Tag: Child Endangerment
Parents charged, suspected of severe child abuse
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A local 5-year-old boy told police he would get so thirsty that he was forced to drink from the toilet. Police only learned of that after he showed up to the hospital with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit.
The boy had such a high blood-alcohol level because police say he was drinking mouthwash. Police also found injuries over his body. His parents are now behind bars.
Tyriese Howard and his live-in girlfriend Breya Allen appeared in front of a judge for the first time Friday. Both of them are facing allegations of child abuse involving at least two of the three children who lived in a home with them at the Westwood Village Apartments.
Mother abandons 2 year old child after paying for groceries at a Riverside Food 4 Less
Riverside police are searching for a woman who they say intentionally abandoned her child at a Food 4 Less.
Authorities said around 5:55 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to the grocery store in the 4200 block of Van Buren Boulevard over reports of a child found. Investigators determined the mother had abandoned her 2-year-old daughter in the store.
In surveillance footage, the woman is shown entering the store with the child by her side. While inside, the toddler wanders off and the mother never looks for her.
The woman continues shopping and at one point, a Good Samaritan brings her the little girl. Authorities said the Good Samaritan was told to “just leave her.” The mother eventually abandons the little girl after paying for groceries, police said.
Police believe the mother intentionally left her child in the store. The young girl was able to identify her mother in surveillance footage, police said.
As of Monday evening, police said the little girl has not been reported missing and has been placed in the custody of Child Protective Services.
The mother is described as being between 20 and 30 years old, with dark hair. She may have tattoos covering portions of her right arm. She was last seen wearing a black or dark tank top and denim shorts.
Anyone with more information on the mother’s identity is urged to call Detective Paul Miranda at (951) 353-7945.
via: http://abc7.com/news/mom-abandons-toddler-at-riverside-food-4-less-police-say/1799416/
Adults found passed out, with infant in back seat, after smoking synthetic drug
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – A St. Louis couple faces child endangerment and drug charges after police say they were found passed out in a hot car with the couple’s premature 2 week old infant in the back seat.
Police say 20-year-old Blake Wolz, and Kelsie Smith, 19, were found Friday night in the 5400 block of north Kingshighway, after what police say, they had been smoking synthetic cannabinoid.
Both Wolz and Smith have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs and possession of a synthetic cannabinold.
Police say the car was running without air conditioning with the rear windows rolled up and the front windows cracked, while the temperature outside was 84 degrees.
via: http://fox2now.com/2016/06/20/adults-found-passed-out-with-infant-infant-in-back-seat-after-smoking-k2/