Mother of Jashyah Moore charged with child endangerment

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and East Orange Police Chief Phyllis Bindi have announced that authorities have charged Jamie A. Moore, age 39, of East Orange, NJ with two counts of second degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The Endangering charges include allegations of physical abuse and also neglect.

Moore was arrested earlier today by detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the East Orange Police Department. She will be lodged in the Essex County Correctional Facility pending an appearance in the Essex County Central Judicial Processing (CJP) Court.

The defendant’s fourteen year old daughter and three year old son have been removed from her custody by the NJ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP).

THE CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT ARE MERELY ACCUSATIONS. SHE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT AT THIS TIME.

JaShyah Moore safely located in NYC

JaShyah Moore, a 14-year-old girl who disappeared nearly a month ago after visiting an East Orange deli to pick up some essentials for her family, was found in New York City on Thursday.

10-Year-Old Isabella Faith Tichenor Takes Her Life After Incidents of Bullying

10-year-old girl, Isabella Faith Tichenor has hanged herself after being bullied in school over her race and being autistic.

This bullying happened despite the child's mother contacting the Davis School District “multiple times” months ago to discuss her concerns about her daughter’s treatment at the school before the fifth grader hanged herself on Saturday, Nov. 6.

New video shows missing teen Jashyah Moore the day she disappeared

New surveillance video shows a missing teenager from New Jersey on the day that she disappeared.

The footage shows 14-year-old Jashyah Moore inside a food market in East Orange, New Jersey, on October 14.

Anyone with information about this case is being asked to contact the East Orange Police Department at 973-266-5000.

New bill would provide GI Bill benefits to descendants of Black World War II veterans

Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation that would repay the families of Black American veterans who served in World War II who were unable to take advantage of the original GI Bill’s benefits.

The GI Bill Restoration Act would provide descendants of these veterans a transferable benefit that could be used to obtain housing, attend college and start businesses, according to the announcement Thursday from the bill’s sponsors.

To mark Veterans Day, the bill was unveiled by House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., in the House and is expected to be introduced by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., in the Senate. The lawmakers said that GI benefits were limited to Black veterans because most state and local veterans administrations were largely run by white officials.

The bill would extend access to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits to the surviving spouse and direct descendants of these veterans who were alive when the bill took effect. It would also extend access to the VA Loan Guaranty Program, which helps provide home loans to veterans and surviving spouses.

Under the legislation, the Government Accountability Office would be required to establish a panel of independent experts to assess inequities in how benefits are distributed to minority and female service members.