child abuse
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Miss. Man Accused of Intentionally Locking Disabled Child in Hot Car
A Mississippi man was arrested and is facing felony child abuse charges after being accused of intentionally locking a disabled child in a hot car as a way to punish the child’s mother. According to the Clarion-Ledger, 31-year-old Brandon Windham was taken into custody Thursday after witnesses saw him roll up the windows of the…
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Kan. Bail Bondsman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing 7-Year-Old Son Whose Remains Were Found in Pigsty
A former Kansas bail bondsman was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of his 7-year-old son, who, law enforcement say, was subject to abuse and starvation before his remains were fed to pigs on the family’s rental property. According to the Associated Press, 46-year-old Michael Jones won’t be eligible for parole for…
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Judge Denies Lawyer’s Request to #FreeBresha Meadows Until Trial
Updated Mon, May 8, 1:52 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows, 15, has been offered a plea deal and could be released from jail in less than a year. Read the details here. Updated Sunday, May 7, 7:09 p.m. EDT: Although attorneys for Bresha Meadows, 15, argued that the teen is not a flight risk, Trumbull County…
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Calif. Father Gets 10 Days in Jail for Leaving His Baby in the Car While He Got Lap Dances at a Strip Club
This is one of those stories that make you roll your eyes, look at the person involved and, in your best Bill Duke voice, tell him he effed up and needs his ass whooped. A Southern California man who left his 9-month-old daughter in a parked car while he went inside a strip club to…
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NYC Principal Arrested After Allegedly Beating 7-Year-Old Student
Machael Spencer-Edwards, a principal at Public School 202 in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s East New York neighborhood, was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly beating a 7-year-old student. According to the New York Daily News, Spencer-Edwards was arrested on charges of assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child because of an incident March 13, when…
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Texas Mother Facing Child-Endangerment Charges After Recording Abuse of Toddler, Sending Images and Videos to Ex-Boyfriend
A Humble, Texas, mother is prohibited from seeing her 1-year-old son after apparently taking photographs of herself putting a plastic bag over the toddler’s head and putting the bag in the child’s mouth, along with other documented abuse. Janelle Andrea Peterkin, 23, is facing charges of child endangerment after she was seen on video and…
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Va. Woman Charged With Beating 3-Year-Old Goddaughter to Death Pleads No Contest
A Richmond, Va., woman faces five to 40 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old goddaughter, Latrice Walden. Danielle L. Turner, 25, is scheduled to be sentenced June 23. According to WTVR, Turner was initially charged with felony child neglect, but those charges were later upgraded…
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Pa. Mother Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Her Daughter for Reciting Bible Verses Incorrectly
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting her daughter and kicking the girl out of the house because the child could not recite Bible verses correctly. According to Penn Live, Rhonda Kemp Shoffner, 41, of Middletown, is facing charges of child endangerment, strangulation aggravated assault against a child and terrorist threats related to the…
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Probe Continues After Day Care Worker Is Seen on Video Pushing 4-Year-Old Girl Down Stairs
A family in Pennsylvania are trying to pick up the pieces after a day care worker was caught on video apparently pushing their 4-year-old child down a set of stairs. The incident, which took place March 3, was captured on a newly installed surveillance camera at the day care center. The employee, 52-year-old Sarah Gable,…