child abuse

A district judge convicted him last year of first-degree murder in the death of Ray'neisha Edmond, and sentenced him to life in prison without parole.

Investigators determined that 35-year-old Erica Marie Walker allegedly struck the child multiple times in the head.

Miller could face a maximum of a $1,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison if convicted of cruelty to a juvenile.

Sgt. Mark Johnson says an investigation showed that an 8-month-old boy was taken to a local emergency room with a suspected broken leg on Monday.

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi testified at a hearing at which the Vatican is being challenged with allegations that it allowed the sexual assaults of thousands of children by protecting pedophile priests.

Police found clutter and unsanitary conditions at the home last year.

Police say 66-year-old Mary Jones, owner of Kadlyn's Academy, in Hammond, was booked on Oct. 11 on a count of cruelty to a juvenile.

The parents are charged with felony child abuse.

Brandi Holyfield and live-in boyfriend Bobby Davis Jr. each face a $225,000 bond after Holyfield's 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana, suffered a horrific death in April of this year.

The news seems to be getting weirder every single day.  I just don't know how some people can do the things that they do to kids. Fox News has a story about a Tulsa guy who was arrested after police says they found his 18-month-old child locked inside of a metal dog cage...

Sandusky was convicted in June on 45 counts of child sex abuse.

WESTLAKE, La. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Westlake couple after a man allegedly bit two young boys. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers tells the American Press 31-year-old Brandon L. Sullivan and 27-year-old Christy Willhite were booked with two counts of cruelty to a juvenile...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A Boyce mother and grandmother were arrested after the mother's infant was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Town Talk reports Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies received a complaint from the Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services about a possible child abuse case. ...

Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says it was discovered the child suffered injuries to her wrist, face, and lower body.

LaTonya Ismail now faces first-degree murder charges in the death of a one-year-old unrelated girl.

Senator Glenn Grothman's bill would make single parenting a form of child abuse.

The recent sex abuse scandal at Penn State causing Governor Bobby Jindal to issue an executive order. The order requires that all colleges and universities in the state report all cases of child abuse within 24 hours of hearing about it.

In Kenner, a man is accused of throwing his infant son against a wall and beating him.

An Opelousas woman is accused of abusing her five month old child.

The Department of Children and Family Services has a new toll-free number for the public to report child abuse or neglect.