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A 13-year-old boy faced a misdemeanor assault charge after throwing foam dodgeballs at his ex-girlfriend during a gym class warm-up in December 2025. The incident was reported to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, which noted photos of bruises on the victim. The accused's mother questioned the charges and suggested that the legal action was an injustice given the context of playing a game.

Police found a woman unconscious and highly intoxicated in her smoke-filled Glendale home. The authorities discovered a barely conscious toddler inside, whom they were able to safely remove first. The woman was taken to the hospital and subsequently booked into jail on one count of child abuse after police determined her blood alcohol content was 0.379.

An Arizona mother, Karen Glaser, struggled to keep her son David alive during a 16-hour power outage that disabled his medical equipment. The outage, affecting over 4,000 customers in Coolidge, Arizona, caused extreme heat and forced residents to seek alternative cooling methods. Glaser’s attempts to manually sustain David’s health included using water-soaked rags and suctioning saliva as temperatures in her home reached 100 degrees.

Nathaniel Gotham is accused of stabbing his wife 24 times to make her stop talking, leading to her hospitalization with stab wounds to her back, head, neck, face, and defensive injuries to her hands. He admitted to the attack during his court appearance and faces an attempted murder charge with a $500,000 bond.

Melvin Shimkus, 52, faces charges for allegedly leaving his 31-year-old disabled son, Hunter Shimkus, in a bathtub for seven weeks, resulting in severe neglect and injuries. Hunter, who has a nerve disease preventing him from walking, was found emaciated with severe wounds and deformities.