Update: Pennsylvania dad left kids home alone, one in a cage, to visit girlfriend
Child Abuse
Neighbors react as more details emerge about the man who left his children home alone, including a 1-day-old infant.
Drug Crime
April 22, 2017
Police: Dad held baby girl while selling heroin
A Scranton, Pennsylvania, man is facing several charges for allegedly selling heroin to an informant while holding his infant daughter. Authorities confiscated hundreds of bags of heroin from Eric M. Ward, 33, and Katherine Huanira, 27, on Thursday, according to The Scranton Times-Tribune. The investigation was carried out by the state police vice unit, borough police, and Lackawanna …
Child Abuse
March 7, 2017
Shocking Video: Daycare worker caught pushing child down stairs
An Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, day care worker is facing charges after a surveillance camera caught her pushing a young girl down a flight of stairs. CBS reports that the surveillance camera was installed just in time to capture 52-year-old Sarah Gable push the child, as she stood behind her at the Child Care of the Future daycare …
Elderly Abuse
March 5, 2017
Elderly woman tells intruder she has HIV, avoids rape attack
An 88-year-old Pennsylvania woman used her quick wits to avoid being sexually assaulted by a home intruder, by telling him she was HIV positive. The Mirror reports that Helen Reynolds, who doesn’t really have HIV, was attacked on February 17 by a man who knocked on her Parkesburg apartment door, posing as an apartment employee. When she …