Inside a pink backpack, with Dora The Explorer decorations, federal and state agents reported finding meth and cocaine in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood.

A 27-year-old Miami-Dade County mother stands accused of biting her 8-year-old daughter while she was out on bond for another violent case.

Miami police officers reported that a 9-year-old boy’s Post-It note prompted an investigation that resulted in the arrest of his abusive 25-year-old stepmother.

A man accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl appeared in court on Monday in Miami-Dade County.

Detectives raided a Hialeah motel after accusing a family of selling drugs in front of two girls who were regularly around men with criminal records.

A 45-year-old man stands accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl and promising to give her $4 on Saturday in Miami.

Two Florida Keys men face the possibility of spending the rest of their lives in prison after they were accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old child on separate occasions last year.

Detectives accused a 30-year-old man of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Broward County.

A 42-year-old man appeared in Broward County court on Thursday accused of sexually abusing a minor.

A 1-year-old girl from Hialeah was located Friday after disappearing with her mother Thursday night, authorities confirmed to Local 10 News.

Antwan “AJ” Hope, Jr. was four when he died over 11 years ago in Broward County. His mother, Destene Simmons, was facing new charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in Broward County, but it remained unclear Sunday if these were related to his death.

Antwan “AJ” Hope, Jr. was four when he died over 11 years ago in Broward County.

Lawrence Taylor, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who has been a registered sex offender since 2011, was released from Broward County jail on Thursday.

A 23-year-old man confessed to sexually abusing a girl at the charter school where he had worked for three years in Broward County, according to a police report.

Federal enforcement officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested a 29-year-old man on Wednesday in Broward County, records show.

A father was at the Metrowest Detention Center facing a charge of child abuse on Tuesday night in Miami-Dade County, records show.

Shandel Bryan appeared in Broward County court on Wednesday accused of child abuse in Coconut Creek.

An 18-year-old student accused of child abuse appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Laura Anne Stuzin on Saturday morning.

A 57-year-old man was behind bars on Wednesday night at the Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano Beach after police officers accused him of abusing two kids in Broward County.

A 20-year-old woman told police officers that a man started to sexually abuse her when she was about 12 years old in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

A 38-year-old man who stands accused of killing his girlfriend’s 21-month-old son in 2019 appeared in court on Thursday after U.S. Marshals arrested him on Wednesday.

This image provided by the Roane County Jail shows Michael Anthony Gray Sr. Gray and his wife, Shirley Ann Gray, face charges after police found the skeletal remains of a girl buried in their yard. The Roane County, Tenn., couple, arrested on Monday, May 25, 2020, are charged with aggravated child abuse, especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated child neglect and abuse of a corpse, authorities said. (Roane County Jail via AP)KINGSTON, Tenn. – Arrest warrants in a Tennessee couple's abuse case describe a hellish existence for four children in their legal custody, a nightmare that finally ended after a little boy was spotted walking alone along a Roane County road. Michael Anthony Gray Sr., 63, and his wife, Shirley Ann Gray, 60, were arrested Monday on charges of aggravated child abuse, especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated child neglect and abuse of a corpse, authorities said. The Grays also built a tiny concrete room under the stairs for punishment, the warrants said.

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – A South Florida man was arrested last week after he beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and injured the boy’s penis, authorities said. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said the babysitter’s home was only 1.6 miles away from the mother’s place of work, but Shaar took 20 minutes to get there. She then called the boy’s mother, who went to her home with another woman to see the injuries for herself. The babysitter noticed bruising and a cut on the boy’s penis when he went to the bathroom at the event, the report stated. The woman again contacted the boy’s mother and they took him to Broward Health Medical Center to be treated for his injuries.

BOCA RATON, Fla. – A teacher at a Boca Raton day care is accused of breaking a 3-year-old boy's leg. According to the report, Acosta had initially reported that the boy was misbehaving and injured his leg after kicking a metal chair. Acosta said the boy “could have been injured when she accidentally fell on him.”After police reviewed the surveillance video, Acosta revealed what really happened. Later, he stood up and refused to sit down with the other students, spitting on the carpet and ignoring Acosta. Acosta admitted that she picked him up by the arms and carried him across the room, placing him face down on the carpet.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Hialeah woman is accused of violently shaking and slapping an 11-month-old boy at a northwest Miami-Dade County day care. The witness, whom the baby’s mother told Local 10 News was another parent, told police Jimenez then put the baby back in the crib, grabbed him and slapped him on his body and face. Jimenez denied shaking or slapping the baby but said she was “patting him” on the buttocks “to soothe him.”The baby’s mother said her son has only been at the day care for two weeks. The baby’s mother said she wants to make sure Jimenez never does something like this again. “I don’t want you right here,” she told Local 10 News reporter Parker Branton when he tried to ask her about Jimenez.

GREENACRES, Fla. – A 10-month-old girl had to be revived by South Florida paramedics after she overdosed on a drug she found on a bed, authorities said. The infant girl found the drug Friday among medications while she was left unattended in a bedroom in a home where her mother and the mother’s boyfriend were also present, according to an arrest affidavit from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Paramedics revived the girl with a dose of Narcan, which is used for reversing opioid overdoses. The mother, Melissa Katz, and her boyfriend, Kaeden Walton, were arrested. Ingrid Abello, a lawyer from public defender’s office representing Walton, didn’t respond to an email inquiry Monday night.