Officials with Montgomery Public Schools and Child Protect along with representatives from various law enforcement agencies held a child abuse forum at Goodwin Middle School today. Many People can tell the obvious signs of child abuse. “marks to the skin, problems that they may be having just doing mundane activities, also changes in behavior” But , what about the not…
Two more family members have been arrested after a teenager was found naked and chained in his Prattville home last month. Authorities say it’s two of the the boy’s uncles. Douglas Gene Phillips (left) and Matthew Allen Phillips (right) are each facing one count of aggravated child abuse after their arrests Friday. Douglas Gene Phillips, charged with aiding and abetting…
Authorities say an anonymous tip lead them to a home on County Road 46 in Prattville where they found a 13-year-old boy naked, with chains padlocked around his ankles. The boys’ mother step-father and grandmother are now charged with torture and willful abuse of child under 18. Investigators with the Autauga County Sheriff’s Department said injuries on the boy’s legs…
Charges have been filed in against a man and a woman in the brutal death of a 23-month-old child. The child was pronounced dead shortly after being brought to the Vaughn Memorial Hospital Emergency Room in Selma in August 2017. An autopsy conducted by the Alabama Department of Forensic Science determined that child’s death was caused by multiple blunt force…
Authorities say an Alabama woman is charged with drugging a 5-year-old boy before dropping him off at school. The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department says 41-year-old Margaret Ann Elchin of Boaz was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated child abuse. Officials say the woman gave the child a pill that caused him to lose consciousness at times and have slurred…
Dozens of people from Alabama and Georgia have been arrested on child exploitation charges including one person from the river region. The arrests come after a joint operation between authorities in Alabama and Georgia. In all, 31 people were taken into custody, including 11 in Alabama. The following is the official press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency: ‘Operation…
A grand jury has indicted an Alabama couple accused of forcing their young son to stay outside without food and water for days. Shelby County court records made public Thursday show 33-year-old Matthew Scott Rowe and 34-year-old Catherine Rowe were indicted Tuesday. The pair were arrested in April on child abuse charges. Police said they made their 7-year-old son stay…
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating an Aggravated Child Abuse case since July 14, when notified by DHR. The victim is a 6 month male. The victim sustained a series of injuries since early June 2016, that includes bruising, physical wounds, and fractures to both legs and ribs. ARRESTED –9/9/16 (Mother) Jacqueline Breann Lee W/F Age 20 ARRESTED –9/13/16 (Boyfriend) Nicholas…
An Elmore County woman has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges, after her son was found injured in the backseat of a car in Florida. 28-year- old Hallee Mcleod pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated child abuse. She was arrested last year when her 4-year-old son was found unresponsive in the back seat of her boyfriend’s car in Panama City. The boy…
A couple accused of abusing a child has been arrested. Montgomery police and court records show 26-year-old Heather Brabham and 34-year-old William Kirkpatrick were arrested Tuesday after an ongoing investigation involving the abuse of a female juvenile. Brabham and Kirkpatrick were both charged with aggravated child abuse. Brabham and Kirkpatrick are being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility on a…
