Category: Child Abuse
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CPS Removed Children After Toddler Severely Burned
22-year-old Kenneth James Jerone McCloud of Muskegon Heights has been accused of scalding his young son so badly that prosecutors are claiming that the child may be disfigured for life. As a result of the allegations, Child Protective Services has removed both the young boy and another child from the home and placed them in…
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Recent Appeals Court Ruling Affects Another Abuse Case
A decision handed down in the Michigan Court of Appeals recently may have ripple effects on other cases currently pending, as well as in the future. The Court of Appeals decided that a fetus is not legally a baby, and therefore is not covered under Michigan’s description of “child” in the legal definition of child…
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Michigan Court of Appeals Rules: A Fetus Is Not A ‘Child’
The Michigan Court of Appeals has thrown out a conviction against 30-year-old Melissa Lee Jones, a mother who was convicted of child abuse for using drugs during her pregnancy. This unprecedented ruling, while it has an immediate impact of Jones’ life, also has further reaching implications with regard to the abortion debate. Jones was convicted…
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Michigan to Start Compensating Those Wrongfully Convicted of Abuse?
Imagine this. Your three year old daughter, whom you love with all your heart, trips and falls down the basement stairs. She bumps her head at the bottom, and being a concerned parent, you take her to the emergency room and you’re told she’s fine. For a few days, everything is normal, and suddenly she…
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Michigan Mother Jailed For Not Protecting Child From Abusive Boyfriend
Jordan Henry, a mother accused of not stepping in to save her child from her abusive boyfriend, was sentenced to jail in the Monroe County Circuit Court recently. The 27-year-old Wyandotte woman appeared before Judge Michael A. Weipert, who scolded her for her role in her toddler’s death. “Why do you vouch for someone…
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Parents Charged With Murder, Now Facing Possible Termination Of Parental Rights
Mio Campbell and Aki Dillard, parents of the deceased 6-year-old boy, Elijah Dillard, are currently facing murder charges for the death of their son. But they are now also faced with the potential termination of their parental rights, with regard to their other three surviving children. Thier three remaining children are in state custody while…
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Mother & Grandmother Arrested For Posting Video Of Child Abuse On Facebook
Police have arrested Demitria Latrion Powell, a 28 year old resident of Flint, MI along with 42 year old Uteas Michelle Taylor, and a 39 year old man named Stefon Tirrell Felton. The trio have been arrested after administering a beating to Powell’s 11 year old son and then posting the video clip to Facebook.…