Penalties for a Mandated Reporter’s Failure to Report Child Abuse or Neglect; Immunity from Making a Report;

It is important to establish clear policies indicating which employees are “employed in a professional capacity in any office of the friend of the court,” and, therefore, mandated reporters, because there are penalties for failing to report. Mandated reporters who fail to file a required report of suspected abuse or neglect may be subject to both civil and criminal liability. In a civil action, the mandated reporter may be held liable for all damages that any person suffers due to the failure to file a report. In a criminal action, a mandated reporter may be found guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 93 days and a fine of $500. A mandated reporter DOES NOT satisfy the legal obligation to file a report with CPS by notifying only his or her own supervisor or some other administrator within the same agency (MCL 722.623). A person acting in good faith who makes a report, cooperates in an investigation, or assists in any other statutory requirement is immune from civil or criminal liability (MCL 722.625).

A grandmother in Florida called police when she discovered that her infant grandchild had bites all over her tiny body. Police and medics arrived after the 911 call was placed and took the infant to the hospital where it was determined the bites on her cheek, back and legs were caused by a human.

The mother of the infant girl, Shreka Key, 25, was called by police while the infant was in the ER to determine how and why the bites happened. She told them that the father of the baby, Moses Jackson, 22, watches the baby during the day while she attends school and that she wasn’t aware of the bites, however, Jackson told police that Key was aware because he had just texted her pictures of the infant’s injuries after his mom had called police. Key reportedly told the baby’s father to ‘treat the marks with a wet cloth’.

Both mother and father were apprehended. Jackson eventually confessed to the police that he had bit his infant daughter several times but didn’t think he bit her hard.

Juanita Kinzie, a 24-year-old Sterling, Colo. mother, has been charged with first-degree murder of her 3-year-old son Caleb Pacheco, according to The Denver Post. The toddler's decomposed skeletal remains were discovered beneath a mobile home in Sterling on Sunday.

When Denver police contacted Kinzie on Sunday they said she was under the influence of meth and she told paramedics that her son was dead, CBS4 reports. Kinzie was no longer living in the trailer home where the boy's remains were found and she had only lived there for approximately six months.

Caleb had last been seen alive in January of 2011, according to a 7News report. The family set up a Facebook page called "Where's Caleb" to get help from the community to find the toddler and one of the early posts describes what had been happening -- the post is written in "Caleb's voice" as are all of the Facebook posts:

There were also several updates from Monday on the "Where's Caleb" Facebook page, including some from Cogee Fields, Kinzie's sister and Caleb's uncle, when authorities believed they had found Caleb's body and when they announced the arrest of Kinzie.

 

Government officials at three levels want more answers on a controversial $200,000 severance payment to Wayne County's former chief development officer, Turkia

 

Awada Mullin. Mullin received the payout in August when she left the county to become CEO of Metro Airport. She later agreed to return it after a public outcry.

As an internal review by the administration of County Executive Robert Ficano continues, county commissioners have scheduled a Thursday hearing to get more answers.

At noon today in Lansing, the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics committee will hold a hearing on a resolution from state Rep. John Olumba, D-Detroit, asking Attorney General Bill Schuette to investigate "the severance payment scandal to determine if any misconduct or malfeasance occurred."

Olumba already has sent a letter to Schuette asking for the investigation, but wants the full House to join in the request.

Wayne County Commissioner Bernard Parker, who serves on the board that runs Metro Airport, also has asked that board to question Mullin publicly about the scandal.

“She’s driving pretty good. I’m telling you, I can’t believe it”.

The witness followed the van until police arrived to make the traffic stop.

Officers found the girl sitting on a booster seat behind the wheel.

Weimer, who had visitation with his daughter on weekends, was arrested and the child was turned over to the care of relatives.

Police say Weimer didn't see a problem letting his nine-year-old daughter drive.

The girl told officers her father had been drinking whiskey and that he had let her drive before.

Mother, Ka Yung, arrested for allegedly microwaving her newborn to death. Mugshot via Sacramento Police.SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — A Sacramento woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing her six-week-old daughter in a microwave oven in March, police said on Wednesday.

 

The Sacramento Bee reported that 29-year-old Ka Yang was arrested at her home and charged with homicide after a three-month investigation. The infant, Mirabelle Thao-Lo, was found dead on the afternoon of March 17 showing unusual fourth-degree burns.

“The child was apparently killed by the burning of the tissue,” coroner’s spokesman Ed Smith told the newspaper. “I don’t know if they can say how long baby was in the microwave.”