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FULL TITLE: After denying son cancer treatment but treating their dog for fleas, Ohio couple gets 8 years in prison (fill title too long for text box)CLEVELAND – The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to denying him medical treatment. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/16/ohio-couple-get-8-years-in-in-sons-cancer-death/

Charles "Jason" Darnell, 33, and Jaren Ashley Hare, 21, face third-degree murder and manslaughter charges stemming from the 2009 death of their daughter...Prosecutors will allege that "Gypsy," a 260 centimeter albino Burmese python, escaped from its glass tank, slithered down the hall and attacked the child in her crib. Darnell told detectives he found the snake in the hallway a day before the attack and had placed it back inside its tank and put a quilt on top of it. He also admitted that the snake had gotten out of the tank - which did not have a lock on...

VACAVILLE, Calif. (CBS13) ― A Vacaville father called police frantic that his toddler was missing, but what happened next led police to arrest the man for child endangerment. Once the father called police, officers rushed in for the search: Vacaville Police on the ground, and CHP in the air. The search lasted only a few minutes after the boy was found safe; and the boy's father was put in cuffs. "We found it disturbing," said Sgt. Charlie Spruill, a Vacaville Police officer. The house had cluttered rooms with clothes everywhere, and garbage on top of garbage. A ladder was partially...

The parents who left their newborn baby in a sweltering vehicle Tuesday have been charged with child neglect and endangerment. Rosa Dejesus Perez-Siguencia, 35, and Angel Rigoberto Garcia-Tapia, 34, are currently in custody after being arrested Tuesday after admitting to police they left their child in the car unattended for about 20 minutes. According to the criminal complaint, Minneapolis police officers were dispatched around 12:30 p.m. to the CVS Pharmacy at 3655 Central Ave. NE regarding a welfare check of an infant. Upon arrival, they found the baby crying and in distress inside the vehicle. The officers removed the child...

SAINT-DENIS, Reunion -- Sixteen-year-old sailor Abby Sunderland is homeward bound - though her plane flight back to California isn't the homecoming she originally imagined when she set off in hopes of sailing around the world. About two weeks after her rescue at sea, Sunderland departed Sunday from the French island of Reunion, off the southeastern coast of Africa, en route to France, then on to California.

Here's a dose of reality. The father of teen sailor Abby Sunderland told The NY Post that he's broke and had signed a contract to do a reality show, "Adventures in Sunderland," about his family of daredevil kids weeks after she set off on her doomed and dangerous solo sail around the globe.

SOCIAL workers took a two-year-old into care after his mother refused to give him junk food. Zak Hessey was 8kg (17lb 6oz) when mum Lisa took him to hospital, telling doctors he was a "fussy eater" and not gaining weight. Medics said he should weigh 9kg (19lb 8oz) and advised the mum of five to bulk him up on crisps, chocolate and cakes. When she said no, social workers were called in and her tot put into foster care to assess if his eating improved. Healthy eater Lisa, 28, and her HGV driver husband Paul, 48, battled through the courts...

It seems to me raising one’s children in the manner one sees fit, including the propagation of one’s religious, political, and other beliefs, including as they relate to medicine, is as fundamental an individual right as any other. I am frankly amazed by the extent to which that view is not shared. I find personally offensive the idea that someday, for whatever reason, some government agent may come knocking on my door questioning the means by which I choose to raise my child. I find it as offensive as the idea my “papers” might be arbitrarily checked without cause by...

Tried to pawn off her 6-year-old son for $10 in gas money For $10 in gas money, Marcy Pappalardo was prepared to give up her 6-year-old boy. At least according to a tow truck driver who told police Pappalardo made the proposition to him at a gas station in Melbourne, Florida. The tow truck driver turned the offer down, then dialed 911 and followed Pappalardo for several miles until police caught up to her. Pappalardo, 37, denied the allegations. She was charged with child neglect anyway. She is being held in Brevard County jail on a $2,000 bond. She is...

Here is a video report on a 14-year old South Carolina boy who weighs 555 pounds and has been placed in foster care. The mother has been charged with criminal neglect. The video summarizes the case and talks with the lawyers for the mother, who say she was doing the best she could as a single-mother. The lawyers did admit the mother "maybe didn't say no often enough." . . . . . (Watch Video)

CYPRESS, Calif. -- A local mother is accused of leaving her two children home alone in a house filled with maggots, knee-high trash and overflowing toilets while she smoked pot with a friend.

INDIANAPOLIS -- An 18-year-old man is being held without bond Monday in connection with the apparent beating death of his girlfriend's toddler. Tayuan Chism went before a Marion County judge for an initial hearing in the case, but the judge granted a request for a 72-hour hold while prosecutors determine what charges they want to file, 6News' Julie Pursley reported. Chism had nothing to say to reporters as he walked into court Monday. Police said he beat his girlfriend's 14-month-old daughter, Lilianna Goodmann, last Wednesday in their home in the 2100 block of Amherst Drive. The child died on Friday....

Full Title: Man arrested on Oklahoma City homicide complaint in drowning death of 2-year-old at Lake Stanley Draper Oklahoma City police have arrested a man on a homicide complaint in the drowning death of a 2-year-old girl. Allie Croom, 2, drowned at Lake Stanley Draper Thursday, Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. Donnie Reeser, 29, a boyfriend of the girl's mother, was arrested Thursday night, Knight said. About 5:30 p.m. police were called to Midwest City Regional Hospital where detectives began looking into the girl's death. Investigators developed probable cause to believe that Reeser was at Lake Stanley Draper with the...

A man accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s infant in an unincorporated area near west suburban Montgomery was ordered held on $250,000 bond this week. Joe P. Harvey, Jr., 27, of the 0-100 block of Marnel Road in Montgomery, was charged with one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of criminal sexual assault, according to a release from the Kendall County Sheriff’s office. Harvey is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s baby, whose gender and age was not immediately available, on Thursday in his home, the release...

A Florida toddler was strangled on Wednesday by a 12-foot (3.6-meter) albino Burmese python that escaped from a holding tank in the girl's home, authorities said. The pet's owner, a boyfriend of the child's mother, found the python on top of the 2-year-old girl in the rural community of Oxford, about 50 miles northwest of Orlando. The python apparently broke free in the night, entered the girl's bedroom and attacked her. "This is very rare," Patricia Behnke of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission told reporters. The owner stabbed the snake when he found it on the child but she...

A distraught caller trying to save the life of a 2-year-old Florida girl strangled by a pet python screams "The baby's dead!" in chilling 911 tapes released in the toddler's death.Shaiunna Hare died early Wednesday morning after being attacked in her crib by the snake, which escaped from its aquarium, police said. "The baby's dead!" a sobbing caller from the house screamed to a 911 dispatcher. "Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the baby." Authorities did not identify the caller and removed the person's name from the recording. "She got out of the...

The father of four children, two found walking on a freeway on-ramp and two found home alone Thursday morning, has been arrested. The mother's whereabouts remain unknown. Detective Reuben Gonzales said the father was taken into custody just moments after he came home. "What possible excuse he could have for leaving his children alone since eight o'clock last night - that will all be determined," said Gonzales. Authorities said a morning commuter found the 1- and 3-year-old siblings on the southbound I-17 freeway on-ramp at Glendale Avenue, called 911 and stayed with them until police arrived. "All things considered, time...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect. The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal. snip "They had food; they just...

A Black Rock couple was flabbergasted to learn their 5-year-old son brought a wrapped “ten pack” of heroin into his day care center Tuesday, passing it off to other children as “candy.” Howell Street residents Wayne Clamp and Kari Lyn Lee believe their son somehow obtained the package near or inside the YWCA Schoolhouse Commons day care center at 1005 Grant St. as he and his two sisters, aged 2 and 4, were being walked there by Lee about 8 a.m. Tuesday. The boy’s parents think he thought he’d found some candy and handed it out to his sisters and...

A New Jersey woman spent a bizarre Mother's Day searching for her toddler - and then nearly getting arrested for trying to break into the car in which he had been left overnight by his drunken dad, authorities said. The weird incident began at 2:30 a.m. Saturday when Danny Ribot drove his 2-year-old son, Adonis, home from a friend's house in Paterson, where the boy had celebrated his second birthday. The plastered papa "had a real good time there," said Passaic police Lt. Luis Guzman. Guzman said Ribot, who lives with his son two towns away in Clifton, "wound up...

BOSSIER CITY, La. - A pit bull puppy chewed off four of a baby girl's toes while the child's parents slept, police here said Monday. The parents were booked on charges of child desertion and criminal negligence and were being held in the Bossier Parish Jail pending an initial court appearance. Police said the parents were sleeping on a mattress in the living room of their residence and the month-old girl was in an infant seat beside them when the puppy began chewing on their baby's toes. Mary Shannon Hansche, 22, and Christopher Wayne Hansche, 26, told police they woke...

Baby Left in Casino Garage, Parents Arrested ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - September 3, 2006 - A Camden County couple accused of leaving their 3-week old son alone in a car in a casino parking garage for several hours this weekend were charged with child abuse and child endangerment. Security personnel at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino found the child just before 1 a.m. Saturday after some patrons reported seeing him in the back seat of the car. They notified city police, and officers Andrea Perry and Shelley Kellerman were soon able to get the child out of the vehicle....

SUFFOLK — The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was mauled to death by the family’s dogs in October were charged Wednesday with second-degree murder, felony child neglect and abuse, and involuntary manslaughter. The charges follow a Spotsylvania case earlier this year in which the owner of three pit bulls became the first person in the state charged with involuntary manslaughter after her dogs killed an elderly woman. That landmark case is due in court later this month. The Suffolk parents, James Jonathan Martin, 29, and Heather Frango, 25, were picked up early Wednesday in Chesapeake on unrelated charges of...

For education and discussion purposes only.CHARLES CITY, Iowa -- The presiding pastor at Evelyn Miller's funeral Thursday said it was time to celebrate the life of the 5-year-old girl. Video: Watch KCCI's Report Evelyn disappeared from her home July 1. Her body was found days later in the Cedar River. The Rev. Phil Corr tried to focus on the positives of Miller's short life. But even he acknowledged that it's very difficult when something like this happens to someone so young. Candy necklaces greeted attendees at the front door of the First Congregational Church in Charles City. They were her...

A jury recommended the maximum sentences of 10 years on each charge for the mother of a baby who drowned when she was left unattended in a bathtub. Alison Nicole Spivey, 25, of Dumfries, was convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter and child neglect by the same jury. During the sentencing phase of her trial, Spivey took the stand and tried to convince the jury that she was remorseful for her daughter’s accidental death and that she knew she had a drug addiction problem. “I’m an addict. I need help. I know this,” Spivey said. Her voice broke. “I loved my...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A Raleigh mother and her children had a scary experience outside their Raleigh apartment complex Friday morning after a 3-year-old was able to put their truck in gear. <> Danielle Harris said she was outside her pick-up truck for just a moment when her 3-year-old son suddenly put it in gear Friday morning. Two of three children who were in the vehicle tried to jump out, but Harris' 5-year-old nephew got caught under a wheel. <> The two older children tried to jump out, but Harris' nephew got caught under a wheel. "[He] fell down up under...

Judge Orders N.Y. Couple Not to Conceive By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 8, 2004 Filed at 12:14 a.m. ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A couple has been ordered not to conceive any more children until the ones they already have are no longer in foster care. A civil liberties advocate said the court ruling unsealed Friday was ``blatantly unconstitutional.'' Monroe County Family Court Judge Marilyn O'Connor ruled March 31 that both parents ``should not have yet another child which must be cared for at public expense.'' ``The facts of this case and the reality of parenthood cry out for...

Child's Death Ruled Homicide By GABE WELLS STEUBENVILLE - The death of 2-year-old Timothy Hibbits has been ruled a homicide, and Jefferson County officials will meet Monday to discuss charges against the boy's parents. Jefferson County Coroner John William Metcalf Jr. said at a news conference Thursday that Hibbits' March 14 death was due, at least in part, to his face being covered by the hand of an adult. Metcalf came to that conclusion after reviewing an autopsy completed in Cuyahoga County. Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla will meet Monday with Prosecutor Bryan Felmet and Children's Services Director Cindy King...

Neglect by Duncanville mom allegedIndicted Duncanville woman denies leaving boy, 12, in squalor06/14/2003By ROBERT THARP and HERB BOOTH / The Dallas Morning News A Duncanville mother was indicted Friday on charges that she abandoned her 12-year-old son in a squalid home without running water or a telephone. Larrolynn Joyce Ward visited the house twice a week to bring the boy food and water, according to court documents. As investigators stepped through the house in April, clouds of gnats swarmed with every footstep, and trash was at least 6 inches deep in every room, authorities said. Ms. Ward, 36, was indicted...

Article Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 12:00:00 AM MST Ruling: Courts have no say over mom's treatment of fetusBy The Associated Press10:30 a.m. - Colorado courts have no jurisdiction over actions by a woman that directly affect her fetus, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled today. The court upheld a ruling by Fremont County District Judge Julie Marshall dismissing the county's neglect proceeding against a pregnant woman who was using methamphetamine. The ruling did not identify the woman or her child, who was born last summer. The woman's attorney did not immediately return a phone call for comment....

<p>NEW YORK -- A Queens couple who placed their 16-month-old daughter on a strict vegetarian diet was charged with child endangerment after authorities found her near death, at only half her normal weight, the Queens District Attorney announced Monday.</p> <p>Joseph Swinton, 31, and Silva Swinton, 31, of Queens Village are charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, District Attorney Richard Brown said. They face up to seven years in jail if convicted.</p>