Iowa Mother Gets Probation for Child Endangerment Charges
A mother in Iowa was sentenced to probation on child endangerment charges after leaving her four children home alone while she took a trip to Germany last year. The mother is Erin Lee Macke, a 31 year-old resident of Iowa. A court recently sentenced her to two years of probation on four counts of child […]
read full articleArmy Couple to Be Resentenced in Child Endangerment Case
Authorities recently reported a sad and shocking story concerning an Army major and his wife who have been accused of abusing their three young foster children through beatings, denial of food and water, and forcing them to eat hot pepper flakes as punishment. The married couple who served as foster parents are John and Carolyn […]
read full articleDoes Using Drugs While Pregnant Constitute “Child Abuse” in NJ?
Pennsylvania’s High Court is being asked to decide whether a woman using illegal drugs while pregnant qualifies as child abuse. In that case, a woman reportedly tested positive for suboxone and marijuana at the time she gave birth. Further, court records indicate that the child spent 19 days in the hospital being treated for drug […]
read full articleFort Lee Woman Charged with Child Endangerment for Allegedly Leaving Toddler in Car
A Fort Lee woman who allegedly left her sleeping toddler alone in a car faces criminal charges after a tow-truck company towed the illegally parked vehicle with the baby inside. Yuqing Jiang, a 46-year-old resident of Fort Lee, told police that she parked in the Fort Lee Town Center l and ran into a nearby […]
read full articleMan Allegedly Threatened Warren County Courthouse and DCPP
A man was recently arrested after reportedly threatening to shoot a judge at the Warren County Courthouse in Belvidere, New Jersey. Nelson Martinez called the courthouse just after 10 a.m. and said that he was going to shoot a judge in 44 minutes, according to Warren County Sheriff James J. McDonald. Consequently, the courthouse and […]
read full articleCalifornia Family Being Investigated for Child Neglect Dies in Car Accident
A family of eight was tragically killed after their SUV plunged off a California highway. Three days before the accident, the family was being investigated by Child Protective Services; the agency had received a phone call from a next-door neighbor indicating that one of the children was not being fed by the parents and had […]
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