COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 24-year-old licensed social worker accused of having sex with a teenage client took a plea deal on Tuesday. Payton Shires, of Mount Sterling, pleaded guilty to four counts of ...

PEEKSKILL, Westchester County (WABC) -- There were silent prayers and overwhelming grief Thursday night at a vigil in Westchester County for a social worker who died after being brutally beaten last ...

A New York social worker is clinging to life after being savagely beaten nearly to death while conducting a home visit last month. Maria Coto, 56, of Westchester, has been on life support ever since ...

Social workers doing house visits have become the latest group to be targeted by extortionists demanding that they pay a protection fee. This has forced them to rely on police escorts into hot spot ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former licensed social worker who had sex with her client — a 13-year-old boy — was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Thursday. Payton Shires, of Mount Sterling, pleaded ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Rapids Police Department and Network180 are marking three years of their “co-response” program, which pairs a mental health clinician with a police officer to ...

COLUMBUS — A former social worker who had sex with her 13-year-old client was sentenced to prison on Thursday. Payton Shires pleaded guilty last month to four counts of unlawful sexual misconduct with ...