Toddler

A 17-year-old female resident of a Howard County foster home and the 15-month-old child she was suspected of taking over the weekend from the home were found Monday evening back at the residence, Howard County police reported. Police said they were called about 6 p.m. by someone who reported seeing the teenager, Shante Chamblee, and the toddler, Ma'Kaiyla Davis, in the Elkridge area. After a search, police went to the foster home in the 6900 block of Scarlet Oaks Drive and found the girl and the toddler.

A two-vehicle accident in northwestern Baltimore County Friday morning seriously injured five people, including two young children. The Baltimore County Police Department Crash Team responded at 8:18 a.m. to the crash at the intersection of Wards Chapel and Liberty roads, near the Carroll County line at Liberty Reservoir. It took about 20 minutes to free all the victims from a Ford Explorer. Rescue units from Carroll County also responded. The Explorer driver, traveling east on Liberty Road, had turned left into the path of a westbound dump truck, police said.

A toddler fell three stories from an apartment building window Friday evening in Owings Mills, police said. The 2-year-old boy sustained life-threatening injuries in the fall and was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The fall occurred around 7 p.m. on Willow Bend Drive, police said. There was no update on the child's condition as of 10:15 p.m. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

A toddler fell three stories from an apartment building window Friday evening in Owings Mills, police said. The 2-year-old boy sustained life-threatening injuries in the fall and was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The fall occurred around 7 p.m. on Willow Bend Drive, police said. There was no update on the child's condition as of 10:15 p.m. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

A toddler struck by an unmarked police vehicle on the eastern edge of the Patterson Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon has been treated for minor injuries at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, police said. The 2-year-old boy had stepped off the sidewalk at the intersection of Leverton and South Highland avenues around 3 p.m., police said. The officer, who was turning onto Highland Avenue from the 3400 block of Leverton Ave., spotted the child out of the corner of her eye and immediately braked, police said.

A motorcyclist who was killed Sunday after crashing into a pole at Gilmor and Fayette streets had lost control after swerving to avoid a dirt bike whose operator was carrying a 2-year-old child as a passenger, police said. The victim was identified on Monday as Alphonso Gaye, 44, of Greenbelt, according to Detective Jeremy Silbert, a Baltimore Police spokesman. Silbert said Gaye struck a pole about 5:45 p.m., and said witnesses told police that the motorcycle was speeding.

A toddler was struck by an unmarked police vehicle on the eastern edge of the Patterson Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon, officials said. The 2-year-old was hit at the intersection of Leverton and South Highland avenues around 3 p.m., police said. The vehicle was turning out of the 3400 block of Leverton onto South Highland. The victim was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. Police said the victim's injuries were not life-threatening.

Baltimore police are seeking to question a man who may have assaulted an 18-month-old girl who contracted the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, according to a city police spokesman. Police said they have tried several addresses for the man but had not found him as of Wednesday evening. The spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said Wednesday evening that state parole and probation agents requested and received a warrant charging the man with violating the terms of his release from prison.

An Annapolis teenager who was charged with first-degree murder in a 2-year-old-girl's death remains at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center after being denied bail. Timothy Darnell Height, 17, is being charged as an adult in the death of two-year-old Amoir Faith Turner. She was found dead in bed Saturday, and early autopsy results show that she suffered several injuries, including a fractured skull, a broken leg and possible sexual assault, Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop said at press conference Monday.

Fourteen-month-old Darlin Daneri was too young to understand and too preoccupied with his bowl of cheese doodles to pay attention to the group of family and friends hailing him Monday afternoon as "El Sobreviviente." It means "the survivor" in their native Spanish. And one day he would understand that he survived because his mother, they believe, pushed his stroller from harm's way before she herself was struck and killed by a truck on Sunday as she tried to cross the street of a busy Baltimore County intersection.

A toddler struck by an unmarked police vehicle on the eastern edge of the Patterson Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon has been treated for minor injuries at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, police said. The 2-year-old boy had stepped off the sidewalk at the intersection of Leverton and South Highland avenues around 3 p.m., police said. The officer, who was turning onto Highland Avenue from the 3400 block of Leverton Ave., spotted the child out of the corner of her eye and immediately braked, police said.

A toddler was struck by an unmarked police vehicle on the eastern edge of the Patterson Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon, officials said. The 2-year-old was hit at the intersection of Leverton and South Highland avenues around 3 p.m., police said. The vehicle was turning out of the 3400 block of Leverton onto South Highland. The victim was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. Police said the victim's injuries were not life-threatening.

Minority toddlers have more language, communication and gross motor skill delays than white toddlers, according to a new study from Kennedy Krieger Institute . Previous research concluded that children of African American, Hispanic and Asian descent with autism are not getting the same early diagnosis as while children. “We found the toddlers in the minority group were significantly further behind than the non-minority group in development of language and motor skills and showed more severe autism symptoms in their communication abilities,” said Dr. Rebecca Landa, director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute, in a statement.

Dirt-bike racing has cost Tyler Bowers two broken legs, more than 10 broken fingers (he's broken each finger in both hands at least once), a collapsed lung, a lacerated spleen and so many concussions that he's lost track. Is this a great life or what? "I just love being on a bike; it's as exciting as it gets," says Bowers, the reigning class champion of Arenacross, an engine-roaring, dirt-pounding indoor competition coming to Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena this weekend.

This week's Sunny did nothing if not prove one of my longest-living theories: The makers of shows like “Toddlers and Tiaras” hold production meetings at strip joints. Frank Reynolds has never turned down an opportunity to finance a hot idea. After meeting a potential business partner at a gentlemen's club, Frank is led to believe he's fronting the cash for a “legitimate” beauty pageant. Surprisingly, Frank's partner is a dirtbag and had inappropriate relations with a contestant.

An Annapolis teenager charged as an adult in the death of a 2-year-old girl last year pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday, according to a spokeswoman from the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's office. Timothy Darnell Height, 18, received a 30-year sentence with all but 15 years suspended, followed by five years probation in the death of Amoir Faith Turner, said Kristin Fleckenstein, the spokeswoman. Officers found the toddler dead in her bed in the Bywater neighborhood of Annapolis shortly after 7 a.m. on June 5, 2010.

A Westminster man was found guilty Monday of child sexual abuse and first-degree assault of a 21-month-old girl last year, the Carroll County State's Attorney's office said. Ryan C. Gifford, 24, faces a maximum of 25 years in prison on each of the two charges when he is sentenced on June 1 in Carroll County Circuit Court. The toddler and her mother were staying at Gifford's home on April 11, 2010, when the assault occurred, according to charging documents. Police said Gifford attacked the girl in a shower while her mother was sleeping, and after drinking a half-gallon of white wine.

A Baltimore County jury has found an Essex man, accused of killing his girlfriend's 15-month-old boy, guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Brian Maurice Savage, 22, was arrested after the child, Cameron Justin Williams, died Nov. 1, 2009, while in his care. The boy's mother, Patience Peatan, was working in a convenience store when, according to prosecutors, Savage beat the boy so severely in the apartment they shared that several of his internal organs were fatally damaged.

Children under 6 will no longer be served at McDain's Restaurant and Golf Center in Monroeville, Pa.  The new policy takes effect Sunday. Restaurant owner Mike Vuick said there's "nothing wrong with babies, but the fact is you can't control their volume. " He said all that screaming and crying disturbs many of his customers.  Children have to be this many at Monroeville restaurant.