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7-year-old Indiana girl tests positive for methadone

Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

A 7-year-old Fort Wayne, Indiana girl was brought to the emergency room at Parkview Hospital Randallia where she tested positive for methadone, marijuana and PCP on Wednesday.  The girl was brought to the hospital by her mother. Fort Wayne police and Child Services were called to the hospital. Child Services reportedly attempted to interview the ... read more »

Man sentenced to two years for killing terminally ill wife

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013

Linda McNeely of Bothell, Washington began having seizures during the summer of 2010. She soon learned that she had a fast growing tumor in her brain. By fall of 2011, doctors only gave her 6 months to live.  Linda McNeely’s children wrote letters to the court detailing the pain she was suffering. These letters explained ... read more »

Georgia school board member allegedly hits student with car

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

Angela Cornett, a school board member in Bartow County, Georgia, reportedly stuck a 17-year-old student in a busy Walmart parking lot. Emily Gulledge, a senior in the Bartow County School District, said that she was standing in a parking spot to hold it for her brother’s girlfriend whom had just given birth when she was ... read more »

Runny nose thought to be allergies actually leaking brain fluid

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Aundrea Aragon, a 35-year-old mother from Tucson, Arizona, had a tasteless, clear liquid leaking from her nose for four months. Doctors continually assured her that the liquid was a result of allergies. Aragon had a nagging feeling that something else was wrong. Aragon believed that her runny nose was anything but typical. She told ABC ... read more »

Beloved teacher dies while teaching

Sunday, November 4th, 2012

Lori Blomme, a teacher in the Minneapolis school district, died after collapsing in front of her students on Tuesday, October 30. The Pioneer Press reports that Blomme told her students in her third hour class that she felt faint before collapsing. Students were ushered to the gym as paramedics rushed to Blomme’s aid. Blomme worked as ... read more »

Dog and her puppies keep lost boy warm

Friday, October 19th, 2012

A 10-year-old Hackleburg, Alabama boy with Down Syndrome wandered from his home on Tuesday afternoon. Kyle Camp was watching television around 4:30PM on Tuesday. Soon after, his family found him to be missing. The area around Kyle’s house is heavily wooded. His family searched for him until 7:00PM Tuesday evening before calling the police. There ... read more »

California father threatens to shoot neighborhood speeders

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

A Bakersfield, California father is tired of drivers speeding through his neighborhood, threatening neighborhood safety. Concerned with the welfare of his children, he decided to take a new approach to warning speeders. Phillip has put up a sign in his front yard warning drivers: “Warning! You hit my kid, you will be shot!!” While Phillip ... read more »

Car crashing into pizzeria kills recent widow eating with family

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

82-year-old Kathryn Virginia Hamlin was eating at Mama Mia’s Pizzeria in Anna, Texas with her daughter and grandson when a car came crashing through the restaurant’s wall. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reports that the driver of the car, an 80-year-old woman, had just left a nearby beauty salon when she accidentally pressed on the gas ... read more »

Teen’s stomach removed after drinking celebratory liquid nitrogen cocktail

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Gaby Scanlon of Lancashire, England was out celebrating her 18th birthday last Thursday night when she indulged in a Jagermeister drink prepared with liquid nitrogen. Shortly after, she began feeling breathless and suffered from severe stomach pains. The Telegraph in the UK reports that Scanlon was rushed to the Lancaster Royal Infirmary around 11:00PM that ... read more »

Man leaves 5-month-old in car to rob house

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Lamont Andre Cummings was babysitting his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter last Thursday when he allegedly robbed a Lilburn, Georgia home. Cummings is accused of leaving the infant in a car while he robbed a home in broad daylight, stealing electronics and a rifle. Authorities were alerted to the situation when Bill Wannamaiger, the victims’ neighbor, saw ... read more »

Mom urges 10-year-old to shoplift, then flees without child

Saturday, September 29th, 2012

A mother used her 10-year-old daughter in a shoplifting attempt at a Safeway in Morgan Hill, California. 38-year-old Marcy Keelin and her daughter shopped together at the store on September 19th. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that after almost entirely filling the cart, Keelin instructed her daughter to wait by the door for her to ... read more »

Juvenile offenders overun staff, escape Washington detention center

Monday, September 24th, 2012

Six high risk juvenile offenders from Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie, Washington caused a flurry of activity late Saturday night. Around 11:30 PM, the six teenage boys overpowered a female staff member, knocked her unconscious, snatched her keys and radio, and locked her in a room. Then, they fled the facility. The incident was ... read more »

Father wrestles man who grabbed his two-year-old daughter

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Kelly Davis, 31, took his daughters to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago last Saturday night so that they could see the big skyscrapers and lights. Davis told The Chicago Tribune, “We thought it would be a nice family outing to see the city at night and the girls could see the big skyscrapers and the ... read more »

12-year-old drives to safety after grandfather dies

Monday, July 30th, 2012

Last Tuesday did not end the way New Jersey 12-year-old Miranda Bowman had anticipated. Miranda had spent the day having fun with her grandfather and brother at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville. After a day of fun, things quickly changed. While driving home, Miranda’s grandfather told her that he did not feel well ... read more »

Autistic girl falls from window, caught by neighbor

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

While mother Shaleema McCree was helping her young son go to the bathroom, her 7-year-old autistic daughter, Keyla, was pushing out a piece holding an air conditioning unit in the window of the family’s 3rd story Coney Island apartment. The little girl was able to wiggle her way through the tiny opening. Witnesses informed the ... read more »