Child Endangerment

MARGARITA MOMMA: Woman Allegedly Left Child In Car To Down Drinks At Bar

Posted 05.07.2012

A Texas woman's quick trip to Margaritaville could leave her wasting away in jail. Authorities say that Jessica Christian locked her 2-year-old son...

Teacher's Aide Arrested After Her Daughter Was Found Naked, Eating From Trash

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.23.2012

Tracy Lynn Betts, a 40-year-old teacher's aide from Temecula, Calif., was arrested last week after police say her 12-year-old daughter was found naked...

Arrest Made In Shock Collar Abuse On Little Girls

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.27.2012

A Florida man is behind bars after cops say he brutally tortured two young girls by using a dog shock collar to punish them. Michael Lee Mitchell, ...

Middle School Principal Accused Of Recording Boys Showering

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.28.2011

Patrick Lott, Bernardsville Middle School assistant principal, has been arrested for allegedly recording boys showering at Immaculata High School in S...

Cops: Mom Forced Daughter To Strip For Web Cam

Posted 11.14.2011

A 41-year-old Massachusetts mother is facing child endangerment charges after she allegedly forced her daughter to pose nude in front of a web camera....

School Bus Driver Accused Of DUI, Child Endangerment

AP | Posted 01.10.2012

PHILADELPHIA -- A New Jersey bus driver has been charged with drunken driving after a middle school student texted home with "Mommy I think our bus dr...

Animal-Hoarding Berwyn Mom Indicted On 11 Felony Charges

Posted 12.07.2011

The mother of 14-year-old Matthew Degner, a mentally disabled boy who died in his Berwyn home amid more than 200 animals, was indicted on 11 felony co...

Family Of Berwyn Teen Found Dead In Animal Hoarder's Home Speaks Out

Posted 11.21.2011

The family of a Berwyn, Illinois teenager who was found dead in a squalid home filled with over 200 animals defended their animal hoarding in an inter...

Mom Left Kids At Barnes & Noble To Go Run Errands, Faces Prison Time

Posted 11.15.2011

Charlene Sutherland might want to pick up a parenting book the next time she stops by Barnes & Noble. The Alabama mother faces up to six years in p...

WATCH: Husband Orchestrated Wife's Killing, Claimed It Was A Bias Attack, Cops Say

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 10.19.2011

BOONTON, N.J. — A Pakistani-American man whose wife was gunned down while they and their son walked along a quiet suburban street plotted the ki...

Home Alone: Is Your Child Ready?

Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. | Posted 09.13.2011

Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D.

You hear stories in the news, a child home alone died in a fire -- or -- two children, ages, 6 and 8 were placed in protective custody after a neighbo...

11 Year-Old Drives Through Desert At Request Of Mom's Boyfriend

AP | Posted 08.29.2011

ADELANTO, Calif. -- An 11-year-old boy's highway drive landed his mother's boyfriend in jail, with investigators saying Wednesday that the man coaxed ...

After Apparent Overdoses, A Death And Endangerment Charges

Palos, IL Patch | Dan Lambert | Email the Author | March 31, 2011 | Posted 06.01.2011

A pregnant woman has been charged with three counts of child endangerment in Palos Hills. Jacqueline Stoffey, 25, was one of four adults found unco...

Drunk Mom Arrested While Celebrating DCFS Win

Posted 05.25.2011

A North Riverside woman celebrating the fact that the Department of Children and Family Services dropped its case against her was arrested Saturday--a...

Daniel Van Plew Charged With Harassment After Tackling Teen Playing "Ding Dong Ditch"

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BETHLEHEM, N.Y. — A homeowner in his underwear chased down and tackled one of four teens who rang his doorbell and fled in a late-night prank ca...

New Jersey Man Arrested After Bragging on YouTube About Being a Pedophile

Joe Territo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Territo

A 21-year-old man from Middletown, N.J., was arrested Thursday after -- police said -- he bragged on YouTube.com about having sexual encounters with t...

Police: DUI Mother Went To A Bar After Son's Funeral

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

ERIE, Pa. — A woman charged in the drunken-driving death of her son went to a bar after his funeral instead of reporting back to jail, state pol...