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Prosecutors: Woman Beat Daughter For Not Eating Noodles
CHICAGO (STMW) — An 18-year-old woman who had her battered toddler taken away by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services last year was charged with child endangerment after she...
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Woman Charged With Drunk Driving In Crash That Injured 5
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 24-year-old woman was charged with DUI and child endangerment after a crash in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side that that left her and four passengers injured...
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Man Gets Probation After Son Fatally Shoots 3-Year-Old Brother
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man who faced charges after his 6-year-old son found a loaded gun and accidentally fatally shot his 3-year-old brother in the head last year in their Humboldt Park home has been...
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Man Stole Car With Toddler In Back Seat
A 26-year-old woman was unloading groceries about 12:45 p.m. Saturday in the 7100 block of South Sawyer when Oscar Cervantes got in the driver seat, used a 9-inch steak knife to start the Nissan Sentra...
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Girl, 5, Accidentally Shoots Herself In The Stomach
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police were investigating how a 5-year-old girl got her hands on a gun, after she accidentally shot herself in the stomach Tuesday night at a home in the East Garfield Park...
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Man Carrying Infant Son Stole 2 Squad Cars In NW Indiana
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Michigan man had his 7-month-old son with him when he stole two squad cars Wednesday afternoon and led police on a chase that ended when he was spotted by a helicopter running through...
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Man’s Selfie With Toddler Holding Gun Prompts Request For Police Probe
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police are looking into a post on social media showing a toddler holding a handgun. Someone alerted anti-violence activist Andrew Holmes to the picture posted on Facebook. A man...
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Woman Charged With Driving Drunk With 3 Kids In Car
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 23-year-old woman was charged Monday with driving drunk in west suburban Riverside while three small children were in the car. Lucero M. Reyes, of Chicago, was driving south in the...
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Woman Charged With Endangerment After Child Found Alone At Rainbow Beach Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman has been charged with endangerment after a child was found alone Sunday evening at Rainbow Beach Park on the South Side. Shadonna J. McFadden, 28, faces one misdemeanor count of...
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Mom Charged After Leaving Baby In Running Car Stolen In Cicero
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Indiana woman has been charged with child endangerment, after leaving her baby in a running car, which was stolen from outside a restaurant in west suburban Cicero. Tania H....
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Woman Accused Of Neglecting 4 Children On NW Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman has been charged after four children were found Sunday afternoon living in neglect in an apartment in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Julia A. Rizzio, 32, faces...
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Police: Woman Was Driving Drunk With 3-Year-Old In Car
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Stickney woman is facing charges after being caught driving drunk with her 3-year-old child in the SUV early Wednesday in west suburban Riverside. At 1:38 a.m., an officer noticed a...
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2 Teens Charged With Stealing Newspaper Delivery Driver’s Car With 2 Kids Inside
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a newspaper delivery driver’s vehicle while the man’s children were in the back seat on Saturday. The driver and his children are okay, and...
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2 Teens Charged With Stealing Minivan, Abandoning Child Found Inside
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two teenagers face charges after they stole a minivan Monday from the Galewood neighborhood and later abandoned a toddler they found inside in Oak Park. A 17-year-old boy was charged...
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Mom Accused Of Strapping Kid To Top Of Minivan
(CNN) — A Wisconsin mother is facing a felony charge of recklessly endangering safety, after strapping her 9-year-old son to the top of her minivan. A 911 caller says she saw 28-year-old Amber Schmunk...
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Police: Man Charged With DUI With 2 Children Sleeping In Back Seat
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man is facing charges after being caught driving drunk with his two children sleeping in the back seat early Sunday in west suburban Riverside, police said. Paul D. Bennett Jr., 32,...
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California Couple Charged With Locking Up Their 13 Children
CHICAGO (CBS) — 13 siblings, aged 2 to 29, were rescued Monday from a California home where they were found chained to beds and malnourished, police say. The discovery was made when a 17-year-old girl...
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DA Seeks To Bar Parents From Contacting 13 Kids Kept Captive
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents accused of torturing 12 of their children and keeping them chained to beds for months and so malnourished their growth was stunted will appear in court Wednesday as...
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Daycare Workers Charged With Giving Laced Gummy Bears To Toddlers
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three daycare workers have been charged with child endangerment, after they allegedly admitted giving gummy bears laced with Melatonin to a class of 2-year-olds to get them to calm down...
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Woman Arrested For Transporting Children In Pet Kennels
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CBS) — Authorities say a Memphis woman was arrested after video showed her transporting two children in pet kennels. Leimome Cheeks, 62, was arrested and charged Saturday with two...
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Father Seen On Surveillance Camera Using Baby As A Weapon
(CBS) — A father in Riverside, California, is facing charges after allegedly swinging his young son around like a weapon, then dropping him. The incident was caught on a neighbor’s surveillance...
View ArticlePassers-By Try To Help Babies Dangling From Third Story Window
CHICAGO (CBS) — A scary sight. Young children dangling from a window high above the ground. The state has removed those two children from the care of their mother after they were found outside a third...
View ArticleFamily That Allegedly Locked Girl In Basement Known To DCFS
CHICAGO (CBS) — The department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) took away four children living in a Waukegan home after authorities found a 10-year-old allegedly held captive in the family’s...
View ArticleDCFS Confirms At Least 5 Encounters With Waukegan Parents That Locked Girl In...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Waukegan couple accused of confining their daughter in the family’s basement has a long history with state officials responsible for watching over child welfare. CBS 2’s Vince...
View ArticleSon Defends Couple Waukegan Charged With Locking Daughter In Basement
CHICAGO (CBS) — The son of a Waukegan couple charged with confining their 10-year-old daughter in their basement for a year is defending his parents, saying they were doing the right thing to protect...
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11 Children Found In ‘Filthy’ New Mexico Compound With Little Food
TAOS, N.M. — Law enforcement officers searching a rural northern New Mexico compound for a missing 3-year-old boy didn’t locate him but found 11 other children in filthy conditions and hardly any food,...
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Boy’s Remains Found At Compound Where 11 Starving Children Lived In Filth
By Faith Karimi and Darran Simon, CNN (CNN) — Nine months after young Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj disappeared from Georgia, his family’s worst nightmare may be realized in New Mexico. There, in a wretched...
View ArticleCouple Question Why Police Waited So Long To Search Compound
(CNN) — A New Mexico couple told authorities months ago they thought a missing Georgia boy and his fugitive father were living in a filthy compound on their property. But police did not carry out a...
View ArticleImam Says He Helped Lead Police To His Son On New Mexico Compound
(CNN) — The imam says the plea for help came through Facebook: We need food, we’re starving. Siraj Wahhaj said his daughter sent the message to a man in Atlanta who passed it on to him. “What I do? I...
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Uproar After Judge OK’s Freeing Most New Mexico Compound Defendants
TAOS, N.M. (CBS) — A judge’s decision to allow the release of an extended family accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound in New Mexico prompted a political uproar Tuesday by prominent...
View ArticleMan To Face Mental Fitness Trial For Locking Daughter In Basement
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who, with his wife, confined their daughter to their basement faces a jury trial to determine whether he is mentally fit for further legal proceedings....
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Downstate Woman Accused Of Hiding Teen’s Diabetes Diagnosis, Leading To Her...
Alton, IL (KMOV) — A Madison County mother is accused of concealing her daughter’s medical condition, which reportedly led to her death. State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons filed charges on Thursday against...
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Waukegan Man Accused Of Locking Daughter In Basement Found Fit To Stand Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Waukegan man accused of locking his 10-year-old daughter in the basement for several months has been declared fit to stand trial, after undergoing nearly two months of evaluation and...
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Warrant Issued For Man Who Let 11-Year-Old Drive To School
CHICAGO (CBS)– A warrant was issued for a man who school officials say allowed an 11-year-old to drive to school, according to Round Lake Park Police. Round Lake Park resident Khafilu M. Oshodi, 31,...
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Evanston Woman Arrested For Leaving 2-Year-Old Inside Car With Estimated...
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Evanston woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with a misdemeanor count of child endangerment after she left her 2-year-old son inside a hot car, police said. According to...
View ArticleRandy Swopes Again Found Unfit To Stand Trial For Locking Daughter In Basement
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Waukegan man accused of keeping his 10-year-old daughter locked in the basement for months has been declared mentally unfit for trial by a court-appointed doctor. The doctor’s finding...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Child Endangerment After Girl, 7, Accidentally Shoots...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman has been charged with child endangerment, after a 7-year-old girl accidentally shot her 11-year-old brother with a gun she found in their home in the North Lawndale neighborhood...
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Former DCFS Caseworker Carlos Acosta Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Charges...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services caseworker Carlos Acosta pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges accusing him of failing to protect 5-year-old A.J....
View ArticleJoliet Mother Charged With Leaving Sons, Ages 3 And 7, Home Alone
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 27-year-old woman from Joliet faces felony charges after authorities found her two sons, ages 7 and 3, were left home alone on Wednesday. Joliet police said the boys’ teacher...
View ArticleFormer Bartlett High School Teacher Garry Brodersen Convicted Of Pouring...
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A former chemistry teacher at a suburban Chicago high school has been convicted of reckless conduct for a 2018 incident in which he poured liquid nitrogen on a student during a...
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