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Dad indicted for 1st-degree murder of 5-month-old son (Lake County, Illinois)
Dad is identified as VICTOR SALINAS-CARONA. Notice that Mom has been charged with child endangerment...for LEAVING the baby with his Daddy. Isn't this what authorities tell mothers they must do? That the must "involve" the father? This is a total double standard. Fathers are virtually never held responsible for impregnating and/or "leaving" a baby with a mentally ill, drug-addicted, mentally incapacitated, and/or abusive mother.
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/19251262-418/teen-father-indicted-for-first-degree-murder-of-infant.html
Teen father indicted for first-degree murder of infant
By Beth Kramer
April 4, 2013 11:18AM Updated: April 4, 2013 12:02PM
The teenage father accused of killing his five-month-old child was indicted for first-degree murder before a grand jury Wednesday, April 3. The mother was also indicted with child endangerment charges.
Victor Salinas-Corona, 17, of Zion is accused of causing the blunt force trauma that killed his infant son Feb. 28, authorities said.
The boy’s mother Aurora Escamilla, 19, of Beach Park is charged with endangering the life of a child for allegedly leaving the baby with Salinas-Corona.
Salinas-Corona is due for arraignment April 9. He is in custody at Lake County Jail in lieu of $2 million.
Escamilla is free from custody on 10 percent of $100,000 bond. She is due back in court April 17 for arraignment.
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/19251262-418/teen-father-indicted-for-first-degree-murder-of-infant.html
Teen father indicted for first-degree murder of infant
By Beth Kramer
April 4, 2013 11:18AM Updated: April 4, 2013 12:02PM
The teenage father accused of killing his five-month-old child was indicted for first-degree murder before a grand jury Wednesday, April 3. The mother was also indicted with child endangerment charges.
Victor Salinas-Corona, 17, of Zion is accused of causing the blunt force trauma that killed his infant son Feb. 28, authorities said.
The boy’s mother Aurora Escamilla, 19, of Beach Park is charged with endangering the life of a child for allegedly leaving the baby with Salinas-Corona.
Salinas-Corona is due for arraignment April 9. He is in custody at Lake County Jail in lieu of $2 million.
Escamilla is free from custody on 10 percent of $100,000 bond. She is due back in court April 17 for arraignment.
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Dad gets suspended sentence for exposing himself to 4-year-old son (Malta)
Not too hard to figure out why Mom was separated from UNNAMED DAD. This guy sounds like a total jag-off.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130404/local/Father-exposed-himself-to-his-four-year-old-son.464162
Thursday, April 4, 2013
by Waylon Johnston
Father exposed himself to his four-year-old son
A father who exposed himself to his four-year-old son was handed a suspended jail term yesterday. She found the version given by the girlfriend to be more credible
They were in the man’s Skoda Forman when, according to his girlfriend, he unzipped his trousers and said to the boy: “Look, when you grow up, you will have one like this.”
The incident happened in April 2009 at the Ta’ Xbiex yacht marina.
He then tried to grope the woman but she rebuffed his advances and told him to stop doing such silly things in the boy’s presence.
Magistrate Audrey Demicoli noted that there were discrepancies in what the witnesses had said with regard to what the child had told his mother about the incident.
Magistrate Demicoli said she found the version given by the girlfriend to be more credible in view of the discrepancies in the witnesses’ testimony when it came to what the boy had said.
She noted that, in its final submissions, the prosecution also seemed to agree with the version given by the girlfriend.
The boy’s parents were going through a separation when, usually, the parties focus on some damaging detail and take full advantage of it, the magistrate said.
Before sentencing, the man’s lawyers requested that his two police statements be removed from the records of the case and not taken into consideration because he did not have access to a lawyer before these were taken.
The magistrate upheld the request and sentenced the man to a 24-month prison term suspended for three years.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130404/local/Father-exposed-himself-to-his-four-year-old-son.464162
Thursday, April 4, 2013
by Waylon Johnston
Father exposed himself to his four-year-old son
A father who exposed himself to his four-year-old son was handed a suspended jail term yesterday. She found the version given by the girlfriend to be more credible
They were in the man’s Skoda Forman when, according to his girlfriend, he unzipped his trousers and said to the boy: “Look, when you grow up, you will have one like this.”
The incident happened in April 2009 at the Ta’ Xbiex yacht marina.
He then tried to grope the woman but she rebuffed his advances and told him to stop doing such silly things in the boy’s presence.
Magistrate Audrey Demicoli noted that there were discrepancies in what the witnesses had said with regard to what the child had told his mother about the incident.
Magistrate Demicoli said she found the version given by the girlfriend to be more credible in view of the discrepancies in the witnesses’ testimony when it came to what the boy had said.
She noted that, in its final submissions, the prosecution also seemed to agree with the version given by the girlfriend.
The boy’s parents were going through a separation when, usually, the parties focus on some damaging detail and take full advantage of it, the magistrate said.
Before sentencing, the man’s lawyers requested that his two police statements be removed from the records of the case and not taken into consideration because he did not have access to a lawyer before these were taken.
The magistrate upheld the request and sentenced the man to a 24-month prison term suspended for three years.
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Dad found guilty of sexually abusing 3-year-old daughter (St. Mary's County, Maryland)
Dad is identified as DONALD MILLSAPS, III.
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewStory/story_ID/31624/d/04042013
Jury Finds Father Guilty of Abusing His Daughter
Leonardtown, MD - 4/4/2013
By Dick Myers
A St. Mary’s County jury has found a father guilty of the two counts of sexual abuse of his daughter, who was three years old at the time of the alleged crime. After the verdict was issued Wednesday, Donald Millsaps, III, 34, was incarcerated pending a pre-sentence investigation. Judge Michael Stamm presided over the trial.
The trial, which started with jury selection on Tuesday afternoon, hinged on who the jury believed.
Millsaps’ story was told to the jury through the playing of a tape and the providing of the tape’s transcript. The recording device was rolling during the entire process of Millsaps being picked up at his Callaway home, transported to the Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division office and being questioned in an interrogation room by Maryland State Police investigator Detective Jordan Stern.
Millsaps did not testify and the defense did not put on any witnesses.
The victim, however, did testify. She is now six years old and in kindergarten. Her testimony featured a number of contradictions from an obviously nervous child. But one point of her testimony was very clear: her father sat on her in the bathroom, attempted to put his penis in her mouth, ejaculated on her face and the ejaculate went into her mouth.”
The girl had to have the judge go through a series of questions to get her to understand she needed to tell the truth and that she understand the difference between truth and lies. She also had trouble remembering the timeline of the incident, at one time saying it occurred 40 months ago. She also was unable to point out Millsaps, who was sitting right in front of her as she testified.
Assistant State’s Attorney Julie White explained why that might have happened: “Maybe it was just too much to claim that man as her father because of what he did to her.”
Millsaps changed his story several times during the taped interview. At one point he said “I never did that. Never, never would I do something like that. I am not that type of person,” adding “I never touched my daughter. Not like that, nothing sexually.”
But later in the interview, on persistent questioning by the trooper, Millsaps admitted he was in the bathroom masturbating and his daughter came in and when he turned around her mouth was open and the penis may have entered her mouth.
The only other person to testify for the state was the girl’s mother, who identified Millsaps as the girl’s biological father.
White in her closing argument made much of the fact that Millsaps had changed his story but the final version was an admission that the event had occurred.
Millsaps attorney Public Defender Gerald Rivielllo said, “We all want to protect children,” but he said the case revolved around the believability of the girl’s testimony, pointing out the inconsistencies. He said the state did not put on any evidence of physical force or any evidence from psychiatrists, which were alluded to during the interview by the state trooper. “The detective (in the interview) keeps talking about physical evidence. Where is it?” the attorney asked.
The jury found Millsaps guilty of the two charges placed against him: Sex Abuse of a Minor, and Sex Offense, Second Degree.
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewStory/story_ID/31624/d/04042013
Jury Finds Father Guilty of Abusing His Daughter
Leonardtown, MD - 4/4/2013
By Dick Myers
A St. Mary’s County jury has found a father guilty of the two counts of sexual abuse of his daughter, who was three years old at the time of the alleged crime. After the verdict was issued Wednesday, Donald Millsaps, III, 34, was incarcerated pending a pre-sentence investigation. Judge Michael Stamm presided over the trial.
The trial, which started with jury selection on Tuesday afternoon, hinged on who the jury believed.
Millsaps’ story was told to the jury through the playing of a tape and the providing of the tape’s transcript. The recording device was rolling during the entire process of Millsaps being picked up at his Callaway home, transported to the Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division office and being questioned in an interrogation room by Maryland State Police investigator Detective Jordan Stern.
Millsaps did not testify and the defense did not put on any witnesses.
The victim, however, did testify. She is now six years old and in kindergarten. Her testimony featured a number of contradictions from an obviously nervous child. But one point of her testimony was very clear: her father sat on her in the bathroom, attempted to put his penis in her mouth, ejaculated on her face and the ejaculate went into her mouth.”
The girl had to have the judge go through a series of questions to get her to understand she needed to tell the truth and that she understand the difference between truth and lies. She also had trouble remembering the timeline of the incident, at one time saying it occurred 40 months ago. She also was unable to point out Millsaps, who was sitting right in front of her as she testified.
Assistant State’s Attorney Julie White explained why that might have happened: “Maybe it was just too much to claim that man as her father because of what he did to her.”
Millsaps changed his story several times during the taped interview. At one point he said “I never did that. Never, never would I do something like that. I am not that type of person,” adding “I never touched my daughter. Not like that, nothing sexually.”
But later in the interview, on persistent questioning by the trooper, Millsaps admitted he was in the bathroom masturbating and his daughter came in and when he turned around her mouth was open and the penis may have entered her mouth.
The only other person to testify for the state was the girl’s mother, who identified Millsaps as the girl’s biological father.
White in her closing argument made much of the fact that Millsaps had changed his story but the final version was an admission that the event had occurred.
Millsaps attorney Public Defender Gerald Rivielllo said, “We all want to protect children,” but he said the case revolved around the believability of the girl’s testimony, pointing out the inconsistencies. He said the state did not put on any evidence of physical force or any evidence from psychiatrists, which were alluded to during the interview by the state trooper. “The detective (in the interview) keeps talking about physical evidence. Where is it?” the attorney asked.
The jury found Millsaps guilty of the two charges placed against him: Sex Abuse of a Minor, and Sex Offense, Second Degree.
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6-year-old boy tells court of torture by custodial dad (Patiala, India)
This is what happens in societies where fathers rights are institutionalized over the rights of mothers. Pieces of sh** like dad BALJIT SINGH get custody, and torture the kids if they even admit to wanting to meet with the mother. Who is the so-called alienator again? More often than not it's the abuser, in a phenomenon known as domestic violence by proxy.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/6yrold-tells-court-of-torture-by-father-during-divorce-trial/article4570109.ece
6-yr-old tells court of torture by father during divorce trial
PTI
Patiala, Apr 1: A six-year-old boy was allegedly singed with cigarette butts and slashed with a shaving blade by his father who inflicted injuries all over his body.
The harrowing tale of torture was narrated by the child himself in a local court, hearing a divorce case of his parents.
The court was shocked and dismayed to see injury marks on the body of the child and ordered the police to get the child medically examined in the local Government Rajindra Hospital.
The child told the doctors yesterday that his father Baljit Singh inflicted injuries all over his body.
There were about 16 blade cut marks on different parts of his body, doctors said, adding his back had burn marks caused by cigarette butts.
The parents of the child had filed a divorce case and the court had earlier given custody of the child to the father.
It also directed the accused that the child would be allowed to meet his mother once every month.
When the boy insisted on meeting his mother, Singh was so annoyed that he started torturing the child.
A case has been registered against the accused Baljit Singh at the Patiala Sadar police station under various sections of the IPC, police said, adding, efforts are on to arrest him.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/6yrold-tells-court-of-torture-by-father-during-divorce-trial/article4570109.ece
6-yr-old tells court of torture by father during divorce trial
PTI
Patiala, Apr 1: A six-year-old boy was allegedly singed with cigarette butts and slashed with a shaving blade by his father who inflicted injuries all over his body.
The harrowing tale of torture was narrated by the child himself in a local court, hearing a divorce case of his parents.
The court was shocked and dismayed to see injury marks on the body of the child and ordered the police to get the child medically examined in the local Government Rajindra Hospital.
The child told the doctors yesterday that his father Baljit Singh inflicted injuries all over his body.
There were about 16 blade cut marks on different parts of his body, doctors said, adding his back had burn marks caused by cigarette butts.
The parents of the child had filed a divorce case and the court had earlier given custody of the child to the father.
It also directed the accused that the child would be allowed to meet his mother once every month.
When the boy insisted on meeting his mother, Singh was so annoyed that he started torturing the child.
A case has been registered against the accused Baljit Singh at the Patiala Sadar police station under various sections of the IPC, police said, adding, efforts are on to arrest him.
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Dad charged with murdering 2-year-old daughter during visitation (Guam)
Dad is identified as ANTHONY LIZAMA MORCILLA.
http://www.kuam.com/story/21876648/2013/04/04/father-held-on-100k-for-death-of-two-year-old-daughter
Father held on $100K for death of two-year-old daughter
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 2:52 AM EDT Updated: Apr 04, 2013 3:11 AM EDT
by Mindy Aguon
Guam - A Superior Court of Guam senior probation officer appeared on the other side of the courtroom today, charged with murder and negligent homicide for the death of his two-year-old daughter. 46-year-old Anthony Lizama Morcilla is being held behind bars on $100,000 cash bail on charges of murder, negligent homicide, leaving a child in a motor vehicle, and child abuse.
Based on the charges, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Morcilla told police that he picked up his daughter from her mother on Wednesday morning and intended to drop her to her daycare. Court documents state he dropped an older child to school and as he was driving around, the toddler fell asleep and around 8:30. Morcilla parked his red pickup truck at the courthouse in Hagatna and went to work, forgetting she was inside. It wasn't until seven hours later that he found his daughter's lifeless body inside. She sustained second-degree burns all over her body.
The report states the girl died sometime between 11am and 1pm that day.
Morcilla appeared via videoconference this afternoon in front of Magistrate Judge Alberto Tolentino, who expressed concerns about the murder charge, saying there was no evidence based on the declaration provided to the court that Morcilla showed an extreme indifference of human life. "Although the court finds probable cause for the 1st degree murder, it does express that there are some concerns of whether or not that was the appropriate charge, given the facts as they were laid out in the declaration," he announced. Judge Tolentino noting that manslaughter doesn't carry a mandatory minimum of 15 years with the possibility of life in prison.
Morcilla is represented by Attorney Curtis Van De Veld, who agreed to take on the case pro-bono and argued that his client should be released on his personal recognizance as he is a well respected member of the community, has no prior criminal history and is not a danger to the community. Van De Veld said, "The nature and seriousness that he would pose a risk to the community or to any individual thereof, there is just no such indication of facts. It's not the kind of crime where anyone has engaged in any kind of heinous behavior. He simply doesn't pose a risk."
Van De Veld added that the mother of the two-year-old, who was present with members of Morcilla's family in the courtroom, supported his release. "The mother is here and she does not oppose his release on personal recognizance. She supports that," the lawyer stated.
Assistant Attorney General David Rivera asked the court to hold Morcilla on $250,000 cash bail, saying the amount is consistent with the nature of the charges brought in these types of cases and noting it was at the lower end of the scale. "This is a terrible situation," he said, "a terrible event and a terrible result."
The court ended up reducing the bail amount after weighing all of the information. Van De Veld has asked that if his client cannot come up with the $100,000 cash bail, that he be released to court-approved third-party custodians and be placed on house arrest. It's a request that will be made during a bail hearing on Friday afternoon.
In the meantime, the tragic events of Wednesday have impacted the entire Probation Office. Court policy, planning and communications director Joshua Tenorio said, "It's a difficult situation. We are utilizing all our resources to identify counseling services and whatever assistance these employees need."
http://www.kuam.com/story/21876648/2013/04/04/father-held-on-100k-for-death-of-two-year-old-daughter
Father held on $100K for death of two-year-old daughter
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 2:52 AM EDT Updated: Apr 04, 2013 3:11 AM EDT
by Mindy Aguon
Guam - A Superior Court of Guam senior probation officer appeared on the other side of the courtroom today, charged with murder and negligent homicide for the death of his two-year-old daughter. 46-year-old Anthony Lizama Morcilla is being held behind bars on $100,000 cash bail on charges of murder, negligent homicide, leaving a child in a motor vehicle, and child abuse.
Based on the charges, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Morcilla told police that he picked up his daughter from her mother on Wednesday morning and intended to drop her to her daycare. Court documents state he dropped an older child to school and as he was driving around, the toddler fell asleep and around 8:30. Morcilla parked his red pickup truck at the courthouse in Hagatna and went to work, forgetting she was inside. It wasn't until seven hours later that he found his daughter's lifeless body inside. She sustained second-degree burns all over her body.
The report states the girl died sometime between 11am and 1pm that day.
Morcilla appeared via videoconference this afternoon in front of Magistrate Judge Alberto Tolentino, who expressed concerns about the murder charge, saying there was no evidence based on the declaration provided to the court that Morcilla showed an extreme indifference of human life. "Although the court finds probable cause for the 1st degree murder, it does express that there are some concerns of whether or not that was the appropriate charge, given the facts as they were laid out in the declaration," he announced. Judge Tolentino noting that manslaughter doesn't carry a mandatory minimum of 15 years with the possibility of life in prison.
Morcilla is represented by Attorney Curtis Van De Veld, who agreed to take on the case pro-bono and argued that his client should be released on his personal recognizance as he is a well respected member of the community, has no prior criminal history and is not a danger to the community. Van De Veld said, "The nature and seriousness that he would pose a risk to the community or to any individual thereof, there is just no such indication of facts. It's not the kind of crime where anyone has engaged in any kind of heinous behavior. He simply doesn't pose a risk."
Van De Veld added that the mother of the two-year-old, who was present with members of Morcilla's family in the courtroom, supported his release. "The mother is here and she does not oppose his release on personal recognizance. She supports that," the lawyer stated.
Assistant Attorney General David Rivera asked the court to hold Morcilla on $250,000 cash bail, saying the amount is consistent with the nature of the charges brought in these types of cases and noting it was at the lower end of the scale. "This is a terrible situation," he said, "a terrible event and a terrible result."
The court ended up reducing the bail amount after weighing all of the information. Van De Veld has asked that if his client cannot come up with the $100,000 cash bail, that he be released to court-approved third-party custodians and be placed on house arrest. It's a request that will be made during a bail hearing on Friday afternoon.
In the meantime, the tragic events of Wednesday have impacted the entire Probation Office. Court policy, planning and communications director Joshua Tenorio said, "It's a difficult situation. We are utilizing all our resources to identify counseling services and whatever assistance these employees need."
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3-year-old girl found after being in care of custodial dad (Brisbane, Australia)
This article is written in an extremely confusing way. It's easy to get lost in the all the crap about some guy getting arrested for traffic offenses and therefore miss entirely that the death (murder) of this 3-year-old girl took place while she was in the full-time care of her custodial father, identified here as MATTHEW WILLIAMSON.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dead-child-man-assisting-police-with-investigation-20130331-2h14x.html
Dead child: man assisting police with investigation
Date March 31, 2013
Katherine Feeney
A 44-year-old Brisbane man will face court Tuesday charged with traffic offences as police question him over the death of three-year-old Kyhesha-Lee Joughin at Petrie.
The Brisbane man, assisting police with their investigation into the shocking discovery of a dead three-year-old girl in a north Brisbane home on Saturday, will face court in Grafton on Tuesday.
While no arrests have been made in relation to the death of Kyhesha-Lee Joughin, the 44-year-old man will be formally charged with traffic offences that led to his arrest at a routine traffic stop at Ulmarra on Sunday.
Following his arrest for driving while disqualified and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, Queensland detectives travelled to Grafton to interview the man in relation to Kyhesha-Lee’s death.
An outstanding warrant for his arrest in Queensland, which was discovered after New South Wales police took him into custody, related to disqualified driving.
He initially allegedly gave police a false name before he was arrested and taken to Grafton police station, where he remains after a local court refused bail at a closed court session on Monday morning.
A Queensland Police spokesman said no extradition orders have been placed.
He remains a key player in the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Kyhesha-Lee’s death.
It is understood the child had been at home with her father, Matthew Williamson, on the day her body was found.
But it appears that a phone call from the 44-year-old man that alerted Metropolitan North Region police to the child's death.
He was not at the family's home at the time the authorities arrived at the Petrie house.
His relationship to the family cannot be confirmed by police at this time. Police are also still waiting for the results of an autopsy, according to a police spokesman.
Both Kyhesha-Lee’s father and mother, Danielle Joughin, have made official statements, and they continue to support the investigation which was launched on Saturday afternoon once the child’s body was discovered by police.
After attempts to revive the toddler failed, crime and scientific officers established a crime scene at the address at 3pm, with forensic teams sweeping the Old Dayboro Road apartment and its windows for fingerprints.
It is understood Kyhesha-Lee had been living there full-time with her father.
The family is said to be in shock. “Please Everyone this is my Darling Little Niece,” wrote her uncle on Facebook hours after police announced their investigation.
“If you have any information about who did this I beg of you to speak up. Help lock up the low life scum bags who did this.”
It is unclear at this stage exactly who was at the house at the time of Kyhesha-Lee’s death.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dead-child-man-assisting-police-with-investigation-20130331-2h14x.html
Dead child: man assisting police with investigation
Date March 31, 2013
Katherine Feeney
A 44-year-old Brisbane man will face court Tuesday charged with traffic offences as police question him over the death of three-year-old Kyhesha-Lee Joughin at Petrie.
The Brisbane man, assisting police with their investigation into the shocking discovery of a dead three-year-old girl in a north Brisbane home on Saturday, will face court in Grafton on Tuesday.
While no arrests have been made in relation to the death of Kyhesha-Lee Joughin, the 44-year-old man will be formally charged with traffic offences that led to his arrest at a routine traffic stop at Ulmarra on Sunday.
Following his arrest for driving while disqualified and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, Queensland detectives travelled to Grafton to interview the man in relation to Kyhesha-Lee’s death.
An outstanding warrant for his arrest in Queensland, which was discovered after New South Wales police took him into custody, related to disqualified driving.
He initially allegedly gave police a false name before he was arrested and taken to Grafton police station, where he remains after a local court refused bail at a closed court session on Monday morning.
A Queensland Police spokesman said no extradition orders have been placed.
He remains a key player in the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Kyhesha-Lee’s death.
It is understood the child had been at home with her father, Matthew Williamson, on the day her body was found.
But it appears that a phone call from the 44-year-old man that alerted Metropolitan North Region police to the child's death.
He was not at the family's home at the time the authorities arrived at the Petrie house.
His relationship to the family cannot be confirmed by police at this time. Police are also still waiting for the results of an autopsy, according to a police spokesman.
Both Kyhesha-Lee’s father and mother, Danielle Joughin, have made official statements, and they continue to support the investigation which was launched on Saturday afternoon once the child’s body was discovered by police.
After attempts to revive the toddler failed, crime and scientific officers established a crime scene at the address at 3pm, with forensic teams sweeping the Old Dayboro Road apartment and its windows for fingerprints.
It is understood Kyhesha-Lee had been living there full-time with her father.
The family is said to be in shock. “Please Everyone this is my Darling Little Niece,” wrote her uncle on Facebook hours after police announced their investigation.
“If you have any information about who did this I beg of you to speak up. Help lock up the low life scum bags who did this.”
It is unclear at this stage exactly who was at the house at the time of Kyhesha-Lee’s death.
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Dad "main suspect" in assault on 4-month-old baby; infant severely brain damaged (Waverly, Ohio)
UNNAMED DAD though the victim and the grandmother are identified.
http://www.myfox28columbus.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wsyx_shaken-baby-waverly-23025.shtml
Shaken Baby in Waverly
Updated: Monday, April 1 2013, 11:40 PM EDT
WAVERLY -- While an infant fights for his life, his family is fighting for justice after the four month-old child was shaken last Saturday.
Little Trip Nichols is at Nationwide Children's Hospital, where his grandmother said he is blind and severely brain damaged after being shaken.
The child's mother heard him screaming from another room, went in and found the baby in his father's arms, according to the child's grandmother Angela Garrett. She said the baby went into convulsions and turned blue. He was taken by helicopter to Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Garrett said the child is breathing on his own now, but is blind. It's still not clear if the child will survive, she said.
Police in Waverly told ABC 6 the father is the main suspect at this point. Police said they expect the Pike County grand jury to take up the case next week.
In the meantime, Garrett said she hopes the child can beat the odds.
"I just hope he can see again," she said. "I hope he'll prove the doctors wrong."
http://www.myfox28columbus.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wsyx_shaken-baby-waverly-23025.shtml
Shaken Baby in Waverly
Updated: Monday, April 1 2013, 11:40 PM EDT
WAVERLY -- While an infant fights for his life, his family is fighting for justice after the four month-old child was shaken last Saturday.
Little Trip Nichols is at Nationwide Children's Hospital, where his grandmother said he is blind and severely brain damaged after being shaken.
The child's mother heard him screaming from another room, went in and found the baby in his father's arms, according to the child's grandmother Angela Garrett. She said the baby went into convulsions and turned blue. He was taken by helicopter to Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Garrett said the child is breathing on his own now, but is blind. It's still not clear if the child will survive, she said.
Police in Waverly told ABC 6 the father is the main suspect at this point. Police said they expect the Pike County grand jury to take up the case next week.
In the meantime, Garrett said she hopes the child can beat the odds.
"I just hope he can see again," she said. "I hope he'll prove the doctors wrong."
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Judge: Dad accused of nearly killing infant son competent for trial (Simsbury, Connecticut)
Once again, a poor widdle "frustrated" daddy who nearly killed the baby for crying...
Dad is identified as CHRISTOPHER R. BERMAN. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://articles.courant.com/2013-04-01/community/hc-simsbury-child-abuse-case-0402-20130401_1_berman-baby-to-death-superior-court-judge
Simsbury Dad Accused Of Nearly Squeezing Baby To Death Is Competent, Judge Says
April 01, 2013
By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY
The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD — A Simsbury father accused of squeezing his baby until the infant went into cardiac arrest has been found competent to stand trial, a Superior Court judge said Monday.
Christopher R. Berman, 29, was evaluated and "is able to assist in his defense," Judge Joan Alexander said. Berman has to decide whether he wants to plead guilty or go to trial, the judge said.
He faces two counts of first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor for what were described as separate attacks last year that Berman explained had arisen out of anger. According to the warrant, the first attack happened on the night of July 29, when the 8-month-old woke up crying after 90 minutes of sleep. Berman was frustrated, he eventually told police, so he held his son tightly around his torso, "gripping my fingers into his body." The baby was not breathing and had no pulse when the first police officer responded.
Berman was not immediately arrested because police did not know what caused the baby to go into cardiopulmonary arrest.
The second attack happened on Sept. 9, the warrant states. While first saying he didn't know how the baby's leg was broken, Berman eventually admitted to police that he was upset because he was tired from lack of sleep. After keeping Berman up by snoring all night, the baby woke up crying at 6:30 a.m., he said.
Angry, he grabbed the baby's right leg, above the ankle, he told police, and "I bent his leg forward toward his head and heard a popping noise."
The boy will have significant developmental problems, on the level of a child with cerebral palsy, the warrant states, and "has little chance of normalcy."
Berman's next court date was scheduled for May 20. He remains in custody on $500,000 bail.
Dad is identified as CHRISTOPHER R. BERMAN. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://articles.courant.com/2013-04-01/community/hc-simsbury-child-abuse-case-0402-20130401_1_berman-baby-to-death-superior-court-judge
Simsbury Dad Accused Of Nearly Squeezing Baby To Death Is Competent, Judge Says
April 01, 2013
By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY
The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD — A Simsbury father accused of squeezing his baby until the infant went into cardiac arrest has been found competent to stand trial, a Superior Court judge said Monday.
Christopher R. Berman, 29, was evaluated and "is able to assist in his defense," Judge Joan Alexander said. Berman has to decide whether he wants to plead guilty or go to trial, the judge said.
He faces two counts of first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor for what were described as separate attacks last year that Berman explained had arisen out of anger. According to the warrant, the first attack happened on the night of July 29, when the 8-month-old woke up crying after 90 minutes of sleep. Berman was frustrated, he eventually told police, so he held his son tightly around his torso, "gripping my fingers into his body." The baby was not breathing and had no pulse when the first police officer responded.
Berman was not immediately arrested because police did not know what caused the baby to go into cardiopulmonary arrest.
The second attack happened on Sept. 9, the warrant states. While first saying he didn't know how the baby's leg was broken, Berman eventually admitted to police that he was upset because he was tired from lack of sleep. After keeping Berman up by snoring all night, the baby woke up crying at 6:30 a.m., he said.
Angry, he grabbed the baby's right leg, above the ankle, he told police, and "I bent his leg forward toward his head and heard a popping noise."
The boy will have significant developmental problems, on the level of a child with cerebral palsy, the warrant states, and "has little chance of normalcy."
Berman's next court date was scheduled for May 20. He remains in custody on $500,000 bail.
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Dad held on child abuse charges (Jackson County, Florida)
Dad is identified as STEVE HAWES, JR.
http://www.wmbb.com/story/21880573/jackson-county-man-held-on-child-abuse-charges
Jackson County Man Held on Child Abuse Charges
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 11:22 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 04, 2013 11:22 AM EDT
By Ken McVay
On 03/08/13 investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office began investigating a physical child abuse case. The investigation revealed the child had been abused by his father, Steve Hawes, Jr.
On 03/12/13 a medical examination was conducted on the child at Dr. Goff's Office, which confirmed recent physical abuse had occurred.
On 04/01/13 an arrest warrant was obtained for Steve Hawes Jr., and on 04/01/13 Hawes was taken into custody without incident for one count of aggravated child abuse.
http://www.wmbb.com/story/21880573/jackson-county-man-held-on-child-abuse-charges
Jackson County Man Held on Child Abuse Charges
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 11:22 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 04, 2013 11:22 AM EDT
By Ken McVay
On 03/08/13 investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office began investigating a physical child abuse case. The investigation revealed the child had been abused by his father, Steve Hawes, Jr.
On 03/12/13 a medical examination was conducted on the child at Dr. Goff's Office, which confirmed recent physical abuse had occurred.
On 04/01/13 an arrest warrant was obtained for Steve Hawes Jr., and on 04/01/13 Hawes was taken into custody without incident for one count of aggravated child abuse.
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Dad gets probation for killing 7-month-old son (Topeka, Kansas)
Once again, the Sunflower State demonstrates that your life ain't worth that much if you're a woman or a child. And the killer was a partner or father.
The killer daddy with the big break is identified as JAMES PATRICK MALOUN.
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-03-29/father-placed-probation-infants-2007-death
Father placed on probation in infant's 2007 death
Jurors in earlier trial unable to reach a verdict
Posted: March 29, 2013 - 3:52pm
By Steve Fry
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
A 31-year-old man who struck a plea agreement in the 2007 death of his 7-month-old son was placed on three years of supervised probation Friday.
On Feb. 19, James Patrick Maloun pleaded guilty in Shawnee County District Court to aggravated battery of the child, Gage Maloun, and to conspiracy to commit involuntary manslaughter of his son, both on Sept. 28, 2007.
During a jury trial in October, the prosecution contended Gage Maloun was the victim of shaken baby syndrome, and he suffered a brain injury when he was shaken.
The defense pointed to testimony of a pediatrician, a defense witness, who said he didn't know what caused the injuries to the infant, but it couldn't be presumed the infant suffered injuries from being shaken.
On Oct. 23, 2012, the seventh day of Maloun's first trial, the proceeding ended in a mistrial when jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict. At that time, Maloun was charged with reckless second-degree murder.
On Friday, Maloun declined to say anything before he was sentenced.
In sentencing Maloun, District Court Judge Richard Anderson said the "case was a hotly contested case." Of the 12 jurors, four favored conviction and eight favored acquittal.
Anderson sentenced Maloun to two years and eight months for the aggravated battery count and 12 months on the conspiracy to commit involuntary manslaughter count with the sentences running concurrently.
The judge then placed Maloun on three years of supervised probation.
Anderson declined to order Maloun to pay $18,340 in restitution for the costs of prosecution expert witnesses, saying it wasn't a negotiated part of the plea and it would be a "burden and a hardship" for the defendant.
Sentencing alternatives for Maloun, who doesn't have a criminal history, ranged from probation to consecutive prison terms totaling 47 months, the judge said at the time of the plea.
During the plea in February, Maloun made an Alford plea, which is an agreement by the prosecution and defense in which the defendant pleads guilty to charges without admitting to committing the offenses. The plea is made due to the consequences the defendant could face if he went to trial and were convicted.
Several times during the plea, Anderson referred to the conspiracy to involuntary manslaughter charge as a "hypothetical nonexistent" crime.
In a statement made by Maloun during the plea, the father said that although he didn't hurt his son, he was making the plea so all sides could move on.
In other action in district court Friday, Terrell Dontae Hayes-Osby, 23, the gunman in a botched carjacking in which the owner was shot, was sentenced to nine years and one month in prison.
Anderson sentenced Hayes-Osby to consecutive terms of six years and three months for a conviction of aggravated battery and two years and 10 months for attempted aggravated robbery.
The charges stem from June 5 when a motorist, 28, was shot in the 2900 block of S.E. Kentucky during the attempted robbery of his car.
On Jan. 29, Hayes-Osby pleaded no contest to the charges.
In 2007, Hayes-Osby pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless second-degree murder in the killing on July 14, 2006, of Trever Antwan "Little Twan" Harness, 21. Harness had owed Hayes-Osby almost $3,200 and crack cocaine.
Hayes-Osby was sentenced to six years and three months in that case and was placed on parole on April 20, 2012.
The killer daddy with the big break is identified as JAMES PATRICK MALOUN.
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-03-29/father-placed-probation-infants-2007-death
Father placed on probation in infant's 2007 death
Jurors in earlier trial unable to reach a verdict
Posted: March 29, 2013 - 3:52pm
By Steve Fry
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
A 31-year-old man who struck a plea agreement in the 2007 death of his 7-month-old son was placed on three years of supervised probation Friday.
On Feb. 19, James Patrick Maloun pleaded guilty in Shawnee County District Court to aggravated battery of the child, Gage Maloun, and to conspiracy to commit involuntary manslaughter of his son, both on Sept. 28, 2007.
During a jury trial in October, the prosecution contended Gage Maloun was the victim of shaken baby syndrome, and he suffered a brain injury when he was shaken.
The defense pointed to testimony of a pediatrician, a defense witness, who said he didn't know what caused the injuries to the infant, but it couldn't be presumed the infant suffered injuries from being shaken.
On Oct. 23, 2012, the seventh day of Maloun's first trial, the proceeding ended in a mistrial when jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict. At that time, Maloun was charged with reckless second-degree murder.
On Friday, Maloun declined to say anything before he was sentenced.
In sentencing Maloun, District Court Judge Richard Anderson said the "case was a hotly contested case." Of the 12 jurors, four favored conviction and eight favored acquittal.
Anderson sentenced Maloun to two years and eight months for the aggravated battery count and 12 months on the conspiracy to commit involuntary manslaughter count with the sentences running concurrently.
The judge then placed Maloun on three years of supervised probation.
Anderson declined to order Maloun to pay $18,340 in restitution for the costs of prosecution expert witnesses, saying it wasn't a negotiated part of the plea and it would be a "burden and a hardship" for the defendant.
Sentencing alternatives for Maloun, who doesn't have a criminal history, ranged from probation to consecutive prison terms totaling 47 months, the judge said at the time of the plea.
During the plea in February, Maloun made an Alford plea, which is an agreement by the prosecution and defense in which the defendant pleads guilty to charges without admitting to committing the offenses. The plea is made due to the consequences the defendant could face if he went to trial and were convicted.
Several times during the plea, Anderson referred to the conspiracy to involuntary manslaughter charge as a "hypothetical nonexistent" crime.
In a statement made by Maloun during the plea, the father said that although he didn't hurt his son, he was making the plea so all sides could move on.
In other action in district court Friday, Terrell Dontae Hayes-Osby, 23, the gunman in a botched carjacking in which the owner was shot, was sentenced to nine years and one month in prison.
Anderson sentenced Hayes-Osby to consecutive terms of six years and three months for a conviction of aggravated battery and two years and 10 months for attempted aggravated robbery.
The charges stem from June 5 when a motorist, 28, was shot in the 2900 block of S.E. Kentucky during the attempted robbery of his car.
On Jan. 29, Hayes-Osby pleaded no contest to the charges.
In 2007, Hayes-Osby pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless second-degree murder in the killing on July 14, 2006, of Trever Antwan "Little Twan" Harness, 21. Harness had owed Hayes-Osby almost $3,200 and crack cocaine.
Hayes-Osby was sentenced to six years and three months in that case and was placed on parole on April 20, 2012.
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Sanity at issue at dad's trial for killing three daughters during visitation (Hudson, WIsconsin)
As I read it, dad AARON SCHAFFHAUSEN sounds like a classic lying deadbeat/sociopath. This is not a case of mental illness. It was an abuser daddy out to punish mom for leaving his lazy ass, and slaughtering three kids was simply a way to hurt her the worst.
Fathers rights folks are always whining about how daddies are discriminated against. Baloney. More often than not, we see a mom who accommodated dad's request for visitation like this one did. And with access secured to the kids, the psycho daddy simply murders the kids. Stop the access for these freaks, and you stop the killing.
http://news.yahoo.com/sanity-issue-dads-trial-killing-3-girls-163114919.html
Sanity at issue at dad's trial for killing 3 girls
By STEVE KARNOWSKI | Associated Press – 1 hr 33 mins ago
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Police found a horrifying scene at the Schaffhausen family home in the western Wisconsin city of River Falls last July: three girls dead in their beds, their throats slashed. In the basement, gasoline was sloshed in a possible attempt to burn down their mother's house.
This week, the girls' father goes on trial to determine whether he was insane at the time. Aaron Schaffhausen last week conceded guilt on three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one of attempted arson, but maintained that he's not responsible for his actions due to mental illness.
Prosecutors argue Schaffhausen was perfectly aware of what he was doing, and killed 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia because he was still bitter about their divorce and furious because he thought she had begun seeing another man. Their evidence, according to a criminal complaint, includes a chilling statement to his ex-wife right after the killings: "You can come home now because I killed the kids."
Jury selection begins Monday in St. Croix County Circuit Court. Trial evidence is expected to include testimony from the girls' mother, Jessica Schaffhausen, and a recording of the 40-minute 911 call she made to police in River Falls, a community of about 15,000 people about 30 miles east of the Twin Cities.
For Schaffhausen, the stakes are likely the difference between spending the rest of his life in prison, if he's judged sane, or being committed to a psychiatric institution from which he might someday be released.
"Our office, as well as the attorney general's office, has put a lot of time into this case, a lot of resources, and I believe we're both prepared," District Attorney Eric Johnson said.
Schaffhausen's public defender, John Kucinski, spent months refusing to concede his client killed the girls. He fought hard in pretrial proceedings to exclude as much damaging evidence as possible, often unsuccessfully, ahead of last week's plea change.
Even though the focus has shifted to Schaffhausen's mental state, the lead prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Gary Freyberg, said he'll present much of the same evidence he had planned to use to prove guilt because he said it shows Schaffhausen understood what he was doing.
Aaron and Jessica Schaffhausen divorced in January 2011. Court papers indicate their marriage had been rocky for several years, and her mother told police the last straw was when Jessica discovered he was lying about having gone back to school. Her mother told police he either flunked out or dropped out, and kept it secret for several months, until it was too late to get a refund. Jessica and the girls stayed in the house in River Falls. Aaron took a construction job in Minot, N.D.
According to the complaint, Aaron Schaffhausen texted his ex-wife July 10, 2012, to ask for an unscheduled visit with the girls. She consented but said he had to be gone before she got home because she didn't want to see him. The girls' babysitter told investigators the children were excited when he arrived. The babysitter left. He called his wife about two hours later to say he'd killed their children.
Police arrived to find the girls lying in their beds, their blankets pulled up to their necks. White t-shirts were tied around their necks.
"All were found with their throats cut widely and deeply," prosecutors said in court filings. They said the "vast majority" of the blood at the scene was found in Cecilia's room, indicating he killed them there, and then tied the shirts around his girls' necks in an attempt to keep their blood off his own clothes as he carried the other children to their bedrooms. Only Cecilia showed signs of strangulation, they wrote.
Winning with an insanity defense is usually an uphill battle, though the legal test in Wisconsin is somewhat easier than in other states. Wisconsin requires at least 10 of the 12 jurors to find the evidence shows a defendant suffered from a "mental disease or defect" so great at the time that he or she "lacked substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his or her conduct or conform his or her conduct to the requirements of law."
Few details have emerged publicly on Schaffhausen's mental state since the girls were killed. He's been evaluated by experts for the prosecution, the defense and the court. Much of that information remains under seal. In a February filing, prosecutors said the defense had not spelled out Schaffhausen's mental defect or how it affected his actions.
Kucinski offered a hint in pretrial proceedings last week, however, when he said the prosecution expert concluded that Schaffhausen suffers from a "major depressive order." He did not elaborate.
Fathers rights folks are always whining about how daddies are discriminated against. Baloney. More often than not, we see a mom who accommodated dad's request for visitation like this one did. And with access secured to the kids, the psycho daddy simply murders the kids. Stop the access for these freaks, and you stop the killing.
http://news.yahoo.com/sanity-issue-dads-trial-killing-3-girls-163114919.html
Sanity at issue at dad's trial for killing 3 girls
By STEVE KARNOWSKI | Associated Press – 1 hr 33 mins ago
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Police found a horrifying scene at the Schaffhausen family home in the western Wisconsin city of River Falls last July: three girls dead in their beds, their throats slashed. In the basement, gasoline was sloshed in a possible attempt to burn down their mother's house.
This week, the girls' father goes on trial to determine whether he was insane at the time. Aaron Schaffhausen last week conceded guilt on three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one of attempted arson, but maintained that he's not responsible for his actions due to mental illness.
Prosecutors argue Schaffhausen was perfectly aware of what he was doing, and killed 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia because he was still bitter about their divorce and furious because he thought she had begun seeing another man. Their evidence, according to a criminal complaint, includes a chilling statement to his ex-wife right after the killings: "You can come home now because I killed the kids."
Jury selection begins Monday in St. Croix County Circuit Court. Trial evidence is expected to include testimony from the girls' mother, Jessica Schaffhausen, and a recording of the 40-minute 911 call she made to police in River Falls, a community of about 15,000 people about 30 miles east of the Twin Cities.
For Schaffhausen, the stakes are likely the difference between spending the rest of his life in prison, if he's judged sane, or being committed to a psychiatric institution from which he might someday be released.
"Our office, as well as the attorney general's office, has put a lot of time into this case, a lot of resources, and I believe we're both prepared," District Attorney Eric Johnson said.
Schaffhausen's public defender, John Kucinski, spent months refusing to concede his client killed the girls. He fought hard in pretrial proceedings to exclude as much damaging evidence as possible, often unsuccessfully, ahead of last week's plea change.
Even though the focus has shifted to Schaffhausen's mental state, the lead prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Gary Freyberg, said he'll present much of the same evidence he had planned to use to prove guilt because he said it shows Schaffhausen understood what he was doing.
Aaron and Jessica Schaffhausen divorced in January 2011. Court papers indicate their marriage had been rocky for several years, and her mother told police the last straw was when Jessica discovered he was lying about having gone back to school. Her mother told police he either flunked out or dropped out, and kept it secret for several months, until it was too late to get a refund. Jessica and the girls stayed in the house in River Falls. Aaron took a construction job in Minot, N.D.
According to the complaint, Aaron Schaffhausen texted his ex-wife July 10, 2012, to ask for an unscheduled visit with the girls. She consented but said he had to be gone before she got home because she didn't want to see him. The girls' babysitter told investigators the children were excited when he arrived. The babysitter left. He called his wife about two hours later to say he'd killed their children.
Police arrived to find the girls lying in their beds, their blankets pulled up to their necks. White t-shirts were tied around their necks.
"All were found with their throats cut widely and deeply," prosecutors said in court filings. They said the "vast majority" of the blood at the scene was found in Cecilia's room, indicating he killed them there, and then tied the shirts around his girls' necks in an attempt to keep their blood off his own clothes as he carried the other children to their bedrooms. Only Cecilia showed signs of strangulation, they wrote.
Winning with an insanity defense is usually an uphill battle, though the legal test in Wisconsin is somewhat easier than in other states. Wisconsin requires at least 10 of the 12 jurors to find the evidence shows a defendant suffered from a "mental disease or defect" so great at the time that he or she "lacked substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his or her conduct or conform his or her conduct to the requirements of law."
Few details have emerged publicly on Schaffhausen's mental state since the girls were killed. He's been evaluated by experts for the prosecution, the defense and the court. Much of that information remains under seal. In a February filing, prosecutors said the defense had not spelled out Schaffhausen's mental defect or how it affected his actions.
Kucinski offered a hint in pretrial proceedings last week, however, when he said the prosecution expert concluded that Schaffhausen suffers from a "major depressive order." He did not elaborate.
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Dad indicted for scalding face of 13-month-old son (Hamilton County, Ohio)
Dad is identified as ROBERT USHRY. No mention of where Mom was when Daddy frustrated because a 1-year-old didn't wash his face "correctly." Maybe she was working while yet another deadbeat daddy was assaulting a baby?
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130328/NEWS0107/303280150/Indictment-Dad-scalds-son-s-face
Indictment: Dad scalds son's face
Mar 28, 2013
Written by Kimball Perry
A father was indicted Thursday, accused of causing burns on his 13-month-old son’s face.
A Hamilton County grand jury handed up an indictment against Robert Ushry, 19, of Villages of Roll Hill, formerly Fay Apartments, was indicted for felonious assault and child endangering.
The child was brushing his teeth March 21 when, authorities believe, he didn’t do it correctly, upsetting Ushry. The father then is accused of holding the child’s face, as punishment, under hot, running water long enough to cause second-degree burns on the side of the child’s face.
“They think he did it for at least 25 seconds,” Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Michael Peck said Thursday. “It’s unbelievable. The whole side of the kid’s face is burned. We think he knew what he was doing.”
The charges against Ushry carry a maximum prison sentence of 19 years in prison.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130328/NEWS0107/303280150/Indictment-Dad-scalds-son-s-face
Indictment: Dad scalds son's face
Mar 28, 2013
Written by Kimball Perry
A father was indicted Thursday, accused of causing burns on his 13-month-old son’s face.
A Hamilton County grand jury handed up an indictment against Robert Ushry, 19, of Villages of Roll Hill, formerly Fay Apartments, was indicted for felonious assault and child endangering.
The child was brushing his teeth March 21 when, authorities believe, he didn’t do it correctly, upsetting Ushry. The father then is accused of holding the child’s face, as punishment, under hot, running water long enough to cause second-degree burns on the side of the child’s face.
“They think he did it for at least 25 seconds,” Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Michael Peck said Thursday. “It’s unbelievable. The whole side of the kid’s face is burned. We think he knew what he was doing.”
The charges against Ushry carry a maximum prison sentence of 19 years in prison.
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Dad abandons 6-year-old son at fire station; where is Mom? (Kansas City, Missouri)
So UNNAMED DAD abandons his six-year-old son at a fire station, and IT DOESN'T EVEN OCCUR TO ANYONE whether this boy has a mother someplace. Or whether this abandonment was executed with her permission or encouragement. Or whether she knew about it all. Or whether Daddy had pursued and demanded full custody only to hurt mom, and then dumped the kid because he wasn't convenient. How come these questions aren't asked?
http://fox4kc.com/2013/03/28/father-who-left-son-6-at-fire-station-likely-to-face-charges/
Father who left son, 6, at fire station likely to face charges
Posted on: 7:24 pm, March 28, 2013, by Barrett Tryon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police continue to investigate a case of child abandonment after a man dropped off a 6-year-old boy at a fire station earlier this week.
Firefighters say the man claimed to be the boy’s father and told them he could no longer take care of the child.
Under Missouri law, a parent can leave their baby, up to one-year-old, with an on-duty employee at any hospital, fire department, emergency medical worker or law enforcement agency and not face criminal charges.
“I don’t believe he was crying. I think the firefighters went in and got him a soda pop and went out to play basketball for a few minutes while they decided that they were going to take him over to Children’s Mercy,” said Chief Paul Berardi with the Kansas City Fire Department.
At noon on Monday, fire officials say a man showed up with the boy and told firefighters he could no longer take care of him. He then turned around and left.
After being taken to the hospital, firefighters learned Children’s Mercy knew who the boy was. Berardi said firefighters left after turning over custody of the boy to a state social worker.
This is not a case that falls under Missouri’s “Safe Haven” law because of the boy’s age.
“In this case, obviously being 6 years old is outside the safe haven statute. And we should then call the police. In this case we actually took him to the hospital,” Beradi said.
Police say it’s not important to them they were not immediately notified. Police said firefighters did the right thing by taking care of the boy, and detectives are now actively searching for the adult responsible for him.
“No matter what you’d be hard pressed to find any firefighter who would turn a child away and not take care of him. That’s what they did.”
The Missouri Department of Social Services declined to comment on the case saying the law prohibits it.
http://fox4kc.com/2013/03/28/father-who-left-son-6-at-fire-station-likely-to-face-charges/
Father who left son, 6, at fire station likely to face charges
Posted on: 7:24 pm, March 28, 2013, by Barrett Tryon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police continue to investigate a case of child abandonment after a man dropped off a 6-year-old boy at a fire station earlier this week.
Firefighters say the man claimed to be the boy’s father and told them he could no longer take care of the child.
Under Missouri law, a parent can leave their baby, up to one-year-old, with an on-duty employee at any hospital, fire department, emergency medical worker or law enforcement agency and not face criminal charges.
“I don’t believe he was crying. I think the firefighters went in and got him a soda pop and went out to play basketball for a few minutes while they decided that they were going to take him over to Children’s Mercy,” said Chief Paul Berardi with the Kansas City Fire Department.
At noon on Monday, fire officials say a man showed up with the boy and told firefighters he could no longer take care of him. He then turned around and left.
After being taken to the hospital, firefighters learned Children’s Mercy knew who the boy was. Berardi said firefighters left after turning over custody of the boy to a state social worker.
This is not a case that falls under Missouri’s “Safe Haven” law because of the boy’s age.
“In this case, obviously being 6 years old is outside the safe haven statute. And we should then call the police. In this case we actually took him to the hospital,” Beradi said.
Police say it’s not important to them they were not immediately notified. Police said firefighters did the right thing by taking care of the boy, and detectives are now actively searching for the adult responsible for him.
“No matter what you’d be hard pressed to find any firefighter who would turn a child away and not take care of him. That’s what they did.”
The Missouri Department of Social Services declined to comment on the case saying the law prohibits it.
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Dad sentenced to 8 years in prison for killing 6-month-old daughter (Lummi, Washington)
The killer dad lied to authorities, and still gets a sweet deal. Dad is identified as LAWRENCE TOM.
http://kgmi.com/Father-Sentenced-In-Baby-Daughter-s-Death/15908443
Father Sentenced In Baby Daughter's Death
KGMI News
Reporting Alex Gray
Lummi, Wash. -- A Lummi man convicted of killing his baby daughter will spend just over eight years in prison.
23-year-old Lawrence Tom pled guilty last November to voluntary manslaughter for squeezing his 6-month-old baby’s head causing terminal injuries.
Tom confessed to authorities saying he was home alone with his 18-month-old and the baby girl when he got frustrated with her crying and squeezed her head between his bicep and forearm.
The child suffered for three days before she finally stopped breathing and Tom called police.
His daughter died of skull fractures and brain bleeding.
Tom initially lied to police, telling them the girl accidentally fell.
Tom was sentenced yesterday to 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
http://kgmi.com/Father-Sentenced-In-Baby-Daughter-s-Death/15908443
Father Sentenced In Baby Daughter's Death
KGMI News
Reporting Alex Gray
Lummi, Wash. -- A Lummi man convicted of killing his baby daughter will spend just over eight years in prison.
23-year-old Lawrence Tom pled guilty last November to voluntary manslaughter for squeezing his 6-month-old baby’s head causing terminal injuries.
Tom confessed to authorities saying he was home alone with his 18-month-old and the baby girl when he got frustrated with her crying and squeezed her head between his bicep and forearm.
The child suffered for three days before she finally stopped breathing and Tom called police.
His daughter died of skull fractures and brain bleeding.
Tom initially lied to police, telling them the girl accidentally fell.
Tom was sentenced yesterday to 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
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Dad pleads no contest to nearly killing 2-month-old son (Muskegon, Michigan)
Dad is identified as JOSEPH MICHAEL KRYPEL II.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/norton_shores_dad_pleads_no_co.html
Norton Shores dad pleads no contest to shaking, nearly killing baby
By John S. Hausman on March 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM
MUSKEGON, MI – Joseph Michael Krypel II faces years in prison after pleading no contest to first-degree child abuse for severely shaking and nearly killing his 2-month-old son.
Krypel, 26, of Norton Shores pleaded as charged Thursday, March 28, to the charge. Muskegon County 14h Circuit Judge Timothy G. Hicks agreed to cap his minimum sentence at three years in prison. The maximum sentence is set by law at 15 years. Sentencing was scheduled for April 29.
Norton Shores police said Krypel injured little Joseph Michael Krypel III early Dec. 30, 2011, in their home in the 3200 block of Victoria Street. The baby at one point stopped breathing, police said. Muskegon County Child Protective Services, alerted by medical personnel at Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus, called police around 5:30 a.m.
The baby had been taken to Hackley's emergency room with reported dehydration and difficulty breathing, police said. The boy's condition was so severe that he was transported to a Spectrum hospital in Grand Rapids.
Based on doctors' statements and other interviews, the father was charged.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/03/norton_shores_dad_pleads_no_co.html
Norton Shores dad pleads no contest to shaking, nearly killing baby
By John S. Hausman on March 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM
MUSKEGON, MI – Joseph Michael Krypel II faces years in prison after pleading no contest to first-degree child abuse for severely shaking and nearly killing his 2-month-old son.
Krypel, 26, of Norton Shores pleaded as charged Thursday, March 28, to the charge. Muskegon County 14h Circuit Judge Timothy G. Hicks agreed to cap his minimum sentence at three years in prison. The maximum sentence is set by law at 15 years. Sentencing was scheduled for April 29.
Norton Shores police said Krypel injured little Joseph Michael Krypel III early Dec. 30, 2011, in their home in the 3200 block of Victoria Street. The baby at one point stopped breathing, police said. Muskegon County Child Protective Services, alerted by medical personnel at Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus, called police around 5:30 a.m.
The baby had been taken to Hackley's emergency room with reported dehydration and difficulty breathing, police said. The boy's condition was so severe that he was transported to a Spectrum hospital in Grand Rapids.
Based on doctors' statements and other interviews, the father was charged.
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Non-custodial dad gets 3 1/2 years for rape of teen son (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
UNNAMED DAD. And what, pray tell, was the advantage of allowing this boy to reunite with this rapist predator father?
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/gets+years+rape/8129685/story.html
Dad gets 3½ years in son's rape
BY HANNAH SPRAY, THE STARPHOENIX
MARCH 21, 2013
Editor's Note: Some readers may find the contents of this story disturbing
A young man who was raped by his own father said he hopes his father will be haunted for the rest of his life.
"What kind of parent would do something so disgusting to his own child?" the young man said Wednesday in Saskatoon provincial court.
"In my eyes, you're a monster and I hope what you did haunts you to your grave."
The 39-year-old father didn't raise his son, but in September 2009, he was attempting to forge a relationship with him, court heard at his sentencing hearing. The father's name is being withheld because of a publication ban protecting his son's identity.
The two of them agreed to break into some cars to get some money. They used the $15 they stole to buy alcohol, then returned to the father's home to drink. The son, who was 15 at the time, became highly intoxicated. He passed out a number of times and at one point, woke up to find his father, naked, on top of him. The boy was also naked, although he didn't remember taking his clothes off.
The dad told the boy he was going to have sex with him and despite the boy's protests, proceeded to do so.
Crown prosecutor Tamara Rock argued for a penitentiary term of three years, noting the father was in a position of trust.
"What's highly disturbing to the Crown is that (the father) puts blame on the victim, saying he initiated this interaction," Rock said.
"It shows a serious lack of understanding ... and judgment." Defence lawyer Linda Wood argued for a sentence of two years, followed by probation, noting the father has a history of mental health issues - including paranoid schizophrenia - and it's important that he's supervised in the community when he's released.
The father immediately admitted his guilt when confronted by police after his son reported the incident and pleaded guilty in court, Wood said.
Judge Doug Agnew noted the starting point for sentences for serious sexual assaults in Saskatchewan is three years - and this assault was the "most invasive" type possible, in addition to the father abusing a position of trust.
He sentenced the father to 3½ years in prison, minus a credit of 50 days for remand time.
The father also must submit a sample of his DNA and must comply with the sex-offender registry for 20 years.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/gets+years+rape/8129685/story.html
Dad gets 3½ years in son's rape
BY HANNAH SPRAY, THE STARPHOENIX
MARCH 21, 2013
Editor's Note: Some readers may find the contents of this story disturbing
A young man who was raped by his own father said he hopes his father will be haunted for the rest of his life.
"What kind of parent would do something so disgusting to his own child?" the young man said Wednesday in Saskatoon provincial court.
"In my eyes, you're a monster and I hope what you did haunts you to your grave."
The 39-year-old father didn't raise his son, but in September 2009, he was attempting to forge a relationship with him, court heard at his sentencing hearing. The father's name is being withheld because of a publication ban protecting his son's identity.
The two of them agreed to break into some cars to get some money. They used the $15 they stole to buy alcohol, then returned to the father's home to drink. The son, who was 15 at the time, became highly intoxicated. He passed out a number of times and at one point, woke up to find his father, naked, on top of him. The boy was also naked, although he didn't remember taking his clothes off.
The dad told the boy he was going to have sex with him and despite the boy's protests, proceeded to do so.
Crown prosecutor Tamara Rock argued for a penitentiary term of three years, noting the father was in a position of trust.
"What's highly disturbing to the Crown is that (the father) puts blame on the victim, saying he initiated this interaction," Rock said.
"It shows a serious lack of understanding ... and judgment." Defence lawyer Linda Wood argued for a sentence of two years, followed by probation, noting the father has a history of mental health issues - including paranoid schizophrenia - and it's important that he's supervised in the community when he's released.
The father immediately admitted his guilt when confronted by police after his son reported the incident and pleaded guilty in court, Wood said.
Judge Doug Agnew noted the starting point for sentences for serious sexual assaults in Saskatchewan is three years - and this assault was the "most invasive" type possible, in addition to the father abusing a position of trust.
He sentenced the father to 3½ years in prison, minus a credit of 50 days for remand time.
The father also must submit a sample of his DNA and must comply with the sex-offender registry for 20 years.
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Dad arrested for beating, choking 12-year-old son (Pelion, South Carolina)
Dad is identified as ROBERT JASON LAMB.
http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/22035590/article-Father-arrested-for-beating-son?instance=homefirstleft
Father arrested for beating son
by Mary Jo Denton 6 days ago
COOKEVILLE — A South Carolina man was arrested here on Sunday after allegedly beating his 12-year-old son, according to police.
Robert Jason Lamb, 39, of Thor Road, Pelion, S.C., is charged with aggravated assault in the case, says a warrant taken by Cookeville Police Officer Heather Spolski.
It happened at the Knights Inn on Salem Road, and someone called police to report “a fight” taking place there.
Officer Spolski responded and found a woman and a child in the motel parking lot and a man “walking behind them yelling and cursing at them,” the officer’s report says.
Officer Spolski ordered the man, later identified as Robert Jason Lamb, to “stay right where he was” and she checked to make sure the child “was ok,” the report says.
“The female pointed at the male and stated that he beat and choked the child and had been throwing beer bottles at the child,” the report continues.
“The child was crying and had marks with blood on the right side of his neck and red marks and bruising to the right side of his cheek.”
The boy told the officer that his father had been chasing him, had punched him in the face and had thrown beer bottles at him and choked him.
“He stopped crying and stated that he was not hurting anywhere.”
A warrant the officer later filed alleges that the boy told her his father had “hit him in the face with a closed fist and then grabbed him around the neck choking him and dragged him down the stairs.”
Allegedly, Robert Jason Lamb had placed the child into a vehicle and the child got out “and went to witnesses in the parking lot for help,” the warrant says.
Witnesses confirmed the child’s story, the officer said.
Officer Spolski called in a Department of Children’s Services worker, and she took custody of the child.
Lamb was arrested and booked into the Putnam County jail, where his bond was set at $3,500. He has an April 15 court date.
In another recent case, a Cookeville man was arrested for allegedly threatening a Department of Children’s Services worker and a law officer after the DCS worker came to the man’s residence on a “home visit,” police said.
William Michael Bilyeu Jr., 33, of Edgefield Court, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of resisting arrest in the case.
Putnam Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Masters filed the warrants after responding to the DCS worker’s call to 911 for help on March 19.
Allegedly, Bilyeu had become upset with the DCS worker and grabbed a police baton and threatened the worker with it “and swung it at him numerous times attempting to strike him,” one warrant says.
Then when the deputy arrived, Bilyeu allegedly swung the baton at him too. Deputy Masters said he was forced to Taser Bilyeu to disarm him.
Bilyeu was booked into the Putnam County jail, where his total bond was set at $11,500. He has an April 15 court date.
http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/22035590/article-Father-arrested-for-beating-son?instance=homefirstleft
Father arrested for beating son
by Mary Jo Denton 6 days ago
COOKEVILLE — A South Carolina man was arrested here on Sunday after allegedly beating his 12-year-old son, according to police.
Robert Jason Lamb, 39, of Thor Road, Pelion, S.C., is charged with aggravated assault in the case, says a warrant taken by Cookeville Police Officer Heather Spolski.
It happened at the Knights Inn on Salem Road, and someone called police to report “a fight” taking place there.
Officer Spolski responded and found a woman and a child in the motel parking lot and a man “walking behind them yelling and cursing at them,” the officer’s report says.
Officer Spolski ordered the man, later identified as Robert Jason Lamb, to “stay right where he was” and she checked to make sure the child “was ok,” the report says.
“The female pointed at the male and stated that he beat and choked the child and had been throwing beer bottles at the child,” the report continues.
“The child was crying and had marks with blood on the right side of his neck and red marks and bruising to the right side of his cheek.”
The boy told the officer that his father had been chasing him, had punched him in the face and had thrown beer bottles at him and choked him.
“He stopped crying and stated that he was not hurting anywhere.”
A warrant the officer later filed alleges that the boy told her his father had “hit him in the face with a closed fist and then grabbed him around the neck choking him and dragged him down the stairs.”
Allegedly, Robert Jason Lamb had placed the child into a vehicle and the child got out “and went to witnesses in the parking lot for help,” the warrant says.
Witnesses confirmed the child’s story, the officer said.
Officer Spolski called in a Department of Children’s Services worker, and she took custody of the child.
Lamb was arrested and booked into the Putnam County jail, where his bond was set at $3,500. He has an April 15 court date.
In another recent case, a Cookeville man was arrested for allegedly threatening a Department of Children’s Services worker and a law officer after the DCS worker came to the man’s residence on a “home visit,” police said.
William Michael Bilyeu Jr., 33, of Edgefield Court, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of resisting arrest in the case.
Putnam Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Masters filed the warrants after responding to the DCS worker’s call to 911 for help on March 19.
Allegedly, Bilyeu had become upset with the DCS worker and grabbed a police baton and threatened the worker with it “and swung it at him numerous times attempting to strike him,” one warrant says.
Then when the deputy arrived, Bilyeu allegedly swung the baton at him too. Deputy Masters said he was forced to Taser Bilyeu to disarm him.
Bilyeu was booked into the Putnam County jail, where his total bond was set at $11,500. He has an April 15 court date.
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Dad shoots mom, two kids (Birmingham, Alabama)
Dad is identified as BRANDON MENEFEE. The son is apparently paralyzed; the fate of the mother and other child is not clearly explained.
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Child-allegedly-shot-by-father-is-paralyzed/yDgP3e5rAkOuFl0TxbyBKQ.cspx
Child allegedly shot by father is paralyzed
Reported by : Kaitlin McCulley
Published: 3/21 5:48 pm Updated: 3/21 6:19 pm
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- When Kenneth Sturdivant thinks of his cousin and niece, a crime scene isn't the picture he wants in his mind.
He remembers them as always having smiles on their faces.
"And easter egg hunting," Sturdivant says. "Any time you get to see a bunch of kids playing."
That's what family saw on the outside. On the inside, Tiffany lived in fear.
"Driving down the street and you're constantly looking in the rearview mirror," Sturdivant says. "If somebody comes up to the door you have to peep through the windows to see who it is out of fear."
Sturdivant says Tiffany and Gabrielle's father, Brandon Menefee, had separated shortly before the time of the shooting.
"And we believe all of that culminated in him shooting the mother of his two children and then his two children," Chief Deputy Randy Christian says.
"I just hope whatever happened," Kenneth says, "I hope it happened fast."
We now know that was not the case. Deputies believe the shooting actually happened between 5 and 7pm Tuesday night. That means little Davieon was shot in the neck and lay on the ground bleeding all night until deputies found them around noon Wednesday.
"Davieon is paralyzed right now," Sturdivant says. "They're hoping that's temporary. His wound was to his neck, and they said it looked like he was trying to turn and throw his hands up or something."
When Sturdivant looks outside now, it's painful to see all of the signs of Easter -- his happiest memory of Tiffany and 2-year-old Gabrielle. This Easter won't be the same.
"I don't think anybody in our family will be talking about an easter egg hunt," Sturdivant says, "Anything with children."
He hopes little Davieon will push through like the first flowers of spring and will take comfort in the warmth of the family he still has left.
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Child-allegedly-shot-by-father-is-paralyzed/yDgP3e5rAkOuFl0TxbyBKQ.cspx
Child allegedly shot by father is paralyzed
Reported by : Kaitlin McCulley
Published: 3/21 5:48 pm Updated: 3/21 6:19 pm
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- When Kenneth Sturdivant thinks of his cousin and niece, a crime scene isn't the picture he wants in his mind.
He remembers them as always having smiles on their faces.
"And easter egg hunting," Sturdivant says. "Any time you get to see a bunch of kids playing."
That's what family saw on the outside. On the inside, Tiffany lived in fear.
"Driving down the street and you're constantly looking in the rearview mirror," Sturdivant says. "If somebody comes up to the door you have to peep through the windows to see who it is out of fear."
Sturdivant says Tiffany and Gabrielle's father, Brandon Menefee, had separated shortly before the time of the shooting.
"And we believe all of that culminated in him shooting the mother of his two children and then his two children," Chief Deputy Randy Christian says.
"I just hope whatever happened," Kenneth says, "I hope it happened fast."
We now know that was not the case. Deputies believe the shooting actually happened between 5 and 7pm Tuesday night. That means little Davieon was shot in the neck and lay on the ground bleeding all night until deputies found them around noon Wednesday.
"Davieon is paralyzed right now," Sturdivant says. "They're hoping that's temporary. His wound was to his neck, and they said it looked like he was trying to turn and throw his hands up or something."
When Sturdivant looks outside now, it's painful to see all of the signs of Easter -- his happiest memory of Tiffany and 2-year-old Gabrielle. This Easter won't be the same.
"I don't think anybody in our family will be talking about an easter egg hunt," Sturdivant says, "Anything with children."
He hopes little Davieon will push through like the first flowers of spring and will take comfort in the warmth of the family he still has left.
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Dad charged with assaulting 2-year-old son during visitation (Port Orchard, Washington)
Wonder if this visit was court-ordered, and if so, but what judge. Dad is identified as SEAN SKYLER SURRATT.
http://www.portorchardindependent.com/news/199555851.html
Port Orchard father charged in assault of 2-year-old son
By DANNIE OLIVEAUX
Port Orchard Independent Editor MARCH 22, 2013 · 9:31 AM
The father of a 2-year-old child was charged with one count of third-degree assault of a child after a local physician discovered a lesion on the face and bruises on the neck.
Sean Skyler Surratt, 25, was charged in Kitsap County District Court on March 19 after he was arrested one day earlier by Port Orchard police.
According to charging documents, Child Protective Services was notified by a local doctor who examined the boy on March 13. The boy’s mother took the child to a local clinic after she found bruising on the neck and spots on the left cheek.
The mother reported the child was in Surratt’s care from March 12 to March 13. When she picked him up, Surratt said the boy had been sick and vomiting, and that was why he was bruised and had marks on his face.
The doctor found petechia on the left side of the boy’s face and bruises on the left side of the neck. Petechia is red or purple spots on the body caused by minor hemorrhage, stated court documents.
CPS took the boy into custody and police contacted a forensic pathologist, who stated the petechia on the face and neck are consistent with external neck compression. Court documents stated Surratt denied grabbing his son and told investigators the marks were caused by vomiting.
Surratt was booked into the Kitsap County Jail and bond was set at $50,000.
If convicted, Surratt could receive a maximum of five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
http://www.portorchardindependent.com/news/199555851.html
Port Orchard father charged in assault of 2-year-old son
By DANNIE OLIVEAUX
Port Orchard Independent Editor MARCH 22, 2013 · 9:31 AM
The father of a 2-year-old child was charged with one count of third-degree assault of a child after a local physician discovered a lesion on the face and bruises on the neck.
Sean Skyler Surratt, 25, was charged in Kitsap County District Court on March 19 after he was arrested one day earlier by Port Orchard police.
According to charging documents, Child Protective Services was notified by a local doctor who examined the boy on March 13. The boy’s mother took the child to a local clinic after she found bruising on the neck and spots on the left cheek.
The mother reported the child was in Surratt’s care from March 12 to March 13. When she picked him up, Surratt said the boy had been sick and vomiting, and that was why he was bruised and had marks on his face.
The doctor found petechia on the left side of the boy’s face and bruises on the left side of the neck. Petechia is red or purple spots on the body caused by minor hemorrhage, stated court documents.
CPS took the boy into custody and police contacted a forensic pathologist, who stated the petechia on the face and neck are consistent with external neck compression. Court documents stated Surratt denied grabbing his son and told investigators the marks were caused by vomiting.
Surratt was booked into the Kitsap County Jail and bond was set at $50,000.
If convicted, Surratt could receive a maximum of five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
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Dad facing felony abuse charges after death of 6-week-old son (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Dad is identified as BRADLEY W. SIMMONS. Notice the subtle reference to "his residence" (as in Dad's residence) and that there is no mention of a mother. Was this a custody/visitation situation with a newborn?
http://progress-index.com/news/chesterfield-infant-dies-of-injuries-father-already-facing-charges-1.1463000
Chesterfield infant dies of injuries; father already facing charges
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Published: March 25, 2013
CHESTERFIELD - A 6-week-old baby believed to be the victim of shaken baby syndrome died Saturday night, county police report.
Bradley W. Simmons, 22, was with his 6-week-old child in his residence in the 15200 block of Timsberry Circle when the incident occurred March 13, Chesterfield County police said.
The infant was taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond with life-threatening injuries following the incident.
Simmons, the father, was charged with felony child abuse for shaking and injuring the infant. He was being held without bond at the Chesterfield County Jail.
Police are meeting with medical staff and the commonwealth's attorney on the case to determine if the charges should be upgraded.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines shaken baby syndrome as physical abuse caused by violently shaking an infant. It is the country's leading cause of death from child abuse.
http://progress-index.com/news/chesterfield-infant-dies-of-injuries-father-already-facing-charges-1.1463000
Chesterfield infant dies of injuries; father already facing charges
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Published: March 25, 2013
CHESTERFIELD - A 6-week-old baby believed to be the victim of shaken baby syndrome died Saturday night, county police report.
Bradley W. Simmons, 22, was with his 6-week-old child in his residence in the 15200 block of Timsberry Circle when the incident occurred March 13, Chesterfield County police said.
The infant was taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond with life-threatening injuries following the incident.
Simmons, the father, was charged with felony child abuse for shaking and injuring the infant. He was being held without bond at the Chesterfield County Jail.
Police are meeting with medical staff and the commonwealth's attorney on the case to determine if the charges should be upgraded.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines shaken baby syndrome as physical abuse caused by violently shaking an infant. It is the country's leading cause of death from child abuse.
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