A Fayette County father was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after police said he kept his daughter zip-tied in a dog crate. A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children have been convicted by a jury after eight hours of deliberation. A Fayette County mother faces aggravated assault charges after state police said she abused her infant daughter. President Biden's decision to commute the year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Fayette County mother who admitted to abusing her 6-year-old daughter was sentenced to at least 35 years in prison, authorities said.
A Washington County man is in jail, accused of abusing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son so badly that the child is now on a ventilator. A father has been charged after authorities said his girlfriend killed his 2-year-old son in Fayette County.
Police say the 2-year-old child was repeatedly abused by her mother's boyfriend. A Washington County mom has been charged with criminal homicide a year after her month-old son died. Police in West Virginia say a woman was arrested after her handcuffed daughter sought help from a neighbor. A grand jury has returned a murder indictment against the mother and two grandparents of a year-old West Virginia girl whose emaciated body was found in her home. A father is charged with abusing his 4-month-old son after the baby was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and died.
Pittsburgh police said the little girl had been living there with Johnson, her grandmother. Police say that Melissa Populo was caught on camera abusing at least five toddlers at the Gloworms Academy. Four more people have been charged in connection to a child abuse investigation at Greensburg Salem's Nicely Elementary School last fall. Three more people were arraigned in Westmoreland County on charges connected to a child abuse investigation at Greensburg Salem's Nicely Elementary School last fall.
