child endangerment

Child found living with 30 dead foster dogs, more buried on the property

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A shocking case of animal cruelty and child endangerment has emerged in New Jersey, leading to the arrest of a couple. Brandon Leconey, 32, and Rebeccah Halbach, 35, were taken into custody after police discovered a 9-year-old child living in their squalid home, surrounded by dozens of dead foster dogs. The couple is accused of accepting money from animal rescue groups to care for the dogs, but instead, they allegedly allowed the animals to starve …

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School bus monitor charged in choking death of disabled child

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A school bus monitor in New Jersey has been charged with manslaughter and child endangerment after allegedly failing to notice a disabled 6-year-old girl being suffocated by a seat belt. The incident occurred when the bus hit bumps on the road, causing the child to slump in her wheelchair and the harness to tighten around her neck. The monitor, Amanda Davila, was charged and appeared in court. Amanda Davila, a 27-year-old resident of New Brunswick, …

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Parents receive criminal charges after their baby died of fentanyl overdose

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Daniel S. Howarth has been found guilty of child endangerment, illicit substance possession, and drug paraphernalia possession. The judgment came after a two-day trial presided over by Judge Gary B. Gilman, as informed by District Attorney Matthew Weintraub. The trial involved the testimony of Bensalem police officers who had attended a distress call on January 7, 2022, about an infant in cardiac arrest at an Oak Avenue residence. In the courtroom, law enforcement body camera …

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Ohio woman sentenced to jail after ordering her dogs to attack young kids

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A 38-year-old Ohio woman, Cassie Thierauf, has recently been sentenced to two years in jail on child endangerment charges after her dogs attacked a 6-year-old girl in August 2022. The incident occurred in Lebanon, Ohio, where Thierauf was living in a duplex. The young victim and her family resided on the other side of the property. According to Warren County court documents, Thierauf and another individual were allegedly using drugs in the backyard when the …

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Mother Indicted for Toddler’s Drug Overdose Death

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A Monmouth County Grand Jury has issued an indictment against a 26-year-old woman, Quanique Smith, following her 2-year-old son’s drug overdose death earlier this year in Asbury Park. The announcement was made on Monday by Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. Smith faces several criminal charges. These include manstlaughter, child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance, and hindering apprehension. If she is conviction of aggravated manslaughter, Smith could a maximum of 30 years in prison. …

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Man Faces Five Life Sentences For Holding A Woman Captive In Basement

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A 40-year-old man from Excelsior Springs, Missouri, named Timothy M. Haslett, has been charged with nine counts of serious crimes, including rape, sodomy, kidnapping, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. The charges were brought against him after a grand jury indictment was announced by Clay County Prosecuting Attorney, Zachary Thompson. Haslett is currently being held at the Clay County Detention Center with a $3 million bond. If he is found guilty of the …

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Foster Parents Both Found Guilty Of 4-Year-Old’s Brutal Murder

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One-time foster mother Latrisha Greene, whose husband Dequan Greene was convicted of killing her 4-year-old foster child Charlie Garay, has been charged with perjury herself. Schenectady County district attorney officials announced these charges on Tuesday. Officials said Latrisha Greene, 27, of Rotterdam, was arrested this week on five counts of first-degree perjury, felonies, and two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Despite being charged with multiple offenses, she pleaded not guilty to …

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Ex-NBA Player Arrested At McDonald’s For Punching A Man In The Face

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Ex-Chicago Bulls player Ben Gordon is arrested after a security guard at McDonald’s is punched in the face – just weeks after he allegedly hit his son ‘several times in the face’ Former NBA guard Ben Gordon has been arrested after reports of a disturbance. Gordon, who played for four teams during his NBA career, was at a McDonald’s when the fight broke out. He punched a 29-year-old man in the face, which prompted yet …

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Boyfriend Murderer Faces New Charges After Baby Found With Cocaine In His System

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Woman charged with murdering husband now facing child endangerment charges -Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Vivian Jones, 39, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, but is now also facing one count of child endangerment. At about 7:50 p.m. on July 31, 2020, police found a man in his 40s dead from a gunshot wound. The victim’s girlfriend told police the victim shot himself in the head and she …

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