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Parents Enter Pleas Over Toddler's Death in Squalid Apartment

Blair Robinson and Kenya Reed pleaded guilty today in connection with the death of their son Alex Robinson and the home of astonishing squalor in which they lived with two children. Robinson whipped, kicked and beat the 2-year-old to death on Christmas Eve. Reed watched. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced the pleas Thursday. Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a class “B” Violent Felony, Reed pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of Endangering the Welfare of a Child in connection with the death and the living environment that was discovered in their Yonkers home on Christmas Eve. At 8:14 p.m. Dec. 24, 2016, Robinson walked into the emergency room at St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers carrying his 2-year-old son and reported to the staff that the child was not breathing. Hospital personnel observed that the child was lifeless and had no pulse. They were never able to revive him and he was prono...

Parents Enter Pleas Over Toddler's Death in Squalid Apartment

Blair Robinson and Kenya Reed pleaded guilty today in connection with the death of their son Alex Robinson and the home of astonishing squalor in which they lived with two children. Robinson whipped, kicked and beat the 2-year-old to death on Christmas Eve. Reed watched. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced the pleas Thursday. Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a class “B” Violent Felony, Reed pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of Endangering the Welfare of a Child in connection with the death and the living environment that was discovered in their Yonkers home on Christmas Eve. At 8:14 p.m. Dec. 24, 2016, Robinson walked into the emergency room at St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers carrying his 2-year-old son and reported to the staff that the child was not breathing. Hospital personnel observed that the child was lifeless and had no pulse. They were never able to revive him and he was prono...

Milwaukee woman charged with child abuse after toddler’s death; texts she regrets “whooping”

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Tiffany Payne MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee woman is accused of child abuse. Investigators say her daughter died just days before her second birthday. Tiffany Payne allegedly texted her boyfriend she regretted "whooping" her daughter. The text was sent after the girl had already died. Inside a Milwaukee apartment building at 79th and Hampton, a little girl allegedly spent her final moments. Sunday, August 13th paramedics arrived at this location and found Lesley Hill , lifeless -- and just days before what would have been her second birthday. Police officers say there were "no outwardly signs of trauma" on the girl's body except for "blood on her lips." 79th and Hampton The girl's mother, 29-year-old Tiffany Payne, was later arrested along with her live-in boyfriend. Investigators say Payne left for work early Sunday morning , but was sent home a short time later. Payne allegedly told police the little girl was "crying" and "whinin...