Indiana Man and Woman Charged After Toddler Fires Handgun
The Merrillville Police in Northwest Indiana took a man into custody after a woman was accidentally shot by her 3-year-old daughter. The police indicated that the woman was in her car in a parking lot and the woman’s boyfriend left his 9mm handgun with extended magazine on the center console while he went inside the […]
read full articleNJ Residents Arrested in South Carolina for Allegedly Kidnapping Baby
Federal authorities arrested two people at a hotel in Columbia, South Carolina after they were found to have taken an infant from New Jersey to South Carolina, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. A tip sent from authorities in New York and New Jersey led officers to believe that the infant’s mother, Jessica Johnson, and […]
read full articlePennsylvania Woman Reported for Child Abuse by Kid’s Dentist
A Pennsylvania mother was recently reported for possible child abuse after a dentist claimed that she failed to take her child for regular dental treatment. On March 19, 2018, the mother, Trey Hoyumpa, posted a letter she received from Smiles 4 Keeps, a pediatric dental office in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania. In the letter, the office informs […]
read full articleIowa 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 […]
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 […]
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