Police visited the child's Iowa home, where they found the mother allegedly being held against her will Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...

A 63-year-old paraprofessional from Grantosa School is charged with one count of physical abuse of a child. The accused is William Houghton. The criminal complaint in the case indicates Houghton is ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Salvadoran contractor sentenced Tuesday for raping an 11-year-old girl after he was hired to renovate the family's bathroom was in the United States illegally, the Virginia ...

A 21-year-old man faces several charges after being arrested for child sex crimes, the City of Miami Police Department confirmed Tuesday. According to MPD, Osher Joshua Pittman was initially accused ...

A Florida woman is behind bars for abusing an 11-year-old child with disabilities at a day care facility for children with medically complex conditions, Sunshine State law enforcement say. Kaitlyn ...

MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) — Two parents were arrested after Moore Police say one of them admitted to intentionally burning their own child with a lighter. Moore PD says neighbors saw the little boy walking ...

A former Massachusetts shelter director-turned-whistleblower is calling the sentencing of yet another illegal alien for raping a child at a taxpayer-funded shelter further evidence of a "total ...