Cops: Boy, 8, Saves Dad After Heroin Overdose
An 8-year-old Florida boy is credited with saving his father's life after using Narcan to revive him from a drug overdose, authorities say. According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, the boy...
View ArticleCouple Charged After Girl, 11, Gives Birth at Home
An Oklahoma couple faces life in prison after their 11-year-old daughter gave birth at home—and DNA evidence allegedly pointed to the girl's stepfather as the baby's father, NBC News reports. Dustin...
View ArticleToddler Dies in Hot Car in Case That 'Shocks the Conscience'
A Florida man has been charged after allegedly leaving his 18-month-old son in a hot truck for hours, resulting in the toddler's death, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say...
View ArticleTheir Son Was Hit by a Car. Now They're the Ones in Jail
A North Carolina boy died after being hit by an elderly driver last month, but it's his parents who are now behind bars. Authorities say the 7-year-old was hit by a Jeep Cherokee on May 27 in Gastonia,...
View ArticleParents Charged After Their 7-Year-Old Dies Crossing Road
A North Carolina family's tragedy has taken a startling turn after the parents of a 7-year-old boy who was fatally struck by an SUV were arrested and charged for leaving him unsupervised. Police say...
View ArticleCop Arrested After Girl Forced to Hold Sign in Freezing Temps
An Indiana police officer and his wife face charges of child abuse and neglect after, authorities say, their 6-year-old daughter was forced to stand outside in freezing temperatures holding a...
View ArticleChildren's Author, Husband Beat Kids With 'Whacker'
A Florida children's book author and her husband, a Lockheed Martin engineer, have pleaded guilty in a child abuse and neglect case involving their three adopted kids. USA Today reports that last week,...
View ArticleCops: Dad Dumped Girl, 10, on Dark Road, Sped Away
A Florida man threw a 10-year-old girl out of his silver Toyota Tundra pickup truck shortly after midnight on Tuesday, hurling her toys after her, according to witnesses in an affidavit seen by USA...
View ArticleParents Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies in Hot Car
An Arkansas couple has been charged with capital murder after one of their young children left inside a hot vehicle died from apparent heat exhaustion, authorities said. Prosecutors in Little Rock...
View ArticleParents Charged After Daughter's Fatal Asthma Attack
The parents of a Minnesota girl who died after an asthma attack earlier this year have been charged with second-degree manslaughter, accused of not taking her to the hospital as she suffered the...
View Article2 Siblings of Girl Who Died of Starvation to Get $5M Each
Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday....
View ArticleCops: Woman Leaves Two Girls Alone at Ocean Beach
A Florida attorney is facing felony charges after police say she left two young children unattended at a beach on the Gulf of Mexico, reports the Tampa Bay Times . The younger of the girls, age 3, was...
View ArticleCops: Mom Left 16-Month-Old Alone for 10 Days
Ohio authorities say a Cleveland mother went on vacation for 10 days and left her 16-month-old daughter home alone that entire time—and that the mother arrived home to find the toddler dead. Kristel...
View ArticleCops: Texas Mom Left Kids Alone for Weeks
The charges are disturbing enough that the case would likely have made headlines anyway. But the grinning face of the suspect upon her arrest—a mother charged with leaving her two kids to fend for...
View ArticleRemains Identified as Missing 4-Year-Old
Authorities in Oklahoma have confirmed that a body found last week is that of missing 4-year-old girl Athena Brownfield. She was reported missing on Jan. 10, when a postal worker found her 5-year-old...
View ArticleVegan Mother Sentenced to Life Over Toddler's Death
A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son was sentenced Monday to life in prison. Sheila O'Leary, 38, whose family followed a strict vegan diet, was convicted in June...
View ArticleArizona Couple Allegedly Left Boy, 11, Home Alone for Weeks
An Arizona child was left home alone for at least two weeks, says authorities, and now his parents have been charged with child neglect. NBC News reports the 11-year-old's mother left the state prior...
View ArticleMom of Abandoned Boys Says She Visited 'Every 2 Weeks'
A Texas mother charged after the body of her 8-year-old son was found in an apartment along with three abandoned siblings now says she checked on her boys "every two weeks" and that she hadn't realized...
View ArticleCops: Boy Shot in 'Drive-By,' With Dad Behind the Wheel
Police say a Florida man agreed to take his son out for a "drive-by" shooting using a paintball marker, which ended with the 10-year-old boy being shot with a real gun. Michael Williams, 26, drove his...
View ArticleGuy Charged With Felony for Being a 'Cool Father'
A Florida man is facing felony charges after police said he let a 12-year-old girl drive his SUV and told her to speed because he wanted to be a "cool father"—even though he is not her dad, the AP...
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