March 29, 2024 Mom’s latest arrest was for child neglect and violating probation from an earlier arrest A woman is facing charges after her son spoke to a neighbor and a sheriff’s deputy, and she’s being held without bond because of something in her past.
March 11, 2024 Woman accused of leaving ‘crying, emotional’ boy at Chuck E. Cheese hours after party This case started when the folks at Chuck E. Cheese called police to say they found a boy who’d been left behind, apparently after a birthday party.
February 15, 2024 Mom charged with ‘severely malnourished’ teen’s death at 33 lbs., ‘bed sores throughout’ A 14-year-old boy found “extremely malnourished, weighing only 33 lbs.,” with bed sores is dead and his mother is facing criminal charges.
December 26, 2023 ‘Passed out’ in a parked pickup with a tire propped up on the median, someone unexpected in back Somebody in a quiet residential neighborhood called the sheriff’s office about a suspicious vehicle and the deputy who responded got a bit of a surprise.
October 31, 2023 Parents arrested, state investigating after toddler swallowed blue cocaine pills A couple in Florida found themselves behind bars, but their baby was in far worse shape with a cocaine overdose.
October 12, 2023 The verdict is in: Father of ‘boy in the box’ guilty on all charges, taken to jail The jury found Timothy Ferriter guilty of all charges and the father of the “boy in the box” expressed shock when the judge said he would not be going home, but rather booked into jail.
October 9, 2023 School bus driver arrested after unknowingly driving sleeping girl, 4, around town for hours A school bus driver is in trouble for forgetting about a sleeping girl on board and driving her around on errands for a few hours. That girl is just four years old.
October 6, 2023 Hours of yelling, cursing, even crying: More ‘boy in the box’ exchanges with adopted dad before state rested The jury in the trial of Timothy Ferriter watched and heard hours of sometimes difficult video involving Ferriter and his adopted teenage son, forced to live in an 8-by-8-foot box in the family’s Florida garage.
October 5, 2023 Jury watches hours of ‘boy in the box’ video: ‘You wanna take this to the next level? Let’s go!’ The jury in the ‘boy in the box’ case spent hours watching video of the 14-year-old victim, taken with a camera installed on the ceiling of the structure in the garage.
October 4, 2023 ‘Being locked in a room is dehumanizing’: Boy kept in 8×8 garage box testifies in adoptive dad’s trial For the first time, the boy who was forced to live in an 8×8-foot box in his family’s garage spoke publicly. He was testifying in the trial of his adoptive father.
March 28, 2023 Fla. man driving twice the speed limit had to get girlfriend to job interview, police say A Florida man accused of driving 100 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone told police he had to get his girlfriend to Taco Bell for a job interview.
March 27, 2023 No more confessions: Priest banned for supporting bill to require reporting child abuse A Catholic priest has been banned from hearing confessions. The controversy started when he endorsed a bill that would require priests to report any child abuse or neglect.
February 1, 2023 Dozens of dogs found on property while child abuse suspects are held in jail A severe case of child abuse that led to an amputation and two arrests has sheriff’s deputies and animal control officers concerned about dozens of dogs.
December 30, 2022 Case of missing 13-year-old boy leads to 3 arrests, including his grandparents A missing 13-year-old boy has been found, his grandparents are under arrest, and details of the boy’s troubled childhood are emerging.
March 14, 2022 Deputies: Home of teen arrested for ‘kill list’ had feces, urine, roaches, crack cocaine The mother of the 14-year-old girl arrested for having a ‘kill list’ has also been arrested, and documents reveal the teenager lived in deplorable conditions at her home.
January 25, 2022 Girl’s punishments for stealing food included ice-cold showers, police say The mother charged with child neglect after her eight-year-old daughter ran away is no stranger to police.