May 30, 2008

Jailed, the Vile Babysitter Who Abused 7 Kids
A former babysitter who admitted abusing eight children in his care to " satisfy his sexual desires" has been jailed for 12 years and ordered to sign the police sex offenders' register for life. Downpatrick Crown Court heard that Kevin Carville (49) had committed "a breach of trust" when he abused the eight children who were aged between five and 14-years-old on dates between 1978 and 1990.

Woman sought to run day-care center in Mass.
NASHUA – Just months after giving up her license to run a day-care center in New Hampshire, a Hudson woman started a day-care business in Tyngsborough, Mass., that state's records show.Georgia Flynn, 52, gave up her license in New Hampshire after an investigation that began with the arrest of an employee, Shane Vadney, who later admitted molesting 12 children at the former Circle of Learning in Nashua.

Irondequoit Woman Sent to Prison for Shaking Baby (New York State)
An Irondequoit woman who received probation in 1999 for hitting a child was ordered to prison today for shaking a 9-month-old girl she was babysitting, inflicting a serious brain injury.Monroe County Court Judge John J. Connell sentenced Tiffiney Johnson, 29, to spend three years behind bars for injuring Armani Warren of Rochester in Johnson’s Culver Road apartment on Nov. 6, 2007. Johnson was convicted of a felony of second-degree assault nine years ago for hitting a child in her care and causing serious physical injury. She was sentenced to five years’ probation. (A background check could have prevented this tragedy).

Tuscumbia Woman Charged with Murder in Toddler’s Death (Missouri)

A lengthy investigation into the suspicious death of a Miller County toddler has resulted in the arrest of a 19-year-old. Cheryl Anna Patrick of Tuscumbia has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and felony child abuse related to the death of Alexis Jeanee Ward. Based on the information recorded by Det. Eric Vernon, Patrick allegedly confessed to shoving Ward twice from behind while babysitting her on Feb. 8. Ward said she was upset. She then stated that she placed the child in a playpen and when she later returned, the child was suffering from a seizure.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Lizella Six-Year-Old Drowns in Pool (Georgia)
A six-year-old Crawford County boy is dead, after drowning in the pool at his Lizella home. Richard Kearbey was swimming with three other young children and a 14-year-old baby sitter when he dove into an above-ground pool yesterday morning.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Pair Suspected of Drug Abuse, Child Abuse (Arizona)
The Pinal County Narcotics Task Force have arrested a Johnson Ranch couple on suspicion of drug use and child abuse. Investigators on Friday said they concluded a month-long investigation resulting in the arrest of Genaro Maduena, 35, and Reyna Encinas-Montijo, 41. Task force members said they launched the investigation after receiving tips from area patrol officers. As part of the investigation, undercover detectives made several purchases of illegal drugs, during which five children were present along with the couple, deputies said.


Wife Defends Spouse Charged In Child Abuse (Tennessee)
The wife of a man charged with child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor said Monday the charges brought against him were baseless. Jesse Augustus Orendorff, 25, was charged with forcing his stepson's 11-year-old friend into the "iron chair" position and telling his stepson to shoot the child with an AirSoft BB gun, according to an arrest warrant. His wife, Charlotte Orendorff, said the allegations aren't true. "(The boys) got into an AirSoft gun fight, which is where that came from," she said. "The two guns involved were ones I had bought for my kids for Christmas. If the kid can shoot my son, why can't he get told to shoot back?"

Saturday. May 24, 2008

Babysitter Arrested After Death of Kenmore Toddler (Washington)
King County sheriff's deputies investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy have arrested a 23-year-old woman who was babysitting him the day before.Medics and police officers were called out Tuesday afternoon to a home in the 7600 block of NE Bothell Way after the babysitter reported that the little boy was unconscious and unresponsive.The babysitter told medics that the boy, Oscar Rios, had fallen off a table. He was taken to the hospital, where he died the next day.

Police Investigate Death of Toddler (Texas)
Kingsville police are investigating the death of a 14-month-old boy who died in the care of his babysitter on Friday. The boy was in his babysitter's apartment in the 200 block of West King Avenue when the baby sitter found the toddler wasn't breathing, according to a news release. The sitter called 911 and emergency rescuers rushed the boy to Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg where he was pronounced dead.


BABYSIT 'PERV' HUNTED- EYED FOR KID-PORN (NYC)
A staffer at an upscale Manhattan day-care center is missing after cops found thousands of kiddie-porn pictures on his home computer, police said yesterday.
Fred Hardy, 29, of Hell's Kitchen, a teacher with Lipton Corporate Child Care, bolted last week after investigators executed a search warrant at his apartment, cops said

Friday, May 23, 2008

Accused Baby Shaker Pleads Guilty - (Wyoming)
A 23-year-old babysitter accused of shaking a baby and causing serious injuries pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Laramie County District Court.Rabecca L. Nelson choked back tears while admitting to a judge that she shook an 8-month-old girl on Jan. 31.

Babysitter Found Not Guilty of Child Abuse (Virginia)
A jury has found not guilty a Waynesboro babysitter accused of breaking the leg of an 8-month-old girl last year. Constance Howard, 57, was charged in January with one count of felony child abuse for allegedly breaking the child’s right femur Sept. 11 while “forcing” her into a walker, according to court documents. The child’s mother, Elizabeth Grace Aikens, of Augusta County, simultaneously filed a $500,000 civil suit accusing Howard of causing the injury then failing to call for help, according to court documents. The civil suit is still pending.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Babysitter Charged in Toddler's Death (Florida)
A babysitter is charged in the death of a 2-year-old East Fort Myers girl. Relatives of the suspect say the accusations aren't true.The Lee County Sheriff's Office says it all started with a medical call here to Medalia Morales' home on Prospect Avenue late last week. A two-year-old girl had a serious head injury there. She died Sunday. Now Morales sits in jail, accused of child abuse and murder.

Child Abusers Will go to Jail
A 19-year-old former baby sitter will spend six months in jail after admitting she caused the death of a 10-month-old girl in February 2007. Heather J. Hughes,19, Colton, was sentenced Monday to five years' probation and $25,067 in restitution. She pleaded guilty March 10 to criminally negligent homicide.

Monday, May 19, 2008

New York Woman Sentenced For Criminally Negligent Homicide

A former St. Lawrence County babysitter was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 5 years probation today for the criminally negligent homicide of 10-month-old Megen Perham.
In Februrary 2007, 19-year-old Heather Hughes shook and dropped the child while taking care of her at the family’s home just outside of Crary Mills.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Child Burned, Tortured; Caregivers Arrested
An 11-year-old girl will likely be permanently scarred by a pattern of abuse in which caregivers repeatedly used scalding or boiling water to discipline her, police say. Her guardian, 31-year-old Kizza Monika Lopez, and her babysitter, 33-year-old Melonea Feagin, have been charged with aggravated child abuse, according to arrest reports from the Fort Walton Beach Police Department.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Michigan Man Accused of Assaulting Babysitter
A manhunt for a Whitefish Bay businessman ends with his capture in Michigan. 48-year-old Brad Forbush is accused of trying to rape his children's babysitter. Police say he invited the 18-year-old inside his lake house in Oostburg Wednesday night to show her a DVD of her playing with the kids. Instead, she told police he played a pornographic movie and suggested they have sex. According to a criminal complaint, she escaped his grasp and ran back to her parent's house. Police were able to use cell phone records to track Forbush after he fled to Michigan.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Police: Baby Sitter Left Toddler In Car To Go Shopping
A baby sitter is facing charges after she allegedly left a 16-month-old alone in a car to go shopping, police said.Carla Holloway, 26, of Philadelphia was arrested Tuesday at 69th Street in Upper Darby. Police said she left the baby girl alone in the car for about half an hour while she went shopping.Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said it was about 70 degrees at the time. The baby has both a breathing and feeding tube, and officers on the scene said the child appeared to be having a hard time breathing.The baby was treated at a hospital and released to her mother. Holloway was arraigned on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, disorderly conduct and recklessly endangering another person.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Judge Denies house Arrest for Chesterfield Babysitter
A judge denies a house arrest request for babysitter Elizabeth Noakes. Noakes was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 16-month-old Noah Colassaco. The child suffocated after Noakes placed a dog crate over his crib to keep him from standing up.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Babysitter Accused of Fatally Punching a Toddler
A jury trial for an Oshkosh woman accused of punching a toddler in the stomach so hard that the child died is being delayed. The trial on first-degree reckless homicide charges for 23-year-old Sandra Scott had been scheduled to begin Monday in connection to the January 3rd, 2007, death of Alizay Koepf.
But Scott's new lawyer, Gary Schmidt, requested additional time to obtain a doctor to help prepare the woman's defense. The criminal complaint says the incident took place while Scott was babysitting the girl.

Friday, May 2, 2008

Girl Bitten by Coyote in Chino Hills
A coyote bit a 14-month-old girl in the buttocks as she played in a San Bernardino County park Friday, authorities said.The little girl was with her nanny at Altura Park in Chino Hills when the caretaker heard the child scream around 10:30 a.m., sheriff's spokeswoman Arden Wiltshire said.The nanny saw the coyote with the child in its mouth, grabbed the child and was able to pull her away, Wiltshire said.The coyote then ran off.

Lowe's Wife Attacks Nanny Over Accusations
Laura Boyce, who worked for the Lowe family last year, has accused Lowe of creating an "extremely sexually offensive and hostile work environment," claiming her former boss quizzed her about the size of her African American boyfriend's penis and regularly paraded around the family home naked.
She filed papers in Los Angeles on Wednesday and staged an emotionally charged press conference with her lawyer Gloria Allred on Thursday to address her accusations.
But Sheryl Lowe is fighting back. In a fiery statement, she says, "As a mother of two young boys, it is sickening and disgusting that Mrs. Allred and Ms. Boyce would stoop so low as to drag a child into this latest, baseless, predatory lawsuit.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Nanny Faces Prison, Deportation
Gloria Sanchez came close to permanent U.S. residency that would have put her on a path to citizenship and allowed her to step out from the shadows where she had dwelled for a quarter-
century.

Now, the 44-year-old Montrose nanny faces prison time as a drug criminal.
A week before her long-sought immigration hearing last June, she was charged with conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute it. On Wednesday in Mobile, U.S. District Judge William Steele sentenced her to five years in prison. After that, she faces almost certain deportation to Mexico, which she left as a teenager.

Steele heard an impassioned plea for leni ency from Ashley Jones, a mother of three who employed Sanchez for seven years and worked almost as long to help her get citizenship. "I just love her so much," said Jones, who wept during her appearance. "I trusted her with my children, and they loved her dearly."

At the recommendation of prosecutors, Steele gave Sanchez a break for her cooperation against co-defendants who include her own family members. She also benefited from an utterly clean criminal history.