A young Wyoming mother has been arrested and charged for allegedly leaving her baby son to die in his car seat while she was out partying with friends. According to CPS, six-month-old Noah Johnson’s death was entirely preventable, if only his mother had checked on him and fed him during that window of time. […]
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Michigan Bikers Raise Money To Fight Child Abuse
Thanks to Hollywood, bikers tend to be associated with drug crimes, prostitution rings and violent parties. Although this may be true in some cases, the reality is that not all bikers are scary guys with huge beards, a total disregard for the law, and even bigger tempers. Many bikers are nothing more than law-abiding […]
New Charges in Michigan’s FGM Case
When Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, a respected emergency room doctor at Henry Ford hospital, was arrested for performing genital cuttings on two young girls from Minnesota, the country erupted. When another doctor and his wife were accused of being present at the time, fully complicit in the crime, a community came under the laser eye […]
Mother and Boyfriend Charged in Battle Creek Abuse Case
This is a horrifying story. We don’t have all of the details, so we aren’t certain yet which parts of it are fact and which parts are simply allegations. But we do know that a young boy was treated very badly, and will need a long time to recover physically from his ordeal. […]
FGM Case Update: What’s Next For The Families Involved?
If you read our blog with any regularity then you have probably heard about the female genital mutilation case that has caused such an uproar recently. Although in truth, you don’t have to follow our blog to have heard about it. There isn’t a newspaper or media source in Michigan that hasn’t covered the […]
Police Chief Says 4-Year-Old’s Death Wasn’t An Accident
4-year-old Ivy Yurkus was rushed to the hospital, where she lived for a few hours with severe stomach pains, before passing away. In the wake of her death, investigators have looked into her condition and her injuries, and determined that she was most likely the victim of child abuse. The Roseville Police Chief, James […]
Female Genital Mutilation To Be Outlawed in Michigan?
The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been raging through the media like wildfire over the last few weeks. Ever since three people in Michigan, two of whom are doctors, have been charged with performing this illegal procedure on minors here in the Mitten state, it has been the topic of choice for […]
Abuse or Tradition: Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision
Last week we shared with you the story of a Michigan doctor who is accused of performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on a number of young girls in the name of tradition and religion. As is often the case when stories of a controversial nature become public, people on all sides step up to […]
Michigan Doctor Charged For Female Genital Mutilation Practices
Female Genital Mutilation is something that the average American only hears about in news about other countries. In fact, it’s neither customary, nor legal to alter the genitalia of an underaged girl here in the US, and so it simply isn’t something that makes the local news very often. Yet, if Homeland Security and […]
CPS Petitions in Michigan: What You Need To Know 2
In the previous installment in this series on Michigan’s Central Registry, also known as the Abuse and Neglect Registry, we have been discussing the court process for parents who are accused of abuse or neglect. Previously we looked at the first steps in the process, where the Judge may choose to conduct a preliminary […]
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