On Monday, Los Angeles authorities announced that the parents of a young boy were arrested after they allegedly tried to sell the child for cash and drugs. KTLA reports that on Dec. 14, authorities arrested Vincent Calogerom 38, and Sarah Nilson, 32, after receiving a call at around 4 p.m. in regards to possible child …
Police arrested a Georgia woman on Wednesday after she allegedly left her child in a car to burglarize a home. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Theresa Jean Bice, 39, is accused of leaving her 4-year-old son in her car while she broke into a home in Forsyth County. According to Forsyth County sheriff’s spokesman Doug Rainwater, the …
A Levittown, Pennsylvania, couple who took three young, severely neglected children with them when they shoplifted and bought heroin was sentenced to three to seven years in prison. The district attorney’s office announced the sentences for William Medl and Kimberly Block on Friday. Investigators accused them of subjecting their kids to a “nomadic existence” in …
An Indiana couple was arrested Monday for allegedly giving their 10-month-old daughter marijuana to treat her broken leg. The Muncie Star Press reported that Tessa Rose Murray, 23, and Nerrell McCoy, 20 are accused of drugging their child before getting her medical attention. Police got involved on June 18, after the baby was brought into IU Health Ball …
An Oregon couple is facing charges after their 3-month-old son allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine. According to the Herald and News, Nickolaus Robert Hardtke Neace, 24, and Emily Rose McGinnis, 19, were charged after police followed up on a Department of Human Services (DHS) complaint regarding the baby’s wellbeing. A witness reportedly said they had seen Neace inject …
The Iowa mother who left her four young children home alone while she took an 11-day European vacation pleaded not guilty in court last week. Erin Macke, 30, was charged with four counts of child endangerment and one count of transferring a firearm to a person under 21. She pleaded not guilty in a written …
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 …
Authorities are searching for a Mississippi man who allegedly left his 5-year-old son in the woods overnight. Wayne County Sheriff Jody Ashley told WDAM Monday that Richard Dearman, 32, is accused of leaving his young son in the woods for 24 hours last Wednesday. “He told him he thought the law was behind him,” Ashley said. “They …
A Westlake, Ohio, babysitter who admitted to giving Xanax to an 18-month-old baby girl who later died was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison. Cleveland.com reports that Summer Susan Shalodi, 32, gave the drug to Nadia Gibbons on December 12, 2015, then went to the movies with a friend. She returned to find Gibbons unresponsive and …
A Detroit, Michigan, woman is reportedly facing jail time if she doesn’t get her son vaccinated. Rebecca Bredow told WXYZ that she has a week to get her son vaccinated or be thrown behind bars. The ruling comes after the child’s father petitioned an Oakland County court to get their son immunized. “I would rather sit …
A man and a woman in West Palm Beach, Florida, were arrested after a 1-year-old girl allegedly overdosed from drugs she took from their heroin stash. The Palm Beach Post reports that Charlie Hagan, 38, and Joseph Critelli, 49, were arrested last week in connection with the child’s near-fatal overdose, which occurred in July. Hagan and …
Pennsylvania police have arrested a New Castle man after accusing him of forcing an 8-year-old girl to get behind the wheel because he was too intoxicated to drive himself. WPXI reports that Kevin Michael Cook, 24, allegedly instructed the young child to start driving to East Palestine, Ohio. The girl reportedly told officers they that left from her …
