Broom Beatings Among Horrific Abuse By Atlantic City Mayor, Wife Against Teen Daughter: Police Broom Beatings Among Horrific Abuse By Atlantic City Mayor, Wife Against Teen Daughter: Police
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…
8-Year-Old Who Froze To Death Inside NY Garage Was Failed By Child Protective Services: Jury 8-Year-Old Who Froze To Death Inside NY Garage Was Failed By Child Protective Services: Jury
8-Year-Old Who Froze To Death Inside NY Garage Was Failed By Child Protective Services: Jury A scathing grand jury report found that Child Protective Services (CPS) workers in New York had ample opportunities to save an 8-year-old boy whose years of abuse at the hands of his ex-NYPD officer father culminated in him freezing to death inside a garage. The 71-page report, made public Thursday, April 4, found that Suffolk County CPS received at least 10 reports of abuse or neglect from Thomas Valva’s teachers in the two years leading up to his January 2020 death inside the garage of his Center Moriches home. Valva died of hypothermia after he and his 10-year-old brother Anthony w…
Drunk Driving Mom Stops To Vomit With 2 Children In Car: Stafford Sheriff Drunk Driving Mom Stops To Vomit With 2 Children In Car: Stafford Sheriff
Drunk Driving Mom Stops To Vomit With 2 Children In Car: Stafford Sheriff A Stafford mother has been charged with DUI and felony child neglect after she was busted driving drunk with children in the vehicle, police said. A report of a reckless driver brought Stafford County Sheriff's Deputy D.S. Jett to Ferry and White Oak roads just before 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24, Sheriff David Decatur said. The caller said the vehicle was operating in a reckless manner and the driver would occasionally stop to vomit.  Jett made contact with the driver, Alyson Brinza, and saw two children in the back seat, Decatur said. Brinza said she felt sick and knew sh…
4-Year-Old Left Home Alone As Drunken Dad Sleeps Under Tree In Virginia, Police Say 4-Year-Old Left Home Alone As Drunken Dad Sleeps Under Tree In Virginia, Police Say
4-Year-Old Left Home Alone As Drunken Dad Sleeps Under Tree In Virginia, Police Say A 34-year-old Virginia man has been arrested after police found him passed out drunk, his child left home alone, authorities said. Bryan Andrew Taylor was found intoxicated and sleeping under a tree by police who came to check up on his 4-year-old child left home alone, around 11:35 p.m. Monday, March 25, Prince William County police said. Officers were called to the scene by concerned neighbors. Taylor was found under a tree in an adjacent row of homes. The child was not injured. Taylor was charged with felony child neglect, obstruction of justice, and public intoxication. He wa…
Father Charged With Murder After Fatal Infant Overdose In Maryland, Police Say Father Charged With Murder After Fatal Infant Overdose In Maryland, Police Say
Father Charged With Murder After Fatal Infant Overdose In Maryland, Police Say A single father who took "Molly" while caring for and feeding his infant child in Prince George's County has been charged in connection to his daughters death. Joseph Barrett, 27, of Takoma Park, has been charged with the murder of 4-month-old Jaliyah Thompson following a weeks-long investigation into the child's unexpected passing, according to police. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called at approximately 6:20 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6 to an area motel in the 9400 block of Largo Drive West, where there was a report of an unresponsive infant. The baby was p…
Father Charged With Child Neglect After 3-Year-Old Found In Street Unsupervised In PWC: Police Father Charged With Child Neglect After 3-Year-Old Found In Street Unsupervised In PWC: Police
Father Charged With Child Neglect After 3-Year-Old Found In Street Unsupervised In PWC: Police A man who left his 3-year-old son alone to wander the streets in Prince William County is facing child neglect charges, police say. Terrell Anthony Edwards, 31, was arrested on Sunday and charged following an investigation into the incident, which resulted in nearby Good Samaritans securing the child and alerting the authorities.  The incident was reported shortly before 10:15 a.m. on Feb. 25, on Graham Park Road near Purvis Drive in Triangle, when the boy was seen walking in the roadway without supervision. They were able to secure the kid safely and called the Prince William County …
NJ Man Ran Ghost Gun Ring Out Of His Basement: Prosecutor NJ Man Ran Ghost Gun Ring Out Of His Basement: Prosecutor
NJ Man Ran Ghost Gun Ring Out Of His Basement: Prosecutor A 33-year-old Morris County man was arrested and charged with manufacturing and selling ghost guns from his Warren County basement on Thursday, Feb. 8, authorities said. Joseph Palumbo Jr., a Columbia resident carried out the illegal manufacture and sale of ghost guns between December 2023 and February 2024, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said. Palumbo Jr. sold the guns, the majority of which were assault firearms, in Morris and Warren Counties, authorities said. The sales involved one homemade handgun without a serial numb…
Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says
Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says A man who left a child alone in a home filled with drugs and weapons is facing charges following a search of his residence, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced. Andre Taijon Grice, 27, was arrested this week following a weeks-long investigation into drug dealing in the 100 block of Alton Court in Prince Frederick that was launched in January. While surveilling the area, officials say that Grice was caught conducting hand-to-hand drug deals leading to search and seizure warrants for his home, vehicle, and person.  On Wednesday, Feb. 7, members of the sheriff's office observed…
Ex-Con, DUI Corvette Driver Had Son, Ammo In Car During Hit-Run Crash In VA: Police Ex-Con, DUI Corvette Driver Had Son, Ammo In Car During Hit-Run Crash In VA: Police
Ex-Con, DUI Corvette Driver Had Son, Ammo In Car During Hit-Run Crash In VA: Police A 32-year-old Virginia ex-con was arrested for fleeing a crash while under the influence with his young son in the car, police said. William Patrick Brown of Manassas was heading north on Hoadly Road in a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette around 4 a.m. Jan. 31, when he lost control and hit a curb then guardrail, Prince William County police said. Brown went through an intersection then struck two traffic signs with the passenger side of the car, police said. Witnesses told officers that a man later identified as Brown and a passenger, his 10-year-old son, fled the scene prior to police arriving…
PA Mom Arrested In NJ After Leaving Child Alone Without Heat, Water, Gas: Police (UPDATE) PA Mom Arrested In NJ After Leaving Child Alone Without Heat, Water, Gas: Police (UPDATE)
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…
Cocaine Found In Pile Of Kids' Clothing, Within Reach Of Children During Stafford Stop: Sheriff Cocaine Found In Pile Of Kids' Clothing, Within Reach Of Children During Stafford Stop: Sheriff
Cocaine Found In Pile Of Kids' Clothing, Within Reach Of Children During Stafford Stop: Sheriff A group of young children were "within arm's length" of cocaine stashed in a car that was uncovered during an otherwise routine traffic stop in Stafford County, officials say. Makayla Coffman, 26, is facing multiple felony charges after a traffic stop outside Walmart in Fredericksburg led to the recovery of controlled substances that were in the reach of a group of kids in her car. According to a spokesperson from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, Coffman was stopped at Walmart on Village Parkway, where deputies determined that she was driving…
Dad Locks Infant, Toddlers In Car Outside Virginia Walmart: Police Dad Locks Infant, Toddlers In Car Outside Virginia Walmart: Police
Dad Locks Infant, Toddlers In Car Outside Virginia Walmart: Police Firefighters broke into a vehicle to retrieve unattended children, including an infant, locked inside by their father outside of a Walmart store this week, authorities in Virginia said. Mirwais Fazli, 29, has been charged with three counts of child neglect following the incident at the Worth Avenue Walmart store in Woodbridge, on Thursday, Jan. 18, Prince William County police said.  Officers responding to reports of children in the vehicle found the youngsters ages 3, 1, and an infant — left inside an unattended parked vehicle at 1:21 p.m., police said. The kids had been unattended fo…