Infant Found Dead in Jersey City, NJ
A two-week-old infant recently passed away after being found with injuries inside an apartment building in Jersey City, NJ. According to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, the matter is still being investigated; it is unclear whether foul play is suspected in the child’s death. When law enforcement found the infant, she was unresponsive and bleeding. […]
read full articleNonprofit Case Worker Accused of Sexual Assault of Child in Middlesex County, NJ
A Coordinated Family Care caseworker was recently accused of sexually assaulting a child he was assigned to oversee. The allegations in this matter state that 23-year-old Miguel Garrido, a caseworker for the nonprofit agency, sexually assaulted a child under the age of 16 at the victim’s home. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Highland […]
read full articleNew Families Started on National Adoption Day
National Adoption Day, which recently fell on November 17, 2017, resulted in the finalization of many adoptions across New Jersey. In Union County alone, the family court completed the adoptions of nine children at the Union County courthouse in Elizabeth, NJ. Some of the children adopted had been previously placed in resource homes by child […]
read full articleJersey City Parents Accused of Severely Beating Three-Month-Old Child
A Jersey City mother and father were recently charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child after hospital staff discovered multiple broken bones and extensive bruising on their child’s body. According to the criminal complaint, the parents were the child’s sole caretakers before bringing him to the hospital for a chest x-ray […]
read full articleFather Charged with Child Abuse Following Alleged Domestic Violence
A New Jersey father was recently arrested and charged with child abuse and neglect after an alleged domestic violence incident. According to West New York police, the man beat his wife in the presence of their children and struck the couple’s son and daughter. The complaint alleges in detail that the suspect dragged his wife […]
read full articleAltercation at DCP&P Office Leads to Criminal Charges for Warren County Man
A Warren County man was recently arrested and charged with terroristic threats after an alleged altercation at a Division of Child Protection and Permanency (“DCP&P”) office. According to the Flemington Police Department, officers responded to the Hunterdon Local DCP&P Office after receiving reports that a man had threatened to shoot Division employees. Reportedly, there was […]
read full articlePolice: Drugs and Gun Found in Children’s Room in Atlantic City, NJ
DCP&P Gets Involved After Atlantic City Police Allegedly Find Drugs, Loaded Gun in Room with Infant A New Jersey man was charged with child endangerment, weapons possession, and drug crimes after police executed a search warrant and reportedly found a loaded handgun and unpackaged heroin in the same room as an infant in a pack-and-play. […]
read full articleNJ Corrections Officer Charged with Criminal Child Abuse in Bergen County
A Bergen County, NJ woman was recently arrested and charged with criminal child abuse after a child reportedly showed up to school with bruised arms and legs. Although authorities did not provide the nature of the specific relationship between the woman and child, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced that the woman was arrested […]
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