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  • 2 months ago | 1011now.com | Gina Dvorak |Kevin Westhues

    OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The 3-year-old girl who died from an accidental gunshot wound over the weekend had found her father’s gun under a couch cushion, according to the affidavit filed Monday in Douglas County Court. The girl’s family β€” three siblings and both parents β€” were at the home when it happened. Omaha Police responded at 1:46 p.m. Saturday and pronounced the 3-year-old dead at the scene, the document states. Her father, Phuc Le, was subsequently arrested and booked into jail.

  • Aug 13, 2024 | 1011now.com | Kevin Westhues |Gina Dvorak

    HAMBURG, Iowa (WOWT) - Two Shenandoah parents have been charged after an investigation found that two children were being severely neglected. Dustin Carl Lee Perry, 26, and Lindsey Barbara Marie Hamilton, 26, both of Shenandoah, have been charged with neglect or abandonment of a dependent, a Class C Felony in Iowa; and child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor. They are being held on $10,000 cash bonds.

  • Jul 28, 2024 | fox5vegas.com | Kevin Westhues

    HAMBURG, Iowa (WOWT/Gray News) - Two parents from Iowa are in jail after deputies say they left their children with relatives, allegedly telling them to keep their 4-year-old son in β€œa makeshift cage.”The parents of a 4-year-old boy with developmental disabilities were arrested after the child was found alone Thursday morning outside a home in Hamburg. Investigators discovered signs the boy and another child had been caged inside cribs, WOWT reports.

  • Jul 28, 2024 | kwtx.com | Kevin Westhues |Gina Dvorak

    HAMBURG, Iowa (WOWT/Gray News) - Two parents from Iowa are in jail after deputies say they left their children with relatives, allegedly telling them to keep their 4-year-old son in β€œa makeshift cage.”The parents of a 4-year-old boy with developmental disabilities were arrested after the child was found alone Thursday morning outside a home in Hamburg. Investigators discovered signs the boy and another child had been caged inside cribs, WOWT reports.

  • Jul 28, 2024 | hawaiinewsnow.com | Kevin Westhues |Gina Dvorak

    HAMBURG, Iowa (WOWT/Gray News) - Two parents from Iowa are in jail after deputies say they left their children with relatives, allegedly telling them to keep their 4-year-old son in "a makeshift cage."The parents of a 4-year-old boy with developmental disabilities were arrested after the child was found alone Thursday morning outside a home in Hamburg. Investigators discovered signs the boy and another child had been caged inside cribs, WOWT reports.

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