‘All allegations’: Ex-counselor won’t say if she saw cousin being tortured in Margate
Former family support counselor Treaunshae Gibbons had nothing to say to Local 10 News Tuesday, one day after Local 10 obtained court documents alleging that the 29-year-old used her knowledge of the child protection system to help coach her mother in a child torture investigation involving her 15-year-old cousin.
Pair paid 18-year-old $5K to kill Miami-Dade man suspect owed $315K to, court docs say
Somjeet Christopher Singh owed Suren Seetal about $315,000 in debt and Seetal was starting to collect. So Singh — also known as “Lil Chris” — paid another suspect to hire a hitman for $5,000 in order to kill him. That’s all according to newly-obtained federal court documents shedding light on the alleged kidnapping and murder of the 36-year-old airplane mechanic.
Margate teen torture case: Counselor tried to help abuser, not victim, detectives allege
A counselor for a child abuse nonprofit failed to report that her 15-year-old cousin was living in a house of torture in Margate for about a decade and she used her knowledge of the system to try to help one of the abusers, detectives alleged in an arrest warrant.
Relative who worked at child abuse nonprofit is latest arrest in Margate teen torture case
Authorities arrested a former worker at a child abuse prevention nonprofit in connection with an investigation into an alleged house of torture in Margate where multiple family members are accused of brutalizing, caging and starving a 15-year-old girl for years.
Margate torture case: Woman joined aunt, uncle in caging, starving teen sister, cops say
A little more than a week after Margate police arrested her aunt and uncle after accusing them of torturing her 15-year-old sister for years, a woman is now accused of participating in the decade of alleged brutality and starvation.
Nonprofit, no-kill shelter needs public’s help as they continue to save homeless animals
There are hundreds of animal rescue groups and shelters all over South Florida. Most are nonprofit organizations that aim for a “no-kill” status as they save and adopt out pets, and one special shelter is saying yes to the homeless animals that can be quite hard to home.
Slain grandmother had plans to travel to see family for Mother’s Day
Laurie Bellesheim had planned a trip from Broward County to New York to see her grandaughter’s dance recital and to celebrate Mother’s Day with family. The 69-year-old cancer survivor died at her neighbor’s apartment on Saturday in Margate. Detectives said it was murder.