stepfather have been charged with child neglect after their 11-year-old daughter gave birth over the weekend. Muskogee County Assistant District Attorney Janet Hutson said that Dustin and Cherie Walker were being held on $100,000 bonds each and that she anticipates “filing additional charges and amending that information shortly,” KJRH reported. Hutson …
A Florida mother has been arrested on a child abuse charge more than a year after her 3-month-old daughter was found unresponsive, seizing, and with her stomach covered in bruises. Kelly Ward, 22, was arrested in Hillsborough County and brought back to Volusia County to face a child neglect causing great bodily harm charge, jail …
A Florida mother was arrested Tuesday when she returned home from a two-week trip to Las Vegas, abandoning her child and multiple dogs alone in a trash- and feces-filled home in Palatka. Putnam County deputies responded to a call for a welfare check Monday night before Jessica Copeland, 37, returned home, WJXT reported. They found …
