child abuse

A 30-year-old high school teacher from New Jersey has been arrested after a 4-year-old child in his custody allegedly consumed pot — enough that the child had to be taken to a hospital, unable to stand. The child was taken to a hospital on Tuesday, officials said Friday. Medical tests indicated that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis,…

Two men have been charged in the separate deaths of two children — a 3-year-old from Brooklyn and a 3-month-old in Manhattan — this week, the NYPD said Friday. In the most recent case, police say Jaylynn Evans, of Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at a hospital in Queens, where she had been brought unresponsive with no obvious signs of trauma….

A 31-year-old Bronx man has been indicted on murder, kidnapping and other charges for allegedly killing his girlfriend after holding her, the mother of his child and his toddler son hostage for 48 hours earlier this year, prosecutors announced Friday. Anthony Portis allegedly beat his girlfriend and the mother of his child for two days while his little boy was…

A 19-year-old New Jersey woman has been arrested for allegedly dumping her full-term newborn in a clothes hamper after giving birth, prosecutors said Tuesday. The child was later found dead. Kimberly Aponte, of Hackensack, is accused of aggravated manslaughter in the Aug. 21 overnight death of her child. Prosecutors say she had hidden her pregnancy from her family and managed…

People who were sexually abused as children will have more time to file legal claims under a new state law against individuals and public and private institutions after concerns that the pandemic was keeping survivors from coming forward. Advocates and survivors had been pressing for an extension of the Child Victims Act amid the shutdown and disruption caused by the…

Preliminary data shows that reports of child abuse around the nation have plunged during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, according to an NBC News analysis, while experts are concerned there could be an unseen surge in abuse behind closed doors due to COVID-19 related unemployment and financial strain.

A 64-year-old homeless man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to luring a 3-year-old boy with a balloon and sexually abusing him in 2019 and then abusing an 8-year-old girl in a Queens mall when he was released on bail two months later, prosecutors say. Luis Olivo, whose last known address was a shelter in…

Thomas Valva’s father allegedly left him to die in an icy cold garage earlier in 2020, and now the boy’s mother believes the NYPD cop, his fiancee and many county officials are to blame for the events that eventually led to her son’s death

Despite more children being home for more hours during the shutdown, child abuse reports in the city plunged, with tips down more than 50 percent — but that doesn’t necessarily mean fewer children are being abused

Despite more children being home for more hours during the shutdown, child abuse reports in the city plunged, with tips down more than 50 percent — but that doesn’t necessarily mean fewer children are being abused. The I-Team’s Melissa Russo reports.

A 29-year-old Long Island mother faces child abandonment and other charges for allegedly abandoning her 6-year-old daughter on a Queens street this week, prosecutors said Wednesday. The woman’s boyfriend has also been charged. Patrice Chambers allegedly stopped her car near 140th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard just before 11:30 a.m. Monday and ordered her little girl out of the car....

Sex predators are increasingly trying to exploit kids online with so many school children home doing online learning amid the coronavirus crisis , the FBI says.

With schools closed and teachers unable to report suspected cases of abuse, child welfare agencies have lost some of their best eyes and ears as the coronavirus pandemic strains families

As COVID-19 continues to affect millions of families around the world, Angelina Jolie is speaking out and reminding citizens that we must look out for children in need during this time.

As the coronavirus continues affecting millions of people around the world, Angelina Jolie is standing up for vulnerable children during this time. “Of the many ways that the pandemic is making us rethink our humanity, none is more important, or urgent, than the overall protection of children,” Angelina wrote in an op-ed for Time. “They may not be as susceptible...

A veteran special education teacher allegedly made a 9-year-old girl with autism inappropriately touch him while other students were in the classroom, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York. Another adult at The Carl Ullman School in Oakland Gardens, Queens, witnessed Marc Scheibel grabbing the hand of the young student, who is non-verbal, and forced her to touch him. The…

A veteran special education teacher in Queens allegedly made a 9-year-old girl with autism inappropriately touch him while other students were in the classroom, law enforcement sources say. Marc Santia reports.

A veteran special education teacher allegedly made a 9-year-old girl with autism inappropriately touch him in front of the entire class, law enforcement sources said. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A Queens woman has been convicted of drowning her 2-year-old daughter in 2016 by holding her head under water

A New Jersey school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting two young female students during daily games of “hide and seek” on the bus will remain jailed pending his trial, a judge has ruled. The decision came Monday after Morris County prosecutors claimed Thomas Thomasevich, 70, of Oakland, had groomed the children to be cooperative and play the game, and…