Mother running late for work leaves seven-year-old son home alone

26-year-old Kiersten Napodano was charged with leaving her seven-year-old at home with no cell phone, no plan for food, and no supervision for five to six hours while she was at work.

Clarksville father drives drunk to Dollar General with child inside vehicle

51-year-old Darrell Hayes was charged with driving under the influence, lack of ignition interlock and child abuse and neglect after driving while inebriated to a Clarksville Dollar General with his 12-year-old daughter alongside him.

Clarksville mother deserts children for daily grind

28-year-old Rachel Diller was charged with two counts of child abuse and neglect after police discovered that she left her two children, ages 8 and 6, unattended on a consistent basis while leaving for work in Nashville.

Parents found buying fentanyl with a child unsecured between them in truck

27-year-old Sean Crowe was charged with obtaining Fentanyl while police were observing his vehicle. Police searched the vehicle and found syringes while Crowe and his girlfriend had the baby in the front seat unsecured between them.

Man jailed after hotel employee reports his children were roaming unsupervised

25-year-old Michael Buchholz was charged with two counts of child abuse and neglect when a hotel employee reported to police that his children, ages one and seven, were running around the hotel and completely unsupervised.

Man leaves 3-year-old child at home unattended, charged with child abuse and neglect

22-year-old Demond Adams was charged with child abuse and neglect after his wife reported to police that she left him home with their 3-year-old daughter and shortly after, was seen walking down Ringgold Road and had left the child at home unattended.

High on meth, mother found asleep on random grave after abandoning child in 32-degree weather

Teresa Dawn Ford (MCSO)

40-year-old Teresa Ford was found asleep inside a cemetery on a grave on January 4th, after abandoning her son on the side of the road in freezing weather. Police found her to be intoxicated and seized methamphetamine and other assorted drug paraphernalia.

Mother charged with biting child during an argument over going to bed

25-year-old Mystery Somnus is charged with aggravated felony child abuse and neglect after she left teeth marks and a bruise on her young daughter’s arm during an argument over going to bed. She initially claimed a dog bit her daughter, before admitting she did it.

Home Health Nurse Lori Johnson charged with Child Abuse & Neglect

CLARKSVILLE, TN – Police have charged 62-year-old home health nurse Loi Johnson with child abuse and neglect. Police were called to a Clarksville residence, June 4, after the foster parents of a six-year-old with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), noticed the child seemed to be crying more lately. The child sustained the TBI during a motor vehicle crash when she was two years old and is non-ambulatory and non-verbal. The foster parents reviewed in-home video surveillance footage and saw what they perceived as the home health care nurse, Lori Johnson,…

2-month-old baby found with Cocaine in system; Portia Marcum charged

Clarksville Police have charged 26-year-old Portia Marcum with child abuse/neglect, after a two month old child in her care was found to have cocaine in his system. Police were investigating an allegation that a two month old child had been potentially exposed to drugs. During the course of the investigation, it determined was that the two month had cocaine in his system. Also, that the caretaker, Portia Marcum, had been staying at a residence in which drugs were present and being used as well as Marcum herself being involved in…