The 5-year-old girl was wearing a nightgown and sneakers; the 2-year-old boy was clad only in a "very soiled diaper" and pajama shirt. ...more

September 17, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY - A great-grandmother faces child neglect charges after whipping a child with a cable cord, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 25, 2009

Orange County officials will not pursue child neglect charges against the mother of a missing Florida girl because she is already charged with first-degree murder. ...more

October 21, 2008

More than a dozen children have been abandoned under Nebraska's unique safe-haven law, which allows children as old as 18 to be abandoned without fear of prosecution. But the case of a 14-year-old girl from Iowa has stoked fears of an influx of unwanted out-of-state children. ...more

October 9, 2008

A toddler wandered out of his home early Thursday, crawled two blocks to U.S. 41 and was about to cross the busy road when a driver stopped to help him, police say. The discovery of the child on Sarasota's busiest thoroughfare triggered a criminal investigation. Detectives went door-to-door to find the boy's parents -- and eventually discovered them at home asleep. ...more

September 12, 2008

A woman faces as long as 20 years in prison for keeping her 17-year-old adopted son caged in her Jacksonville home. ...more

February 9, 2008

JACKSONVILLE - A woman faces up to 20 years in prison for keeping her 17-year-old adopted son caged in her Jacksonville home. ...more

February 8, 2008

TAMPA - Three young Tampa children lived in an apartment with deplorable conditions that included filthy furniture, an empty refrigerator and rotten food on the kitchen counter and in the sink, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 16, 2007

Three young Tampa children lived in an apartment with deplorable conditions that included filthy furniture, an empty refrigerator and rotten food on the kitchen counter and in the sink, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA - Vernon Kelly, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center worker, faces drug and child-neglect charges after deputies searched his home and found weapons and drugs, authorities said. ...more

September 13, 2007