Dad accused of violently shaking 4-month-old son gets probation (Lisbon, Ohio)

Dad RANDY A. WYLIE makes excuses as to why he can't fulfill the conditions of his case plan. And he still gets just probation for this assault on a helpless infant. More abuser daddy coddling at its finest....

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Man accused of shaking baby sentenced to probation
January 31, 2012
By DEANNE JOHNSON - Staff Reporter, The Review

LISBON - A father originally accused of causing "shaken baby" injuries to his child in 2009 was sentenced to four years probation by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge C. Ashley Pike on Monday.

Randy A. Wylie, 26, currently residing in Boardman, pleaded no contest in December to a first-degree misdemeanor endangering children charge. In a plea agreement, the charge had been reduced from a second-degree felony endangering children charge, which could have led to up to eight years in prison.

Assistant Prosecutor Tim McNicol had asked Pike for a six-month jail sentence for Wylie. He also stated the child's mother was in the courtroom and was in agreement Wylie should serve some jail time.

McNicol had agreed to reduce the charge after his medical expert and the defenses medical expert had each come up with distinctly different explanations for the then 4-month-old baby's injuries.

Defense attorney Richard Hura described Wylie as a father who when his son was in the hospital and they were looking for explanations for the seizures, had tried to come up with many possible explanations. Wylie had reportedly offered that he had aggressively picked up the child once and had also accidentally bumped his head off a door frame. Hura offered that many parents have accidentally bumped their child's head and he felt confident Wylie would not repeat his mistakes.

"I would never harm my child purposely," Wylie said to Pike, adding that the media coverage has caused people where he used to live in East Palestine to give him a hard time about this. "I did not do this. I love my child. All I want is my child."

Hura said Wylie is currently working his way through a case plan with Children Services, one that requires him to take anger management and parenting classes, hold down a full-time job and have a stable home. Wylie found a full-time job shortly after his felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, Hura said.

Hura showed video clips and photos of Wylie playing with his son during a supervised visitation, the only times he sees the child since the charges were filed in 2010. McNicol pointed out Wylie had not seen his son since the video was taken before Christmas and had not completed the classes. Hura contended if Wylie attends the visitations during the day he cannot work, therefore he would lose his job. He also added the classes are only offered so often.

Pike cautioned Wylie as part of his probation he is expected to finish the requirements in his Children Services case plan and be of general good behavior. The consequences of not doing so could still lead to him spending six months in the county jail.