Child Neglect
Detective: Boy hospitalized after suffering injuries while under care of mother’s girlfriend
A 34-year-old woman was out on bond on Tuesday in Broward County after a detective accused her of being to blame for a boy’s hospitalization.
Miami-Dade father arrested for child neglect after son calls 911 to report broken TV
A 5-year-old boy called 911 to report that his television wasn’t working and he needed help, so police officers responded to his apartment on Wednesday in a gated community in Sunny Isles Beach, records show.
Mother left 3 kids in car to go to Walmart in Sunrise: Police
A 29-year-old woman left three children inside a car while she was inside a Walmart Superstore on Sunday in Sunrise, according to police.
DCF takes custody of 2 kids; North Miami police arrests parents
A DCF investigator reported Gabrielle Milfort, a mother, and Charmy Milfort, a father, to police in North Miami after taking custody of their two children.
Police: Girl home alone after drunken mother leaves to report her missing in Miami-Dade
A 5-year-old girl was home alone while her drunken mother reported her missing at the North Miami Beach Police Department, police said.
Police officers rescue 2 toddlers from drug-related nightmares in same South Beach area
Within weeks, two toddlers in separate Miami Beach cases needed to be rescued from adults who neglected them while facing drug problems, according to police.
Miami Springs police: Man with cocaine drives car with weapons, felon, 3 kids
A Miami Springs police officer found three kids in a car full of weapons with a driver who had cocaine, and a convicted felon on probation in the front passenger seat, records show.
Police: Girl rescued from unsanitary South Beach apartment after her parents suffer drug overdose
Police officers rescued a naked 2-year-old girl who had been living in unsanitary conditions in South Beach when her parents overdosed on drugs, according to a police report.
Detectives rescue toddler from 2 men keeping him around weapons and drugs in South Beach, records show
Police officers recently rescued a toddler who was in an apartment in South Beach with three stolen loaded guns, ammunition, and drugs, records show.
Police officers arrest mom after finding naked boy alone in South Beach hotel room
A 29-year-old migrant mother was behind bars Friday after Miami Beach police officers reported finding her 8-year-old son alone in a room at Hotel Chelsea in South Beach.
Homestead police officer finds 2 boys walking along street barefoot, alone, scared
A man and a woman are facing charges in Miami-Dade County after a Homestead police officer found a 2-year-old boy and his 5-year-old brother walking alone and barefoot in the street.
Doral resident finds a 3-year-old boy alone, sleeping outside her doorstep
A 3-year-old boy from Daytona Beach was sleeping on the floor of an apartment building alone in Doral while his 25-year-old mother was undergoing plastic surgery, police said.