Authorities in New Jersey have filed criminal charges against a mother who was allegedly overdosing on heroin when she rolled over on her 13-month-old son, killing him. Antoinette King, 33, was arrested and charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child following Saturday’s death of her son, Jeremiah. The Cinnaminson Patch reported that the toddler’s …
A driver’s dash camera reportedly captured the tense moment when a 2-year-old girl in her car seat fell out of a moving vehicle in Minnesota. According to KMSP, motorist Chad Cheddar Mock was driving on Minnesota Street Monday morning when he spotted the toddler falling out the car from the rear driver’s side and landing in the middle …
An Arizona woman is behind bars facing numerous charges after she allegedly abused her 10-year-old stepdaughter, then threatened the other children into lying to police. AZfamily.com reports that 36-year-old Erin Darr was arrested Thursday night after her stepdaughter’s classmates reported bruises spotted on the little girl’s body. Afterward, the little girl described her horrifying living conditions …
A Pennsylvania mother was criminally charged Monday after she allegedly drove for two miles with her 12-year-old son clinging to the car hood. According to LehighValleyLive.com, Bethlehem Township police said Shaurice Jones, 36, took her son to the dentist Wednesday when he refused to go into the office and climbed on top of the vehicle. Jones reportedly …
A Texas man is facing felony charges after his 6-year-old daughter reportedly killed her toddler brother after the man left the children in a car to go shopping. ABC reports that the incident happened earlier this year on May 20, when 26-year-old Adrian Dreshaun Middleton took his children with him to the Family Thrift Store in …
A Florida mom let her 6-year-old son go trick-or-treating alone on Halloween and is now facing a criminal charge, WESH-TV reports. Police arrested Jessica Anne King on a charge of child neglect stemming from the incident, which the 38-year-old said happened only because she was ill. King and the boy live in Maitland, Florida, a …
Little Mary Welch died of neglect and starvation, but her father admitted to an emergency dispatcher that he called his lawyer for advice before dialing 911 after finding the baby dead in her bed. Seth Welch and his wife Tatiana Fusari now face murder charged for their daughter’s death. The 10-month-old girl reportedly weighed only …
A Tennessee woman is facing charges after police say she left her child inside a vehicle while she shopped at a Shelby County shopping center. Local Memphis reports that a store customer alerted an officer who happened to be in the area about an infant inside a car at the Dollar Tree parking lot off of the …
New Jersey police are investigating after a baby boy was found to be crawling across a busy road by himself Saturday night. ABC6 reports that a driver, identified as 41-year-old Cory Cannon, told police that when he first saw the boy crawling by himself along Joe Parker Road, in Lakewood, he initially believed the baby …
An Arizona mother is facing felony child abuse charges for allegedly leaving her 4-year-old daughter home alone all night while she partied. AZ Central reported that the child knocked on a neighbor’s door at around 6:30 a.m. Sunday and said her mother, Alexandra Rose Ciliento, 29, wasn’t home. The neighbor reportedly told police that they waited …
An Indiana mother whose 2-year-old son died Wednesday after being left in a hot car has been arrested—and reportedly admitted to drinking all day as the child lay dying. Authorities said 28-year-old Britni Wihebrink, of Salem, was taken into custody Thursday and is charged with “neglect of a dependent resulting in death” in connection with …
An Illinois couple is accused of keeping their 10-year-old daughter imprisoned in the basement since the beginning of the year because they thought she was possessed by a demon. Randy Swopes, 48, and Katherine Swopes, 49, were arrested Tuesday after officers arrived at their Waukegan home amid reports that someone was being held hostage in …
