11-year-old girl charged with child abuse after infant she was watching died
(CNN) — An 11-year-old girl is facing a first-degree child abuse charge after she assaulted a 1-year-old boy she was babysitting in Maryland, leaving him with injuries so severe, he died days later, police said.
Authorities arrested the girl after Paxton Davis died Thursday following an assault that left him with multiple injuries in his upper body while he was under her care, the Prince George’s County Police Department said.
Preliminary investigation shows Paxton was left in the care of the 11-year-old’s family members at their home in Suitland, authorities said. The girl’s mother left Paxton alone with her daughter briefly to run an errand Sunday morning, police said. In the state of Maryland, you have to be at least 13 to watch another child, police said.
Paxton died Thursday, four days after he was hospitalized with severe injuries to his upper body.
“When hospital staff took a look at our 1-year-old victim, they immediately called child abuse detectives due to the severity of his injuries,” Prince George’s County Police Maj. Brian Reilly said at a news conference Friday. “It was clear from the beginning that the injuries Paxton suffered were not consistent with the normal play of a 1-year-old.”
The baby was in the “sole caring custody” of the 11-year-old girl when he suffered injuries, Reilly said. He declined to say whether the girl’s mother is facing any charges.
“We are still looking at a lot of different things,” Reilly said. “I can’t say yes. I can’t say no.”
Reilly declined to provide additional details on the baby’s injuries, including whether the girl used a weapon. He said the motive is unclear.
“I don’t know what motive there would be in a situation like this for an 11-year-old to intentionally inflict injuries on a 1-year-old,” he said. “… There are no words. There is no reason for this to take place.”
The 11-year-old is being held at a juvenile facility. While the two families are not related, they are on friendly terms and Paxton has spent time at the house before, according to police.
“It was an innocent friendly agreement that turned absolutely tragic,” Reilly said.
Calif. Flasher Who Broke into Woman’s Home and Sucked on Her Toes Believed He Was a God
A 29-year-old man who snuck into a California woman’s home and sucked on her toes as she slept allegedly claimed he was a Greek god on a mission.
Richard Michael Parkhurst believed “he was a Zeus-like god who was sent down from the stars to seduce women,” his public defender, Robert Flory, wrote in a court document, reports Patch.com.
“It was his destiny to seduce women, and they would willingly have his children,” Parkhurst believed, according to the attorney. “Mr. Parkhurst believes that his progeny will create a super race that will save the planet.”
He pleaded not guilty to felony burglary related to the alleged incident in Seal Beach on Oct. 15, 2017, and to two additional unrelated charges of indecent exposure and a misdemeanor count of peeking through a mail slot.
Jurors in Orange County, California, disagreed, and convicted Parkhurst of those four charges on Feb. 20, reports Law&Crime.com.
They failed to reach a verdict on an additional felony charge alleging assault with the intent to commit a sex offense, which prosecutors later dismissed.
Parkhurst’s attorney blamed his client’s “delusion” on his failure to stop taking medication for schizophrenia after his girlfriend died and he lost his home, reports NBC Los Angeles.
Parkhurst “began hearing voices emanating from his television, telling him to do things,” the attorney wrote, according to the outlet.
Prosecutors say Parkhurst exposed himself on Oct. 15, 2017, to a woman who was out walking her dog in Seal Beach, initially remarking, “Nice dog,” and then adding, “I am walking mine, too,” according to court papers, reports NBC Los Angeles.
That same day he was accused of sneaking into the woman’s residence, according to Patch.com. “She was sleeping on her couch and woke up when she realized he was sucking on her toes,” prosecutors alleged.
He was linked to the crime by DNA evidence.
The next day, Oct. 16, Parkhurst stole a peek into another Seal Beach residence through a mail slot, which merits a criminal charge in California under a so-called “Peeping Tom” law, according to Law&Crime.com.
Arrested and taken into police custody, Parkhurst was seen touching himself while staring at a female guard in the Seal Beach jail, prosecutors said, reports Patch.com.
He currently is being held in the Orange County jail with no bond, and a scheduled April 5 sentencing date.
A call by PEOPLE to Parkhurst’s attorney was not immediately returned.
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Man sexually assaulted 12-year-old girl he met on tinder
ANAHEIM, Calif. – A 21-year-old man was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he met through the Tinder app, police said Thursday.
Investigators responded to an unidentified charter school for a report that a student had been sexually assaulted by a man she met through the online dating app, according to a Santa Ana Police Department news release.
The preteen had posed as a 19-year-old woman where she met the suspect, identified as Sean Rickard, the release read. The two had communicated for eight months before the girl told the man she was really 12 years old.
Learning her true age, however, apparently did not dissuade the man, said Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
On Monday, Rickard was accused of picking the girl up and sexually assaulting her in a Santa Ana parking lot, according to police.
Detectives began investigating immediately after the incident was reported.
Once they learned that Rickard used Snapchat to communicate with the victim, detectives posed as the girl and started communicating with the suspect, authorities said.
Rickard, thinking he was communicating with the 12-year-old, allegedly sent a video of himself masturbating through the social media channel. He then agreed to meet up with the girl “for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity,” detectives said.
But instead of the preteen, Rickard was met by detectives when he parked behind a clothing store in Anaheim later that evening.
Police then interviewed the suspect, who told them he knew the girl was 12 and allegedly admitted to picking her up from school to engage in sexual acts with her, according to the release.
Rickard was arrested and booked on suspicion of child abuse. His bail was set at $100,000.
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Drugs found in body of boy found encased in concrete in storage unit
DENVER (KMGH) — The child who was found dead and encased in concrete in a Denver storage shed in December was malnourished and had cocaine metabolite and methamphetamine in his system, according a new report from the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner. The report ruled the manner of death was homicide.
In the report, which was released Friday, a forensic pathologist found that Caden McWilliams, who was 7 years old when he died, was malnourished at the time of his death. He had numerous injuries to his head, torso and extremities, some of which were healing, according to the autopsy. Cocaine metabolite and methamphetamine were detected in his liver tissue.
It’s possible that McWilliams had complications from his injuries, like infections or sepsis. He also may have suffered from asphyxia, dehydration or hyperthermia, which could not be confirmed, according to the autopsy.
The boy’s body was brought to the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner in plastic bags bound with duct tape and encased in concrete inside an animal crate, according to the report.
Taking his injuries into account with the suspicious nature of his death, the forensic pathologist said the manner of death is a homicide. The cause of death could not be determined, the forensic pathologist said.
The boy’s mother, Elisha A. Pankey, 43, turned herself into police on Jan. 2 and was formally charged on Jan. 7 with child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse.
The boy’s body was found in a storage unit on the 5000 block of E. Evans Avenue in Denver on Dec. 23, 2018. Police said the boy could have died as early as May 2018.
Timeline of events
May – Dec. 2018 — Police believe 7-year-old Caden McWilliams was killed during this time.
Dec. 21, 2018 — An Aurora officer discovers heroin inside a hotel room belonging to Pankey.
Dec. 22, 2018 — Pankey is arrested at an Aurora hotel for felony drug possession amid a missing child investigation. She is booked into the Arapahoe County Jail.
Dec. 23, 2018 — The body of Caden, Pankey’s missing 7-year-old son, is discovered inside of a Denver storage unit.
Dec. 24, 2018 — Pankey is released from Arapahoe County Jail after posting a $1,000 personal recognizance bond in the drug possession case.
Dec. 28, 2018 — Pankey is formally charged with a felony drug possession count and a drug paraphernalia possession count.
Jan. 2, 2019 — Pankey turns herself into the Denver Police Department on a charge of child abuse resulting in death.
Jan. 3, 2019 — The suspect makes her first court appearance in connection with the child abuse resulting in death case.
Jan. 7, 2019 — Pankey is formally charged with child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse. Denver police say the 7-year-old boy was found encased in concrete in the storage unit.
Teen arrested for firing shots at crowd in Bronx with children nearby (Raw Video)
CONCOURSE, the Bronx — Police have made an arrest after a gunman opened fire at a crowd in the Bronx with children nearby.
Edgar Garcia, 16, was taken into custody in connection to the incident, police announced Friday.
He is expected to be charged as an adult, according to police.
Garcia is accused of approaching a 19-year-old man who was with four others in the vicinity of Gerard Avenue and McClellan Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx last Friday.
He displayed a firearm and fired at least three rounds at the victim with several people, including young children, standing nearby, police said.
No injuries were reported.
Police believe the shooting stems from an ongoing dispute between two suspected gangs.
After the surveillance footage went viral of crowds and a child with a backpack running and ducking for cover, several tips came in and detectives were able to work quickly and find Garcia.
Parents charged in death of missing baby put infant’s body in suitcase and threw it away
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed charges against the parents of a missing baby who is presumed dead.
Adam Manson, 34, and Kiana Williams, 32, were each charged Wednesday with one count of child abuse resulting in death.
Police began looking for the couple’s 6-month-old son, Jacsun, on Jan. 25 after he was reported missing by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Authorities allege his parents were doing drugs in a motel room on Dec. 31 and later found their son dead. Investigators believe the parents then put the infant’s body in a suitcase and tossed it into a dumpster. The cause of death remains unclear.
“Detectives have developed reason to believe that Adam Manson and Kianna Williams are responsible for the disappearance and death of their 6-month-old son Jacsun,” the Culver City Police Department said in a statement. “We also believe that after his death, Adam and Kianna discarded Jacsun’s body in a dumpster near the Crenshaw Mall in Los Angeles.”
Culver City police officers are planning a search of the El Sobrante Landfill in the city of Corona in hope of finding the boy’s remains.
If convicted, Manson and Williams face a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, according to the district attorney’s office.
High school warns parents of students spiking coffee with vanilla extract to get a ‘buzz’
(Meredith) – A high school in Atlanta is warning parents that some students are spiking their coffee with vanilla extract to apparently catch a buzz before school.
Grady High School posted the advisory to its Facebook page saying kids are buying “Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract,” which contains 35 percent alcohol.
School officials said the students have been buying the baking ingredient from a nearby grocery store and mixing it with their lattes before heading to school. In one case, a student had to go to the emergency room after drinking the spiked coffee, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
According to the National Poison Control Center, vanilla extract contains ethanol, the same type of alcohol found in beer, wine and hard liquor.
“The amount of extract called for in recipes would not be dangerous,” the agency said. “But a child who swallowed the contents of a bottle might be at risk for alcohol poisoning.”
It’s unclear how many Grady students have been drinking the extract, but the school advised parents that it’s just “another thing to keep an eye out for.”
Man faked his own kidnapping to avoid paying $50,000 Super Bowl bet
NEWFANE, N.Y. (AP) — State police say a western New York man faked his own abduction and robbery because he was short of cash owed in a Super Bowl pool.
Troopers found 60-year-old Robert Brandel of North Tonawanda tied up in his pickup truck Monday in a parking lot in Newfane, 30 miles north of Buffalo.
Brandel told troopers two men involved in his Super Bowl squares robbed him of $16,000, drove him around for two days and left him tied up in his pickup.
Investigators determined Brandel had entered some fake names in his $50,000 squares pool hoping to take most of the winnings, but instead ended up short for the payouts.
“This guy ran a football pool, a $50,000 payout football pool. He came up with a couple different ways where he could make money off of it and eventually fell flat,” Trooper James O’Callaghan told WKBW. “And now he can’t make the money up to the people who obviously or eventually won this football pool.”
Brandel was charged with fraud and falsely reporting an incident.
It couldn’t be determined if he has a lawyer to comment.
