Parents Behaving Badly

January 27th, 2008

Tina Richards Charged with Aggravated Assault and Injury for Hurting 10-Month-Old Son

In Georgia, Tina Richards, 19, is charged with aggravated assault and battery, and first and second degree child cruelty. Her ten-month old son remains in critical condition at a hospital in Savannah.
Emergency medical servives arrived at Richard’s home after receiving a 911 call that she  fell with the child while getting into the shower. According to the call, the […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 51 comments

January 26th, 2008

Aisha Bowen Caught on Cell Phone Video for Beating Son

In Florida, Aisha Brown, 18 was arrested for striking her then 10-month old son several times before picking him by his arm and carrying him to bed. Bowen’s roommate recorded the incident with his cell phone and took it to police.
Kudos for the roommate!
Bowen told police that she hit her son for knocking over a hot plate of […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 44 comments

January 21st, 2008

Father throws 4 children off bridge

Ngoc Phan and three of her children.
Photo: AP

Lam Luong, 37, is charged with four counts of capital murder for driving to Dauphin Island bridge and throwing his 4 children into the water below.
After having a dispute with his wife, Lam left the house with two children. Then came back later for the other two, […]

By joelnet -- 24 comments

January 20th, 2008

Mom Has Eight-Year-Old Daughter Spending the Night with a 47-Year-Old Man

For a year, Lora Lee Hansen-Beard, 41, of Boulder, Colorado, would leave her eight-year-old daughter every Saturday night with a 47-year-old man,  Joseph Cardillo, 47.
If you read the story in the newspaper, you’ll see that Hanswen Beard was a complete and total nut. She is charged with two misdemeanor counts of child abuse for placing the girl in a […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 89 comments

January 19th, 2008

Christopher and Danelle Cowan Beat Child for Potty Training Accident

In San Antonio, Texas, police arrested Christopher James Cowan, and his wife, Danelle Cowen after police received a report from salon workers that their two-year-old daughter was abused. They’ve been charged with injury to a child.
Salon employees told police the family came in for hair cuts.  They saw a large bruise on the girl’s face and abrasions and burn marks […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 39 comments

January 13th, 2008

Vernice Harris Gives Two-Year-Old Methadone, Child ODs and Dies

Vernice Harris, 29, gave her two-year-old daughter, Bryanna Harris, methadone to keep her child from crying and disturbing her and her drug-addicted friends.
Eventually she gave the girl too much and Bryanna died from a methadone overdose and a beating to her stomach.
Now Vernice, whose two other daughters were taken away from her before Bryanna died, […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 24 comments

January 12th, 2008

Marcos Gomez-Romero Charged with Murder of his Four-Month-Old Daughter

Marcos Gomez-Romero, 28, is being charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of his infant daughter, Ariana Rodriguez Romero.
An autopsy showed that Ariana had five new rib fractures, and 15 old rib fractures. She also had a bruised liver, a bruised spleen, a black eye, and bruises all over her body.
Why did […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 32 comments

January 8th, 2008

Mom murders 3-year-old autistic daughter

Karen McCarron, mother of 3-year-old autistic daughter, Katie, has been arrested after suffocating her child with a garbage bag.
Of course, Karen is claiming insanity — who doesn’t nowadays.
I have a feeling it’s going to be a little harder for her to pull this off since she’s a medical pathologist. So she’s already demonstrated some […]

By joelnet -- 56 comments

January 6th, 2008

Shawn Tanner Leaves Young Children in Freezing Truck to Shop at Wal-Mart

In Millington, Tenn., Shawn Tanner, 29, left his five- and six-year-old alone in his truck while he shopped at Wal-Mart. Inside the vehicle, the temperatures was just 27 degrees. Brrrrrr.
Tanner told police he felt his children were safe from kidnappers because of surveillance cameras in the parking lot. He believes they overreacted since the kids were locked in and had on heavy winter coats. […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 19 comments

January 5th, 2008

Darlanne Toussaint Burns Girlfriend’s Son with Hot Oil and Hair Dryer, Mom Charged with Abuse, too

In Apopka, Florida, Darlanne Toussaint, 24, poured hot cooking oil on his girlfriend’s 17-month-old on, Kenneth. Then he shook the boy hard for 10 minutes, hit him, and used a hair dryer to burn the child’s skin off - all because the toddler wouldn’t stop crying and whining. Toussaint is charged with felony attempted murder. 
Kenneth’s mom, Marlita S. Stokes, 23, was also arrested on charges […]

By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 19 comments