A 27-year-old Chandler man who teaches at a Scottsdale charter school has been charged with one count of felony child abuse after police say he knocked the head of his roommate’s 6-year-old daughter into the wall because she woke him up from a nap.

A jury on Thursday returned a child abuse conviction against a Chandler woman whose toddler son suffered two broken arms, broken ankles and bleeding on his brain in 2007.

A 42-year-old Chandler woman running a child care facility out of her home has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse in connection with a 17-month-old boy injured in her care, police said.

A 42-year-old Chandler woman running a child care facility out of her home has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse in connection with a 17-month-old boy injured in her care, police said.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI condemned the abuse of children by priests Monday, saying the church will never stop deploring such behavior.

Chandler has seen a spate of severe child abuse cases and child deaths in the last three weeks that have left the police department shaken.

Chandler has seen a spate of severe child abuse cases and child deaths in the last three weeks that have left the police department shaken.

A 20-year-old Mesa woman who police say left her 2- and 3-year-old sons alone for hours in the middle of the night has been charged with two felony counts of child abuse and a misdemeanor count of imperiling the life or health of a minor.

Chandler police arrested the 20-year-old mother of a toddler who is on life support Wednesday on suspicion of not protecting her.

A Chandler couple is in jail on child abuse charges after the man injured the woman's 17-month-old daughter by slamming her into a playpen, police said.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced Sunday it has filed child abuse charges against parents in three unrelated cases, one of them a Scottsdale woman.

A Scottsdale man accused of starving his three young children to the point where they were severely malnourished in 2005 could face probation or up to 16 years in prison.