Department of Children and Families

A Miami-Dade mother found herself behind bars after police say her young son had to be hospitalized following a case of alleged child abuse.

A Miami-Dade mother found herself behind bars after police say her young son had to be hospitalized following a case of alleged child abuse. Angela Soto, 25, was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of child abuse.

Authorities in Florida say a man killed his wife and her boyfriend before fatally shooting himself.

34-year-old Carlos Jimenez Martins will name the little girl Sarah Jimenez Carvalho while her 34-year-old mother Rafaelle Alessandra Carvalho Sousa remains in jail, charged with child abuse and attempted murder.

A railroad engineer was in the middle of his overnight shift when he spotted twin 9-month-old babies alone near the tracks in Worcester, Massachusetts. Police responded around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday after the baby boys were found in the area of the railroad tracks near Cambridge Street and Kansas Street.

Parents met with Broward school officials after they pulled their kids from a Pembroke Pines classroom amid accusations that teachers verbally and physically abused their children with special needs.

Parents pulled their children from a Pembroke Pines elementary school classroom after hearing what they say were teachers verbally and physically abusing their kids.

Panama City police tell news outlets that the employees were unable to wake 24-year-old Jordyn Freeman and 27-year-old Randy McMillin, both of whom were under the influence of drugs.

64-year-old Soebhagwatie Changoer was arrested last week after the woman’s son placed a camera inside her room at the facility in Clermont.

A Hamden Public Schools employee has resigned after she allegedly was caught on camera using racial slurs at a supermarket in East Haven on Friday.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

A woman is dead and two men were hospitalized following a stabbing at a home in Northwest Miami-Dade, police said Saturday morning.

Investigators in central Florida have arrested 103 people on prostitution and human trafficking charges during a week-long sting.

A Massachusetts boy missing for two years has been found in Florida. Authorities say Matthew Hale was 3 years old when he was abducted by his biological mother in September 2016 after his biological father was granted full custody by courts in Massachusetts. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recently received an anonymous tip that Christina and Matthew...

Garciela Cruz Padron was booked into the Collier County jail on a charge of child neglect after the 26-year-old arrived at the school near Naples on Monday with another small child inside the car that she forgot about.

A 28-year-old woman in Monroe County was arrested after allegedly neglecting her 2-year-old child.

The male teen, whose name has not been released, was charged with several counts as prosecutors decide whether he should be charged as an adult by a September 25th hearing.

A couple in Florida City who police say beat their children is facing child abuse and neglect charges.