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Mother charged after teen son found severely malnourished

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Scranton woman is facing charges after police say she neglected her son. Zakia Patterson, 50, of Scranton, was charged Monday after a ChildLine tip triggered a police investigation into the boy's condition. On January 13th, 2026, detectives received the tip from a nurse at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville [...]