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A mother in Connecticut was arrested and charged with driving under the influence while she dropped her child off at middle school Monday, according to authorities. Christina Morrissette, 33, of Mashantucket, was taken into custody shortly before noon when police were alerted to an intoxicated person at Ledyard Middle School, the Hartford Courant reported. Morrissette allegedly pulled into the parent drop-off area and started “behaving erratically” while dropping off her child, the outlet said, citing school officials. Morrissette then failed multiple field sobriety tests and was charged with driving under the influence and risk of injury to a minor. Her...

Shayla Sowell had been with her son Shamari Anderson inside the Fulton Street Station on Dec. 11, 2019, when the tot slipped away from her and lost his footing as a northbound 2 train was approaching.

NEW YORK - A mother in New York is suing her 4-year-old daughter’s posh preschool, calling it “one big playroom” that deprived the child of the edge needed to get into an elite elementary school. Caught up in New York City’s “insanely competitive” nursery school scene, Nicole Imprescia said she paid $19,000 annual tuition to York Avenue Preschool and wants it back, according to her lawsuit that was filed late on Friday. Her daughter, Lucia, was two years old when she was enrolled in the Upper East Side neighborhood school. Imprescia said she heard the school’s sales pitch and was...

A woman who pled guilty to leaving her two children in a car that ran out of gas on a highway has been turned over to federal immigration authorities. Deputies arrested Huerta on Dec. 14, 2007, after she left her 5-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son in a vehicle on the southbound side of U.S. 75 north of Telephone Road, Norton said. Huerta's vehicle ran out of gas and she left the vehicle to get help. Soon after she left, her daughter got out of the vehicle and attempted to cross the street into oncoming traffic, Norton said.

In a case of "Whose life is it anyway?" a state appeals court ruled yesterday that a mentally handicapped woman has no say over whether she should be kept alive on life support. In the unanimous decision, a five-judge panel ruled that the 26-year-old - who says she wants to be kept on life support in the event she's felled by illness or an accident - isn't competent to make that decision. Instead, her mother, who is her legal guardian, gets to make the call - and she doesn't want her daughter on life support. A lawyer for the woman,...

MARTINEZ - Susan Polk's oldest son, who has testified against her in her murder trial, initially believed that she attacked her husband in self-defense, the defendant testified today on her third day on the stand. Polk, 48, sought to portray a different perspective of Adam Polk from what he told the jury himself. Adam Polk, a UCLA student studying philosophy and English, testified that his mother was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" and "a sick, sick person who's in dire need of being in a very controlled environment for a very long time." Susan Polk, who is defending herself against charges...

PLYMOUTH, March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A 31 year old British mother put off treatment for leukemia when her diagnosis and eagerly-awaited third pregnancy were confirmed on the same day in 2004. The BBC reports that Sarah Peck of Plymouth, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Mrs. Peck said it was their haematologist’s agreement to manage the pregnancy that turned their decision away from abortion, or “termination” as it is called in England. "It's because he agreed to manage the pregnancy that we decided to go ahead,” she said. The Pecks were informed, however, that delay could cause difficulties...

MARTINEZ -- A 22-year-old Martinez woman is in police custody after allegedly having Internet correspondence with someone who solicited sex from her and her 4-year-old daughter in exchange for $500, police said. Shannon Nicole Woods, of the 200 block of Thistle Circle, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of offering a minor under 16 for lewd and lascivious acts. She is being held on $50,000 bail, said Martinez police detective Sgt. Gary Peterson. Police are reviewing videotapes and the contents of Woods' laptop while determining whether they have enough evidence to charge her with a crime. Peterson said police received tips...

And the award for “Mother of the Year” goes to…Britney Spears! Yes, I know she’s not technically a mother yet, but the pop princess is due to pop later this fall, and I just couldn’t resist. Besides, Spears will make a terrific mom. Whether it’s a cute little boy or a beautiful baby girl, what child wouldn’t want their mom to be a slutty, seductive, sometimes lesbian, sex-pot who prostitutes herself in front of millions just to make a buck? I mean, come-on, she has PTA president written all over her. And truth be told, when looking at Spears’s character,...

An 11-year-old Clearfield girl who brought a bag containing crushed methamphetamine to her elementary school for "show and tell" has been removed from her home. Her mother was charged with child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance. The girl showed the bag to several friends at Cook Elementary School in Syracuse on May 15 before teachers confiscated it. Syracuse Police Detective Mark Sessions said Wednesday that police searched the girl's home and discovered several more bags of meth and scales used for weighing the drug. The girl's 29-year-old mother has been charged in Davis County with child endangerment, a...