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Anything Social., Longview, TX (2026)

09/06/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 3 PLEA: Five-month-old twins arrived at a Florida hospital weighing only 5.7 pounds each, severely malnourished and dehydrated, with sunken stomachs, low blood sugar and bones showing through their skin. The baby boy had become unresponsive. The girl weighed less than she had at birth, while the boy weighed less than when he left the hospital after being born premature.

Their parents, Leroy Somersall III and Madison Smith, claimed they did not know they needed to increase the babies’ formula as they grew. They also blamed the twins’ appearance on Somersall being thin. Smith had not spoken with their pediatrician since September 2025, when the babies were newborns.

Police searched the family’s Sanford RV and found no formula or empty formula containers.

Smith, 24, pleaded no contest on April 29 to 2 counts of child neglect causing great bodily harm and received 45 months in prison. Somersall, 24, entered the same plea on September 3 and will be sentenced October 1.

Both babies gained weight after receiving hospital care and were expected to survive, but doctors warned that they might have suffered neurological damage.

Both parents entered no-contest pleas. Smith has been sentenced, while Somersall awaits sentencing.

Parents and caregivers, if you are unsure how much an infant should eat or cannot afford enough formula, contact the child’s pediatrician, WIC or local support services immediately. If a baby becomes weak or unresponsive, call 911. Waiting can leave a child permanently injured.

SOURCES: Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, arrest affidavit, Seminole County court records, FOX 35 Orlando, WFTV, WESH, Law&Crime

09/06/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 4 CHARGES: Prosecutor say SHE CALLED HER 2-YEAR-OLD SON THE “DEVIL” AND “ANTI-CHRIST.” Barrett “Bear” Walsh was found unresponsive in the basement after prosecutors say his mother strangled him. A 17-year-old neighbor found Barrett cold and without a pulse, then immediately started CPR. He died after reaching the hospital.

Preliminary autopsy findings showed Barrett died from compression of his neck. Prosecutors charged his mother, Corie A. Walsh, with 3 counts of 1st-degree murder under different legal theories.

Walsh allegedly gave investigators details from the hospital that matched evidence found inside the Frankfort, Illinois, home.

Witnesses reported that Walsh had become “very invested” in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. She discussed the case with friends around 12:30 p.m., about 3.5 hours before Barrett was found. Investigators seized her phone, but no released evidence shows the Clancy case caused or influenced Barrett’s death.

An infant inside the home was not physically injured. Barrett’s 2 school-age siblings returned around the time he was found, while their father was out of state. Illinois child-welfare officials reported no previous contact with the family.

Walsh’s attorney claims she experienced a psychotic episode. No court has ruled on her mental state or criminal responsibility.

After receiving medical treatment, Walsh was booked into the Will County Adult Detention Facility. Her first court appearance is scheduled for September 8, when prosecutors will seek to keep her detained before trial.

The charges remain allegations. Walsh has not been convicted.

SOURCES: Frankfort Police Department, Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force, Will County Coroner’s Office, Will County court records, Will County Sheriff’s Office, FOX 32 Chicago, NBC Chicago, CBS Chicago, ABC7 Chicago

09/06/2026

🚨 AUGUST 31 SENTENCING: A flash fire engulfed 5-year-old Thomas Cooper within seconds inside an oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber. His mother burned her arms desperately trying to open it, but she could not reach her son. A required grounding strap that likely would have prevented the static spark sat unused in a clinic junk drawer.

Thomas received treatment for ADHD and sleep apnea at the Oxford Center in Troy, Michigan, on January 31, 2025. The National Fire Protection Association and chamber manufacturer Sechrist required strict safety steps before every session.

Safety director Jeffrey Mosteller discarded those rules, ignored precautions and allowed the clinic to operate an outdated chamber without grounding straps. The clinic started skipping the straps before Mosteller took charge of safety, but he failed to stop the practice.

Judge Kwamé Rowe called that failure “arrogance” and said Mosteller had a duty to demand the required equipment. Mosteller originally faced 2nd-degree murder, but prosecutors dropped that charge when he pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter.

The judge sentenced Mosteller to 19 months to 15 years in prison. Thomas’s family found it too painful to attend the sentencing or submit a statement. Mosteller declined to address the court.

Mosteller has been convicted and sentenced. Charges against 3 other clinic employees remain allegations.

SOURCES: Michigan Attorney General’s Office, Oakland County Circuit Court, Troy Police Department, FOX 2 Detroit, WXYZ, Associated Press, People

09/06/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 3 BOND UPDATE: A judge denied bond for Kyaun Tyrell Peppers, 29, after a warrant accused him of having s*xual in*******se with an 8-year-old child, a Class B1 felony carrying at least 25 years in prison if convicted. Peppers initially received a $1 million secured bond after Cary police arrested him on September 1, but he now remains jailed WITHOUT BOND.

The warrant charges Peppers with statutory r**e of a child by an adult and lists May 22 as the alleged offense date. His next hearing is scheduled for September 23.

Peppers had recently started working part time as a personal trainer at the A.E. Finley YMCA in North Raleigh. The YMCA said he passed its pre-employment checks but worked only 3 days under supervision and never conducted a personal-training session. It immediately placed him on leave and said the charge does not involve the YMCA.

The charge remains an allegation. Peppers has not been convicted.

Parents, teach children that no adult may touch them s*xually or demand secrecy about touching. If a child speaks up, stay calm, believe them, save any evidence and report it without forcing them to repeat the details again and again.

SOURCES: Wake County court and detention records, Cary Police Department, North Carolina General Statutes, WRAL, WCTI, ABC11, The North Carolina Beat

09/06/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 1 ARRESTS: A child, 12, said William O’Brien, 39, and Cheryl O’Brien, 32, repeatedly forced them to kneel and hold a 5-FOOT WOODEN BOARD weighing up to 15 pounds against a wall for HOURS, including 1 punishment that lasted from 8:00 a.m. until 11:15 p.m. Cheryl also allegedly hit the child’s back, buttocks and inner thigh with a wooden spoon, once striking the child UNTIL THE SPOON BROKE.

The child said the board punishment happened 5 or 6 times. They normally had to hold it for several hours, but the couple allegedly added more time whenever the child got into trouble. Police saw injuries on both knees consistent with prolonged kneeling. The child said they did not feel safe around either defendant.

Cheryl allegedly admitted making the child hold the board during the previous week because spanking and taking away belongings had not worked. She claimed it weighed only about 10 pounds. Police measured the board at 5 feet long, 10 inches wide and between 10 and 15 pounds.

William allegedly admitted the punishment was his idea and called it a “last resort.” He said he had previously made the child hold the board for 6 hours at a time. William, who worked as a private investigator, also told police he feared other corporal punishment could trigger a DCF report and affect his job.

Police arrested both defendants on child-abuse charges and seized the board as evidence. William and Cheryl each posted a $2,500 bond and were released. Their felony arraignments are scheduled for September 28.

The child was removed from the home and placed with a family member approved by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

These remain allegations. Neither defendant has been convicted.

SOURCES: Fruitland Park Police Department, Lake County court records, Florida Department of Children and Families, Law&Crime, WESH, ClickOrlando

09/05/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 4 ARREST: A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized with BLEEDING INSIDE HER SKULL and NUMEROUS INJURIES IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF HEALING after detectives traced the alleged physical abuse back to July 2025, more than 1 year before her hospitalization. Her biological father, Carlton Webb, 23, and his girlfriend, Monica Wilson, 34, now face 2nd-degree cruelty to a juvenile charges.

On August 30, Webb and Wilson allegedly told deputies that an unknown man struck the girl with an electric scooter and fled. Medical staff documented the brain bleed and injuries from different times. Detectives determined the scooter story was false and uncovered the alleged abuse.

Deputies arrested Webb and Wilson on September 2 and booked them into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center. The girl remained hospitalized in stable condition when the sheriff announced the arrests on September 4.

Louisiana defines 2nd-degree cruelty to a juvenile as intentional or criminally negligent mistreatment or neglect that causes serious bodily injury or neurological impairment. Each defendant faces up to 40 years at hard labor if convicted.

The charges remain allegations. Neither defendant has been convicted.

SOURCES: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana State Legislature, FOX 8, WWL Louisiana, WDSU

09/05/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 2 SENTENCING: Former Biggs Mayor Robert Brian Bassett, 58, received the MAXIMUM 4 years, 4 months in prison after pleading no contest to unlawful s*xual in*******se, oral copulation and s*xual pe*******on involving a foreign exchange student, 17, whom prosecutors said he groomed for months while she lived under his roof thousands of miles from her family.

The girl stayed with Bassett’s family from April through November 2023 while he served as mayor of Biggs, California. After detectives reached her in her home country, she reported several s*xual encounters, and investigators gathered evidence supporting her account.

Community allegations eventually reached Gridley police. Detectives spent months investigating before arresting Bassett on July 9 while searching his C Street home.

Bassett originally faced 5 felony charges, including 2 counts each of oral copulation and s*xual pe*******on involving a minor. He pleaded no contest to 3 felonies on August 5. The other 2 felony charges were dropped under the agreement, and the court held him without bail until sentencing.

The probation department recommended a lower, midterm sentence, but Judge Michael Deems imposed the maximum after citing the girl’s vulnerability, Bassett’s grooming pattern and his violation of trust. Her statement described the pain and betrayal she still carries from what happened while she was living far from everyone she knew.

Bassett must register as a s*x offender for 10 years after his release. A 10-year restraining order also bars him from contacting the victim.

Bassett pleaded no contest and was sentenced. This is not an accusation.

Parents sending a teenager to live with a host family, set up private check-ins the host cannot monitor. Give your child another trusted adult to contact and a clear plan to leave immediately if someone crosses a boundary. If your child says something feels wrong, get them somewhere safe first.

SOURCES: Butte County District Attorney’s Office, Gridley Police Department, KRCR, The Gridley Herald, CBS Sacramento

09/04/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 1 ARREST: A 7-year-old had bruises and red marks covering much of their body, including PLUG-SHAPED INJURIES investigators believe came from an extension cord. The child identified their mother’s boyfriend, Tony Lee Creekmore, 33, as the person responsible, but investigators now accuse the mother of trying to make her children LIE during a forensic interview to protect him from prosecution.

Deputies first noticed red marks and bruises on the child’s legs while responding to a domestic call near Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on July 9. A closer examination found injuries across the child’s body, including several marks shaped like an electrical plug. The child received treatment at a local medical center and remained in the custody of their mother, Erica Barber.

Creekmore was arrested and charged with felony intentional child abuse inflicting serious physical injury. A judge later released him under conditions barring him from Barber and her children.

But detectives allegedly found Creekmore with Barber and the children again. The continued investigation also uncovered another child with a bruise and knot on their forehead that investigators believe Creekmore caused by striking the child.

Barber allegedly tried to help Creekmore avoid punishment by having her children make false statements about the abuse. Deputies arrested her while she attended court on September 1 and charged her with aiding and abetting and accessory after the fact. She was denied bail and has a September 15 court date.

Creekmore now faces additional charges of misdemeanor child abuse and violating a court order. As of September 3, deputies had not arrested him on the new warrants.

The charges remain allegations. Neither Barber nor Creekmore has been convicted in this case.

SOURCES: Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, Halifax County Department of Social Services, North Carolina court records, WCTI, WITN, RRSpin

09/04/2026

🚨 AUGUST 28 ARRAIGNMENT: Home-security videos allegedly show Massachusetts daycare owner Karen Rezendes, 51, dragging a toddler by 1 arm, shoving a child to the floor, forcing another into a crib with her knee and causing a child’s head to strike a counter and jolt backward. A 5-year-old said Rezendes threw her into a “spooky” attic and left her with “2 boo-boos,” another child answered yes when asked whether “Nana” hit them in the face, and 1 child described a head injury with “bad blood.”

Rezendes ran Oh Nana’s Daycare from her Kingston home for several years and cared mostly for children ages 1 to 4. Investigators believe the recorded incidents happened around December 2024, but the abuse allegations cover multiple children in recent years.

The case reached Kingston police on July 5 after Bridgewater police interviewed a child and sent them a written report and video footage. Rezendes’ husband later shared the home-security recordings with parents, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families and the Department of Early Education and Care.

Police found evidence supporting the children’s accounts and believe more victims may exist. Rezendes turned herself in on August 28 and pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of assault and battery on a child causing injury, 3 counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and multiple additional assault-and-battery counts.

A judge set $7,500 cash bail and ordered Rezendes held at the Plymouth County House of Correction. Her pretrial hearing was scheduled for September 4. Oh Nana’s Daycare is no longer licensed.

The charges remain allegations. Rezendes has not been convicted.

SOURCES: Kingston Police Department, Plymouth District Court records, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, CBS Boston, Boston.com, Boston 25 News, WCVB

09/04/2026

🚨 SEPTEMBER 1 ARREST: Police found 5 children, ages 7 months, 17 months, 4, 7 and 9, living with NO FOOD and sleeping on the floor on bedding contaminated with HUMAN AND DOG WASTE inside a 1-bedroom Kentucky home where the urine stench reached outside. The children appeared malnourished, police could not find any of their clothes or prescribed medicine for several of them, and the AC did not work during the hottest week of the year. Children had also wandered into the road while drivers steered around them.

Officers used their own money to buy the children food before taking them to Norton Children’s Hospital. A CPS worker called it the worst living situation she had seen in years.

Their mother, Desiree Nicole Pohlmann, 35, had just returned from a day trip to Lexington. She left the children with her 76-year-old mother, a dialysis patient whom CPS had already found unable to care for them. The grandmother had warned that she could not physically manage the children.

Four of the 5 children had already been removed from Pohlmann’s care under strikingly similar circumstances in April 2025. The state returned them in March 2026. Months later, police found them living in even worse conditions.

Pohlmann faces 1 count of 2nd-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or younger and 5 counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. She pleaded not guilty. A judge set her bond at $20,000 cash, and she remained held at Metro Corrections at the time of reporting.

The charges remain allegations. Pohlmann has not been convicted.

A neighbor’s 911 call brought police to these children. If young children are wandering outside without proper supervision, call for a welfare check. Do not assume someone else already did.

SOURCES: Lyndon Police Department, Kentucky court records, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, WDRB/WAVE, WLKY, WHAS 11, Law&Crime

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