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Abusive parents take kids during supervised visit and go on six-month run; Family found in hospital as mom gives birth: Police

 Abusive parents take kids during supervised visit and go on six-month run; Family found in hospital as mom gives birth: Police
Child Abuse

The six-month search for two Tulsa, Oklahoma, children has reportedly ended with the children’s safe return and their parents’ arrest. Christopher Smith and Shaquelle Cantrell are accused of taking off with their children during a supervised visit in February. According to KOKI, Department of Human Services (DHS) removed the couple’s 5-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter from …

Police: Woman leaves two kids in hot car while she gets drunk in bar
child endangerment
August 22, 2017

Police: Woman leaves two kids in hot car while she gets drunk in bar

A Kissimmee, Florida, mom was caught reportedly drinking at a bar on Sunday while her two children waited in her car with no air conditioning. Click Orlando reports that on Sunday night at around 10:14 p.m., Larissa Rivera, 28, was inside the Butikin Orlando bar off of International Drive, drinking alcohol while her two children, …

Federal judge refuses to delay trial because witness wants to see eclipse; quotes Star Trek while denying request
Court
August 21, 2017

Federal judge refuses to delay trial because witness wants to see eclipse; quotes Star Trek while denying request

A federal judge in Tampa, Florida, denied prosecutors’ request to delay a trial due to Monday’s total eclipse. The Washington Post reported that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agent wanted to postpone court proceedings because he had prepaid for an eclipse trip. However, Judge Steven Merryday ruled that the trial, surrounding a felon …

Man facing ‘assisting self-murder’ charges after he survives suicide pact while girlfriend dies
Suicide
August 17, 2017

Man facing ‘assisting self-murder’ charges after he survives suicide pact while girlfriend dies

Police arrested a Florida man on Tuesday who survived a reported suicide pact while his girlfriend died. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Bruce Haughton, 52, and his 52-year-old girlfriend, Katherine Goddard, attempted suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning during two separate incidents in late June. They were both unsuccessful during the first try, but on the …

‘A danger to minors’: Florida man allegedly adopts 12-year-old Filipino girl for sex
Sex Crimes
August 4, 2017

‘A danger to minors’: Florida man allegedly adopts 12-year-old Filipino girl for sex

Florida police have arrested a businessman and accused him of participating in an illegal adoption of a 12-year-old girl from the Philippines in order to have a sexual relationship with her, according to WFTV. Andy William Bosch, 42, allegedly began the illicit relationship with the girl after his then-wife Melody illegally adopted her. Investigators describe the …

‘She battled hard’: Mom dies after giving birth, three children orphaned as dad was MURDERED days prior
Murder
July 28, 2017

‘She battled hard’: Mom dies after giving birth, three children orphaned as dad was MURDERED days prior

A Palm Beach, Florida, woman suddenly died from complications of giving birth to twins. The young mother’s tragic death comes weeks after the children’s father was fatally shot, as reported by WPTV. Stephanie Caceres’ 2-year-old daughter, as well as the two newborns, are left without a mother or father. A GoFundMe revealed that Cacares gave birth to twins …