(Cedar City, UT) — A Cedar City man is in trouble for allegedly abusing his own child. The Division of Child and Family Services says they were called to the five-year-old girl’s school when staff members noticed “an obvious human bite mark” on her arm. Police later interviewed the child […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A former Utah Department of Child and Family Services employee has been charged with tampering with a witness and other felonies in connection to the abuse of a 15-month-old boy. The boy’s babysitter, Erika Bos, initially claimed the injuries were caused by allergies. Texts revealed […]
A couple from Moroni were charged in 6th District Court on Dec. 30 in the death of their two year old daughter. The girls step father Juan Castillo, age 51, and Anyi Nicol Canales Cruz, age 22, face charges of child abuse homicide and child abuse. The Sanpete County Sheriff’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Representative Phil Lyman is supporting legislation to require clergy members to report child abuse. The Republican Lyman hopes to remove an exemption in Utah’s child protection laws that don’t require clergy members to report suspected abuse or neglect. In a release, Lyman said he […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah police have arrested a couple accused of using electric shocks to discipline two children. Arrest records allege a mother and her boyfriend used what police described as an “electronic shocking device” to discipline the woman’s five-year-old son and six-year-old daughter. Authorities in the city of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Utah have arrested a man after police accused him of burning two toddlers with hot water. KUTV-TV reported that 24-year-old Austin Woolsey was arrested Tuesday and faces two felony counts of child abuse. The relationship between Woolsey and the children is unclear. Police […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities have arrested youth treatment facility employee after deputies say he allegedly allowed residents to choke each other as part of a game. Authorities say 20-year-old Tuakimoana Leota was charged Tuesday with two counts of felony child abuse. Prosecutors say Sanpete County sheriff’s deputies […]
(Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Salt Lake man punched a child riding a bicycle, opened fire on the child’s father and then barricaded himself in his home. Authorities say a 61-year-old Millcreek man became angry Sunday afternoon over noise from children riding […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a child abuse charge against a Utah woman accused of bringing her dog back into her home after the pit bull twice bit her daughter in the face. The Daily Herald reports the 8-year-old girl received 27 stitches on her cheek, chin and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah couple is accused of waterboarding their 9-year-old daughter as a form of punishment. The Deseret News reports that the girl’s father and stepmother of Provo were booked into jail last week on suspicion of child abuse. According to a police affidavit, an investigation began […]
