Neighbors say the Brooklyn woman who was arrested for abandoning her two young daughters alongside the Shore Parkway has a history of verbally berating her children with violent and vulgar invective. After she turned herself over to police last night just before midnight, reporters descended on Dalisha Adams's Brooklyn home and started knocking on doors near her residence. “She was always yelling at the kids, ‘Shut the f--- up,’" one neighbor tells the Daily News. "One day, I heard her curse out the little baby, ‘I’ll punch you in the f------ face.’" more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Two little girls, ages 5 and 3, were found wandering on the edge of the busy Shore Parkway in Canarsie yesterday, clutching extra diapers given to them by their mother before she abandoned them. In a particularly heartbreaking exclusive, the Daily News reports that an elderly couple noticed the girls playing on the sidewalk without supervision in front of the Bay View Houses on Shore Parkway. "They were wandering up and down the sidewalk for a while, just playing by themselves," says one witness. "It’s horrible. How could you leave your own children out there? They’re babies and you just leave them out there like that?" more ›

The Bronx woman who was accused of abandoning her pit bull to starve to death after she was evicted from her apartment was convicted of animal cruelty today. Cherika Alvarez, 30, was found guilty of leaving behind 18-month-old pup Alize after she was evicted from her apartment in mid-November 2009. The dog was found six weeks later with two razor blades, ketchup packs, sharp pieces of wood and garbage in her stomach. "She left Alizé in that apartment like garbage and she walked away," said Bronx Assistant District Attorney Megan Mellem. more ›

A Bronx woman is accused of abandoning her pit bull to starve to death after she was evicted from her apartment. Cherika Alvarez, 30, is on trial for leaving behind 18-month-old pup Alize after she was evicted from her apartment in mid-November 2009. The dog was found weeks later with two razorblades, ketchup packs, sharp pieces of wood and garbage in her stomach. Alize's body was so badly decomposed that officials "had to scrape her off the floor," Alvarez tearfully testified. more ›

Police have charged parents Karill Savery, 30, and Leonardo Reyes, 34, with endangering the welfare of a child after they left their 8-month-old son in a parking lot on East 161st Street in the Bronx yesterday. Ezra Isiah Reyes, left in a stroller, was spotted by sunglass vendors sitting outside the courthouse, who brought him into the DA's office. Vendor Lorenzo Carse told the Daily News, "I'm a father. How could somebody leave their child like that?" Actually, they simply forgot. more ›

The grandparents of a three-year-old who was abandoned at St. Patrick's Cathedral earlier this week are overjoyed because they will be reunited with him today. Little Nathaniel Fons approached a church guard on Tuesday night; the guard found a note in his pocket with the number of a Florida detective. Fons' mother had been arrested for using a counterfeit $100 bill, leaving Nathaniel to her friends' cares. The NYPD is looking for the friends, who are also suspected of being part of the counterfeiting ring, and Commissioner Kelly said, "They would face the charges for endangering the welfare of a child. He's three years of age. They put him out by himself outside of a St. Patrick's Cathedral." more ›

Pet abandoners: please do not leave animals tied to the FDR! Jennie Min of NJ says: "I went to Manhattan today and found somebody tied a small pitbull right on the FDR Drive! She looked so afraid and was crying when I found her." Min waited an hour to see if the owner would show, then tried three non-kill shelters, all of which had no space. Since she can't take on another dog, she left her with Animal Care & Control... which means it doesn't have much time to live. She asked the ACC to contact her if they are forced to put her to sleep, and is hoping someone will save her before that happens. [via GirlieGirlArmy] more ›

Here we go: Park Avenue lawyer Madlyn Primoff, who was arrested earlier this week after forcing her squabbling children out of the car and driving away, now has a lawyer telling the press, "She wasn't abandoning her children. She expected to find her children." See, Primhoff had dumped the kids in downtown White Plains and told them to walk the 3 miles home to Scarsdale—but apparently she didn't really mean it because she drove around the block and couldn't find them! Primhoff reportedly picked up her husband and then started looking again, finding only the 12-year-old. A good Samaritan picked up the remaining daughter, 10, and, after stopping at Carvel to cheer the girl up with some ice cream, took her to the White Plains police station. Meanwhile, Primoff called the Scarsdale police about her missing younger daughter; Scarsdale cops, who say that Primoff didn't explain how the child went missing, told Primoff the girl was with the White Plains police. Primoff, who spent the night in jail for the incident, is free on bail and heads back to court next month. more ›

Ed Wynn Rivera, the 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who was abandoned on a freezing bus for 17 hours, returned home from the hospital yesterday. His family, thrilled that he's safe, spoke to WCBS 2 about finding him. His father Elmer Rivera said when he went to the bus depot and asked two workers to look for him one came "back with tears in her eyes" because she found him and they broke into the bus and took of their coats to warm him up. Additionally, a CAT scan showed foam in his system—his sister said he had eaten foam and vinyl from the bus seat during his ordeal. The bus matron who was responsible for noticing Rivera was still on the bus (she allegedly did know he was there when she left) has been charged with reckless endangerment. more ›