Jennifer Gould

The carnage unfolded in December of 2025 during an indoor snowball fight with fake snowballs at the First Christian Church.

According to the filing, DR was bending down to join the fun.

when a 12-year-old boy called LC allegedly launched a savage attack, punching the little boy in the head and stomach before knocking him to the floor and stomping on his leg with enough force to snap his thigh bone.

DR's devastated mom Brianna spoke to WTOL 11 News.

I heard him yell for the first time, and that is a sound that I will never, never forget as a mother.

The injuries were so catastrophic that DR required emergency surgery to have flexible titanium elastic nails driven into his femur to stabilize the fracture, rods that must remain in his body for up to a year as that child now faces a future of morphine and wheelchairs.

The lawsuit further reveals a shocking failure of accountability.

alleging the Cub Scouts, who are mandatory reporters, waited four days to report the assault, only doing so after the parents filed their own police report.

Also, that Scouting America and the Erie Shores Council violated their own, quote, two deep leadership rules by failing to separate age groups, allowing a much older child with a documented history of trouble

to be in striking distance of a vulnerable five-year-old child.

While Scouting America expresses quote-unquote sincere concern, the family is demanding a jury trial and over $25,000 in damages.

Despite the brutal nature of the stomping, juvenile prosecutors have reportedly declined to file criminal charges, leaving the civil courts as the only hope for the family to get justice.

And finally, talk about a smart device with a very dumb mouth.

Christy Husterman of Texas is officially unplugging from Amazon after her Alexa assistant turned into a digital creeper.

During a storytime session, four-year-old Stella was asked by the AI what she was wearing and if it could quote-unquote see her pants.

When the child mentioned her skirt, the speaker chirped, quote, let me take a look.

That's a virtual voyeur for sure.

Amazon claimed the wardrobe malfunction was just a feature misfire and insists its safeguards prevented the camera from launching.

But this mom not buying the prime excuse, fearing a predator had hacked the hardware, Hosterman yanked the plug on the bot's subscription to her home.

We'll see if Amazon can reboot this glitch before more families disconnect.