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Police say Daniel Spencer abused and killed 5-year-old Melissa "Missy" Mogle in 2025 while he was out on bail.
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Police say Daniel Spencer abused and killed 5-year-old Melissa "Missy" Mogle in 2025 while he was out on bail.
The office issued a subpoena for information relating to the marketing of children, enforcing age-verification requirements, content moderation, parental control features, and reporting of exploitative activity, according to the press release.
The Volusia Sheriff's Office said there were several videos that were discovered during the investigation that showed the abuse and torture of the 5-year-old boy.
Elizabeth Garcia, Mason's maternal grandmother, is now caring for his two younger siblings. She used the tragedy to advocate for greater legal rights for grandparents to intervene in situations involving a child's safety.
Kelly Michel, 27, appeared in bond court after her arrest on one count of child abuse without great bodily harm.
Police have announced that the boy, who was also non-verbal, died from his injuries after police say his mom's on-again off-again boyfriend beat him until he went into cardiac arrest last month.
The woman's attorney alleged that the state wanted to hold her client behind bars so she could be a witness against the man accused of beating her son.
A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges.
Timothy Busfield is known for appearances in "The West Wing," "Field of Dreams" and "Thirtysomething."
The victim's mother reported the incident to Hialeah police on Oct. 11, according to the arrest report.
A 52-year-old day care director in Hialeah struck a 3-year-old boy on his left thigh with an open hand while changing his diaper, leaving a visible handprint, according to Hialeah Police.
Adolfo Eusebio Cotarelo was taken into custody on a child abuse charge following what investigators described as an "inappropriate conversation" with the student.
The arrest report did not name the house of worship, but said the incident occurred Sunday, Oct. 5, at approximately 1 p.m. prior to a service.
Jamir Clarke, 29, a Blanche Ely High School assistant football coach, faces four counts of child abuse. He walked out of jail Thursday afternoon.
According to BSO, just before 4:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, deputies responded to a battery report at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach.
A man who was caught on surveillance video abusing his 2½-year-old daughter at a Sunny Isles Beach condo back in May has changed his plea to guilty. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
In addition to the 90-day sentence, Sevastianov faces two years of community control, five years of probation and must complete anger management and parenting courses.
Six men were arrested in Franklin County during a multi-agency undercover sting targeting online child predators in North Florida.
The allegations follow the arrest of Christopher Stormont, 50, on July 29, when a 6-year-old student reported being inappropriately touched during a chess class.
Operation Grayskull helped shutter four heavily trafficked dark web sites where violent child sexual abuse materials were traded and housed.
Florida officials saved nine children from a "house of horror." The children allegedly severely abused and were treated like workers and not family.
28-year-old Jorge Tyler Perez is charged with one count of possession of child sexual abuse material and 14 counts of sexual activities involving animals.
Specifically, the man is accused of possession child sexual abuse material and 14 counts of sexual activity with animals.
Miami-Dade prosecutors say the man was caught on camera repeatedly abusing his 6-year-old stepson.
Witnesses in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood say they heard the abuse and called 911.
