All tagged neglect
According to People, Venissa Maldonado has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after her 1-hour-old baby was found in a gas station trash can on Thursday, March, 10. She was accused of fleeing the scene and faces an additional charge of felony child abuse, according to a Fullerton Police Department press release.
A Florida grandfather, David Towner, was charged with one count of child neglect after a Hertz rental car employee discovered a toddler in the returned car lot. The child was reported to be in good health when checked by paramedics.
Landon Parrot of Ohio was arrested and charged Friday with murder after he allegedly intentionally left his 1-year-old son in a hot car.
Ivy Lee of Lake Charles, Louisiana has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after she left her five-month-old daughter in the car for over five hours while she worked.
Police in Georgia have arrested and charged 31-year-old Shaquila Feaster after the drowning death of her six month old daughter on charges of second-degree murder.
After their daughter’s death on Tuesday, Jacob and Kimberly Grayson received charges of felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death and three misdemeanor counts of neglect.
Two parents in Green Bay, Wisconsin, have been charged with neglect after their 18-month-old son died from ingesting fentanyl in May.
A babysitter to a 23-month-old boy, Kyrie Starks, is being charged with felony murder after beating the child to brain death in Roseville, Michigan. The babysitter was initially charged with first-degree child abuse for her actions against Kyrie, but after being pronounced at the hospital on Wednesday it was suitably increased.
On June 21, 2022, at 2:22 p.m., the Oklahoma City Police Department responded to an unknown call saying there was a dead child at the home of Becky Ann Vreeland. The authorities found the body of three-year-old Riley Lynn Nolan in the home’s backyard trash receptacle.
A 10-year-old girl in Orlando, Florida has been arrested and is facing second-degree murder charges after fatally shooting a woman her mother was arguing with on Memorial Day.
As of this weekend, Sean Casey Pierce from Maryland has been charged with second degree murder of his two-month-old son, alongside counts of manslaughter and first degree child abuse.
Tonya Mae Dale was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime of involuntary manslaughter after she left her son alone to get help when their car got stuck. When she returned to where she dropped of her son, he had wandered off. His body was found on June 26, 2019.
WCHS - A Jackson County 5-year-old boy who was found locked in the trunk of a car is still hospitalized and on a ventilator, according to the sheriff. Both parents are charged with three counts of child neglect creating risk of injury and one count of child neglect resulting in injury.
After a 2-year-old boy consumed fentanyl, a dangerous narcotic, authorities charged a Kentucky mother with murder. Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Rob Sanders, criticized Baker for not keeping the drugs out of reach. He described the situation as "tragic and senseless."
Bryan Snow was charged with second-degree domestic abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after police rescued his disabled girlfriend and twin girls from severe neglect. Snow's girlfriend reportedly has Multiple Sclerosis and had been left in the bathtub completely naked and sitting in several inches of feces and urine. After saving Snow's girlfriend, police returned to the Missouri man's home and found two five-year-old girls. Police officers stated that the twins were extremely malnourished and were eating out of a cereal bag.
