child abuse

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…

A New Jersey school bus driver faces multiple sexual assault charges for allegedly abusing two young women in the presence of other students. Morris County prosecutors said Thomas Thomasevich, 70, of Oakland, faces two counts of 2nd-degree sexual assault and six counts of 4th-degree cruelty and neglect of children, among other charges. Thomasevich allegedly “committed acts of sexual contact on…

An NYPD officer and Army reservist faces child pornography charges after federal agents allegedly found a laptop in his home with more than 600 explicit images of young girls being violently abused. Timothy Martinez, 40, was arrested Feb. 7 and released on bond. Information on his arrest was not released until Friday. According to an affidavit filed in support of…

There were some tense moments as the boy’s mom — who has said Suffolk CPS played a role in her son’s death — objected to the agency’s request for greater access to her two sons

Thomas Valva’s mother stood just a few feet away from the two people accused of killing the 8-year-old boy, his NYPD officer father and his fiancee. She was in court as she continues her fight for permanent custody of her children. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

An NYPD officer and his fiancee indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury in the death of the cop’s 8-year-old son, who was allegedly left to freeze to death in a cold garage, will appear in court on Thursday.

A county on Long Island has launched an internal probe of its social services department after an 8-year-old boy died of hypothermia while in the custody of his father, a New York Police Department officer