Dad charged with assaulting estranged wife, teenage son; other son fires gun in the air to stop attack (Dover, Delaware)

Dad JEREMY S. STANISLOW has been charged with three counts of assault (and some other stuff) for shoving and assaulting his ex-wife. Apparently Dad got this notion in his head that he wanted to take off with their youngest child for the evening, and mom had some objections. Then the 16-year-old son stepped into the fray, and attacked the father in an effort to protect his mother. So Dad started beating up the son, and when Mom tried to intervene, he began punching her till she blacked out. Meanwhile, the 14-year-old son came out of the house with a shotgun and pointed it in the air and fired it. Dad skedaddled after that, but later turned himself in at the police station. Now Dad's trying to play the victim card, claiming his ex-wife and kids ganged up on HIM, but apparently the evidence backs up their account.

And after that, he's out on a measly $3,000 bail. That's gotta make everybody feel safe....

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091029/NEWS01/910290329

Police: Son fires gun to stop dad's attack
Smyrna man charged with assaulting estranged wife, teenage son
By TERRI SANGINITI • The News Journal • October 29, 2009

One of the teenage sons of a Dover woman being assaulted by her ex-husband grabbed a shotgun and fired into the air to get his father to stop the attack, Dover police said.

The victim's estranged husband, Jeremy S. Stanislow, 32, of the 1100 block of Smyrna Clayton Blvd. in Smyrna, was charged with three counts of assault, four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and disorderly conduct.

He was later released on $3,000 bail.

Dover police Lt. Steve Getek said officers Tuesday night were sent to the first block of Forest Creek Drive about 7 p.m. to investigate a domestic incident.

The victim told officers that she and her estranged husband argued over custody issues because he wanted to take their youngest child with him for the evening.

The argument turned physical and Stanislow shoved the victim off the steps and started assaulting her, Getek said.

When the woman's 16-year-old son saw his father attacking his mother he picked up a board and hit Stanislow in the back, according to court records.

Then, when the woman tried to stop Stanislow from beating up on his son, he turned and began punching her until she blacked out, police said in court records.

At this point, the woman's 14-year-old son came out of the house holding a shotgun, pointed it in the air and fired in an effort to get his father to stop attacking his mother, police said.

Stanislow then ran.

At 8:20 p.m., he surrendered to Dover police and told them that his children and ex-wife attacked him "and he had injuries to prove it."

Police said the injuries were consistent with the ones reported by the victim and her four children.