0 TEXAS JUSTICE: FIREWORKS STAND OWNER SHOOTS WOULD-BE ROBBER

KATY, Texas – One suspect is in critical condition this morning and another still on the run after the owner of a fireworks stand turned the table on some would be robbers in west Harris County.

Police got the call around 9:30pm last night at the “Best Fireworks Stand” located in the 2200 block of Highland Knolls Drive near South Mason Road.

The manager was closing for the night when he says two men pulled up in a Ford Mustang and tried to rob him.

The manager then pulled out his own gun and opened fire, shooting the robber who was shot was hit four times.  More    Strange News

0 Elderly Woman Attacked Girl, 10, With Hammer

Florida - An elderly Miami woman is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after police say she attacked a 10-year-old girl with a hammer.

Iona Aiken, 79, was arrested Monday afternoon following the attack at a home at 14145 Madison Street, according to a Miami-Dade police arrest report.

According to the report, Aiken lives with the 10-year-old girl and another person as a family. 

As the girl was listening to headphones and playing with a tablet, Aiken "without warning and for unknown reasons" started hitting her with the hammer, the report said.  More   Strange News

0 Mother Is Charged After Missing Maryland Toddler Boy Found Dead In Ohio Creek

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The body of a missing 14-month-old Maryland boy was found in an Ohio creek Wednesday as his mother was ordered held on $150,000 bond in her first court appearance.

Searchers found the body of Cameron Beckford in Big Walnut Creek on Wednesday morning, said Sgt. Rich Weiner, a Columbus police spokesman.

Dainesha Stevens is charged with endangering children and tampering with evidence and was held on $75,000 bond on each count. Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Michael Brandt also ordered her not to have any contact with children.

Stevens, 24, failed to protect the child “by allowing an individual to violently spank him numerous times on several occasions,” according to a police charging document filed Wednesday.   More    Strange News

0 Daycare worker admits burning toddler severely during potty training

Kansas - A babysitter has admitted to burning a toddler so badly during potty training that he was left with third degree burns and needed to learn how to walk again.

Mary Ann Garrett was in charge of Caden Collumns' care at her home daycare in El Dorado toddler in October when he was seriously injured.

She originally told police the two-and-a-half year old had been burned by another child at her home, although she later confessed.

Caden was burnt with hot water from a removable shower head.

She is charged with one count of child abuse and one count of interference with law enforcement.

Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says Garrett lied to detectives at the start of the investigation.

'After she had done it and took the child to the hospital, she blamed her own granddaughter for doing it,' said the prosecutor, reports KWCH.  More    Strange News