Latest Child endangerment News
When should social workers separate families? A federal lawsuit raises thorny questions
BOSTON (AP) — When child welfare workers and police knocked on Sarah Perkins’ and Joshua Sabey’s front door well past midnight one weekend last summer, the parents were shocked to learn the state of Massachusetts had come to take their two young sons. It’s the kind of...
Iowa governor signs bill loosening child labor laws
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa teenagers could work more jobs and for longer hours under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Kim Reynolds. The Republican governor signed the law after it was approved by the Legislature earlier in May with only Republican support. Several states...
Montana woman pleads guilty to killing grandson; plea deal calls for life sentence
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman charged with torturing and killing her 12-year-old grandson more than three years ago pleaded guilty Friday to deliberate homicide and two other felonies in an agreement with the state that calls for her to spend the rest of her life in prison. ...
Stepfather of murdered Delaware 3-year-old pleads guilty to child endangerment
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The stepfather of a 3-year-old girl whose burned remains were found on a softball field several years ago has pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges, according to court documents. Brandon Haas, 41, pleaded guilty in March to one felony count and three...
Murder, cruelty charges dismissed in Georgia toddler's hot car death
ATLANTA (AP) — A father from Georgia will not face another trial over his toddler's death in a hot car, prosecutors said Thursday, after the Georgia Supreme Court last year reversed his murder and child cruelty convictions. Justin Ross Harris, 42, was found guilty in November 2016...
Delaware woman pleads guilty to killing 3-year-old daughter, dumping remains on softball field
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field. Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder by abuse or neglect, abuse of a corpse, and three counts...
Kids could fill labor shortages, even in bars, if these lawmakers succeed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, for more hours on school nights and in expanded roles, including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The efforts to significantly roll...
Police charge Georgia woman in death of toddler daughter
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman was charged with felony murder for the death of her toddler daughter who was found in a retention pond at a metro Atlanta office park, police said Friday. Sandy Springs police Sgt. Matthew McGinnis told reporters the child's death was still...
Firm that hired kids to clean meat plants keeps losing work
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp equipment like bone saws has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation became public last fall. ...
Mother of young boy who shot teacher arrested in Virginia
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has been formally arrested on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun, police announced Thursday. The Newport News Police Department released a booking photo of...
