child endangerment
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Nicki Minaj’s Brother Jelani Maraj Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting 11-Year-Old Girl
Nicki Minaj’s brother’s legal case has reached a conclusion. Trigger Warning: Please be advised, the following article contains details involving the sexual assault of a minor. According to AP News, Jelani Maraj was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on predatory sexual assault and child endangerment charges. Maraj was convicted in November 2017.…
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Pooch Hall Facing 6 Years in Prison After DUI Involving 2-Year-Old Son
Although may be best known as a player on the Showtime series, Ray Donovan, most of us got to know and love Marion “Pooch” Hall from BET’s The Game. But what the 44-year-old actor is facing is anything but. TMZ reports that Hall has just been criminally charged with one count of child endangerment and…
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Pennsylvania Man Found Guilty of Killing Fiancee’s 8-Year-Old Son for Not Cleaning Room
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday afternoon after being found guilty of killing his fiancee’s 8-year-old son, just because the child did not clean his room. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 39-year-old Orlando Williams showed no reaction as he was taken from the courtroom after his…
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Texas Man Arrested After Police Find 5 Malnourished Children Living in Squalid Home Among Rotten Food, Bugs, Feces
Police arrested a 33-year-old Dallas man after authorities say they found five malnourished children living in filthy and neglected conditions in an apartment in the northeast section of the city. According to the Dallas Morning News, officers were called to the apartment last week after someone reported hearing a baby crying for a long time.…
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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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5 Malnourished Kids Found Living in Car at Fla. Wal-Mart
Donell Barron, 34, and Rikki Hart, 34, were arrested Sunday after authorities say a deputy found five malnourished children living in a car at a Wal-Mart in Greenacres, Fla., the Palm Beach Post reports. It’s unclear what the relationship is between Barron, Hart and the five kids, ages 4, 5, 6, 8 and 14. The…
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Pa. Man Faces Multiple Charges After 12 Girls Found in Home
A suburban Philadelphia man is facing multiple charges after being found living with 12 girls, one of whom was a “gift” from financially struggling parents, WBIR reports. Charges against 51-year-old Lee Kaplan include statutory sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault. According to the report, acting on a tip from a neighbor, authorities found Kaplan in…
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NYC Mom Indicted After Toddler Dies in Fire
A Brooklyn, N.Y., mother has been indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury after her 2-year-old daughter died in an apartment fire while she was out working, the New York Post reports. Leila Aquino, 20, will now face charges of criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child in the…
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Ohio Prosecutor Will Not File Charges Against Parents of Boy Who Fell Into Gorilla Habitat
Updated Monday, June 6, 1:15 p.m.: Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters has decided that there will be no charges filed against the parents of a boy who fell into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla habitat, according to ABC News. Earlier: Hamilton County, Ohio, Prosecuting Attorney Joe Deters is expected to announce his decision Monday on whether to…