Child Abuse or Mental Illness? Mom Pushed Son in Swing Non-Stop for Two Days Romechia Simms has been charged with child abuse and murder. Very serious charges indeed. But unlike so many child abuse investigations where the debate is whether or not the abuse was intentional or accidental, the facts here are very confusing.

Jamarion Lawhorn, the 12-year-old Kent County boy convicted for murder and sentenced to decades behind bars, claimed that his plan had been to commit suicide and take someone with him. Why? Because he was so badly abused at home, that he no longer wanted to live. And now, Anita Lawhorn, his much-maligned mother, will get…

According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Department, Brian K. Dubay Jr. is facing domestic violence and child abuse charges for slapping his girlfriend’s daughter. The complaint was called in by the girl’s father, who had picked up his daughters from his ex-wife’s home that evening.

Kimberly Pappas, a 24-year-old Wyandotte woman, has entered a plea of not guilty to charges of child abuse and murder. She is accused of having given birth, unassisted, at her job, and then hidden the newborn in a plastic bag near her desk, where he died of asphyxiation.

Mother & Caregiver arrested for toddler’s death Caius Henry was a two-year-old boy from South Rockwood, who died last year shortly after emergency responders rushed him to a local hospital for treatment. His mother had called 911, explaining that her little son had hit his temple the night before and now was having trouble breathing.

According to the American Bar Association, defense attorneys are ethically bound to provide the best possible defense for a client, whether or not they are are guilty or innocent of the crime they are accused of committing. While some defense attorneys are obviously better than others at their trade, all attorneys defending the accused are…

Port Huron Parents Could Face Life in Prison if Convicted of Child Abuse Port Huron Police responded on a Tuesday evening to a call about an unresponsive child. Authorities arrived to discover 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison and her 3-year-old sister, Makayla, in a terrible state. Both girls appeared severely malnourished and dehydrated. 

For the most part society tends to frown on drug abuse. And drug abuse in front of a child, especially if the child is considered to be endangered as a result, is rarely if ever acceptable. So it’s little wonder that the couple found passed out in a car with their 3-year-old daughter strapped into the backseat…