Child Abuse

CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old Chicago man faces abuse charges after he allegedly posted a photograph on Facebook that shows his daughter’s hands, legs and mouth apparently bound with blue tape. RELATED: Police Investigating Picture Of Girl Bound With Duct Tape Police spokesman Officer Ron Gaines says Andre Curry is charged with aggravated domestic battery. […]

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — An Irvine couple who suspected their 15-year-old son of smoking turned to a man believed to be relied on in their church to violently discipline children, authorities said. SEE ALSO: How Saturday Night Live Has Become The Place For Celeb Damage Control The parents asked Paul Kim, 39, to discipline their […]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has been arrested on new sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers. Authorities say Sandusky was arrested and arraigned Wednesday. The charges were brought after the new accusers were questioned by a grand jury. Both alleged victims were part of Sandusky’s Second Mile charity. […]

MSNBC pundit Goldie Taylor opened up and told her own story of sexual abuse on Twitter after the Penn State molestation scandal broke. Taylor said she felt ashamed that she never had the courage to speak up earlier. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man In The World See Also: Black Travel: Visit Martha’s Vineyard Speaking to […]

Police arrested a Washington couple this week on homicide by abuse and assault charges months after their 13-year-old adopted daughter was found dead at their residence. Larry P. Williams and Carri D. Williams’ adopted daughter Hana, who was adopted from Ethiopia in 2008 and came to America in search for a better life, was found […]

CHICAGO— A Chicago mother smothered her 3-month-old son because he wouldn’t stop crying, strapped him into a stroller and went shopping. Authorities said Toyrianna Smith, 20, beat and suffocated her son, Ken Blackman Jr., at a friend’s home after drinking vodka with friends in South Chicago. The next morning Smith reportedly put a blanket over […]

A teen mom faces life behind bars after she was caught on tape  attempting to smother her baby at a Forth Worth Tex. hospital. Shantaniqua Nykole Scott, 18, was convicted Thursday in  Forth Worth, after a stunned jury watched video of Scott try to smother her 4-month-old son on two different occasions. VIDEO: http://www.kcentv.com/global/video/videoplayer.js?rnd=612199;hostDomain=www.kcentv.com;playerWidth=485;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=5866888;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.kcentv.com%252Fcategory%252F170056%252Fvideo;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript_EMBEDDEDscript The […]

WILMINGTON, Del. — Serena Wardlaw was arrested on assault charges for allegedly beating her 9-year-old son with an extension cord for taking a check from her checkbook so that he could buy a book from his school’s book fair. The Grio reports: An investigation revealed that Wardlaw was enraged when she found out that her […]

Pennsylvania–  A Southeastern Pennsylvania woman has been charged with endangerment over a photograph of a toddler bound to a chair with duct tape covering her mouth. Police say that during questioning, Caira Ferguson admitted to taping her daughter to the chair last summer. Ferguson was arrested Wednesday because of outstanding warrants, police told NBC Philadelphia.

DURHAM, N.C. — A woman who authorities said falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape four years ago has been found guilty by a North Carolina jury of misdemeanor child abuse and damaging property.

(CHICAGO-Chicago Sun-Times) A 4-year-old boy was Duct-Taped at the Pui Tak Christian School, in Chicago Illinois and the boy’s parents, Harold and Cara Irving, who are African-American, are claiming that race was a factor. The Chicago Sun-Times reports: “I received a call from the school informing me that my son was in the principal’s office […]

In Jackson, Mississippi, Murrah High School basketball coach, Marlon Dorsey is being sued by three former players who claimed that he physically and verbally abused them. Dorsey has admitted that he paddled the boys and is on administrative leave. There is video of Dorsey paddling a player after he missed a play. RELATED STORIES VIDEO: […]