NJ teacher avoids jail time after having sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student, given lifetime parole

A former New Jersey teacher avoided prison time after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a then-17-year-old girl over several months in 2017 and 2018. The student was reportedly part of a drama club supervised by the teacher.to daily mail. Christine Knudsen, 46, was sentenced to three years’ probation for inappropriate relationships. She was […]
Michigan woman gets life without parole for letting disabled son starve to death

A western Michigan woman convicted of murder and child abuse in the starvation death of her disabled 15-year-old son, who weighed only 69 pounds, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ta. Shanda Vander Ark, 44, of Norton Shores, who was convicted in the July 6, 2022 death of Timothy […]