Today's ruling confirms what the parents and victims in the Los Gatos Community came to know all too well - that Shannon O'Connor put herself in a position of trust over the well-being of kids, and she abused that trust. Ms. O'Connor's planned actions took advantage of the vulnerability of the innocent she drew to her home over years.
This defendant took advantage of children, manipulated children, hurt children - emotionally, mentally, physically, and did that for her own perverse reasons. Every child who testified, the jury convicted the defendant of a charge involving that child.
The 39-year-old father pleaded not guilty to charges of felony child endangerment and abuse and a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He would face a maximum of six years in prison if convicted on all counts.
The drugs were stored inside a pair of backpacks at Palma's apartment, prosecutors said. One was hidden in a laundry hamper in Palma's bedroom closet. It contained more than 400 grams of methamphetamine, 200-plus grams of a mixture containing fentanyl, other controlled substances and digital scales. A loaded gun was found in the same pack.
Officers were called to the Park Place shopping centre on Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. for reports of a driver who had allegedly hit several protective pillars outside an indoor play facility. Residents who called police said the driver had nearly gone into the building's main entrance.
A public school teacher was arrested for assaulting a 10-year-old student inside a Brooklyn classroom Monday, police said. Moaz Mahmoud, 26, allegedly struck the student in the face before shoving and grabbing him during an argument around 11 a.m. inside Public School 276 on E. 83rd St. near Avenue K in Canarsie, cops said. The teacher was arrested about an hour later for acting in a manner injurious to a child and assault, police said.
I recently started taking him to a park for about 45 minutes before I take him home. I'm physically active and climb the slides, chase him around and play with him. He loves our time together. Over the last two weeks, there has been a little 6-year-old girl at the park who seems to be on her own. Her parents, I assume, are in the parking lot.
If O'Connor is convicted of sexual battery or molesting a minor, Webby said she would be required to register as a sex offender under California law. A conviction on all counts would also carry a potential sentence of more than 30 years. Prosecutors have identified 14 named juvenile victims, seven girls referred to as Jane Does, and seven boys, or John Does, according to Webby, and none of the testifying juveniles have immunity agreements. In addition, prosecutors have other juvenile witnesses, who are not named victims.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York City Department of Education employee was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Brooklyn on charges related to child endangerment and misconduct while on duty, police said. The arrest took place around 12:55 p.m. within the confines of the 78th Precinct. Authorities identified the suspect as 40-year-old Michael Boitano, an physical education teacher with the NYC Department of Education. Boitano faces multiple charges, including disseminating indecent material to minors, official misconduct by a public servant, and endangering the welfare of a child.
A 26-year-old Brooklyn man and his family were allegedly targeted in an antisemitic attack while walking near their home in Bedford-Stuyvesant late last week, authorities said. Officials said 35-year-old Isharae Summers began following the family around 11:20 p.m. near Nostrand and Willoughby avenues, shouting threats at the father and his children, including "I'm going to choke you!" and "I'm going to kill all the Jews!" The attack reportedly escalated when Summers allegedly struck the father in the head and chest, officials said.
Slaughter's 18-month-old son was found after a 911 caller reported an attempted car theft in the 300 block of North Avenue 52 around 10 a.m. Sunday, police said. The victim said the male suspect fled the area on foot and that the toddler and dog were left behind in the vehicle. The Department of Child and Family Services took temporary custody of the child, while the dog was collected by Los Angeles Animal Services.
The 39-year-old victim was stabbed in one of the store's bathrooms while she was changing her 10-month-old daughter's diaper, according to police. When officers responded to a 911 call at around 3 p.m., they found the woman with multiple stab wounds to her back and a laceration on her arm, the Globe reported. The victim's husband was standing outside the bathroom and waiting for her with their other two children, police told CBS News.
A New Hampshire mother was charged on Monday after her 6-year-old ingested a THC gummy and tested positive for cannabinoids and cocaine. On Nov. 3, Nashua police received a report from the Division of Child, Youth, and Families that a 6-year-old girl had ingested a THC gummy and was taken to the hospital, where she tested positive for the two illegal drugs.
Retail Theft, Child Abuse: Two suspects worked together on South Bascom Avenue to steal merchandise and fled in a red GMC truck. They had children in the vehicle who were not in car seats. Possession of Stolen Vehicle, Driving Under the Influence: Someone was located driving a stolen vehicle at Hamilton and Leigh avenues. The suspect displayed signs and symptoms of alcohol and drug intoxication, and was in possession of suspected crystal methamphetamine. The suspect was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart dismissed backup offensive lineman Nyier Daniels on Monday, a day after he was arrested for allegedly driving more than 150 mph while attempting to flee police in Commerce, Georgia. Daniels, from Newark, New Jersey, faces more than a dozen criminal charges and was being held Monday on $21,000 bond in the Jackson County Jail in Jefferson, Georgia.
An infant was taken to the hospital in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon following an accidental fentanyl overdose, and two adults linked to the overdose were arrested. Police were called to the scene at a residence on Cravath Street on Treasure Island around 1:23 pm Wednesday. There they found an unresponsive infant, who was then taken to a hospital. Cravath Street is the site of one of the newest residential developments on the island.
Novato police arrested four suspects in the theft of about $33,000 worth of eyewear products, including 90 pairs of glasses. The theft happened at about 3 p.m. Friday at the LensCrafters store at the Vintage Oaks Shopping Center. Witnesses said the thieves fled in a Dodge Charger without license plates. A California Highway Patrol officer stopped the vehicle on southbound Highway 101 in Terra Linda. Investigators determined that three men and a 17-year-old boy were the thieves.
A woman was arrested by CHP officers in Dublin after crashing her car, possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and leaving a 1-year-old child behind in the car. The officers found the woman walking along the roadway of I-580, and when they located the car, they found the child inside; the child is reportedly okay. [CHP-Dublin/Facebook] The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is going "nomadic" when it leaves its home of one year, the Cube on Montgomery Street, early next year.
A 2-year-old boy whose death in a wash in Barstow during a September rainstorm appeared to be a tragic accident is actually the victim of a crime, authorities say, after Xavier Aguilera-Padilla's father was charged Tuesday, Oct. 21, with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Brandon Aguilera-Padilla, 26, of Barstow, pleaded not guilty to that charge as well as one count of willful child endangerment likely to cause injury or death in Superior Court in Victorville on Tuesday afternoon. The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office
NEW YORK -- Police released a photo and video of the woman last seen with an abandoned newborn baby girl at New York City's Penn Station. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. on Monday. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform.
Leshea Harris, 30, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Oct. 8 on a complaint charging her with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after she allegedly left her four children, including a 4-year-old boy, at the Beach 25th Street apartment of Amariah George, 30, with her four children, while the two mothers went to East New York to rob a woman on New Lots Avenue, according to the criminal complaint.
A teacher at Shepherd Hill Regional High School in Dudley is facing child endangerment charges after he was arrested Friday, according to Taunton police. Thomas Wilson, 37, of Southbridge, was charged with reckless sexual endangerment of a child, enticement of a child under the age of 16, and possession of child pornography, Taunton police said in a statement. The charges came following an investigation of an alleged Sept. 18 incident.
A youth football coach in Connecticut was arrested after allegedly pushing a 7-year-old player to the ground on Sunday. There was a disturbance between two assistant coaches after the New Milford Bulls coach allegedly pushed a player from the opposing team, the Water-Oak 7U Team, after a play on the field, according to New Milford police. No injuries were reported, police say.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The suspect in the deadly stabbing of a father in San Francisco last week was arraigned and plead not guilty on Friday. The suspect, Daniel Patrick Rodriguez Jr., is charged with murder and child endangerment due to the victim's 8-year-old child witnessing the incident. The stabbing happened September 10 shortly after Robert Paul Byrd, 35, picked up his son from Commodore Sloat Elementary School.
DUBLIN - A narcotics sales investigation into a convicted felon culminated Thursday in the 49-year-old woman's arrest in Dublin, as well as the seizure of three kilograms of cocaine and $15,900 in cash, authorities said. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency served a warrant on behalf of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office at a residence on Markleeville Road, according to the sheriff's office.
Around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Hingham police received a report that a child was alone in a car and screaming for their mother outside the Whole Foods at 94 Derby St. The couple who called 911 had parked next to the vehicle and heard the child, who was in a car seat in the back seat, police said. "The windows were all closed, the engine was off, and the sun roof was open," police said.
Torrance police have arrested two people wanted in connection with the death of a 1-month-old girl who was fatally bitten by a dog inside a home last fall, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 29. Genna Magliocco and Charles Womack were taken into custody on felony child-endangerment warrants, the Torrance Police Department announced. Detectives and community lead officers carried out the operation that led to the arrests, which were made without incident. Both suspects remain jailed while awaiting arraignment.
A man was arrested after stealing a car in East Los Angeles with three children inside, then crashing it in Malibu during a police pursuit Friday evening, officials confirmed. The car, a light-colored sedan, was left running with three children inside at a 7-Eleven on East Olympic Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. A stranger jumped inside the idling vehicle and took off at around 6:38 p.m.
SAN JOSE The mother-daughter operators of a San Jose daycare center where two toddlers drowned in a swimming pool in 2023 were held to answer to charges of child endangerment by a judge following a preliminary hearing this week. The ruling, which means that there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial, was passed down by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Ronald Toff, following a three-day preliminary hearing that concluded Thursday.
