Dastardly Dads: Dad accused of burning 4-year-old son with cigarette for "misbehaving" (Victory, New York)

Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Dad accused of burning 4-year-old son with cigarette for "misbehaving" (Victory, New York)

The dad is identified as ROBERT RIGDON JR. And once again, we're left wondering if there was a mother in this home. The boy is now staying with the (paternal?) grandparents. Why? What happened to Mom?

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT

http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/560637/man-accused-of-burning-child-with-cigarette/

10/16/2011 04:30 PM
Man accused of burning child with cigarette

By: Web Staff

VICTORY, N.Y. -- A Cayuga County man is accused of burning his 4 year old son with a cigarette as punishment for misbehaving.

State Police said they were alerted to the situation by child protective services. The boy told a worker that his father, 37 year old Robert Rigdon Jr. of Victory, Burned him on the leg because he was quote: "being bad."

Rigdon was arrested and is being charged with assault, possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child, and is was jailed on $15,000 bail.

The boy is said to be staying with his grandparents.

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Dad accused of burning 4-year-old son with cigarette for "misbehaving" (Victory, New York)