Child abuse

A minister has been arrested after he allegedly inappropriately touched a child at a bus stop in Oklahoma. A bystander tackled the suspect, police said.

A man in Iowa Falls, Iowa, has been charged with murder in the death of a 6-month-old baby. Autopsy results show the cause of the baby's death was homicide.

A Florida teacher has been arrested after she allegedly had sex with a student. She is charged with sexual battery and other counts in connection to the alleged rape.

A Florida dad allegedly poured tiki torch fluid in his sleeping 4-year-old boy's bedroom and sprayed his face with bleach, authorities said.

A drunk man hit his wife and child during a baseball game in Tennessee. Now, police reports state the man was arrested and charged with child abuse.

A foster mother in Florida has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 4-year-old girl in her care. Police say the child had multiple signs of a beating.

A California mom charged in connection to one child's death has now been accused of murder in another child's killing, prosecutors announced.

A man in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly shot his girlfriend's dog between the eyes during a fight. Two children were in the next room, separated only by drywall, at the time of the shooting.

A Missouri woman has been charged after she allegedly slit the throat of a six-year-old boy. The boy survived but will require surgery. She allegedly called to report she had killed him.

A Miami woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly drowned her daughter in the bathtub. She feared COVID and said Jesus was coming, according to witnesses.

Police in Iowa charged a man with first-degree murder in connection to a toddler's death. The suspect was arrested a year after the child died.

A group in Massachusetts helped catch an alleged pedophile at a transit station, police said. The group lured the suspect pretending to be a child.

A federal grand jury has indicted an 84-year-old United States citizen and former priest on seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place.

A woman has been arrested and charged with second degree murder after a child died in her daycare. She stated that she was being firm with the boy when he wouldn't go down for a nap.

A former charter school teacher has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a child under 14 in Roswell, Georgia. Police believe there may be additional victims.

A Georgia baby suffered from internal injuries after being assaulted by the man watching her. Police say that man has now been charged with molestation.

A Missouri woman faces first-degree murder charges for killing a child in 2018 and hiding the body in the woods, prosecutors said. The charges were increased recently.

A man in Kentucky was arrested after police said he tried to blackmail a teen to perform a sex act. The suspect allegedly said he was ashamed when questioned.

A Utah man has been charged with four felonies after he allegedly inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl at a haunted house where both worked.

An 18-month-old Alabama baby was brought to the hospital and died. Now, police say a man has been arrested for murder after the child's death was ruled a homicide.

A trucker has been arrested after a 4-year-old boy died in Indiana. The man says he was engaging in "horse-play," but the boy's injuries are more severe, police claim.

A girl under 12 was abducted and sexually assaulted by a man after she ran away from home, police in Nebraska said. The suspect has been arrested.

A Virginia man who shot at cops, had child porn and was growing pot was sentenced to life plus 1,200 years behind bars for his crimes, a judge ruled.

A federal jury found an Indiana man guilty of conspiring with women to send him sexually explicit photos of infants and children, the DOJ said.

A carnival worker in Tennessee worker is accused of sexually accosting a child who was about to go on a ride, police said. The victim was a teenager.

A couple in Indiana has been arrested for murder and other charges after the boyfriend beat the child to death and the boy's mother stood by, cops say.

A former New Hampshire firefighter has been charged with sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl with disabilities, police said. The assaults happened for five years.

An 18-month-old girl died while in the care of a Colorado man months ago. Now, police say the man has formally been charged with her murder.

A female teacher in Texas has been arrested after she allegedly had an ongoing sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student, according to police.

A man in Riverside, California, was arrested after he allegedly met girls through social media, then lured them to a location and sexually assaulted them, cops say.

A mother allegedly beat her 11-year-old son to death with her boyfriend, then dumped his body in a car. Her daughter said her mother did not report them to police.

A Louisiana man has been arrested after he allegedly beat his girlfriend. A few days later, the child was born deceased and the suspect was charged.

A man has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl in California. Police say he broke into the girl's bedroom.

Autistic Washington twins found dead in barricaded room, Silverdale mother charged with starving the pair. She “lost track of the days and believed she had starved them to death."”

A 10-week-old baby died and two people were charged in connection to the homicide. But, police have not released the suspect's names. The mom said the suspects were friends.

California police responded to a report of a woman giving birth to a stillborn baby, but officers say the baby was actually born alive and was killed.

A 27-year-old man from Oregon has been arrested in connection to rape and child sex abuse. He allegedly met his victims while working at Dairy Queen.

New details describe the abuse a toddler faced before and during his alleged murder. The victim's boyfriend faces charges in connection to the child's death.

Authorities in Florida took into custody 17 suspects in connection to an undercover child sexual predator sting, law enforcement officials said.

A couple has been charged with first-degree murder after another teenager that they were sexually abusing told police. She was shown photos of the victim's body.

A popular video game streamer on YouTube and Twitch is accused of sexual assault against children. The suspect was arrested in Brazil last week.

An Arkansas woman claimed her son was terminally ill and featured in news stories, but officials said his condition was being faked. Now, she faces criminal charges.

Baltimore police charged an aunt after the bodies of two children were found decomposing in her car's trunk, authorities say. The suspect is being held in jail.

Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said the mom of a 12-year-old girl who gave birth with her 24-year-old boyfriend threw a baby shower for the couple.

Joshua Harmon was found raped and murdered 33-years-ago in Roswell, Georgia. DNA helped police make an arrest last week in the cold-case killing.

Man, 24, arrested and arraigned on a first-degree rape charge after a girl, 12, gives birth to their baby at an Oklahoma hospital, police said.

An Oregon man is accused of sexually abusing children, several who are still unidentified, while working as a FedEx driver, authorities said.

A mother in New Orleans has been charged with second-degree murder after her infant son was found dead with apparent stab wounds. She is being held on a $500,000 bond.

A man will spend five years in prison for posting on mom blogs asking for videos of children sexual abuse. When he was arrested, he had 1,000 child pornography images.

'I'm just scared for us,' Florida mom texted boyfriend. Both are charged in the death of 3-year-old Jameson Nance, who reportedly died of Battered Baby Syndrome after weeks of mistreatment