Feds lost track of unaccompanied migrant children: DHS IG
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are unable to effectively monitor more than 600,000 children who illegally crossed the southern border unaccompanied by a guardian since 2019, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General.
Minn. Woman Charged with Murdering 2 Children and Setting Home on Fire
A woman has been charged with murdering two children and neglecting a third child after setting fire to a residence and fleeing the scene in Minnesota. Jennifer Marie Stately, 35, received the charges after attacking two minors with a knife and setting fire to the house before she left the residence with a toddler in Blackduck, Minn. on March 15, U.S. attorney Andrew M. Luger announced in a news release on Monday, May 6. According to court documents, per the release, one of the children died from stab wounds to...
Minnesota woman accused of killing 2 kids, leaving with another, setting house ablaze
BLACKDUCK, Minn. — A woman killed two children in northern Minnesota, set a house on fire and left with another child, according to an indictment announced Monday. Jennifer Marie Stately, 35, was indicted on counts of premeditated murder, murder while committing child abuse, arson, murder while committing arson, and felony child neglect. Her attorney, Paul Engh, said in an email to The Associated Press that there is a “firm basis” for a not guilty plea, but did not elaborate. Authorities did not name the victims, but the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported...
Minnesota woman accused of killing 2 children, setting house on fire
A woman killed two children in northern Minnesota, set a house on fire and left with another child, according to an indictment announced Monday. Jennifer Marie Stately, 35, was indicted on counts of premeditated murder, murder while committing child abuse, arson, murder while committing arson, and felony child neglect. Her attorney, Paul Engh, said in an email to The Associated Press that there is a "firm basis" for a not guilty plea, but did not elaborate. Authorities did not name the victims, but the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that they were...
Video shows the moment cops rescue five-year-old girl from inside tiny, secret closet in Arkansas home
Shocking video shows the moment Arkansas police tore up a close inside a home to find a five-year-old girl hiding inside - and now the homeowner faces a slew of criminal charges.
Jon Thompson, 40, of Tontitown, Arkansas was arrested Friday after police came to his home the day before and rescued a child hidden in a closet.
Police bodycam video showed the man wearing overalls and a hat, leading police to a closet in the home.
The mom of the 6-year-old who shot his teacher is being charged with child neglect
The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in January in Virginia has been charged with felony child neglect, the Virginia Commonwealth Attorney said Monday.
Following an investigation by the Newport News Police Department, Deja Taylor has also been charged with a misdemeanor for recklessly leaving a loaded firearm around a child.
In January, Abby Zwerner, a 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was shot in the hand and chest by one of her students. She spent about two weeks in the hospital and had four surgeries after the shooting.
Mother of six-year-old who shot and injured Virginia elementary school teacher in classroom is charged with child neglect
A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun in the family's home, a prosecutor said Monday.
A grand jury sitting in Newport News charged the boy's 25-year-old mother with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child by reckless storage of a firearm, Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn said in a news release.
The Associated Press isn't naming the mother to shield the identity of her son.
Mother of 6-year-old Virginia student who shot teacher charged with neglect
A Virginia grand jury has indicted the mother of the 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher earlier this year.
Teacher Abby Zwerner was shot in the hand and chest in January at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News as she sat at a reading table in her classroom. The 25-year-old teacher spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and required four surgeries.
The shooting sent shock waves through the military shipbuilding community and the country, with many wondering how a child so young could access a gun and shoot his teacher.