Sunday, September 30, 2007

Babysitter Accused of Abducting Boy
An 18-month-old Newark, N.J., boy believed to have been kidnapped by his babysitter last week has been found unharmed in Maryland, authorities said Friday.
Authorities found Shelvon Torrence, 21, of Irvington, N.J., and the baby by tracking the woman's cell phone calls, said Special Agent Sean Quinn of the FBI's Newark office.
Torrence was arrested in Baltimore while trying to board a bus with the toddler in tow, said Detective Todd McClendon, a Newark police spokesman.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Nannycam Catches Alleged Abuse
A hidden video camera captured a Cliffside Park nanny striking a 2-year-old boy with a broom handle and her fists, authorities said Thursday. Police arrested 23-year-old Flor Barriento on aggravated assault and child endangerment charges Wednesday night after the boy’s mother brought the videotape to police. (Read more.)

LAPD Finds Weapons, Drugs Stockpiled at Day-Care Center
A Boyle Heights day-care facility also housed a large cache of drugs, weapons and money, Los Angeles police said Wednesday. The raid on the Boyle Heights duplex uncovered 14 kilos of cocaine, 50 pounds of marijuana, and $300,000 stashed alongside children's toys, police say. (Read More.) link submitted by: Sue Doe-Nim

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Babysitter Charged with Child Abuse
Police have arrested and charged 20-year-old Maggie Williams with aggravated child abuse after investigators say she dipped an 18-month-old boys' feet into boiling hot water. (Read More.)

Monday, September 24, 2007

Babysitter Arrested in Beating of 1-Year-Old
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in Washington for investigation of assaulting a 1-year-old boy he was babysitting. Police say the boy has multiple broken bones and a serious brain injury from the September 13 assault. Sergeant Robert Goetz says the toddler is in an assisted living facility after being moved from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Girl, 6, Recounts Ape Attack
6-year-old Nia Scott relived for the first time publicly how a panicked babysitter ran, leaving her in the powerful paws of a 300-pound escaped gorilla at Franklin Park Zoo, the child’s mother told of seeing the girl straitjacketed in an emergency room, howling in terror.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Nanny Gets 20 Years in Abuse
Charity Sato had worked as a family's live-in babysitter for just two weeks when disturbing details about her behavior came to light. She was 20 when hired in May 2005 to watch a family's children while the parents worked overnight shifts. She lasted 14 days. During that time, prosecutor Kimberly Hindman said, she plied the children with cigarettes, spiked their drinks with alcohol and engaged in sex acts with them. (Read More.)

St. Lawrence Co. Sheriff's Investigating Infant's Death
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's office is conducting an investigation into the death of a ten-month-old girl several months ago near the town of Crary Mills.
The sheriff is calling Megen Perham's death suspicious. The child died of blunt force trauma to the head last February.

The District Attorney's office says that the child was in the hands of a babysitter during the timeframe they believe she was injured. The DA is waiting for final paperwork before deciding whether or not the case will go before a grand jury.


Baby Sitter Arrested Following 911 Call
The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas received a 911 call from a frantic babysitter that the three-year-old child she was babysitting had disappeared while she was doing laundry. Sgt. Rickey Wheeler, Deputy Gary Estes from the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Whitesboro P.D. and Whitesboro Fire & EMS arrived on the scene. Because the swimming pool was so murky, we could not see the bottom, so Whitesboro EMS personnel waded into the pool to make sure the child had not gone in. Other Deputies were checking the outer buildings and grounds while the babysitter put up the guard dogs in a room inside the residence. Once this was done, Lt. David Hawley and Whitesboro Fire Department personnel entered the residence to start the search inside. The kitchen was checked and went down a hallway to the laundry room where the babysitter said she was working. In the open closet, Lt. Hawley discovered the 3-year old asleep on the floor. Lt. Hawley called him by name, he woke up and put his arms up to pick him up. The child was given to the mother who arrived on scene.

While deputies were checking around the residence they discovered a 6 foot tall Marijuana plant growing in the flower bed. After checking for warrants on the babysitter, it was found that she had a Theft-by-Check warrant out of Cooke County.



Negligent Homicide Petition (for Kansas Residents)
A Miami County woman wants negligent homicide to be added as a charge in the state of Kansas. She is working to change Kansas law after her granddaughter died in the care of a babysitter. Read and sign her petition at thepetitionsite.com.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Caregiver Charged With Abusing Baby
A 16-week-old baby underwent brain surgery Thursday while his caregiver faces charges of felony child abuse and first-degree assault. Forty-six-year-old Lauree Turpen is accused of shaking Keagan. Last week, when Keagan's mother came to pick up her children from Turpen's home, she says she heard yelling. "She heard the babysitter yelling 'why are you crying, stop crying” says Boge. “And my wife looked around the corner at that moment and seen Lauree shaking the car seat." (Read More.)

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Infant’s Death Investigated as Homicide
The Roosevelt County, NM Sheriff’s Department is conducting a homicide investigation in the death of a nine-month-old girl. Sheriff Darren Hooker says a preliminary report from the state Office of the Medical Investigator indicates Kyler Willis died of blows to the head. Hooker said Thursday that no arrests have been made. Authorities say the infant was found unresponsive at a babysitter’s home in Portales on September 5th. Hooker says the child was taken to a Lubbock, Texas, hospital, where she died last Thursday.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Sheriff Categorizes Baby’s Death as Suspicious
Law enforcement officials are continuing their investigation into what they are now calling the “suspicious death” of a 9-month-old, according to a news release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office. Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker would not comment on why the death is considered suspicious. Hooker said his office is still awaiting the cause of death and autopsy findings from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque. (Read More.)


Day-care Provider Who Drugged Babies Gets Year in Jail
A former Lely Estates day-care provider who drugged babies was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail on child abuse and tampering charges for concocting a pink milk “drug cocktail” to make babies sleep — and pouring some evidence down the drain. Collier Circuit Judge Fred Hardt sentenced Patricia R. Marino, 64, to two one-year concurrent jail terms and four years’ probation after she pleaded to child abuse and tampering with evidence as part of a plea agreement that dropped a second child abuse charge. (Read More.)

Monday, September 10, 2007

Baby and Babysitter Missing in Seattle
Police are looking for a baby girl and her baby sitter in Seattle. Police spokeswoman Renee Witt says the mother left her daughter with a friend yesterday when she went to work in Bellevue. The baby sitter failed to return the baby or the mother's car. Witt say police have not issued an Amber Alert because they don't believe the child is in danger. (Read More.)

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Babysitter's Pit Bull Attacks Two Children in her Care
Six-year-old Angelo Grady was just hanging out in the kitchen when his babysitter's 80-pound pit bull attacked him without provocation biting him in the face and neck. When his older sister Jenell tried to pull the dog off her brother, the dog bit her twice on the arm.The babysitter, Shaquan Clark, 31, of 110 Columbia Turnpike in Rensselaer, corralled the dog in a bedroom and called the authorities, said Troy Animal Control Officer Kevin McDonough. (Read More.)

Monday, September 3, 2007

Babysitter Tosses Baby Out of Window
A babysitter in Missouri is charged with child endangerment after police say she dangled a baby out of a second story window, then dropped him. (Read More.)

Parents Leave Kids with Babysitter, But Don't Return
Michigan State Police are looking for a missing couple, who left their children behind with a babysitter and never returned. The kids, age 4 and 6, were dropped off at the Michigan State Police Office in Taylor Saturday night by a babysitter who said the parents didn't return to pick up their kids. The babysitter says she was supposed to be watching the kids from Friday 11 p.m. until Saturday 11 a.m. and the parents never showed up. (Read More.)

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Father Has Questions About Son's Death
On Friday, Jesus Ochoa rushed to the UCI Medical Center in Orange to find his nearly 2-year-old son, Fernando, dead. The boy's babysitter accidentally drove her sport-utility vehicle over the boy as she backed out of the family's driveway in the 3000 block of West Mary Common, Santa Ana authorities said. (Read more.)

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Babysitter's Husband Accused Of Molesting 7-Year-Old
A 53-year-old man has been arrested for molesting a 7-year-old child.
Nicolas Matos was taken into custody after the victim said Matos who is the husband of the child's babysitter, molested her while she was at her babysitter's home. (Read more.)

Wisconsin Boy Struck by Car
The boy broke free from his adult babysitter's grasp and ran into the street near Oneida and Atlantic streets in Appleton at about 7:30 p.m., police said. A woman driving south on Oneida Street ran into the boy. (Read more.)