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Broom Beatings Among Horrific Abuse By Atlantic City Mayor, Wife Against Teen Daughter: Police
The mayor of Atlantic City and his wife, the superintendent of the city's public school district, have been accused of physically and emotionally abusing their teen daughter, including an incident that left her unconscious, authorities said.
Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, and Dr. La'Quetta Small, 47, were slapped with several charges via summonses on Monday, Apr. 15, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The couple was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Mayor Small was also charged with third-degree terroristic threats, third-degre…
PA Mom Arrested In NJ After Leaving Child Alone Without Heat, Water, Gas: Police (Update)
A Pennsylvania mom who secretly moved to New Jersey and left her child behind has been arrested, police told Daily Voice on Monday, Jan. 29.
Tiffani Chanel Bogroff, 45, who was last known to live at 900 block of North President Avenue in Lancaster, PA, reportedly moved to NJ over a month ago and left her child in the home alone in poor conditions, Manheim Township police explained in a release on Friday, Jan. 26.
She was taken into police custody in New Jersey over the weekend, Sergeant Barry Waltz with the MTPD told us. Records show Bogroff is being held at the Salem County Jai…
Women Found Guilty Of Locking Boy In Bedless Room 'Day And Night': Prosecutor
Two women who left a boy in "abhorrent" living conditions — locked in his bedless room 24 hours a day— were found guilty in a jury trial, authorities said.
Donna Jung, 57, of Lehigh Acres, Florida and Helecia Morris, 41, of Brick Township, were found guilty of child endangerment on Thursday, May 25, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
The convictions are in connection with incidents that occurred between April 1, 2015 and Jan. 9, 2016 in Brick Township, he said.
The jury concluded that Jung and Morris abused and neglected a minor in their care, he said.
On…
NJ Daycare Teacher Charged With Assaulting 2-Year-Old Child: Prosecutor
A daycare teacher who allegedly abused a two-year-old child has been arrested and charged, authorities said.
On Monday, Aug. 1, Nusrat J. Ameen, 56, of Edison, was arrested after detectives determined she had physically assaulted a two-year-old child who was under her care, they said.
She has been employed as a teacher at the “I Can Kids” Childcare, located at 806 Route 1 North, Edison, for 12 years, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan
The incident was reported to authorities on Friday, July 29.
The c…
Death Penalty Will Be Sought For Mom, Partner In Deadly Child Abuse Case: Report
Authorities in Pennsylvania will likely be seeking the death penalty for two women accused of intentionally abusing and starving two young girls, whose remains were found in shallow graves last year, PennLive reports.
Lycoming County District Attorney Ryan C. Gardner said on Friday that he'll be seeking the extreme punishment for Marie Sue Snyder, 32, and her partner, Echo Lane Butler, 26 -- the latter of whom apparently did the burying -- if they are convicted.
Echo Butler's mom, Michele L. Butler, 49, was arrested on a third-degree murder charge and related offenses, but will b…
Jashyah Moore's NJ Mom Arrested For Abuse, Kids Removed By DCF: Prosecutor
The mom of New Jersey teen Jashyah Moore who was found after several weeks missing has been charged with abuse and neglect, authorities said.
Jamie Moore, 39, of East Orange, had previously been pleading with the public to help find her daughter, Jashyah, 14, who went missing Oct. 14.
The teen girl was found in New York City on Thursday. On Friday, her mom was charged with two counts of second degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
The endangering charges include allegations of physical abuse and also neglect, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and East O…
Child Protection Agency Notified After Sparta Man Stomps On Teenage Girl's Ankle, Report Says
The New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency and Sussex County Prosecutor's Office were notified after a Sparta man threw a 14-year-old girl in his care to the ground and stomped on her ankle, causing swelling and bruising, a recent report says.
Logan Kylish, 36, was arrested Saturday, two days after the incident, and charged via a complaint warrant with child endangerment, abandonment, cruelty/child neglect and served a disorderly persons offense, the NJHerald reports.
Someone picking the teen up for school Friday morning noticed she wasn't able to bear weight on her ank…
