Police have arrested the mother of a Wisconsin teenager who was found dead in a pond and accused her of going on a huffing binge, WTMJ-TV reports. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Pauline Sanders, 39, with five felony counts of bail jumping and a misdemeanor count of intentionally abusing a hazardous substance. According to authorities, Sanders’ …
A Hooks, Texas, couple allegedly locked a 7-year-old boy out of the family home last month and told him to never return. Now they face child endangerment charges. Texarkana Gazette reports that Ronald “Keith” Wright, 56, and Rendy Jo Wright, 39, allegedly kicked a 7-year-old boy out of their Hooks home, off of 400 block of County Road …
Police arrested an Ohio couple after officers allegedly found the man’s 4-year-old twin boys bound, gagged, and duct taped to a wall in their College Hill home, as reported by WLWT. According to KGMH, James Howell, 26, and girlfriend Jamie Carver, 30, are charged with two counts of kidnapping and child endangering. Cincinnati police Detective Janette …
A Utah mother who starved her son and locked him in a feces-filled bathroom will serve decades behind bars, the Spectrum reports. A judge ruled Monday that Brandy Jaynes must serve up to 45 years in prison for keeping her son isolated in a bathroom for 7 to 8 years, causing him to become so …
Police have arrested a Mobile, Alabama, woman after she allegedly left her 5-year-old son behind in a store when she was accused of shoplifting. WKRG has reported that Debrina Ayranita Scott, 24, was taken into police custody Wednesday and charged with theft of property and endangering the welfare of a child. After being accused of shoplifting, Scott allegedly …
Surveillance footage in Ohio caught a disturbing scene in what looks like a mother shooting up heroin in an alley while her young son watches. FOX reports that police said Lauren Story, 29, of Green Township, was the woman seen in the video injecting the drug into her arm with a needle with the help of …
A Georgia woman is behind bars after she reportedly left her young daughter alone at home in a decrepit apartment, devoid of food, on Saturday. NBC 11Alive reports that James Fisher, neighbor of an 11-year-old girl and her mother at a Marietta apartment off of Bells Ferry Road, received a knock on his door at around 7 …
An Oregon woman was arrested on Wednesday after she towed three small children in a plastic wagon while driving her vehicle down a roundabout filled with heavy traffic. The Oregonian reports that Alana Nicole Donahue, 27, is accused of putting her two children, ages three and five, and her 8-year-old nephew in a tiny, red plastic …
Police have applauded a 10-year-old after he called 911 after both his mother and grandmother managed to overdose on heroin at the same time, according to WPXI. Kristin Garrett, 32, and Janet Garrett, 72, allegedly overdosed while watching the boy and his 4-year-old sister on June 22. After finding the unresponsive women on the living room floor, …
A toddler is in the hospital after sitting in a hot car for at least two hours in Kennesaw, Georgia, on Wednesday, police said. CBS 46 reports that Dao Truc Le, 22, of Smyrna, is accused of leaving her 1-year-old toddler inside a hot car while she was working at Town Center Mall. The mall’s security …
A 7-week-old baby died on Sunday after being left in a van in Mary Esther, Florida, marking the 18th time this year a child has died in a hot vehicle in 2017 alone. NWF Daily News reports that the baby was left in the van for around eight hours. At around 9:30 p.m., a family dialed 911 …
A 5-year-old boy in Jackson, Mississippi, is dead after accidentally shooting himself in his family home on Saturday, police confirm. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Jackson Police Department Cmdr. Tyree Jones said that shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning at 3720 Cromwell St. When police arrived, they determined that the boy accidentally shot himself in the …
