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Mom lies about alleged kidnapper trying to snatch 5-year-old in Old Navy store, leading to innocent man’s arrest: Officials

 Mom lies about alleged kidnapper trying to snatch 5-year-old in Old Navy store, leading to innocent man’s arrest: Officials
Fraud

A West Virginia woman has been criminally charged days after allegedly admitting that she manufactured the story about her 5-year-old daughter’s attempted abduction at a mall—a fabrication which resulted in the arrest of a male shopper. According to WSAZ, Santana Adams, 24, has been charged with falsely reporting an emergency incident in connection with Monday’s incident …

Tot escape! FOUR 1-year-old tots escape from daycare, found wandering without supervision close to highway: Report
child endangerment
April 6, 2019

Tot escape! FOUR 1-year-old tots escape from daycare, found wandering without supervision close to highway: Report

Four toddlers were found wandering alone near a highway in Louisiana last month, prompting the Louisiana Department of Education to revoke the center’s license. FOX 44 reports that four 1-year-old toddlers managed to toddle their way out of the Color Wheel Learning Center playground on March 22. The band of toddlers were found close LA Highway 44 …

WARNING: Popular Fisher Price child sleeper linked to 10 infant deaths
Consumer
April 6, 2019

WARNING: Popular Fisher Price child sleeper linked to 10 infant deaths

A safety warning has been issued for a popular child sleeper after at least 10 infant deaths in the device, CBS News reports. On Friday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price warned the public about Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Plays because of reports that infants can roll over in the device. The federal agency said …

Teen girl found safe, thousands of miles from home with 47-year-old ‘family friend’
Juveniles
April 6, 2019

Teen girl found safe, thousands of miles from home with 47-year-old ‘family friend’

A 15-year-old Louisiana girl reportedly “madly in love” with a man three times her age was found safe in Colorado on Friday. ABC News news reports that Domeena Spell was found in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in the company of 47-year-old Corey Shane Disotell. According to Port Barre Police Chief Deon Bordeaux, the teen was unharmed. Authorities …

Band director records 39-minute video of himself molesting juvenile student, cops say
Child Abuse
April 5, 2019

Band director records 39-minute video of himself molesting juvenile student, cops say

Authorities in Florida say a 47-year-old band director at a school in Orange County was arrested on suspicion of having sex with a juvenile boy in an act they say was caught on video. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Christopher Michael Blackmer was arrested in connection with a video reportedly recorded in 2014 showing him …

‘I don’t like Mondays’: Teen killer who opened fired at elementary school to ‘liven things up’ feels responsible for mass school shootings that followed
School Crimes
April 5, 2019

‘I don’t like Mondays’: Teen killer who opened fired at elementary school to ‘liven things up’ feels responsible for mass school shootings that followed

A killer who opened fire at a California elementary school in 1979 thinks she may be to blame for the succession of school shootings in the U.S. that followed. Brenda Ann Spencer, now 56, has spent the last 40 years in prison at the California Institution for Women. Authorities arrested Spencer when she was 16, after …

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Family Crime
April 5, 2019

‘Dad’ brutally beats 5-year-old daughter to death, leaves bruises all over her body in shape of shoe tread marks, because she didn’t want to do her homework: Police

A father of a 5-year-old girl has reportedly admitted to fatally beating her because she wasn’t doing her homework. KOAT obtained a criminal complaint showing that Brandon Reynolds admitted to police that he beat his daughter in a rage after he “blacked out” while spanking the girl, who was found unresponsive in his Albuquerque home …