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Baby dies after granddad leaves her in car
Grandfather says he was distracted and didn't take her to day care.
The 7-month-old granddaughter of a Rucker Elementary School social worker died Friday after she was left in the back seat of his car while he was at work.
Authorities have not identified the girl, who was found in a car seat and covered by the blanket that was used to keep her warm from the morning's cooler weather, authorities said.
Police believe the death was an accident, said Sgt. Robert Odom of the Houston Police Department's Homicide division. The case will be referred to a Harris County grand jury without charges, Odom said.
The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office said an autopsy is scheduled for today.
Authorities have not identified the grandfather, who drove to the school, at 5201 Vinett, about 8 a.m., Odom said. The social worker told the sergeant that he was late for work and became distracted.
Odom said the man apparently forgot that his granddaughter was in his vehicle, a Ford Taurus station wagon. He was supposed to have taken her to a day-care center, Odom said.
As the outdoor temperature approached 83 degrees around 1:30 p.m., the man left for his lunch break and found the child inside his vehicle.
Firefighters were called to the southeast Houston school and performed CPR on the child. She was taken to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Odom said he spoke briefly with the grandfather.
"He is very distraught at this point," Odom said.
Rosalba Ortega, whose 6-year-old attends the school, said she knows the counselor.
"I can't believe he could leave the baby in the car," Ortega said. "It's sad."
Lisa Kinney, a spokeswoman for the Houston Independent School District, said officials were waiting to learn more about the situation.
"This is a tragedy," Kinney said, adding that the district would refer all questions to police.
At least four other children have died in hot vehicles in Harris County this year. Grandfather says he was distracted and didn't take her to day care. ... more -
Baby sitter arrested after tot shoots 8-year-old
A teenager has been arrested after he left a group of children alone and a toddler accidentally shot an 8-year-old girl in the left leg, Miami police said Monday.
Trevaris Brown, 18, charged with child neglect, is free on $7,500 bond.
According to police, Brown told Miami Detective Fernando Bosch that he was baby sitting a group of children ranging from 1 to 10 years old Saturday night at 5930 NW First Ave. He admitted ``he left the children home alone and went to the store.''
While away, a 2-year-old got a hold of a gun and shot the girl. She is expected to make a full recovery, police said. It was unclear who the gun belonged to. A teenager has been arrested after he left a group of children alone and a toddler accidentally shot an 8-year-old girl in the left le... more -
Mother, child rescued after dangling from ride
Onlookers watched with horror as a mother clasped onto her toddler while both dangled several feet in the air. It is still unclear what led to the incident which occurred Saturday night on the "Crazy Bus" ride (similar to the one pictured) at Port Orange Family Days .
Around 8 p.m., Port Orange Fire-Rescue units were called to the City Center Complex where they found the woman hanging approximately 35 feet in the air, trying to hold onto her toddler. People standing below the ride were able to catch the child shortly before firefighters rescued the mother with a ladder.
According to witnesses, the mother and child were stepping off the ride when the it began to lift back into the air unexpectedly. Neither the toddler, believed to be around two to three years of age, nor the mother, sustained significant injury. Onlookers watched with horror as a mother clasped onto her toddler while both dangled several feet in the air. It is still unclear wh... more -
Mom accused of performing sex act on toddler son
Alicia Lee, 31, from Denver, Colorado, is charged with sexual assault on young child - her own 2-year-old son. Lee faces charges of sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and additional charges.
Alicia Lee of Denver also took photos of herself performing oral sex on her child and then e-mailed them to a friend in April, according to an arrest affidavit. Police say Alicia Lee sent the pictures to a friend, who forwarded them to the 2-year-old boy's father. The father then called police.
According to a copy of the e-mail reported by the Rocky Mountain News, the mom told her friend in April that she thought about the sex act while changing the boy's diapers. The next day, she sent a photo of the act to a friend and said the boy giggled.
In an April 4 message, Lee wrote to her friend, "Did I tell you about my fantacy (sic) about the baby? It is weird but at times when I change his diaper I think of taking it into my mouth to see his reaction."
In a message the next day, she wrote, "DID IT!!././.He giggled a lot. I think it tickled him. I will try again tomorrow. I think if I do it enough he will get use (sic) to it." Alicia Lee, 31, from Denver, Colorado, is charged with sexual assault on young child - her own 2-year-old son. Lee faces charges of se... more -
Toddler dies after falling from London tower block
A 23-month-old toddler has died after falling from the fourth floor of a tower block in north London.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the child fell from a balcony window in Tottenham and died the next day from massive head injuries.
The spokesman said the toddler fell about 33ft (10m) from a block of flats known as Croydon, on the Broadwater Farm Estate on Gloucester Road.
He was taken to Royal London Hospital with a fractured skull and was later transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he died.
Detectives are currently investigating the case. A 23-month-old toddler has died after falling from the fourth floor of a tower block in north London. ... more -
Toddler shot with airgun dies
An 18-month-old boy who was shot in the head with an airgun in his Birmingham home has died in hospital.
Rashid Ullah was shot in the garden of his home in Washwood Heath on 24 August.
It is believed one of his sisters accidentally shot him after picking up the airgun, which her father had been using for target practice.
The boy, who was being treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital, died on Monday afternoon, police said.
The toddler was left in a critical condition after the incident and surgeons had been waiting for the swelling to go down before they could remove the pellet.
After Rashid was injured, his family released a statement which said: "We hope anyone who has an air weapon realizes how dangerous these guns can be."
The case has been referred to Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board for further consideration, in line with any child death in the city.
A spokesman for the board said: "Any child death is a tragedy and our thoughts are with Rashid's family at this difficult period. We are co-operating fully with the police at this time."
Campaigners earlier called for legislation to register airguns and make their owners more liable for their weapons' misuse.
The Gun Control Network, which campaigns for tighter controls on guns of all kinds, has said such incidents were preventable.
But the National Small-bore Rifle Association said the government had already rejected certification.
The association added that tighter controls on the purchase and possession of airguns had come into force last October but it was "too early to know" what effect they had had on their misuse. An 18-month-old boy who was shot in the head with an airgun in his Birmingham home has died in hospital. ... more -
Nappy saves baby's life
An 18-month old toddler's life was saved by a disposable nappy which broke his fall from a third-floor apartment window.
Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived the 10-metre fall because his nappy got caught on a security spike in the concrete wall around his apartment building in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife.
For a moment the boy dangled from the spike, then "the diaper opened and the baby fell to the ground, but at a much slower speed," a police officer said. "The diaper obviously lessened the impact of the fall and saved the baby's life."
Miraculously, the toddler did not suffer any serious injuries although he remained in hospital being treated for minor fractures.
"Police have opened an investigation to determine how the toddler fell out the window and "if parental negligence was one of the causes," said the police officer.
Caua's father, 23-year-old Alexandre Cesar Massaneiro, told a local newspaper that his son had climbed onto a sofa underneath the window he fell from - "something he had never done before."
"It wasn't the diaper that saved him," Mr Massaneiro added. "It was God." An 18-month old toddler's life was saved by a disposable nappy which broke his fall from a third-floor apartment window. ... more -
7yr Old Boy Still on Terrorist Watch List. "I don't understand why I am ...
Is this the face of a terrorist? John Anderson's family was taking a trip to Disney World in 2004 when they were stopped by security at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport.
The airlines thought John, who goes by Jack, was on a terror watch list.
Agents were dumbfounded when they looked over the counter to see the suspected terrorist -- a 2-year-old St. Paul toddler dozing in his stroller with a pacifier hanging from his mouth.
Two years later, the family was stopped by airport security again, owing to Jack's common name. The Andersons have since given up flying, waiting for federal authorities to fix a database that has ensnared more than 30,000 Americans.
Prompted by cases such as Jack's, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is announcing legislation today to minimize airport delays and correct other problems caused by the watch list.
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the FBI created a consolidated watch list to help identify potential terrorists. The list contains more than 1 million records on 400,000 individuals and is often used at airports and borders.
A Government Accountability Office report said the watch list "enhanced U.S. counter terrorism efforts."
October's report said the list created "the opportunity to collect and share information on known or appropriately suspected terrorists with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community."
Klobuchar acknowledged that it's important to have a watch list to help gather information. "I am not opposed to it, but we need to use the technology available to reduce the number of misidentifications."
The list has received criticisms from groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union as innocent people go through increased scrutiny because their name resembles another on the list.
Not every John Anderson, Jim Smith or Susan Jones has problems. Passengers are stopped because of some combination of factors. . .
. . . Two years later, during another flight check-in at the Twin Cities airport, the Andersons hit another snag. They were once again allowed to fly, but the security checks frightened Jack as airport officials stared at him in disbelief.
"After that trip, he expressed the fact that he didn't want to fly anymore," Christine Anderson said. "He just kept asking me, 'Why am I on the terrorist watch list? I don't understand why I am a terrorist.'"
(Go to link for the full article) Is this the face of a terrorist? John Anderson's family was taking a trip to Disney World in 2004 when they were stopped by secur... more -
Toddler shot in head with airgun
A five year old has shot her 18 month old brother in the head with an airgun that their grandfather left loaded in the garden. The boy has been rushed to hospital and remains in a critical condition. A five year old has shot her 18 month old brother in the head with an airgun that their grandfather left loaded in the garden. The boy... more
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On the plane, Oops we forgot baby!
"We think that's what happened," Mah said of a scenario similar to the 1990 movie Home Alone, where an eight-year-old is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas.
As the family flew toward Winnipeg on an Air Canada plane, a security guard in Vancouver airport found the boy, Air Canada spokeswoman Angela Mah said. "We think that's what happened," Mah said of a scenario similar to the 1990 movie Home Alone, where an eight-year-old i... more -
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention.
Nicole Lilliman, a single mother, said she was dismissed from a London, Ontario, outlet of the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut chain after video cameras captured the 27-year-old giving a Timbit to a toddler.
"It was just out of my heart, she (the toddler) was pointing and going 'ah, ah...' I should have gone to my purse and got the change, but it was busy," Lilliman told the Toronto Star newspaper.
Tim Hortons said on Thursday that the firing was a mistake.
"It was the unfortunate action of one manager who unfortunately made an overzealous decision, and thankfully we were able to rectify the situation," said company spokeswoman Rachel Douglas.
Douglas said the company, a Canadian icon with stores on virtually every high street across the country, told Lilliman that she could have her job back, and Lilliman had accepted.
A single Timbit sells for 16 Canadian cents (16 U.S. cents), but most shoppers buy boxes of 10, 20 or 40 of the deep-fried goodies, which come in a variety of flavors.
Douglas said Tim Hortons had received a number of complaints. "Thankfully we're able to go back to them and say we were able to fix the situation," she said.
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