DICKSON, TENNESSEE — A former day care employee has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after authorities say she repeatedly slammed a 13-month-old girl into a cot, causing serious injuries and sparking one of the region’s most disturbing child-abuse cases in recent years. Sarah Jo Fuson, 24, was convicted of aggravated child abuse and…
GEORGIA – A Decatur mother has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after prosecutors said she brutally beat her 4-year-old son to death because he struggled with potty training. The case, described by a judge as one of the most disturbing crimes she had ever seen, concluded Tuesday with a…
FLORIDA – Authorities in Santa Rosa County have announced a third arrest connected to the horrific death of 14-year-old Danika Troy, whose burned body was discovered in a wooded area earlier this month. The latest arrest does not involve the killing itself, but rather the man who reported finding her body—hours after he first saw…
OHIO – A 33-year-old Dayton woman accused of helping abduct a 12-year-old boy and assaulting him with bleach earlier this year has been released from custody after accepting a plea agreement that resulted in a sentence of time served. Reka Jarmon pleaded guilty on Dec. 5 to trespassing in a habitation and child endangerment, significantly…
MINNESOTA – Police in St. Cloud have charged a 23-year-old woman with second-degree murder after investigators say she fatally stabbed her boyfriend during what she later described as a “stupid argument” inside her apartment early Monday morning. According to a detailed probable cause affidavit, officers responded around 4 a.m. to an apartment on Washington Memorial…
DANVILLE, VIRGINIA — A 29-year-old Virginia man has been ruled competent to stand trial after authorities say he splashed a city councilman with gasoline and set him on fire, believing the victim was having an affair with his wife. The attack left the councilman with life-threatening burns across most of his body. Police Say Husband…
KEOKUK, IOWA — A 28-year-old Iowa mother has been charged after authorities say she fell asleep under the influence of drugs and later woke to find her infant son head-first inside a trash can, unresponsive and not breathing. The child, identified in records as R.S., died of asphyxia, according to investigators. Infant Found with His…
FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA — A Florida father and mother have been arrested after deputies say their 6-month-old baby suffered a broken femur when the father squeezed the child “so tight” during a diaper change that the bone snapped — and both parents chose not to call for help, investigators said. The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office…
HINESVILLE, GEORGIA — A 29-year-old Georgia mother who created a GoFundMe to raise money after announcing the death of her “sweet baby boy” has now been arrested and charged in connection with the child’s death, according to newly released police and jail records. Raven Louise Broniecki, a mother of six, was taken into custody on…
MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA — A 34-year-old Alabama mother accused of causing a high-speed crash that killed her 7-year-old son learned of his death for the first time during a court hearing, where prosecutors also revealed new details about the chaotic events leading up to the tragedy. Her father, who attended the hearing, says she struggles…