Dad indicted on felonious assault charges; baby "fighting for his life" (Reading, Ohio)

His infant son was only 6-weeks-old when dad NICHOLAS ROBERTS "allegedly" assaulted him. This is the second time abuse allegations have been leveled at "this family," as the todder also showed signs of abuse as an infant. But notice that it was only Daddy who had to go through all the family service requirements (e.g. useless parenting and anger management classes). In fact, there is NO MENTION of a mother in this home, even though the victim was basically a newborn. This sure sounds like a stay-at-home dad (paramedics arrived in the afternoon). Does Mom work to support his violent @$$? Or is this creep custodial? Why doesn't the media tell us how this toddler and this baby ended up in Daddy's "care"?

Notice the two-year-old's testimony regarding Daddy's animal abuse. That's one scary red flag right there.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110620/NEWS010702/106210315/Injured-infant-s-father-indicted?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Injured infant's father indicted
8:12 PM, Jun. 20, 2011
Written by Eileen Kelley

READING - An 8-week-old child is fighting for his life and his father is behind bars after a Hamilton County Grand Jury indicted the father on a felonious assault charge for allegedly fracturing his child's skull.

Devin McRoberts was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center on June 10 with the fractured skull and other head injuries, court records state. At the time, the infant was 6 weeks old.

When paramedics arrived at the Aljoy Court apartment in Reading in the afternoon of June 10, Nicholas McRoberts, now 27 was trying to revive his unresponsive child. Police records state that paramedics took over and were able to revive the infant with CPR.

McRoberts told emergency workers that Devon's older brother who is 2½ claimed to his father that he chocked his little brother, "(just) like he did the kitten last week." McRoberts went on to tell police that the boys were in another room and Devon who was in a swing suddenly stopped crying.

Police didn't buy the story.

"It was determined that the injuries sustained by the 6-week old child were not consistent with the manner or mechanism as was described to responding police and fire personnel," Reading police wrote on the arrest report.

On Monday, McRoberts was charged with felonious assault and child endangering. Bond has been set at $50,000.

Caseworkers from Hamilton County Job and Family Services opened an abuse case on the matter after Devon was hospitalized. This is the second time that an abuse case has been opened with this family.

The 2 ½ -year-old boy was the subject of an abuse case within months of his birth in August 2008. That case was opened for a year and closed in November 2009 after McRoberts completed all requirements of the agency, said Brian Gregg, a spokesman for the agency. Gregg would not say what those requirements were, but generally with abuse cases, the accused is required to take anger management and parenting classes.

Details of that case were not revealed Monday.