Articles Posted in Child Abuse in Jacksonville

A Duval County firefighter was arrested this week for child abuse in Jacksonville. According to an article on News4Jax.com, the man was arrested last week in relation to an incident at the end of March. He is accused of removing his child from the bed during the night and taking the child to the garage.…

A man from Middleburg, Florida was recently arrested for allegedly leaving his two year-old child in his car in the middle of summer. The man was arrested for felony child neglect in Clay County, which is a second degree felony in Florida. According to an article on news4jax..com, the man took a nap and the…

A teacher’s aide with the Duval County Public School system has been arrested on two counts of child abuse. According to an article on Jacksonville.com, the woman was arrested in Jacksonville on Mother’s Day for the two felony charges. In the arrest and booking report, police say they were called out to a “domestic dispute”…

A woman was recently arrested in St. Johns County, Florida on several charges resulting from her being found sleeping with a baby on her. According to an article on News4Jax.com, Police say the woman was parked at a gas station and was seen sleeping with a child in her lap. Police checked the plates on…

A woman in Jacksonville was arrested on the charge of child abuse after being accused of leaving her child in a hot car with no air conditioning. According to a report in a report from News4Jax, the woman allegedly left the small child in the car for a minimum of forty minutes outside the woman’s…

A woman from St. Augustine is facing eleven criminal charges after allegedly fleeing from police. According to an article in The Florida Times Union, police received several 911 calls reporting a car driving erratic and aggressively. After police tried to stop the vehicle, the woman allegedly accelerated rapidly and intentionally rammed occupied vehicles. The woman…

A man is being held in the Pretrial Detention Facility after being charged with aggravated child abuse in Jacksonville. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the mother of the child left her boyfriend, the accused, home alone with the two year-old while she went to work. The woman told police her boyfriend…

A young mother has been arrested in Duval County after allegedly leaving her two young children with no supervision, according to a report in the Florida Times Union. The mother was arrested on one count of child neglect, which is a third degree felony in Florida. Police claim that the mother left her two children,…

Lonna Barton, the mother of deceased toddler, Lonzie Barton, will be sentenced in Jacksonville this Friday, March 4th. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, she will be sentenced by the judge with a maximum exposure of five years in prison. Ms. Barton entered pleas of guilty to a Duval County felony of…

A Jacksonville police officer was charged last month with child abuse, accused of spanking her son with a plastic hanger. The incident was reported to police after the child told someone at his school, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The school official is legally required to notify police. The officer, a 12-year…