Category Archive for : ‘Child Neglect’

News 12 Long Island
By Logan Crawford
2/11/25

Babylon Day Care Worker Faces Child Endangerment Charges; Accused of Being Intoxicated on the Job

Police said Maria Rubino was taking care the young children, ranging from four to eighteen months, when she passed out at Pride & Joy Child Care in Babylon.

A Babylon day care worker accused of being intoxicated while in the care of five children is facing child endangerment charges.

Police said Maria Rubino was taking care the young children, ranging from four to eighteen months, when she passed out at Pride & Joy

USA Today
By Jeanine Santucci
1/18/25

Florida Children’s Author, Husband Plead Guilty to Abusing and Neglecting Their 3 Kids

A Florida children’s author and her husband pleaded guilty to abusing and neglecting their three children, leaving one girl hospitalized in critical condition with multiple organ failure.

She was 8 years old, according to local news reports. She weighed just 40 pounds, arrest records show. The children were beaten with a device called a “whacker,” locked up, and not allowed to speak to each other.

Jennifer Wolfthal, 45, who wrote a children’s book called “A Real Friend,” and her