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A Salt Lake City, Utah, mother has been charged with wiretapping for secretly recording conversations between her ex-husband and children.

Teri Anne Smith, 37, placed a recording device in a diaper bag nine times when her children visited their father in 2012, reports Standard Examiner. A device was also found in one of her children’s coat pockets by the father.

Smith’s lawyer argued that it was legal for her to record the conversations as she thought her children were in danger from sexual abuse and federal and state laws give a parent that right under such a circumstance. A request for the charges to be dropped was made in June.

“The state and the alleged victim disagree (with the defendant) concerning any claims of sexual abuse that was taking place,” Deputy Davis County Attorney Richard Larsen said.

No charges of abuse have been brought against the ex-husband.

In court, Larsen argued that if law enforcement personnel bugged someone’s home without their knowledge, “they’d be sued.”

The three counts of wiretapping or intercepting electronic communications, all third-degree felonies, will stand against Smith.

The wiretapping charges carry a possible jail time of five years or a fine of up to $5,000, reports The Daily Mail.

Smith is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 27.

Police officials said that both parents, David and Angel, were taken into custody and later charged with multiple charges, including: neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and neglect of a dependent — placing dependent in an endangering situation.

The baby’s aunt, Delaina, was also arrested and charged with neglect — placing dependent in an endangering situation. According to the statement, the 6-month-old baby nearly died after being eaten alive by rats.

The poor child reportedly suffered dozens of bites from the rodents. Police officials said that many of the bites reportedly went all the way down to the bone. Read the full story here ▶

One mother wakes up to her pit bull going wild in the backyard, so she let the dog inside. As soon as she does, the dog runs towards the baby girl’s room and begins to drag the small toddler outside.

Her mother was terrified and attempted to grab her baby girl so the dog didn’t hurt her  — and that’s when she noticed what was outside.

Nana Chaichanhda normally wouldn’t leave her 8-month-old pit bull Sasha outside overnight, however during this one night she did. Read the full story here ▶

When people go to see a movie at a theater, they expect that others will be quiet aside from a little laughter or gasps during certain parts of the film.

Noah is a 5-year-old boy who is autistic.

His mother took him and his siblings to see “Dumbo” one afternoon because they had been wanting to see the movie and because they wanted to spend time together. Read the full story here ▶

David, a history teacher in high school from Huntsville, AL, had his 16-month daughter diagnosed with cancer. We all know how exhausting cancer treatments are, so did David’s colleagues.

As a father, he wanted to be next to his daughter everyday during the treatment, but he went out of sick days in the beginning of the process.

His daughter was getting her treatments 100 miles away from home so she needed her father to be next to her.orkers in need. Read the full story here ▶

A breaking story is emerging with new details of three feral thugs who attempted to kill a Houston man in his front yard in a deadly drive-by shooting.

As the three thugs drove by the victim’s residence, 40 gunshots rang out from their vehicle aimed at a single target, but this Texas homeowner had other plans that no one could have expected.

The deadly incident took place at approximately 3:30 am on Glenburnie Drive in a Houston suburb on Saturday, May 6. The three assailants drove by the victim’s home, who is not yet being identified by police, and opened fire in an attempt to kill him. Read the full story here ▶

At only four months old, the little girl was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The doctors discovered the disease after it had spread to almost every part of her body.

From the diagnosis followed 15 months of grueling treatment involving chemotherapy, stem cell transplants and several rounds of radiation.

Molly was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, which, according to the health officials, is a type of cancer that manifests from immature nerve cells found in various parts of the body (particularly around the adrenal glands which sit atop the kidneys).

The cancerous cells can also develop around the abdomen area, chest, neck and spine. As for Molly, her family recounts spending nearly 130 nights in the hospital while she underwent a series of cancer treatments. Molly’s mother Chelsea Hughes stated “we’re just thankful that she made it through all that treatment. It was tough. She got really, really sick. The treatments are just so harsh on [children’s] bodies.” One of the five rounds of chemotherapy Molly underwent caused hearing loss and now she has to put on hearing aids as a consequence.

Several treatments later, Molly’s test results revealed her cancer had vanished. In an interview with CNN, her mother said that the family was so relieved that Molly had beat the odds and that she was now free of cancer. She says that Molly is cheerful and doing all the normal toddler stuff she missed out on while undergoing treatment. However, doctors are warning that cancer has a history of relapsing and that Molly should be monitored every three months for the next five years as a consequence. The toddler is currently on a new trial drug to prevent the disease from relapsing.

Molly’s mom is still convinced that her child needs prayer until she is completely clear of any further cancer risk. She shares regular updates about her daughter on her social media account. Molly is all grown up now and enjoying her childhood.

A child passing away is a nightmare for any parent. It is a situation that is unexpected and one no one ever hopes to experience at any point in life. Parent’s believe that their children as supposed to outlive them and produce families of their own.

Unfortunately, life throws us curve balls and the unexpected sometimes.

Tragic accidents occur and parents become heartbroken when a child dies. Parents do all they can in order to make sure their children grow up to be better than they are, so it’s hard to understand what it may feel like to have a son or daughter pass away without having it happen to you. Read the full story here ▶

Prosecutors said the 37-year-old defendant, Andrew, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences after he was found guilty on multiple charges, including: aggravated murder, abduction, child neglect, child abuse, aggravated malicious wounding, assault and possession of methamphetamine.

According to the court documents, the 2-year-old child, Harper, was beaten to death by Andrew while Harper’s mother, Amanda, was at work.

On April 16, 2020, the then-boyfriend arrived late to pick up Amanda from work. During an interview with investigators, Amanda reportedly said that she wanted to take her girl to a hospital.

Andrew wouldn’t let her and put a gun to her head to dissuade her, court records say. Harper got medical attention after Amanda called Andrew’s mom, who called 911.

First responders rushed the child to the hospital. Per reports, the girl had a visible mark on her forehead and was taken off life support later that week. During an interview with investigators, the 37-year-old man gave multiple excuses, such as: the child fell out of a shopping cart. Andrew also said Harper fell off a four-wheeler. He also added that Harper reacted poorly to something she ate because of a nut allergy and her condition worsened as the day passed.

During the trial, the prosecution called Christopher s a witness. Per reports, he was in jail with Andrew when he was first taken to jail. Christopher reportedly told prosecutors that while in jail, Andrew reportedly told him he would get high on meth while watching the children and believes Harper may have gotten into his bag of methamphetamine and was later unresponsive. Detective Austin said during the interview an argument had started over a potential breakup between Amanda and Andrew, and that injuries to Amanda could be from se* or wrestling with the children.

Police are investigating after a woman said that a man in a Walmart assaulted her 4-month-old baby.

Quisha Hill of Overland Park, Kansas, had taken her baby shopping when she says a man attacked the child in a checkout lane at the store, according to WDAF.

“I come in to grab a couple items, and while I was at the counter top, speaking with this lady and bagging up my groceries, this random man comes out of nowhere and yanks the car seat out of the cart, has my baby, and he’s like I’m taking the baby, I’m stealing her. I’m taking her. Call 911. Call 911,” said the mother. Read the full story here ▶