Police In Maryland Attempting To Locate Parents Of Nonverbal Child Found Chasing Vehicle Police In Maryland Attempting To Locate Parents Of Nonverbal Child Found Chasing Vehicle
Police In Maryland Attempting To Locate Parents Of Nonverbal Child Found Chasing Vehicle The Baltimore Police Department is seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to identify a child who may have been neglected. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, officers were called to the 4000 block of Fernhill Avenue after being called by an area resident who found a child wandering out alone.  The concerned citizen said that the kid was found running from the area of Granada Avenue and Ridgewood Avenue, reportedly chasing a black vehicle with temporary tags. Police say that the child is between 3 and 4 years old and is nonverbal. He was taken to Johns Hopkins P…
Mother Left Child In Hot Car For Hours Amid Heatwave In Maryland, Police Say Mother Left Child In Hot Car For Hours Amid Heatwave In Maryland, Police Say
Mother Left Child In Hot Car For Hours Amid Heatwave In Maryland, Police Say A 29-year-old Maryland mother is facing charges after leaving her child alone in the car for hours amid the ongoing heatwave throughout the region. With temperatures expected to reach potentially dangerous levels, members of the Hyattsville Police Department were alerted by a Good Samaritan on Friday afternoon when they found a small girl locked alone in a car. The incident was reported in the 3800 block of Oliver Street on Friday, July 28. Upon arrival, officers found a 5-year-old girl locked inside a vehicle with the window cracked, which gave them enough room to reach in and unlock the…
Mom Charged: 2-Year-Old Boy Dies After Fall From Third-Floor Window In CT Mom Charged: 2-Year-Old Boy Dies After Fall From Third-Floor Window In CT
Mom Charged: 2-Year-Old Boy Dies After Fall From Third-Floor Window In CT This story has been updated. A 2-year-old boy who died after falling from a third-floor window is one of five children who were allegedly living in "deplorable and uninhabitable" conditions at a Connecticut residence. The incident took place around 3:30 p.m., Saturday, July 22 at 1091 Capitol Ave., in Hartford. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, responding officers found the boy unresponsive on the pavement.  The child was transported to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center where died after being admitted in critical condition. An investigation revealed th…
DUI Fredericksburg Driver Had 8-Year-Old In Back Seat: Sheriff DUI Fredericksburg Driver Had 8-Year-Old In Back Seat: Sheriff
DUI Fredericksburg Driver Had 8-Year-Old In Back Seat: Sheriff A Fredericksburg woman was arrested for driving drunk with a suspended license with a child in the car, police said. Tinita Lee, 33, has been charged with DUI second offense in five years with a child in the vehicle, felony child neglect, obstruction of justice, and driving revoked, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. The charges stem from an incident around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, in which drivers spotted a Ford pickup speeding, swerving, and driving on the shoulder near Richmond Highway and Hospital Center Boulevard, authorities said. Detective K.A. Lawrence found th…
Child Found Wandering Alone Outside Leads To Upsetting Discovery At Virginia Home Daycare Child Found Wandering Alone Outside Leads To Upsetting Discovery At Virginia Home Daycare
Child Found Wandering Alone Outside Leads To Upsetting Discovery At Virginia Home Daycare A home daycare owner has been arrested after leaving a group of children unsupervised in Prince William County, authorities said. Rebecca Dickens, 69, is facing one count of felony child neglect and six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after she left seven children, including a 5-month-old, unsupervised at her home in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. The discovery came to light when a 911 caller spotted a 3-year-old boy walking around outside Dickens' Sunny Ridge Court home unsupervised, around lunchtime on Friday, July 14, police said. While checking the …
Chardonnay Was Drink Of Choice For DUI Virginia Driver With 2-Year-Old In Car: Sheriff Chardonnay Was Drink Of Choice For DUI Virginia Driver With 2-Year-Old In Car: Sheriff
Chardonnay Was Drink Of Choice For DUI Virginia Driver With 2-Year-Old In Car: Sheriff A 55-year-old Stafford woman was arrested after a detective caught her driving drunk with a two-year-old child in the backseat, authorities said. Donna Boykin was spotted by Detective Sergeant M.E. Steininger heading north on Richmond Highway near Courthouse Road, around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. The hawk-eyed detective saw the vehicle failing to maintain the lane of travel multiple times and even hit a curb as they entered the KFC parking lot. Steininger radioed to Deputy C.S. Harding for a traffic stop. He made contact with both the driv…
3X DUI Driver Had Kids In Car, BAC Nearly Twice Legal Limit In Stafford County: Sheriff 3X DUI Driver Had Kids In Car, BAC Nearly Twice Legal Limit In Stafford County: Sheriff
3X DUI Driver Had Kids In Car, BAC Nearly Twice Legal Limit In Stafford County: Sheriff A 41-year-old Northern Virginia driver was arrested on his third DUI offense, and this time he had kids in the car, authorities said. An observant citizen noticed Eugene Appiah swerving on Garrisonville Road in Stafford around 11:35 p.m. Saturday, July 1, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. A deputy provided with a description of the vehicle found Appiah on Puller Place. Appiah had his children in the car, despite having his license revoked due to a prior DUI conviction, Decatur said. Appiah had glassy, bloodshot eyes, and the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his brea…
UPDATE: Police Refute Claims Of Drugs, Concerning Objects, At South Boston Home UPDATE: Police Refute Claims Of Drugs, Concerning Objects, At South Boston Home
Update: Police Refute Claims Of Drugs, Concerning Objects, At South Boston Home Police have offered a correction for the often-reported idea that a South Boston apartment from which four children were removed was strewn with "concerning objects,", according to officials. First responders were called to 381 Old Colony Road in South Boston for a report of an unconscious person on Saturday, June 17, which led to the removal of four children from the premises, according to a Boston Police Department and the Department of Children and Families.  The unconscious person was described by police as a Black, male-to-female transgender person who is "known to the commonwealth."  …
2-Year-Old Exposed To Fentanyl, Cocaine ODs While Babysat By Mom's Friend In VA: Police 2-Year-Old Exposed To Fentanyl, Cocaine ODs While Babysat By Mom's Friend In VA: Police
2-Year-Old Exposed To Fentanyl, Cocaine ODs While Babysat By Mom's Friend In VA: Police A 43-year-old Virginia man caring for his friend's 2-year-old daughter, along with one of his friends, is facing charges after the girl ingested drugs in his possession and overdosed, authorities said. Albert Leroy Jones' friend's daughter was hospitalized in serious condition after experiencing difficulty breathing around 11:50 a.m. Sunday, June 18, Prince William County police said. A search of Jones' Eastham Court home in Woodbridge turned up illegal narcotics, police said. Fuller's friend, Shaumbay Lynne Fuller, who was at his house, was also in possession of illegal drug…
Women Found Guilty Of Locking Boy In Bedless Room 'Day And Night': Prosecutor Women Found Guilty Of Locking Boy In Bedless Room 'Day And Night': Prosecutor
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…
Boy Home Alone Struck By Car, Parents Charged In PWC Boy Home Alone Struck By Car, Parents Charged In PWC
Boy Home Alone Struck By Car, Parents Charged In PWC Two parents are facing charges of child neglect after their 8-year-old son was struck by a car while home alone without proper care, police in Prince William County said. The boy was struck by a Toyota Rav4 on the 12600 block of Westridge Drive in Woodbridge around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2, Prince William County police said. The boy had been left home alone by his parents, Firoze Mohammed Hassan, 47, and Hassan Mohamed, 32, who were later charged with felony child neglect, police said. The Toyota driver was not charged, police said.
Mother Charged After Daughter Found Unresponsive In Hotel Pool On Long Island Mother Charged After Daughter Found Unresponsive In Hotel Pool On Long Island
Mother Charged After Daughter Found Unresponsive In Hotel Pool On Long Island The mother of a 7-year-old girl found unresponsive in a hotel pool on Long Island last year has been charged with manslaughter. Katlyn Pineda, of Queens, was found unresponsive in Suffolk County in the Marriott Melville pool on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, and remained in a coma until she died from her injuries on Monday, May 1, said the Suffolk County Police. Earlier report: Girl Found Unresponsive At Hotel Pool In Suffolk County Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives, Pineda’s mother, Erica Baez, was arrested on Monday, May 15 a…