A former Roy, Utah, day care owner who killed an infant by slamming his head into a changing table was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Judge Scott Hadley sentenced Tisha Lynn Morley, 36, to five years to life in the Utah State Prison for the February 2014 death of Lincoln Penland. The 8-month-old sustained two broken arms, …
A 12-year-old Florida boy accused of fatally shooting a girl in the side of the head with a shotgun during a dare was charged with manslaughter. The boy, identified by WJAX as Tyron Calhoun, was arrested Friday in connection with the April 30 shooting of Ramya Eunice, 12. Jacksonville police said Calhoun, then 11, shot Eunice in the ear and …
An Idaho mother is accused of brutally beating her children after they ate a tub of ice cream. Fox News reports that Priscilla Zapata allegedly shaved her two daughters’ heads after discovering they had eaten the ice cream, in addition to severely beating all four of her children — two boys and two girls — and …
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A Long Island mother is accused of robbing a bank while leaving her six-month-old daughter in the car. The New York Post reports that Diana Marini, 28, took a taxi with her daughter to a Chase Bank in Islandia in Suffolk County on Saturday afternoon. She allegedly left her daughter inside the car when she went …
Cindy Anthony, who granddaughter’s death led to one of the most infamous murder trials in modern U.S. history, has said for the first time that she believes her daughter Casey Anthony is mentally ill. Casey was acquitted of murdering her daughter following a sensational 2011 murder trial, but has never escaped a cloud of suspicion, …
Authorities said a little boy took them on a high-speed chase after reportedly stealing the car of his mother’s boyfriend, that lasted around 45 miles. Cleveland.com reports that the incident started at around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, when the boy took car while his sister, who was supposed to take him to school, was …
An Iowa couple was arrested Wednesday after their 4-month-old son’s body was allegedly found covered in maggots in his swing. The Kansas City Star reported that Cheyanne Harris, 20, and Zachary Koehn, 28, were charged with first-degree murder and felony child endangerment months after Sterling Koehn’s death. The father called 911 on August 30 to their …
Two viral videos that reportedly showed an assault on an Oklahoma woman as she held her 6-month-old son have led to an arrest. According to KSLA, a teenage girl was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection with the October 18 attack. The victim, Janie McCoy, told the station that she and her son were invited to a …
A Massachusetts mother claimed that employees of a children’s group home in Dracut shaved her 7-year-old child’s hair—then told the girl that her hair would grow back straight. Speaking with WBZ-TV, Denise Robinson said her daughter, Tru, had very long hair before a clinician at the Little Heroes Home took her to a salon where a …
Authorities arrested an Alabama girl on Friday after she was accused of setting her younger brother on fire in their Dothan, Alabama, home. The Dothan Eagle reports that the 12-year-old allegedly took a bottle of hair spritz and doused all over her 10-year-old brother’s back before setting him on fire. The boy suffered severe burns …
Five teenagers are being charged as adults after police say they threw a large rock off of a Michigan bridge that smashed into the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, killing the driver. MLive reports that the teens, ages 15-17, were arrested on Monday and charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, malicious destruction of property, and …
