A Florida teacher has been accused of child abuse after she allegedly struck a 5-year-old student in the face with a ruler, ...

Five County school employees were arrested in 2023 and charged with failing to report abuse. While their charges were dropped ...

Police say Jayden Bonilla, 25, was arrested Tuesday in Orange County on multiple sexual abuse charges involving a minor.

Gavin Jernigan is being charged with three counts of first degree rape, willful abuse of a child under 18, sodomy and ...

The couple’s abuse came to light when Joseph Wolfthal took their 8-year-old daughter to the hospital with kidney and liver failure, pneumonia and a staph infection, in addition to other wounds, ...

Dr. Erin Kimmerle, a USF professor and the anthropologist who led the team who unearthed unmarked graves of abuse victims at ...

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of twin brothers facing felony charges after allegations of ...

A Florida doctor has been charged with allegedly coercing minors to engage in sexual activity and abuse, including one minor ...

The right question is, why would anyone back a law that will effectively keep people from reporting suspected child abuse? SB 60 requires DCF staffers screening tips to the Florida Abuse Hotline ...

That’s painfully evident with the hotline Florida has set up to take reports of abuse and neglect. The chronically underfunded Department of Children and Families (DCF) — which has been ...

Every state has mandatory reporting laws that require certain professionals like doctors or teachers to report child abuse and neglect. But in Florida, every adult is a mandated reporter.

According to investigators, the alleged rapes happened inside the victim’s home in an unincorporated part of the county. ...