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Judge finds probable cause in abuse case
A doctor says a 15-year-old Wisconsin girl who wasted away to 68 pounds after allegedly being denied food weighed 82 pounds as a 9-year-old.
Teen details alleged abuse in police video
A Wisconsin police video released Tuesday shows a 15-year-old girl in an oversized sweat shirt clutching her stuffed bunny, occasionally dabbing her eyes and softly describing years of alleged abuse and starvation by her parents.
Hearings for starved girl’s parents postponed
A judge postponed preliminary hearings for a father and stepmother accused of forcing the man's daughter to live for years in the sparse basement of their Wisconsin home and denying her sufficient food after they appeared in court Thursday without attorneys.
Man accused of slapping boys over missing frog
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A 26-year-old Sheboygan man is charged with slapping two young boys for letting his pet frog escape briefly. Christopher D. Sipe faces a preliminary hearing Wednesday on two counts of felony child abuse. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. A Sheboygan Press report says Sipe was […]
Woman charged with bruising boyfriend’s son
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A 25-year-old Sheboygan woman is accused of spanking her boyfriend’s 6-year-old son hard enough to leave bruises that persisted for days. Prosecutors say Katie M. Champeau is dating the boy’s father. She was charged Thursday with felony child abuse, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. According to […]
Milwaukee mom sentenced for trying to smother son
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman caught on video trying to smother her infant son at a hospital has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Erika Gutierrez had been charged a year ago with eight counts of child abuse. Four counts were dismissed before she was found guilty after a nonjury trial before […]
Baby sitter gets 30 days for ‘vampire’ attack
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan man who pleaded no contest to charges that he bit a 3-year-old boy’s neck while “playing vampire” has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Mark R. Adams Jr. was convicted of felony child abuse. The Sheboygan Press says the 43-year-old was sentenced Tuesday. Adams was babysitting the boy […]
Wis. man, brother face abuse charges for spankings
BLACK EARTH, Wis. (AP) — The head pastor at a Dane County church and his brother face child-abuse charges after being accused of using rods to spank children on the buttocks. Prosecutors filed charges Friday against 53-year-old Philip Caminiti, the head pastor at Aleitheia Bible Church, and his brother, 45-year-old John Caminiti. The Wisconsin State […]
Former special ed teacher accused of abuse
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A former special education teacher is accused of physically abusing some of her students in Calumet County. Fifty-three-year-old Mary Berglund is charged with nine counts of physical abuse of a child dating back to September 2009. She’s also charged with strangulation and suffocation. All of the charges stem from Berglund’s time […]
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