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Mother Arrested for Child Neglect After Toddler Wanders Streets of B-Section Alone for an Hour

February 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Tessie L. Clark, the 28-year-old mother of a 3-year-old boy, was charged with felony child neglect Tuesday (Feb. 16) after the boy was found wandering around Palm Coast’s B-Section unsupervised for an hour around midday.

2 Brothers Face Child Neglect Charges After Uncle Is Accused of Hiding Pot Stash in 11-Year-Old’s Underpants

March 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A sheriff's deputy ran an individual's license plate while watching him pump gas at the Shell station, and found him to have an expired driver's license. That led to a traffic stop, which led to two arrests. (Google)

A man and his brother were charged with child neglect after the man’s brother hid a stash of pot in his 11-year-old nephew’s underwear before a traffic stop.

Two Espanola Parents Arrested After 5 Children Lived in Filth, Fear and Neglect for Years

March 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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DCF took custody of five children–ages 12, 11, 7, 3 and 2–who year after year had been either homeless or living in a deplorable house in Espanola. Their parents, Tiffany Berry and Nicholas Carter, were arrested for neglect.

5 Children Split in Foster Care, 8 Pets Looking for Homes and Donations Sought as Result of Parents’ Negligence

November 6, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The four dogs recovered from the Allen home on Water Oak Road after the homeopwners, parents of five children, were booked at the jail on child neglect charges. (Flagler Humane Society)

With their parents, Betty Allen, 42, and Dennis Allen, 44, facing felony neglect charges the five children have been split between two foster homes and their eight pets, including four dogs, put up for adoption in the fallout from the discovery of a Bunnell house in a deplorable state.

Squalor, Despair and Girl’s Talk of Suicide Land 2 Parents in Jail on Felony Charges of Neglecting 5 Children

November 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

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Betty Nicolicchia-Allen, 42, and Dennis Allen, 44. of Daytona North were jailed after authorities found their five young children in deplorable conditions in their house, which had been deeded to them years ago by Habitat for Humanity.

Intoxicated Mother Faces Felony Charges After Her 3-Year-Old Child Wanders Parking Lot Naked and Alone

August 7, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Amber L. Bruder, a 27-year-old resident of the Palm Pointe apartment complex in Bunnell, told hospital staff she was drunk when her 1-year-old boy was spotted wandering around the complex’s parking lot alone.

Toddler in ICU For Overdose Just Months Ago Has Thumb Severed By Mother’s Anger Monday

June 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Megan Nicole Moss, 27, of Palm Coast, in September had left her 18-month-old son unsupervised long enough that he reached for a narcotic and overdosed. On Monday, she slammed a sliding glass door on his thumb, severing its tip.

Couple Park 6-Year-Old Autistic Child in Truck As They Watch Super Bowl at Bunnell Bar

February 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Kristal and Robert Valenti of Bunnell.

Kristal and Robert Valenti were charged with felony child neglect after being accused of leaving their child in a truck outside Bunnell’s Beer House for hours so they could watch the Super Bowl.

A 3-Year-Old Boy Attending Roma Court Academy Wanders Into Traffic as Staff Is Oblivious

September 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Staff at Roma Court Academy had no idea the boy had wandered off the property until a Chinese delivery driver and another driver saw him in traffic on Palm Coast Parkway.

Woman Passed Out in Car on A1A With Infant By Her Charged With DUI and Child Neglect

March 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Tiffany Pond, 24, was passed out at the wheel of her car, the radio blaring, with an infant next to her near an open alcohol container when a Flagler Beach officer woke her up.

1-Year-Old Palm Coast Boy Dies From Fall Into Exposed Septic Tank While Visiting Ocala

August 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Wyatt Steed, the 1-year-old son of Palm Coast resident Linsay M. Steed, 25, died Sunday when he fell into a septic tank near an apartment complex in Ocala, where the boy and his mother were visiting.

Troubling Scene of 1 and 2 Year Old Soiled and In Road Leads to Neglect Charges Against Mom

November 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Josie-Lynn Walters, 22, a resident of Espanola, was arrested on two counts of child neglect–a third-degree felony–after her children were found wandering unsupervised and in soiled underwear for over an hour near a busy intersection as Walters slept at home.

Warned Of Animal Filth Months Ago, a Mondex Woman Is Jailed on Child Neglect Charges

December 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

The house where four young children lived was strewn with dog waste and infested with roaches. Deputies had first investigated the scene in late July.

Child Neglect, Drug Charges, Rotting Food in Palm Coast’s R Section Land 4 in Jail

January 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A 10-year-old child was removed from the home at 20 Rockne Lane in Palm Coast and turned over to child services. Thomas Ksiezopolski, Nina Holley and three others face a variety of charges.

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