Dad assaults 7-year-old son during weekend visitation; was second incident of abuse (Martinsburg, West Virginia)

Notice how the media tends to hide and disguise father-committed child abuse--especially abuse involving custody/visitation--behind misleading headlines and narratives. This wasn't a random "man" down the street that abused this 7-year-old boy. It was his father, MARK STEWART WEINHOLD. And it wasn't a "spanking" either. A spanking is a quick swat to the butt. If your "spanking" has left red hand prints for several hours after the event, it's a beating, an assault. Are we clear on that yet?

And notice that this took place during Daddy's court-awarded visitation, which was granted to him after a PREVIOUS ASSAULT in September.

This is yet additional evidence of the triumph of fathers rights in our courts. The abuser dad will continue to be given his "right" to access and abuse a helpless child, while the mother is stripped of her "right" to nurture or protect her child as nature intended. And of course, the child no longer has any "right" to basic love or security either.

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Man arraigned for felony child abuse
February 4, 2012
From staff reports , journal-news.net

MARTINSBURG - An Inwood man was arraigned Friday on felony child abuse charges for the second time in a little more than two months.

Mark Stewart Weinhold, 50, of Mistala Court, was arraigned before Berkeley County Magistrate JoAnn Overington on one count of felony child abuse causing injury. His bail was set at $15,000. He is not to have contact with the victim.

According to court documents, Lt. Gary Harmison of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department was contacted by the mother of a 7-year-old autistic boy, who said the boy had been spanked by his father, Weinhold, during a weekend visit.

The spanking left red hand imprints on the boy's buttocks for several hours after the incident, according to the documents. Photographs were taken of the marks, the documents indicate.

If convicted, Weinhold faces up to $5,000 in fines and from two to 10 years in prison.

The court documents go on to state that Weinhold was just recently granted visitation after similar charges were filed in October. He pleaded guilty to domestic battery on Jan. 19, according to the information.

Weinhold was arraigned on Oct. 28 on charges he struck his son in the face around Sept. 23, causing large welts on his face, according to published reports. Weinhold admitted to state Department of Health and Human Resources officials that he hit the child, published reports indicate.

At that time, Harmison obtained a warrant for Weinhold arrest for child abuse causing injury.