LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Juries will have to decide whether two men went too far in their alleged acts of disciplining children in separate cases filed in LaPorte Circuit Court. 34-year-old Caleb ...

The Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center is pictured on Nov. 25, 2025. A Douglas County judge will soon decide whether to order a man to stand trial for child abuse after a store’s video ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A 29-year-old woman from Zachary is facing a felony charge after investigators say she beat her six-year-old daughter with a belt, leaving visible injuries. The ...

A Tempe mother is accused of child abuse for allegedly punching her two young sons in the back and hitting them with a belt. A Tempe mother is accused of child abuse for allegedly punching her two ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — A Vancouver minister has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 6-year-old child with a belt during a church service, authorities said. The Clark County Sheriff's Office ...

Hayim Cohen has for years portrayed himself as terminally ill while caring for his nine adoptive boys. But one of those children disputed his ailments and claimed instead he is healthy by showing a ...

NORWALK — A Norwalk man who allegedly beat a child with a belt was arrested on assault and cruelty charges Monday. Eddy Almeida-Gonzalez, 43, was charged with second-degree assault and intentional ...

Corporal punishment, including spanking, is legal in 17 states. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) A common form of punishment many parents use to discipline their children is spanking. By the time a ...