TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend was deemed mentally competent to stand trial. Preston Clarke, 47, pleaded guilty on Monday after accepting a plea deal on a reduced murder charge in exchange for a 40-year prison sentence, according to court records. Clarke is accused of killing Linda Faye Hollins, […]
Misconduct
Man defecates on playground
MIAMI COUNTY — A Troy man has been charged with public indecency for allegedly defecating outside of a daycare center in broad daylight this week. According to Miami County Sheriff’s Office reports, Ricky Angel, 58, was charged with misdemeanor public indecency for the alleged incident reported around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. An employee at the Little […]
Duluth man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting children at daycare
DULUTH, MN — A Duluth man has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting children staying overnight at an in-home daycare. Daniel Bunnell, 23, entered those pleas in St. Louis County Court Tuesday. Court documents show Bunnell is the son of the woman who ran the 24-hour daycare, which was located near W. 2nd […]
Two people charged over death of toddler inside minibus near Cairns
The manager of a Cairns childcare center told authorities “my whole life is over” after finding the body of a toddler in the back of the kindy bus he had been driving. Center manager and bus driver Michael Glen Lewis and childcare worker Dionne Beatrice Grills faced Cairns magistrates court on Tuesday charged with the manslaughter of […]
State investigators: child burned by hot liquid at Buffalo daycare, provider’s license suspended
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The 7 Eyewitness News I-Team has learned a Buffalo daycare is no longer operating because of a serious violation of state regulations. The provider’s license was suspended. Last month, the I-Team went looking for Tara Funderburg. She’s the on-site provider at Moore and More Kids Family Day Care, on Carl Street, […]
Police: Tallahassee woman hit 4-year-old child with belt on face, head
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A Tallahassee woman is behind bars for aggravated child abuse after being accused of beating a 4-year-old boy with a belt, leaving him with open wounds on his face and a “golf ball-sized bump” on his head. According to a probable cause document, the Tallahassee Police Department received a report of […]
Arrest made: Ardmore police apprehend sex offender after months-long search
After a nearly three-month-long search, Ardmore Police located and apprehended an individual accused of violating his sex offender registration status. Ardmore Police Department Sgt. Larry Payne said officers located 49-year-old Jody Deere during a traffic stop in the 1100 block of C St. SE. “They just now found him the other day and he has […]
Daycare worker charged with duct taping child’s legs in Virginia
LOUDOUN Co., Va. (WSET) — A former child care worker has been charged with assaulting a child in her care at a daycare center in Ashburn. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said 25-year-old Cinthia Escobar Gomez was arrested Thursday, Feb. 20 and charged with assault and battery. The sheriff’s office said she restrained the legs of […]
Worcester priest and ex-kindergarten teacher pleads guilty to child porn possession
WORCESTER – Gregory Lisby, the former Worcester rector and Holyoke kindergarten teacher accused of possessing child pornography last September pleaded guilty to the charge Friday in federal court, and has separately been “credibly” accused of abusing a teenager, his diocese alleged. In a letter sent to congregants Friday, Rev. Douglas J. Fisher, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese […]
Chicago elementary school’s ‘African animals’ project for Black History Month outrages parents
Valeisha Manning couldn’t believe the Facebook discussion among her fellow parents at Sutherland Elementary in Beverly: To honor Black History Month, teachers had assigned kids a project about African animals? She called in her 5-year-old daughter, Raeghan, to check her backpack. “We are celebrating African American History Month in various ways at Sutherland this month,” […]