A Connellsville couple was arrested after doctors found their 7-month-old son had suffered severe injuries, allegedly resulting from child abuse.
Tyler Hunter, 18, was charged after physicians determined the childĢƵ injuries — including bruises, lacerations and bone fractures — could ...
After the death of a Fayette County 9-year-old last week, state legislators are proposing legislation that would enact stricter regulations for parents entering the foster care system, stronger oversight and stiffer penalties for harming children.
State Reps. Charity Grimm Krupa, R-Fayette, ...
Monessen police arrested a man and woman this week in connection with the abuse of a 5-year-old boy, including forcing the child to eat his own feces.
Charles W. Smitley V, 29, and Colleen Cassidy, 36, both of Monessen, each face felony charges of endangering the welfare of children, unlawful ...
On Aug. 16 at 11:39 a.m., Brianna Bloyer did a Google search for “how to make someone come to,” according to testimony at her Friday preliminary hearing.
Fifteen minutes later, a 911 call was placed to help 2-year-old Bentlee Myers.
Three days later, the toddler was dead.
Bloyer, 30, ...
In the past year the region saw a number of cases of young children being severely injured, and in some cases killed, as a result of physical abuse from a caretaker.
More recently in Washington County, 24-year-old Lyndon Gerald Henderson was arrested in November after his girlfriendĢƵ baby ...
A 6-year-old Brownsville girl told police her parents locked her in a dog cage naked overnight, fed her dog food and physically abused her.
On Tuesday, Jacob William Weight, 37, and Mimi Ann Frost, 33, both of Brownsville were arrested on charges that include aggravated assault, unlawful ...