Tag: Child Abuse
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Ex-Littleton bus aide pleads guilty in abuse case involving nonverbal student
A former Littleton bus aide pleaded guilty to more than 10 child abuse charges almost two years after a video captured her striking a nonverbal student on a school bus. Kiarra Jones, 29, pleaded guilty to 12 counts on Monday in an Arapahoe County District Court arising out of the abuse of three non-verbal autistic…
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Littleton woman sentenced to 36 years in fentanyl death of 22-month-old son
A Douglas County judge Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old Littleton woman to 36 years in prison in the fentanyl overdose death of her 22-month old son in 2022. Judge Ryan Stuart sentenced Hanna Gilmour, 29, on convictions of felony child abuse resulting in death and misdemeanor child abuse in the death of her late son, Layton…
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Lakewood woman sentenced to 18 years on child abuse charges
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Jefferson County District Court judge sentenced a 27-year-old woman to 18 years in prison Tuesday after severely abusing a child at her unlicensed home daycare. District Court Judge Chantel Contiguglia sentenced Mckinley Slone Hernandez on one count of child abuse — recklessly causing serious bodily…
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Highlands Ranch man arrested on suspicion of child abuse of infant
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 33-year-old man on child abuse charges after he allegedly injuring his three-month-old infant. Detectives from the sheriff’s office’s Special Victims Unit were contacted by a local hospital after a three-month-old child was brought in with serious injuries on March 6. Officials at the hospital believed that one of…
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Former Arapahoe County daycare worker arrested on 51 counts of child abuse, harassments
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The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 32-year-old man working as a preschool teacher in Centennial on suspicion of 51 counts of harassment and child abuse. Brandon Vigil was arrested on Feb. 10 on suspicion of 28 counts of child abuse and 23 counts of harassment in connection to Vigil’s time as a daycare employee…
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Appeals court orders new child abuse trial after defense lawyer overrode client, admitted guilt
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A man serving 28 years for child abuse will receive a new trial, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday, because the defense attorney overrode his client’s wishes and told the jury the defendant was guilty in the overdose death of his son. After a mistrial, a second trial resulted in jurors convicting Joenny Manuel Astacio…
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Colorado task force recommends sweeping changes to child abuse reporting laws
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Colorado’s mandatory reporting laws for child abuse and neglect disproportionately impact communities of color and the disabled, and state law should specify that mandatory reporters should not make a report to child-protective services based on a parent’s indigence or socioeconomic status or a child’s disability, according to a legislative task force. The 34-member task force,…
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Parents of baby abandoned Christmas morning formally charged
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Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman, the parents of an infant boy who was left in a car seat on the median of a busy street Christmas morning, were charged with misdemeanor child abuse and reckless endangerment Monday in Adams County court. Sims, 42, who has been held in the Adams County jail since the child…
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Denver parents charged after burning baby with scalding hot water
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The Denver District Attorney’s Office charged two Denver parents in January after they allegedly killed their 2-month-old son with scalding hot water. Jaylyn Vigil, 30, and Tony Vigil, 33, were arrested following the death of their son, TJ Vigil, on Dec. 20, after the child sustained severe burns to 40% of his body on Dec.…
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Aurora man charged with first-degree murder, child abuse
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The Adams County district attorney charged an Aurora man with first-degree murder and four counts of child abuse following a February shooting. One of the victims believe the shooting occurred after the suspect found out his child wasn’t biologically his. Kelynn Lewis, 32, was arrested following a fatal shooting in the 1700 Block of Paris…