A West Virginia woman led police on a chase early Tuesday morning after they tried to talk with her about a child found alone in a car outside a Huntington bar. A criminal complaint says that Tori Lycans, 25, told officers the car wasn’t hers, then got in the passenger side, climbed over to the …
A 26-year-old woman has been arrested after giving birth in the New Hampshire woods and then initially misdirecting first responders to the newborn’s location. Manchester Police said firefighters found Alexandra Eckersley’s baby at about 2 a.m. Monday in 18 degree temperatures. Eckersley called police for help after delivering the baby, but initially provided the wrong …
A Virginia mother has been charged with murder after her 4-year-old son died from eating a large amount of THC-infused gummies earlier this year. Doctors told investigators that medical intervention could have prevented the toddler’s death had Dorothy Annette Clements, 30, sought help sooner, WTTG reported. Tanner Clemens died on May 8, two days after …
A Florida grandfather has been charged with child neglect after he returned a rental car to Daytona Beach International Airport and forgot his toddler granddaughter was in the back seat. Hertz employees found the little girl in the locked vehicle in the car return lot, where she’d been for about 45 minutes on Monday, the …
A young Illinois child is in the hospital after he allegedly found a firearm in a home and shot himself, FOX 32 reports. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in the 300-block of Comstock Street in the city of Joliet, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Investigators believe the boy came upon an unsecured gun in the …
Amber Robertson, the mother of an Indiana baby girl who disappeared in 2019, was arrested Saturday on four counts of neglect. Amiah Robertson was 8-months-old when she was last seen in the company of her mother’s ex-boyfriend, Robert Lyons, on March 9, 2019, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Indianapolis Metro Police confirmed that Robertson was arrested …
An Indiana mother has been charged with neglect of a dependent after crashing her car on Interstate 64 with her children inside. Indiana State Police troopers said they could smell alcohol on Justa Shinn, 33, when they responded to the 6:30 p.m. Friday crash. Shinn, who they said also displayed signs of impairment, submitted to …
A Florida woman was arrested on Wednesday after a postal worker found a naked toddler wandering alone on an Ocala street. The Ocala Police Department said the child had multiple scratches, a bruise near the right eye, and a bloody nose and was covered in sand. Medical personnel took the child to a hospital for …
Two Florida children are in the custody of a state agency and their parents in jail after a naked toddler wandered into a neighbor’s yard last week, leading police to a home in deplorable condition. The Vero Beach Police Department said the neighbor contacted them early Wednesday afternoon about the little girl. Other neighbors told …
A Mississippi woman was arrested last week after she intentionally ran over her own 6-year-old child with her car. A local hospital called Hattiesburg Police when the child was brought in for treatment at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, WDAM reported. The child’s father also incurred minor injuries in the incident, which police deemed a …
The parents of a 5-year-old Indiana girl shot and killed by her 6-year-old brother have been arrested and charged with neglect. A probable cause affidavit said that the 6-year-old told investigators he took a gun out of a safe on a dresser in his parents’ bedroom, WXIN reported. “[He] stated that the key was in …
A Texas woman was arrested on Tuesday, nearly ten months after her 6-year-old daughter reportedly starved to death while in her care. The girl was pronounced dead on October 3, 2021, after her mother, Stephanie Jimenez, 38, called 911 to their San Antonio home because she was unresponsive. The girl weighed 31 pounds, and the …
