child abuse

Police allege the mother of a 14-year-old New Jersey girl, whose disappearance drew national attention, brutally abused her for years and forced her to skip school and beg for money on the streets.

A child welfare facility paid $80 million by the state of Florida to provide safe foster homes is under criminal investigation

A Florida educator was arrested on a charge of child abuse against a student just two days after being named a Teacher of the Year at the school. Caroline “Melanie” Lee, 60, is facing a charge of felony child abuse following her arrest Friday, according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office jail inmate records. Lee was arrested after calling a student into…

Hilton condemned a “systemwide lack of transparency and accountability” in the troubled teen industry and urged support for new regulations.

Gloria Estefan has revealed that, at the age of 9, she was sexually abused by someone her mother trusted. The Cuban American superstar spoke for the first time publicly about the abuse and its effects on her during an episode of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk: The Estefans” that aired Thursday. “He was family, but not close family….

Police say a Florida day care worker is accused of slapping a 4-month-old several times before twisting the baby’s leg until it broke

Jordan Cheyenne and her 8-year-old had just found out their dog had a potentially deadly illness; then she turned the camera on.

A 70-year-old man has been accused of slamming a child to the ground at a playground after yelling that kids were making too much noise

A Florida woman is charged with murder stemming from a decades-old shaken baby case

A South Florida woman is facing charges of aggravated child abuse for a series of gruesome attacks against a child with special needs, according to an arrest report.  Jennifer Elaine Foran, 39, allegedly tied the child to various appliances around the Pompano Beach home using a metal cable lock, the report stated. She also allegedly used an eyebrow razor to…

Deputies along Florida’s Treasure Coast arrested a couple after what they called a “horrific” case of abuse involving three teens found inside their home starving and locked up for months. St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office deputes arrested 40-year-old Oscar Torres and his 32-year-old wife, Brittany Kirschenhofer, on Tuesday after an investigation at their Port St. Lucie home that started...

A Florida elementary school teacher is facing charges alleging he solicited online to have sex with a 2-year-old and traveled to meet the child

An Associated Press analysis has found that reports of child abuse plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic, as children are out of the public eye and away from usual reporters of welfare problems

A Hialeah teacher was arrested Friday for allegedly engaging in inappropriate and abusive sexual behavior with at least three underage students over the course of several years. 41-year-old Jeanette Valle-Tejeda is facing various charges of child abuse, sexual battery and committing sex acts with a minor. She’d been employed with Miami-Dade County public schools for twenty years. Police were...

Authorities say five South Florida inmates beat up an accused child killer as he slept because “of the nature of his pending charges.”

A trial has been postponed until April for a former Franciscan friar accused of molesting students in the 1990s at a Catholic school in Mississippi.

Authorities in Tampa say a man and woman are accused of handcuffing a young boy and locking him in a closet for hours each day as a form of punishment

A Florida waitress who noticed bruises on an 11-year-old boy flashed him a handwritten note asking him if he needed help, and when he nodded yes, she called the police, authorities said. “Do you need help?” the note said. Orlando police credited Flaviane Carvalho, a waitress at Mrs. Potato Restaurant, with coming to the boy’s aid on New Year’s...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been hit with several lawsuits for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the latest litigation before the state’s end-of-year deadline for adult victims to sue

In a candid Instagram post, Jacob Roloff claims he was molested by a former “Little People, Big World” field producer.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said there needs to be a “sense of urgency” in working toward the end of child labor globally.

A 47-year-old Florida woman avoided a first-degree murder charge by pleading guilty to felony aggravated manslaughter in the starvation death of her 13-month-old daughter

A woman was arrested Tuesday in Homestead after she allegedly attacked her daughter following an argument about Instagram.

Investigators say a southwest Florida couple landed in jail after being accused of chaining their 17-year-old daughter to a bed

Child advocacy centers are more concerned than ever about abuse and neglect with children home. Kristi House is a non-profit group dedicated to ending child abuse. Its CEO, Amanda Altman, spoke to NBC 6 Anchor Sheli Muñiz.

Preliminary data shows that reports of child abuse around the nation have plunged during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, according to an NBC News analysis, while experts are concerned there could be an unseen surge in abuse behind closed doors due to COVID-19 related unemployment and financial strain.

With schools closed and teachers unable to report suspected cases of abuse, child welfare agencies have lost some of their best eyes and ears as the coronavirus pandemic strains families

As COVID-19 continues to affect millions of families around the world, Angelina Jolie is speaking out and reminding citizens that we must look out for children in need during this time.

A woman is facing one charge of child abuse after police say she used a belt to violently beat her daughter at their home in Southwest Miami-Dade.

An Orlando woman was in court for allegedly burning her son’s hand on a stove as punishment for selling marijuana he found under her bathroom sink.

Alex Littlefield of Augusta was arrested and charged with the domestic assault of her 6-month-old daughter, according to CentralMaine.com.

A Miami-Dade man was arrested after police say he held a 7-year-old girl underwater in a bathtub for a minute.

Some 50 social workers in the Daytona Beach area will receive training to help them head off family abuse passed down for generations.

A Miami kindergarten teacher is facing child abuse charges after police say he dug his nails into a student’s hand and leg because he had an urge to see the child cry.

A Florida woman is facing child abuse charges after she allegedly publicly shamed her daughter and beat her, according to deputies.

A Jacksonville man has been convicted in the death of a 2-year-old child he was watching.

A Miami woman was arrested after police say she beat her 8-year-old son and killed her family’s pet puppy in front of her kids.

State child welfare officials recently added five years of data to their new website aimed at improving transparency around child abuse deaths. The site was mandated by the Legislature.