Search Over For Woman Accused Of Child Abuse
The Anoka County Sheriff's Office was looking for 32-year-old Dionne Allen and her children this weekend after a warrant was put out for Allen's arrest.
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The Anoka County Sheriff's Office was looking for 32-year-old Dionne Allen and her children this weekend after a warrant was put out for Allen's arrest.
The man was arrested last year after the baby's mother received a text message with a picture showing the baby with red, swollen eyes. The baby was also foaming at the mouth in the photo, police said.
A raid on a New Mexico desert compound turned up 11 children wearing rags and living in filth, and also broke open a bizarre tale of guns, exorcism, and a search for a missing young boy who suffers from seizures and is nowhere to be found.
According to a petition to terminate the parental rights of the Dirks' four other children, police were called to the couple's Brooklyn Park home on Nov. 6 because the 3-year-old was not breathing.
A 21-year-old man is facing charges after his girlfriend's 2-year-old child was found to have several injuries consistent with assault.
Officers found standing water with live extension cords, "items and trash, soiled mattresses, unsanitary surfaces and conditions."
"There is a complete history of problems in this household going back almost 10 years. Child protection should have been involved and the kids should have been in a protective situation."
The victim, who is now 15, told her mother about the abuse last year. Officials say the child was told to forget about what happened and forgive Torgerson, because that's what good Christians do.
A western Wisconsin man is facing charges of child neglect for using methamphetamine around his children, two of which tested positive for meth and marijuana.
A Tulsa mother stabbed her eldest daughter 50 to 70 times, struck her head with a pickaxe then set their home on fire, before fleeing the scene with the youngest of her three daughters, according to police.
A Northern California woman denied that she or her husband abused their 10 children after authorities said the kids suffered puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with a pellet gun.
U.S. military officials have sought to ward off congressional efforts to address child-on-child sexual assaults on bases, even as they disclose that the problem is larger than previously acknowledged.
Investigators say the parents living in the South St. Paul home punished two of their children by withholding food from them, locking them in a room, or tying them to a pole or bed.
A 17-year-old girl called police after escaping from her family's home where she and her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, some so malnourished officers at first believed all were children even though seven are adults.
A judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit brought by a choreographer who alleged Michael Jackson molested him as a child, resolving one of the last major claims against the late singer's holdings.
A north metro foster care provider is accused of breaking several bones of an infant boy in her custody.
A Moorhead man is accused of rubbing hot sauce and cayenne pepper in the eyes of his 2-month-old daughter and keeping her from breathing until she turned blue.
State health officials say reported child abuse and neglect numbers rose dramatically last year, by as much as 25 percent from 2015.
A 37-year-old Burnsville woman is accused of hitting her 16-month-old daughter on the head and swearing at her last week.
A St. John's priest accused of sexual abuse allegedly told his victim it was required as a part of the confirmation process.
A Minneapolis toddler is making a remarkable recovery in the hospital. Rae'Ana Hall, who is just 22 months old, suffered broken bones and severe damage to the right side of her brain in early January. Investigators believe her father beat her.
The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill that makes repeated acts of child abuse a felony.
The United States Federal Government will now assume criminal jurisdiction over the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe's reservation in central Minnesota, according to the Department of Justice. The Mille Lacs Reservation becomes only the second in the U.S. to have had their request for concurrent jurisdiction granted by the DOJ -- the first being the White Earth Reservation in northeastern Minnesota.
A Minneapolis father has been charged in the severe beating of his 20-month-old daughter, which left her with brain injuries. Ticortier Collins is charged with first-degree assault. Investigators say he beat his daughter so badly that she also has a lacerated spleen, rib and pelvic fractures.
A 21-month-old girl is clinging to life after suffering injuries police say appear to be intentional. Rae'Ana Hall was left with her father while her mother went to work. Hours later, her mother says she got a call from the hospital saying her child was in critical condition.
