BEL AIR, M.d. (WBTV) - A mother has been arrested and charged in the beating death of her young son in Maryland, police said. The 3-year-old toddler was identified by the Bel Air Police Department as Jason Garcia from Morganton, N.C. He was transported to the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center where he was pronounced dead around 6 a.m. on Dec. 3. According to officials, … [Read more...]
Maryland Judges Must Be Trained on Child Custody and Abuse – Opinion
There’s this place around the corner from you, seemingly insignificant, but it hosts a house of horrors. It’s a place where the same therapists, medical providers and teachers who are legally required to report suspected child abuse are not allowed to save a child before more abuse occurs. Where truth is obsolete, and right and wrong don’t matter. It’s called family court. And I’ve been trapped … [Read more...]
Ex-Cop Dad, 2 Daughters, Accomplice Found Dead in Maryland, Reports Say
Former Baltimore County police officer, Robert Vicosa, his 6- and 7-year-old daughters Aaminah and Gianna, and accomplice Sgt. Tia Bynum were found dead from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in Smithsburg, Maryland, sources told CBS Baltimore. Vicosa had been on the run since Monday. He was accused of attacking his estranged wife in Pennsylvania, taking her captive, and running away with … [Read more...]
‘I will kill anybody that associates themselves with you’ Deadly Threats Ignored by Judge Results in Double Murder Suicide
Rest in peace, Ryan Lee. His mother Jaime Hunnicutt did everything she could to try to prevent this tragedy, and Judge Lisa Louise Broten of Howard County, Maryland sealed her family's fate by denying a permanent restraining order against her ex-boyfriend. Our hearts go out to the grieving family and the grandchildren, who lost their innocent loved ones. This incredible reporting by Kendall … [Read more...]
Bill Seeks to Protect Children Against Abusive Parents in Family Court Proceedings
Kudos to our colleague Camille Cooper (RAINN) and protective Mom Annie Kenny for their testimony this week on this important judicial education bill, Maryland Senate Bill 675, that included CJE child homicide data. The State Bar Association and the Maryland judges are opposing the bill that mandates a substantial increase in judicial education on child abuse and domestic violence. We see this … [Read more...]