A former child protective investigator is accused of falsifying records while working at the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
According to an arrest affidavit, Kaylynn Scott, 24, falsely claimed to have drug tested and interviewed a mother and father linked to a child abuse investigation in December 2018. The mom tested positive during an April drug screening by a different investigator and said she would've tested positive back in December if Scott had actually administered the screening, according to law enforcement.
Detective constables Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, forged documents, concealed evidence and lied about investigations out of laziness and “cynical disdain” for victims, the Old Bailey heard.
Patterson was even accused of ditching work to get a manicure and have a four-hour-long lunch at a Chinese restaurant with her married lover Pollard.
Last month, the Adams County Prosecutor’s Office charged two DCS caseworkers with obstructing child abuse investigations and theft, after two separate investigations by the State Inspector General.
Both employees – who have since been fired – admitted to a special agent that they lied about visiting families they never actually visited.
A Child Protective Services supervisor was terminated last month for allegedly falsifying government documents.
It's not clear if the ex-employee could face criminal charges, but experts say the incident raises broader concerns about the reliability of an electronic records system that courts rely on to make decisions about whether to remove children from their families.
A Taylor County jury on Wednesday found a former Child Protective Services worker guilty of tampering with evidence after a child died as a result of being malnourished and neglect in 2012.
The trial of Gretchen Denny centered around a photo of the deceased 22-month-old girl. She was accused of ordering another CPS worker to delete the photo to keep it from medical personnel.
Jurors continued to hear testimony Tuesday in the trial of a former Child Protective Services worker accused of tampering with evidence days after a child was found dead from being malnourished and neglected in 2012.
Gretchen Denny, 44, is accused of concealing a photo of the deceased 22-month-old girl.
A former Jefferson County Human Services caseworker will serve two years of probation and 96 hours of community service for falsifying information in 12 child abuse and neglect complaints.
LARGO – Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri weighed in on a case during a press conference March 8, recommending a prison sentence for a former child protection investigator.
Detectives arrested Steven Michael Urban, 29, of Largo that morning on 10 felony charges of falsifying records. Bail was set at $20,000.
A former Jefferson County Human Services caseworker fabricated records in a dozen child abuse and neglect cases claiming she investigated the cases when she had not, authorities say.
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A child protective investigator has been arrested for allegedly falsifying records.
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 44-year-old Jason Kent, a former Department of Children and Families child protective investigator, falsified records of face-to-face interviews on seven different child endangerment cases from December of 2014 to April of 2015.
A social worker has appeared before a professional disciplinary panel after she was found by a judge to have fabricated evidence to bolster the case for removing a child from the mother’s care and then lied in court about having done so.
Linda Fraser, who works for Bristol city council, could be struck off if the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) concludes that her fitness to practise has been impaired by her conduct.
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Nevertheless, Russian adoption is a subject that seems to have come up a lot lately. Wednesday evening the New York Times published a wide-ranging interview with the president, during which Trump formally acknowledged his previously-undisclosed second conversation with Russian President Vladmir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg. “I actually talked about Russian adoption with [Putin],” Trump told reporters, recalling their dinner party chatter. “Which is interesting because it was a part of the conversation that Don had in that meeting.”
A former Greensburg foster mother was ordered to stand trial Thursday on charges of having a sexual relationship with a teenage Greene County boy in her care.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Espanola teen, sexually abused by a foster parent in 2014, is now going after the Children Youth and Families Department and the center who employed the man.
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - An 18-year-old man and his 36-year-old adoptive mother have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse with each other. They are both being held in the Lubbock County Detention Center, each on a $100,000 bond.
As Health News Florida reported last week, the opioid crisis in Manatee and Sarasota Counties is putting a strain on their foster care system. But the situation isn't entirely bleak. Now we'll hear from one mother whose relationship with her son's foster parents helped her reunify her family and overcome her addiction.
A Health Information and Quality Authority inspection report has criticised the area management of Tusla in Cork for failing to record 40% of child protection and welfare allegations submitted to it against foster carers last year.
Three First Nation children who died shortly after being returned to their mothers’ care are the subject of Alberta child and youth advocate Del Graff’s latest report.
LANSING – A state supervisor accused of manipulating records to make the state's child welfare agency appear in compliance with a federal court order has apparently been demoted.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man already charged with threatening child welfare caseworkers with a rifle is now charged with firebombing one of their offices as part of a custody dispute involving his 8-year-old daughter.
PORTLAND, Maine — Corrections officials say Maine’s youth prison is overburdened by children with severe mental illnesses, and this population has driven away staff who are not trained to handle them.
An Española teen who endured three months of sexual abuse by a foster parent in 2014 has filed state and federal lawsuits against New Mexico’s child welfare agency, several of its employees and a state-contracted behavioral health firm, saying they knowingly placed him in the care of a man who was accused more than a year earlier of sexually assaulting foster children.
A Kissimmee-based Department of Children and Families case worker is accused of lying in her reports and not returning more than a dozen calls from children in her caseload, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
9 Investigates uncovered a troubling problem within the Florida Department of Children and Families. Hundreds of child protective investigators, statewide, were caught falsifying investigation records, claiming they checked out allegations of abuse or neglect, but didn't. Investigative reporter Daralene Jones talked to more than a dozen former and current investigators and agencies that work directly with DCF. Only one of them would agree to speak with 9 Investigates on the record, out of fear for their jobs or retaliation.
Caseworkers at the Florida Department of Children and Families are being forced to shoulder nearly unbelievable workloads, leading some to falsify records, according to a new report by an Orlando TV news station.
An Oregon Department of Human Services employee assigned to Child Protective Services has been arrested for falsifying child abuse reports in at least 15 cases.
Sheriff’s detectives arrested an Oregon Department of Human Services worker Thursday accused of falsifying child abuse reports, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
An Inverness woman who was an investigator with the Florida Department of Children and Families was arrested Wednesday, accused of lying in several of her case reports.
