Dad on trial for whipping, force-feeding developmentally disabled son (Burlingame, California)

Dad JASON TODD MCGLOWN is on trial for whipping and force-feeding his developmentally disabled son. Dad has two previous felony convictions for assault, so Dad could get life under California's "3 strikes" law. Sounds like he is separated or divorced from the boy's mother since there is mention of a girlfriend.

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=117258

Trial begins for force feeder
September 30, 2009, 10:06 PM Daily Journal Staff Report

The father accused of whipping and force-feeding juice to his developmentally disabled son because the teen was sent home from school began trial with a flurry of motions about what jury will ultimately hear.

Jason Todd McGlown, 36, has pleaded not guilty to charges of child cruelty which could send him to prison for life if convicted as a third-striker.

On Feb. 13, according to prosecutors, the boy’s mother called McGlown to pick up their 13-year-old son from school in San Bruno after the child was sent home for swiping a juice box. McGlown allegedly brought the boy to the Burlingame home he shares with his parents and made him drink a dozen juice boxes until he vomited. McGlown then whipped the boy on the buttocks and back with a belt, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

McGlown has two felony assault convictions dating from 1996 and 1998.

In pretrial motions, Judge Joseph Scott postponed a ruling on prosecutors introducing a prior incident in which McGlown allegedly pulled his son’s hair and smacked him with a sweatshirt over chores. Scott did excuse McGlown’s current girlfriend as a defense witness. The defense also waived a jury trial on the prior convictions.

McGlown remains in custody in lieu of $100,000 bail. Trial continues today.