A Florida woman was arrested after five small children who were in her care were found crossing a busy highway alone. The kids, aged one to five, were all wearing heavily soiled diapers and unable to say who their parents were.
A Maryland woman found pushing her dead three-year-old son on a park swing has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of child abuse, neglect of a minor, and manslaughter. The district attorney’s office said the woman, 24-year-old Romechia Simms, has been arrested and will be arraigned Monday morning.
A Florida man is in custody and being charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving his three children in the car while he went to a bar to drink. Before being arrested, though, he was on the receiving end of some vigilante justice, courtesy of his fellow bar patrons.
Fifteen days ago, we heard about South Carolina mom Debra Harrell, who was arrested when her 9-year-old daughter was found playing in a park alone. On Wednesday morning, the Today show aired the story of Florida resident Nicole Gainey, who was arrested when her 7-year-old son was spotted walking to a park by himself.
A Florida mom was arrested on Tuesday after she reportedly refused to allow her newborn baby to be admitted to a hospital or to be treated with non-vegan medicine.
Candace Amber Cole of South Carolina was charged with child neglect after her 5-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son walked about a mile to a gas station to buy toilet paper. A store employee flagged down a police officer, who found Cole asleep when they returned to the house. She's being held in jail and the kids are…
The Boulder County DA says he'll investigate Richard Heene's allegation that Larimer County Sheriff John Alderden conducted his balloon hoax investigation inappropriately. It's illegal for Colorado officials to make information about cases of child neglect public. [N.Y. Daily News]
