Does 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 […]
read full articleNJ Woman Gets Prison for Negligent Death of Child
News reports recently circulated online about the depressing death of a two-year-old child. The child sadly died while sitting in a car seat for several hours as her mother was under the influence of drugs. The mother was criminally charged with manslaughter and later sentenced to 15 years in NJ State Prison This case stemmed […]
read full articlePlainfield Preschool Administrator Allegedly Threatened Kids with Knife
NJ.com recently published a sad article concerning a Plainfield preschool administrator who allegedly brandished a knife and threatened to hurt students for misbehaving. Fortunately, no students were injured in the alleged incident. However, that did not stop law enforcement from intervening. Moreover, it did not keep the Union County Prosecutor’s Office from bringing criminal charges […]
read full articleThe Child Welfare System in New Jersey: What Happens When DCPP Intervenes?
A recent article discusses 12 instances where children tragically died after the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) began monitoring their families. In the reported cases, the deaths of the children were caused by the parents despite the Division investigating and, later, intervening. The national nonprofit Children’s Rights had previously sued the Division, claiming […]
read full articleNJ High School Volleyball Coach Charged with Criminal Sexual Contact and Child Endangerment
A high school volleyball coach from New Jersey was recently arrested and charged due to allegations that he inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl. According to law enforcement, this case arose in Middlesex County after the man, who is also the coach at a volleyball club in Rahway, took one of the members of his club […]
read full articleNew Jersey Man Convicted of Murder and Child Endangerment
A New Jersey man was recently convicted of murder and child endangerment after a jury found that he repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend in front of her young daughter. According to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, the 41-year-old man killed his girlfriend by stabbing her dozens of times, all while her five-year-old daughter watched. Apparently, the […]
read full articleNJ Father Charged with Manslaughter Following Death of Four-Month-Old Son
A New Jersey father was recently charged with first degree aggravated manslaughter, second degree aggravated assault and second degree endangering the welfare of a child following the death of his four-month-old son. According to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, police responded to the report of an unresponsive child and found a four-month-old boy with no […]
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