Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Drunk dad arrested for child endangerment; how did he get access to these kids if there was order of protection? (Geneva, Illinois)

Whoa. Wait a second. How did daddy JAMES SCHNAITMAN get access to these kids if there was supposed to be an order of protection in place? What happened to their mother?

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT

St. Charles Man Arrested for Endangering Life of a Child
Geneva police reports: A St. Charles man with four children is arrested at Wheeler Park for public intoxication, violating an order of protection and endangering the health and life of a child.

By Rick Nagel

Geneva police arrested James Schnaitman, 41, of St. Charles on charges of violating an order of protection, public intoxication and endangering the health and life of a child after an incident at around 1:49 p.m. Feb. 18 at Wheeler Park, 822 N. First St., reports said.

Police responded to Wheeler Park in reference to a report of a missing juvenile. The father of the child told police that his daughter had been missing for about five minutes. The father was at the park with three of his other children. Police noted that Schnaitman “appeared oblivious” to the children, who were “running around the park approximately 60 or 70 feet away from (Schnaitman) and were unsupervised.”

Tri-Com Central Dispatch advised the officers that there was an active order of protection against Schnaitman, with all four of the children listed as protective parties