Articles Tagged with delinquency

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A substitute teacher is facing charges after allegedly abusing a student and allowing his classmates to beat him up.

On the morning of February 12 at the YMCA Tiger Academy in Jacksonville, a child was reportedly injured and abused by his teacher. The woman, who was a substitute at the Academy, allegedly became frustrated with the boy’s behavior and egged on four students who offered to beat him up. Additionally, it was reported that the teacher did not intervene during the attacks. After the other youngsters were finished, the woman allegedly handled the child roughly and caused his head to slam into a desk.

The teacher asked for help, and when she talked to two employees, she reportedly said the youngster needed to be punished. The students in the classroom at the time of the incident gave their accounts of what happened, and said the substitute encouraged others to hit the alleged victim. It was reported that the woman was fired from her job, and the authorities were notified. The following day, the police collected evidence from the scene and filed for an arrest warrant.

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A Florida woman was arrested after allegedly hiding a missing teenage boy she had been trying to adopt.

On February 10, a teenage boy was reported missing from an academy that provides care for children who have had multiple unsuccessful foster placements. He had been given permission to visit a local park, but when staff went to pick him up, he was not there. When the authorities were notified, they began investigating, and learned that earlier that day, the boy had been involved in an incident with a woman who volunteers at the academy.

According to reports, the woman had been in the process of trying to adopt the teen, but she was ordered to cut off all contact with him. When she talked to the authorities, she reportedly said the last time she saw him was at the park, and she had only gone there to give him food. When asked if she knew where he might have gone, she suggested that they search the Tampa area.

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A woman is facing charges after allegedly using a child to help her steal over $1,000 worth of items from a local Target store.

On October 11, a woman with a youngster in tow went to Target in Cape Coral, Florida. According to reports, she filled her cart with large items including a vacuum cleaner and a barista-style coffee machine. When she was finished, the woman allegedly failed to pay for the merchandise and walked out of the store a few moments after the child, who was pushing the cart. Employees reportedly saw the incident and informed loss prevention.

Surveillance video from the time of the alleged theft was searched, and after they believed they saw footage of the robbery as it took place, the Cape Coral Police Department was notified. They opened an investigation, and they passed around an image of the suspect so additional officers could keep an eye out for her.

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A woman caring for a 6-year-old boy was taken into custody after the authorities reportedly found the child drinking alcohol on two separate occasions. 

26-year-old Victoria Hampton lives in Hanover Township, Ohio. 

On the evening of August 5, Hampton was reportedly at a local Marathon Snack Shack store with a 6-year-old boy. The relationship between Hampton and the child has not been confirmed at this time, but it is believed that she is his father’s friend. 

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An Iowa woman is facing several charges after she allegedly sold prescription drugs to an underage person in Illinois. 

30-year-old Kathy Chanton-Khemphomma is from Davenport, Iowa, which is approximately 50 miles from Kewanee, Illinois. 

On March 22, Chanton-Khemphomma was reportedly interacting with a teenager from Kewanee. 

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37-year-old Kimberly Victoria Diggins lives in Port Charlotte, and used to work for Brightstar Care: In-Home Care & Medical Staffing Agency as a health aide.

On September 2, Diggins was reportedly in charge of taking care of a woman with stage 4 pancreatic cancer when the patient’s regular aide was unable to work her shift at the last minute.

Beginning at midnight, and for a period of approximately 11-hours, Diggins reportedly stayed at the residence to provide care for the woman. The patient and her spouse slept through the night while Diggins was at their home.

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A man is facing charges after he allegedly allowed a 12-year-old girl in his care to operate his SUV at a reported speed of 85 MPH.

Shaun Michaelsen is a 41-year-old resident of Jupiter, Florida.

On June 8, Michaelsen was reportedly caring for his female friend’s 12-year-old daughter and one of the preteen’s friends for a couple of days.

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A Florida couple is facing charges after they allegedly stole a Donald Trump campaign flag from a neighbor’s property during the night with their children in tow.

41-year-old Geoffrey Michael Fraiche and his wife, 38-year-old Laura Ann Webb-Fraiche, are both gynecologists who are employed in different hospitals in Pensacola, Florida.

The married couple, who lives in Gulf Breeze with their two children, reportedly drank a little alcohol which allegedly caused them to become mischievously playful.

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A Tampa woman with a young child in tow was accused of collecting items in Walmart in a purported effort to cause an explosion in the store.

On the evening of January 11, Emily Stallard and a child whose relation to her has not been made public visited Walmart in Tampa and reportedly spent over 60-minutes walking through the aisles of the store collecting items.

Stallard and the child caught the eye of a security guard working in the store, and he allegedly watched as they both grabbed and opened many items including packages of nails, ethanol, and matches.

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A Florida man has been accused of trying to abduct a child from a mall arcade, in addition to reportedly attempting to enlist teenagers to sell marijuana for him.

A 10-year-old boy was hanging out at the arcade with nearly a dozen of his friends and an 18-year-old in the Viaport Mall. At one point during the excursion, the child reportedly walked toward the entryway to try to find his sister.

While the boy was searching for his sibling, a man, later identified as 27-year-old Tyler Houston Rathel, allegedly walked up to the child and made small talk asking if he would like to accompany him to the store.

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