Dad is identified as DARON MAURICE BOSWELL-JOHNSON.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Maryland.
http://patch.com/maryland/bowie/mother-toddler-slain-girls-father-indicted-0
Mother, Toddler Slain; Girl's Father Indicted
Prince George's County Police say the father of a 2-year-old has admitted killing the child and her mother, an elementary school teacher.
By Deb Belt (Patch Staff) - April 1, 2016 6:27 pm ET
UPPER MARLBORO, MD — The father of a two-year-old girl he reportedly gunned down – angered by a court order to pay child support – was formally indicted Friday in the child’s death, as well as her mother’s murder.
NeShante Davis, 26, and her two-year-old daughter, Chloe Nichole Davis-Green, both of Fort Washington, were shot to death Feb. 2.
Prince George’s County Police say Chloe’s father, recently ordered to pay $600 a month in child support, killed the pair.
Daron Maurice Boswell-Johnson, 25, of Forestville, was indicted by a grand jury with two counts of murder, plus two counts of use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Prosecutors say Boswell-Johnson lay in wait for Davis in her apartment’s parking lot, the pair argued, and he shot the mother and daughter.
“This is really the unspeakable and the unthinkable, that you would have a parent who executes their own child,” John Erzen, a spokesman with the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, told WTOP.
Police said Boswell-Johnson has admitted his involvement in the mother/daughter homicide.
He is charged with two counts of first- and second-degree murder.
Co-workers, friends, family and parents from Davis’ school gathered in February to remember her as a hard-working mother who graduated from Bowie State University to pursue her dream of being a teacher.
Davis was in her first year as a second-grade teacher at Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights.
“I’m a teacher here and she was a wonderful person,” Judy Pirnia told FOX DC.
And while they mourned Davis’ violent, untimely death, and that of her young daughter, many attending the vigil spoke of sharing love.
“It’s amazing how much love in this world. She had much love. A lot of people showed love toward her and her baby,” said Justin Walls, a cousin of Davis, according to WUSA.
The suspect remains in jail without bond. Boswell-Johnson faces life in prison if convicted in the shootings.
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Custodial dad, step charged with burning 7-year-old boy with hot water, retraining him with zip ties; what happened to boy's mom? (Clarksburg, Maryland)
Not one word on what happened to the mother of this little boy or how dad CRAIG ANTHONEY WILLIAMS got custody. This should be one of the first questions reporters ask, but they seldom do. Do we know that Mom is alive? If not, do we know for a fact that she died from natural causes? Has she "disappeared" due to extreme domestic violence (if Daddy was capable of doing this to a child, you can bet Mom got similar treatment). Was she out-maneuvered in family court? What?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3431857/Couple-charged-child-abuse-dipping-hands-seven-year-old-hot-water-restraining-plastic-wrap-zip-ties.html
Couple charged with child abuse after 'dipping the hands of their seven-year-old in hot water and restraining him with plastic wrap and zip ties'
Craig and Nicole Williams, of Clarksburg, Maryland, have been charged with first-degree child abuse after their son was hospitalized
The boy suffered a possible seizure, abrasions, blisters and bruisers
He told doctors his parents restrained him with plastic wrap and ties The couple, who have five other children, allegedly admitted bounding him
By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 09:44 EST, 4 February 2016 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 4 February 2016
A father and stepfather in Maryland have been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly restraining their seven-year-old son with plastic wrap and zip ties and burning him with hot water.
Craig Anthoney Williams, 42, and Nicole Williams, 39, came under investigation after their son was taken to Shady Grove Hospital on December 2 with a possible seizure, multiple abrasions, blisters and bruises over his body and head.
He had to be airlifted Children's National Medical Center for further treatment.
The little boy told doctors that his parents often bound him to his bed all day with zip ties.
Both his father and stepmother admitted to the staff that they restrain him, ABC 7 reported.
His father said he had been using plastic wrap to contain the boy to his bed for about seven months, usually at bedtime.
The father also said he would notice urine and fecal matter on the boy when he checked on him in the morning.
When the hospital called police, the boy told investigators that on Thanksgiving he was restrained in plastic wrap and only released to come to the dinner table, ABC 7 reported.
The boy said his father is the one who wraps and binds him most days, from his neck to his knees, securing him with zip ties or belts.
However he said his step-mother often assists.
When a nurse asked him what caused the blisters on his hands, the boy said his hands had been put in hot water.
According to the charging documents, the boy also has suicidal thoughts.
Both the father and step-mother were arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.
While the bonds were originally set at $300,000 and $400,000, a judge lowered bonds to just $10,000 each.
The couple have since been released. Five other children - aged one, four, six, 12, and 17 - live in the home in Clarksburg with the two.
Officials are not saying whether the parents are allowed to be around the kids, citing privacy laws, but neighbors said they have not seen the couple at their home in weeks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3431857/Couple-charged-child-abuse-dipping-hands-seven-year-old-hot-water-restraining-plastic-wrap-zip-ties.html
Couple charged with child abuse after 'dipping the hands of their seven-year-old in hot water and restraining him with plastic wrap and zip ties'
Craig and Nicole Williams, of Clarksburg, Maryland, have been charged with first-degree child abuse after their son was hospitalized
The boy suffered a possible seizure, abrasions, blisters and bruisers
He told doctors his parents restrained him with plastic wrap and ties The couple, who have five other children, allegedly admitted bounding him
By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 09:44 EST, 4 February 2016 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 4 February 2016
A father and stepfather in Maryland have been arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly restraining their seven-year-old son with plastic wrap and zip ties and burning him with hot water.
Craig Anthoney Williams, 42, and Nicole Williams, 39, came under investigation after their son was taken to Shady Grove Hospital on December 2 with a possible seizure, multiple abrasions, blisters and bruises over his body and head.
He had to be airlifted Children's National Medical Center for further treatment.
The little boy told doctors that his parents often bound him to his bed all day with zip ties.
Both his father and stepmother admitted to the staff that they restrain him, ABC 7 reported.
His father said he had been using plastic wrap to contain the boy to his bed for about seven months, usually at bedtime.
The father also said he would notice urine and fecal matter on the boy when he checked on him in the morning.
When the hospital called police, the boy told investigators that on Thanksgiving he was restrained in plastic wrap and only released to come to the dinner table, ABC 7 reported.
The boy said his father is the one who wraps and binds him most days, from his neck to his knees, securing him with zip ties or belts.
However he said his step-mother often assists.
When a nurse asked him what caused the blisters on his hands, the boy said his hands had been put in hot water.
According to the charging documents, the boy also has suicidal thoughts.
Both the father and step-mother were arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.
While the bonds were originally set at $300,000 and $400,000, a judge lowered bonds to just $10,000 each.
The couple have since been released. Five other children - aged one, four, six, 12, and 17 - live in the home in Clarksburg with the two.
Officials are not saying whether the parents are allowed to be around the kids, citing privacy laws, but neighbors said they have not seen the couple at their home in weeks.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Dad accused of murdering 2-year-old daughter, her mom, because he didn't want to pay child support (Prince George County, Maryland)
The current child support system almost makes these crimes inevitable. By assuming that every sperm donor, every man with whom somebody once had sex is a "father" who must take "responsibility," we leave women and children vulnerable to the actions of resentful, violent, and/or sociopathic men. We need to stop looking at child support as a stop gap measure for supporting unpaid women and their children, and set up neutral ways to help support families. Stop making women and children dependent on the good will of a cold-blooded killer.
Dad is identified as DARON BOSWELL-JOHNSON.
See the Killer Dads and Custody LIst for Maryland.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Father-Charged-With-Killing-2-Year-Old-Daughter-Mother-in-Maryland-367518771.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand
Father Charged With Killing 2-Year-Old Daughter & Her Mother in Maryland
Daron Boswell-Johnson had been ordered to pay the mother of his daughter $600 in monthly child support, sources said.
Daron Boswell-Johnson, 26, a beloved elementary school teacher, and her 2-year-old daughter, Chloe Davis-Green, were shot and killed Tuesday. Chloe's father has been charged with murder.
The man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter and her mother had recently been involved in a child support case and was ordered to pay $600 a month, News4 has learned.
Daron Boswell-Johnson was charged with murder Wednesday morning in the deaths of NeShante Davis, 26, a beloved elementary school teacher, and the couple's daughter, Chloe Davis-Green.
The mother and daughter were shot outside their townhouse at about 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Boswell-Johnson was confirmed to be Chloe's father in December through a DNA test conducted as part of a paternity suit, sources said. He was then ordered to pay Davis $600 a month in child support.
Prince George's County Interim Police Chief Hank Stawinski said Wednesday that Boswell-Johnson has admitted his involvement in the killings.
Davis and her little girl were found shot in the parking lot of their townhouse in the 1300 block of Palmer Road in Fort Washington, Maryland, after a witness said he heard yelling and then multiple gunshots.
Davis' body was found right away, next to her car, Prince George's County Police said. The injured toddler then was spotted through the tinted windows of her mother's blue Chevrolet.
Chloe was rushed to a hospital, where she died.
Davis was a second-grade teacher at Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights, according to the school's website. She worked for years as a teacher's aide at the school and was in the middle of her first year teaching after recently graduating from Bowie State University.
Davis likely was headed to drop Chloe off at day care and then head to work when they were shot, school officials said.
A friend of Davis' for more than a decade, Melonie Parker, said at an emotional service Tuesday night that she was heartbroken.
"Who can shoot a child?" she asked. "How could you look a child in their face and shoot a child? I don't understand."
Davis' mother, sister and other loved ones mourned their deaths at Community Temple Bibleway Church in Cheverly, Maryland. Members of the crowd prayed and cried together.
"I'm going to miss her. And Chloe," the toddler's grandmother, Carolyn Turner, said, unable to speak any longer.
Investigators searched for evidence at the crime scene for hours Tuesday, with the county's acting police chief and chief prosecutor on hand to ensure nothing was overlooked.
"This is absolutely unacceptable in any civilized community that a child should be killed," Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said Tuesday. "We are absolutely enraged."
On the scene, Stawinski told reporters Tuesday that investigators were pursuing viable leads.
"This is a profoundly sad day, and my prayers go out to the family for a crime that, frankly, shocks the conscience," he said.
A parent at the school where Davis taught, Tiffany Byrd, said Tuesday afternoon she was preparing to speak with her son about why he would not see his teacher again.
"I have no idea how he's responded knowing she won't be back now and he'll have a new teacher," she said.
"Miss Davis was awesome. She really, really helped him to improve a lot," Byrd said, saying her son had struggled at another school but earned all As and Bs since entering Davis' class.
The father of a student at the school wiped away tears as he spoke about Davis.
"It really hurt me. The school called this morning," Erik Hines said. "Miss Davis was an excellent teacher."
Counselors were available at the school Tuesday to help students and staff members coping with the tragedy.
Attorney information for Boswell-Johnson was not immediately available.
Dad is identified as DARON BOSWELL-JOHNSON.
See the Killer Dads and Custody LIst for Maryland.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Father-Charged-With-Killing-2-Year-Old-Daughter-Mother-in-Maryland-367518771.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand
Father Charged With Killing 2-Year-Old Daughter & Her Mother in Maryland
Daron Boswell-Johnson had been ordered to pay the mother of his daughter $600 in monthly child support, sources said.
Daron Boswell-Johnson, 26, a beloved elementary school teacher, and her 2-year-old daughter, Chloe Davis-Green, were shot and killed Tuesday. Chloe's father has been charged with murder.
The man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter and her mother had recently been involved in a child support case and was ordered to pay $600 a month, News4 has learned.
Daron Boswell-Johnson was charged with murder Wednesday morning in the deaths of NeShante Davis, 26, a beloved elementary school teacher, and the couple's daughter, Chloe Davis-Green.
The mother and daughter were shot outside their townhouse at about 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Boswell-Johnson was confirmed to be Chloe's father in December through a DNA test conducted as part of a paternity suit, sources said. He was then ordered to pay Davis $600 a month in child support.
Prince George's County Interim Police Chief Hank Stawinski said Wednesday that Boswell-Johnson has admitted his involvement in the killings.
Davis and her little girl were found shot in the parking lot of their townhouse in the 1300 block of Palmer Road in Fort Washington, Maryland, after a witness said he heard yelling and then multiple gunshots.
Davis' body was found right away, next to her car, Prince George's County Police said. The injured toddler then was spotted through the tinted windows of her mother's blue Chevrolet.
Chloe was rushed to a hospital, where she died.
Davis was a second-grade teacher at Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights, according to the school's website. She worked for years as a teacher's aide at the school and was in the middle of her first year teaching after recently graduating from Bowie State University.
Davis likely was headed to drop Chloe off at day care and then head to work when they were shot, school officials said.
A friend of Davis' for more than a decade, Melonie Parker, said at an emotional service Tuesday night that she was heartbroken.
"Who can shoot a child?" she asked. "How could you look a child in their face and shoot a child? I don't understand."
Davis' mother, sister and other loved ones mourned their deaths at Community Temple Bibleway Church in Cheverly, Maryland. Members of the crowd prayed and cried together.
"I'm going to miss her. And Chloe," the toddler's grandmother, Carolyn Turner, said, unable to speak any longer.
Investigators searched for evidence at the crime scene for hours Tuesday, with the county's acting police chief and chief prosecutor on hand to ensure nothing was overlooked.
"This is absolutely unacceptable in any civilized community that a child should be killed," Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said Tuesday. "We are absolutely enraged."
On the scene, Stawinski told reporters Tuesday that investigators were pursuing viable leads.
"This is a profoundly sad day, and my prayers go out to the family for a crime that, frankly, shocks the conscience," he said.
A parent at the school where Davis taught, Tiffany Byrd, said Tuesday afternoon she was preparing to speak with her son about why he would not see his teacher again.
"I have no idea how he's responded knowing she won't be back now and he'll have a new teacher," she said.
"Miss Davis was awesome. She really, really helped him to improve a lot," Byrd said, saying her son had struggled at another school but earned all As and Bs since entering Davis' class.
The father of a student at the school wiped away tears as he spoke about Davis.
"It really hurt me. The school called this morning," Erik Hines said. "Miss Davis was an excellent teacher."
Counselors were available at the school Tuesday to help students and staff members coping with the tragedy.
Attorney information for Boswell-Johnson was not immediately available.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Dad charged with 2nd-degree murder in smothering death of 5-month-old daughter (Baltimore, Maryland)
Dad is identified as JEFFERY MCKINNEY. Note that the mother apparently lives in Virginia, suggesting this is a custody/visitation case. Sounds like Daddy neglected to contact authorities for a long time, if the body had already passed the stage of rigor mortis.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/infant-dies-at-johns-hopkins-homicide-detectives-investigating/35642788
By Kim Dacey
Baltimore man accused of smothering 5-month-old daughter
Jeffery McKinney, 23, charged with second-degree murder, child abuse
UPDATED 5:26 PM EDT Oct 05, 2015
BALTIMORE —A 23-year-old Baltimore man has been charged in the death of his 5-month-old daughter, city police said.
Police said officers responded at 5 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 6400 block of Sefton Avenue for a report of an unresponsive infant. The 5-month-old child was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment.
Police said medical staff discovered that the infant had passed the stage of rigor mortis, and 5-month-old Noran Lee Torbet was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Family members of the child were questioned and detectives centered on the child's father, identified as Jeffery McKinney, as a person of interest.
Police said McKinney confessed that he became frustrated when the infant would not stop crying. He placed a pillow on top of the baby to muffle the sound of her cries, police said.
"This was no accident. This was absolutely no accident. The suspect confessed to us there were several pillows placed over top of the baby's body to get it from crying," Baltimore police Director T.J. Smith said.
After realizing that his daughter was unresponsive, police said, McKinney put the baby on the edge of the mattress against the bedroom wall and piled pillows on top of her.
Police said McKinney went downstairs and asked family members if they had seen the infant. Once they found the child, the infant’s grandmother immediately began CPR while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
"You talk about an absolute tragedy. This is not an exciting announcement that a murderer is off the street, it's a 5-month-old who's dead as a result. There's a mother who doesn't have the child, there's a grandmother who doesn't have her granddaughter any longer as a result of these actions," Smith said.
Neighbors said the family kept to themselves. They said Sefton Avenue is a street with many young families.
"I couldn't imagine that happening to my daughter. A child's innocent, really. Can't do too much to people. It's sad when anybody gets harmed, but what could a child do to you to kill them?" said Neil Armstrong, who has a 9-month-old daughter.
A neighbor who did not want to be identified said she saw McKinney last week with his baby daughter.
"The baby was crying in the stroller down here, but when he walked back here, he talked to my husband and I. We were out with our dogs, he was holding the baby and loving the baby and said his girlfriend was in Virginia," the neighbor said.
McKinney was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, assault and child abuse.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/infant-dies-at-johns-hopkins-homicide-detectives-investigating/35642788
By Kim Dacey
Baltimore man accused of smothering 5-month-old daughter
Jeffery McKinney, 23, charged with second-degree murder, child abuse
UPDATED 5:26 PM EDT Oct 05, 2015
BALTIMORE —A 23-year-old Baltimore man has been charged in the death of his 5-month-old daughter, city police said.
Police said officers responded at 5 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 6400 block of Sefton Avenue for a report of an unresponsive infant. The 5-month-old child was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment.
Police said medical staff discovered that the infant had passed the stage of rigor mortis, and 5-month-old Noran Lee Torbet was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Family members of the child were questioned and detectives centered on the child's father, identified as Jeffery McKinney, as a person of interest.
Police said McKinney confessed that he became frustrated when the infant would not stop crying. He placed a pillow on top of the baby to muffle the sound of her cries, police said.
"This was no accident. This was absolutely no accident. The suspect confessed to us there were several pillows placed over top of the baby's body to get it from crying," Baltimore police Director T.J. Smith said.
After realizing that his daughter was unresponsive, police said, McKinney put the baby on the edge of the mattress against the bedroom wall and piled pillows on top of her.
Police said McKinney went downstairs and asked family members if they had seen the infant. Once they found the child, the infant’s grandmother immediately began CPR while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
"You talk about an absolute tragedy. This is not an exciting announcement that a murderer is off the street, it's a 5-month-old who's dead as a result. There's a mother who doesn't have the child, there's a grandmother who doesn't have her granddaughter any longer as a result of these actions," Smith said.
Neighbors said the family kept to themselves. They said Sefton Avenue is a street with many young families.
"I couldn't imagine that happening to my daughter. A child's innocent, really. Can't do too much to people. It's sad when anybody gets harmed, but what could a child do to you to kill them?" said Neil Armstrong, who has a 9-month-old daughter.
A neighbor who did not want to be identified said she saw McKinney last week with his baby daughter.
"The baby was crying in the stroller down here, but when he walked back here, he talked to my husband and I. We were out with our dogs, he was holding the baby and loving the baby and said his girlfriend was in Virginia," the neighbor said.
McKinney was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, assault and child abuse.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Dad pleads guilty to murder of 7-year-old son; boy put into vegetative state when dad abused him at 3 months (Snow Hill, Maryland)
Another one of those stories that erases the mother. There is no indication here that she abused the baby, and yet she obviously lost custody. There is no mention of her pain or even her existence in all this. It's as if she never existed. This happens so often in the media.
Notice that dad GEMAYEL JARMON might get off with as little as 5 1/2 years in prison for destroying his son's life.
http://www.wmdt.com/news/more-local-news/Berlin-father-behind-bars-for-murder-of-child/33596016
Berlin father behind bars for murder of child
Jobina Fortson, Reporter
POSTED: 07:16 PM EDT Jun 15, 2015
UPDATED: 08:25 PM EDT Jun 15, 2015
SNOW HILL, Md. - 32- year- old Gemayel Jarmon of Berlin is behind bars after pleading guilty to the murder of his seven- year- old son Geoni.
Beau Oglesby, the Worcester County State’s Attorney says, “It is shocking and unimaginable that someone could do something like that to a completely defenseless child.”
This case stems from 2007 when Geoni was just three months old. He was abused by Jarmon.
Oglesby goes on, “The main injury was a fracture to the head that went from the left ear over to the right side of the head. The amount of force necessary to inflict that type of injury is tremendous.”
The injuries left Geoni in what some would describe as a vegetative state. He couldn't speak, walk, or see and was fed through a feeding tube. As a result, Jarmon was sentenced to fifteen years for child abuse and second degree assault. He received an additional six months for a violation of parole. However, through the courts decision he only ended up serving about five and a half years.
Meanwhile, a family adopted Geoni soon after his abuse. We're told he suffered frequent seizures. Last year, as his adoptive sister was rushing him to the hospital, he suffocated and died at the age of seven.
Oglesby continues, “When a person dies as a result of injuries sustained years prior, it is still appropriate certainly in my position, it's appropriate for someone to be prosecuted for those actions.”
In a letter to 47 ABC dated June 6th, Jarmon blames his son's death on the adoptive family. He alleged that they took too long to get Geoni to the hospital.
Oglesby replies, “Any suggestion by Mr. Jarmon or anyone else that someone else bears responsibility for that baby's death is inappropriate, it's not factually correct and it's offensive.”
On the case board in the Worcester County State's Attorney's office, there is a note describing how Geoni's adopted family described him..."he was perfect." Jarmon has been sentenced to 10 years for the murder.
Oglesby goes on, “Could he get out earlier than ten years from now? Certainly. Will he? That's unknown. That will be decided in large part by his behavior in prison.”
The Worcester County State's Attorney tells says Geoni's adoptive family is pleased with this outcome and right now they're just focused on healing.
As for Jarmon, we’re told he was transported to the diagnostics center in Baltimore to be classified. There, officials will decide which division of corrections facility will best suit him. Apparently that decision process can take several weeks.
Notice that dad GEMAYEL JARMON might get off with as little as 5 1/2 years in prison for destroying his son's life.
http://www.wmdt.com/news/more-local-news/Berlin-father-behind-bars-for-murder-of-child/33596016
Berlin father behind bars for murder of child
Jobina Fortson, Reporter
POSTED: 07:16 PM EDT Jun 15, 2015
UPDATED: 08:25 PM EDT Jun 15, 2015
SNOW HILL, Md. - 32- year- old Gemayel Jarmon of Berlin is behind bars after pleading guilty to the murder of his seven- year- old son Geoni.
Beau Oglesby, the Worcester County State’s Attorney says, “It is shocking and unimaginable that someone could do something like that to a completely defenseless child.”
This case stems from 2007 when Geoni was just three months old. He was abused by Jarmon.
Oglesby goes on, “The main injury was a fracture to the head that went from the left ear over to the right side of the head. The amount of force necessary to inflict that type of injury is tremendous.”
The injuries left Geoni in what some would describe as a vegetative state. He couldn't speak, walk, or see and was fed through a feeding tube. As a result, Jarmon was sentenced to fifteen years for child abuse and second degree assault. He received an additional six months for a violation of parole. However, through the courts decision he only ended up serving about five and a half years.
Meanwhile, a family adopted Geoni soon after his abuse. We're told he suffered frequent seizures. Last year, as his adoptive sister was rushing him to the hospital, he suffocated and died at the age of seven.
Oglesby continues, “When a person dies as a result of injuries sustained years prior, it is still appropriate certainly in my position, it's appropriate for someone to be prosecuted for those actions.”
In a letter to 47 ABC dated June 6th, Jarmon blames his son's death on the adoptive family. He alleged that they took too long to get Geoni to the hospital.
Oglesby replies, “Any suggestion by Mr. Jarmon or anyone else that someone else bears responsibility for that baby's death is inappropriate, it's not factually correct and it's offensive.”
On the case board in the Worcester County State's Attorney's office, there is a note describing how Geoni's adopted family described him..."he was perfect." Jarmon has been sentenced to 10 years for the murder.
Oglesby goes on, “Could he get out earlier than ten years from now? Certainly. Will he? That's unknown. That will be decided in large part by his behavior in prison.”
The Worcester County State's Attorney tells says Geoni's adoptive family is pleased with this outcome and right now they're just focused on healing.
As for Jarmon, we’re told he was transported to the diagnostics center in Baltimore to be classified. There, officials will decide which division of corrections facility will best suit him. Apparently that decision process can take several weeks.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Dad murders 15-year-old daughter, her mother (Parkville, Maryland)
Yes, they may have had "financial troubles." They also had a narcissistic abusive father who decided for himself whether these women should live or die for his "troubles."
The killer dad is identified as GILBERT MENDOZA.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/police-parkville-man-killed-wife-daughter-in-murdersuicide/32387868
Police: Parkville man killed wife, daughter in murder-suicide
Published 6:20 PM EDT Apr 15, 2015
A mother, father and their 15-year-old daughter were found dead in their home in Parkville.
PARKVILLE, Md. —Baltimore County police said a man killed his wife and teenage daughter before taking his own life last week.
The family's bodies were found fatally stabbed or shot Friday in a murder-suicide, police said. Police were called to a home in the 1800 block of Cromwood Road around 4:40 p.m. Friday after a woman did not show up for work, and her employer asked police to check on her.
The three people inside the home were identified as Gilbert Mendoza, 50, Vedrana Mendoza, 40, and Molly Mendoza, 15. The three all lived at the home.
Police said they believe Gilbert Mendoza shot and stabbed his wife and shot his daughter before stabbing and shooting himself.
Police said officers found the parents' bodies in a bed in a first-floor bedroom, and Molly Mendoza was found in bed in a second-floor bedroom.
A motive was not immediately known.
Police said the investigation revealed the family had financial troubles.
The killer dad is identified as GILBERT MENDOZA.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/police-parkville-man-killed-wife-daughter-in-murdersuicide/32387868
Police: Parkville man killed wife, daughter in murder-suicide
Published 6:20 PM EDT Apr 15, 2015
A mother, father and their 15-year-old daughter were found dead in their home in Parkville.
PARKVILLE, Md. —Baltimore County police said a man killed his wife and teenage daughter before taking his own life last week.
The family's bodies were found fatally stabbed or shot Friday in a murder-suicide, police said. Police were called to a home in the 1800 block of Cromwood Road around 4:40 p.m. Friday after a woman did not show up for work, and her employer asked police to check on her.
The three people inside the home were identified as Gilbert Mendoza, 50, Vedrana Mendoza, 40, and Molly Mendoza, 15. The three all lived at the home.
Police said they believe Gilbert Mendoza shot and stabbed his wife and shot his daughter before stabbing and shooting himself.
Police said officers found the parents' bodies in a bed in a first-floor bedroom, and Molly Mendoza was found in bed in a second-floor bedroom.
A motive was not immediately known.
Police said the investigation revealed the family had financial troubles.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Dad gets 2 years in jail for assault on 2-year-old daughter; was he a custodial father? (Leonardtown, Maryland)
One of those strangely written articles that hints at a custodial father, without openly admitting it.
The signs:
* Zero mention of the mother
* If there had been a mother in the home, than her response to the child's injuries would have to be clarified. Either she was at work when it happened or otherwise out of the house. Or she "failed" to seek medical attention. Or she was "equally" responsible. Something. But there is nothing.
* All the more suspicious when the injuries had been going on for "as long as a year"--and still there is no explanation as to the mother's response or reaction.
Notice that this moron is playing the I-have-no-idea-how-the-baby-got-hurt game--often played by abusers who are experts at throwing up "smoke and mirrors."
And in fact, the father has a history of criminal assault.
So how did MARQUIS BARNES manage to become a custodial father, or at minimum, the apparent primary caretaker? Whey does no one wonder here why a father with a violent criminal history has possession of a 2-year-old little girl that he had apparently physically abused for at least a year? What happened to Mom? How did she get shut out of the picture?
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0215/two_year_old-abused-father-sentenced.html
Two-year-old abused, father sentenced
St Mary's County · 02/11/2015 · By Dick Myers
Leonardtown, MD -- A California, MD man has been sentenced for neglect of his daughter, who was two years old at the time of the incident. Marquis Barnes, 26, was sentenced Feb. 9 to two years in jail. The sentence was imposed by Judge Michael Stamm after a hearing.
Barnes entered an Alford plea in the case, which meant he didn’t admit guilt but conceded the state had enough evidence to prove its case. Barnes’ attorney, public defender Sean Moran, said his client didn’t know what happened and he was the one who took her to the hospital. “When he looks at the pictures (of his daughter’s injuries) his stomach turns, too,” Moran said.
But Judge Stamm, looking at the picture of the girl at the hospital, observed the extent of the injuries, including broken right and left collarbones, rib fractures and aggressive chest compression. Assistant State’s Attorney Julie White said the injuries indicated that the abuse had been going on for as long as a year.
Judge Stamm called Barnes’ contention of not knowing what happened “all smoke and mirrors.” The judge noted that Barnes’ criminal record showed a history of “assault behavior.” The judge said even if Barnes didn’t inflict the injuries himself, he was responsible for his daughter. “You had an obligation to that angel to make sure that angel was safe,” Stamm said.
Before the sentencing Moran said of his client, “He misses the child and the child misses him.” He said that all his client wanted was to be a good father and he would do whatever the court wanted, including anger management and parenting counseling.
Whatever counseling Barnes gets will have to be in the Maryland Department of Corrections. The judge imposed a five-year sentence but suspended all but two years. Barnes will be on five years of supervised probation when he is released. He will be under the supervision of a domestic violence agent in the Department of Parole and Probation. He also will be prohibited from having any contact with a child under 12 without the agent’s consent.
The signs:
* Zero mention of the mother
* If there had been a mother in the home, than her response to the child's injuries would have to be clarified. Either she was at work when it happened or otherwise out of the house. Or she "failed" to seek medical attention. Or she was "equally" responsible. Something. But there is nothing.
* All the more suspicious when the injuries had been going on for "as long as a year"--and still there is no explanation as to the mother's response or reaction.
Notice that this moron is playing the I-have-no-idea-how-the-baby-got-hurt game--often played by abusers who are experts at throwing up "smoke and mirrors."
And in fact, the father has a history of criminal assault.
So how did MARQUIS BARNES manage to become a custodial father, or at minimum, the apparent primary caretaker? Whey does no one wonder here why a father with a violent criminal history has possession of a 2-year-old little girl that he had apparently physically abused for at least a year? What happened to Mom? How did she get shut out of the picture?
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0215/two_year_old-abused-father-sentenced.html
Two-year-old abused, father sentenced
St Mary's County · 02/11/2015 · By Dick Myers
Leonardtown, MD -- A California, MD man has been sentenced for neglect of his daughter, who was two years old at the time of the incident. Marquis Barnes, 26, was sentenced Feb. 9 to two years in jail. The sentence was imposed by Judge Michael Stamm after a hearing.
Barnes entered an Alford plea in the case, which meant he didn’t admit guilt but conceded the state had enough evidence to prove its case. Barnes’ attorney, public defender Sean Moran, said his client didn’t know what happened and he was the one who took her to the hospital. “When he looks at the pictures (of his daughter’s injuries) his stomach turns, too,” Moran said.
But Judge Stamm, looking at the picture of the girl at the hospital, observed the extent of the injuries, including broken right and left collarbones, rib fractures and aggressive chest compression. Assistant State’s Attorney Julie White said the injuries indicated that the abuse had been going on for as long as a year.
Judge Stamm called Barnes’ contention of not knowing what happened “all smoke and mirrors.” The judge noted that Barnes’ criminal record showed a history of “assault behavior.” The judge said even if Barnes didn’t inflict the injuries himself, he was responsible for his daughter. “You had an obligation to that angel to make sure that angel was safe,” Stamm said.
Before the sentencing Moran said of his client, “He misses the child and the child misses him.” He said that all his client wanted was to be a good father and he would do whatever the court wanted, including anger management and parenting counseling.
Whatever counseling Barnes gets will have to be in the Maryland Department of Corrections. The judge imposed a five-year sentence but suspended all but two years. Barnes will be on five years of supervised probation when he is released. He will be under the supervision of a domestic violence agent in the Department of Parole and Probation. He also will be prohibited from having any contact with a child under 12 without the agent’s consent.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Dad charged with killing 4-month-old son (Baltimore, Maryland)
Dad is identified as CHRISTOPHER BANNER SR. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-child-homicide-arrest-20141125-story.html
Father charged in 4-month-old son's death
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun
A man is charged with killing his infant son last week, city police said.
November 25, 2014, 11:25 AM
Christopher Banner Sr., 20, was arrested and charged Thursday in the four-month-old's death, after the child died at a hospital earlier the same day, police said.
Officers were called Tuesday to a home in the 1600 block of E. 28th St. in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood, where Banner's son, Christopher Banner Jr., was not breathing. Officers administered CPR and the boy was taken to an area hospital but died early Thursday morning. The cause of death was blunt force trauma, police said.
Police said Monday that investigators were waiting for autopsy results to determine how the child died.
Banner is charged with multiple counts of child abuse, assault and reckless endangerment. He is being held at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center without bail.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-child-homicide-arrest-20141125-story.html
Father charged in 4-month-old son's death
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun
A man is charged with killing his infant son last week, city police said.
November 25, 2014, 11:25 AM
Christopher Banner Sr., 20, was arrested and charged Thursday in the four-month-old's death, after the child died at a hospital earlier the same day, police said.
Officers were called Tuesday to a home in the 1600 block of E. 28th St. in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood, where Banner's son, Christopher Banner Jr., was not breathing. Officers administered CPR and the boy was taken to an area hospital but died early Thursday morning. The cause of death was blunt force trauma, police said.
Police said Monday that investigators were waiting for autopsy results to determine how the child died.
Banner is charged with multiple counts of child abuse, assault and reckless endangerment. He is being held at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center without bail.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Dad charged with capital murder in death of 15-month-old son during court-ordered visitation NOW charged in murder of former girlfriend more than ten years before (Montgomery County, Maryland)
An update to the killer dads and custody list.
We knew that dad JOAQUIN S. RAMS had been charged with capital murder in the death of his 15-month-old son during court-ordered visitation--despite heroic efforts on the part of the protective mother.
But we missed that this same man was subsequently charged in November 2013 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend more than ten years before.
Another one of those cases with abundant evidence of judicial corruption/incompetence/collusion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-cost-of-the-slow-investigations-of-joaquin-s-rams/2013/11/09/ec3d1d2c-473d-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html
The cost of the slow investigations of Joaquin S. Rams
By Editorial Board
November 9, 2013
A DECADE AFTER a 22-year-old Manassas woman was found fatally shot, the ex-boyfriend police long considered a suspect was charged with her murder. Whether Joaquin S. Rams is responsible for the death of Shawn Katrina Mason is a question that will be decided in court. But there are other questions that need to be addressed by authorities in Virginia and Maryland who came into contact with Mr. Rams.
Could they have shown more diligence or urgency in investigations of Mr. Rams? Why wasn’t more heed paid to warnings about him? And could there have been a different outcome for the 15-month-old son Mr. Rams is accused of killing more than 10 years after Ms. Mason’s death?
A Prince William grand jury Monday indicted Mr. Rams on murder and other charges in the March 2003 death of Ms. Mason. Mr. Rams already is awaiting trial on capital murder in connection with the October 2012 death of his 15-month-old son, Prince McLeod Rams, in a case that has come to highlight concerns about how family court protects children. Prosecutors say Mr. Rams drowned the toddler during a court-ordered unsupervised visit opposed by his mother. His alleged motive was more than $500,000 he had taken out in life insurance on the boy. Insurance was also cited as a possible motive in Ms. Mason’s death and a grand jury has reopened an investigation into the 2008 death of Mr. Rams’s mother that was ruled a suicide. Attorneys for Mr. Rams, who has pleaded innocent in the case involving his son, declined comment.
“It doesn’t feel like true justice when it ends up that justice can only be served at the expense of an innocent child,” Hera McLeod, Prince’s mother, said of the indictment that came too late to help her son. Her anguish is understandable. As she was waging a desperate battle in Montgomery County Circuit Court during the spring and summer of 2012 with Mr. Rams over custody and visits, she got little help — was even at odds — with authorities. Virginia officials didn’t heed her call to take action against Mr. Rams; most incredibly, as we have written before, they chose to make her subject of questionable prosecution in a case involving Mr. Rams (charges were dismissed at trial.). Citing the absence of charges against Mr. Rams, a Montgomery County judge dismissed as “a lot of smoke” the troubling issues that surrounded him during proceedings that exposed weaknesses in a system that should safeguard children.
Prince William Commonwealth Attorney Paul B. Ebert defended his office’s actions and stressed the complexities of investigations. He told The Post’s Jeremy Borden that the crimes that Mr. Rams allegedly committed are “extremely cold and unusual.” No doubt Mr. Ebert is correct about the difficulties, and he should be credited for the attention now being paid to these events. But it’s hard not to ask at what price.
We knew that dad JOAQUIN S. RAMS had been charged with capital murder in the death of his 15-month-old son during court-ordered visitation--despite heroic efforts on the part of the protective mother.
But we missed that this same man was subsequently charged in November 2013 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend more than ten years before.
Another one of those cases with abundant evidence of judicial corruption/incompetence/collusion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-cost-of-the-slow-investigations-of-joaquin-s-rams/2013/11/09/ec3d1d2c-473d-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html
The cost of the slow investigations of Joaquin S. Rams
By Editorial Board
November 9, 2013
A DECADE AFTER a 22-year-old Manassas woman was found fatally shot, the ex-boyfriend police long considered a suspect was charged with her murder. Whether Joaquin S. Rams is responsible for the death of Shawn Katrina Mason is a question that will be decided in court. But there are other questions that need to be addressed by authorities in Virginia and Maryland who came into contact with Mr. Rams.
Could they have shown more diligence or urgency in investigations of Mr. Rams? Why wasn’t more heed paid to warnings about him? And could there have been a different outcome for the 15-month-old son Mr. Rams is accused of killing more than 10 years after Ms. Mason’s death?
A Prince William grand jury Monday indicted Mr. Rams on murder and other charges in the March 2003 death of Ms. Mason. Mr. Rams already is awaiting trial on capital murder in connection with the October 2012 death of his 15-month-old son, Prince McLeod Rams, in a case that has come to highlight concerns about how family court protects children. Prosecutors say Mr. Rams drowned the toddler during a court-ordered unsupervised visit opposed by his mother. His alleged motive was more than $500,000 he had taken out in life insurance on the boy. Insurance was also cited as a possible motive in Ms. Mason’s death and a grand jury has reopened an investigation into the 2008 death of Mr. Rams’s mother that was ruled a suicide. Attorneys for Mr. Rams, who has pleaded innocent in the case involving his son, declined comment.
“It doesn’t feel like true justice when it ends up that justice can only be served at the expense of an innocent child,” Hera McLeod, Prince’s mother, said of the indictment that came too late to help her son. Her anguish is understandable. As she was waging a desperate battle in Montgomery County Circuit Court during the spring and summer of 2012 with Mr. Rams over custody and visits, she got little help — was even at odds — with authorities. Virginia officials didn’t heed her call to take action against Mr. Rams; most incredibly, as we have written before, they chose to make her subject of questionable prosecution in a case involving Mr. Rams (charges were dismissed at trial.). Citing the absence of charges against Mr. Rams, a Montgomery County judge dismissed as “a lot of smoke” the troubling issues that surrounded him during proceedings that exposed weaknesses in a system that should safeguard children.
Prince William Commonwealth Attorney Paul B. Ebert defended his office’s actions and stressed the complexities of investigations. He told The Post’s Jeremy Borden that the crimes that Mr. Rams allegedly committed are “extremely cold and unusual.” No doubt Mr. Ebert is correct about the difficulties, and he should be credited for the attention now being paid to these events. But it’s hard not to ask at what price.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Dad arrested for death of 3-month-old son (Jefferson, Maryland)
Wonder why dad RYAN HUFFER isn't being charged with homicide or even manslaughter.
No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/frederick-county/2014/11/01/frederick-county-father-arrested-infants-death/18288571/
Md. Father arrested on charges in infant son's death
1:34 a.m. EDT November 1, 2014
JEFFERSON, Md. (WUSA9) -- A Maryland man has been arrested on charges in connection with the death of his three-month-old son, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
Ryan Huffer, age 25 of Jefferson, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with first-degree child abuse resulting in death, first-degree child abuse resulting in serious injury, and first degree assault, the sheriff's office said.
On February 16th of 2014 authorities were called to the 5900 block of Picnic Woods Road in Jefferson for a report of an unresponsive 3-month-old infant boy. The infant was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital, and then flown to Children's National Medical Center, the sheriff's office said.
No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/frederick-county/2014/11/01/frederick-county-father-arrested-infants-death/18288571/
Md. Father arrested on charges in infant son's death
1:34 a.m. EDT November 1, 2014
JEFFERSON, Md. (WUSA9) -- A Maryland man has been arrested on charges in connection with the death of his three-month-old son, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
Ryan Huffer, age 25 of Jefferson, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with first-degree child abuse resulting in death, first-degree child abuse resulting in serious injury, and first degree assault, the sheriff's office said.
On February 16th of 2014 authorities were called to the 5900 block of Picnic Woods Road in Jefferson for a report of an unresponsive 3-month-old infant boy. The infant was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital, and then flown to Children's National Medical Center, the sheriff's office said.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Appeals court cuts 25 years off sentence for rapist dad (Maryland)
The usual f***ed up rapist daddy coddling. This rapist daddy is identified as DONALD R. TWIGG.
http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/10/02/maryland-court-cuts-child-rape-sentence-by-25-years/
Maryland court cuts 25 years off child-rape sentence
By: Steve Lash Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer October 2, 2014
A man facing 40 years in prison for having raped his young daughter in the 1970s will have at least 25 years slashed from his sentence after a Maryland appeals court ruled his many sexual offenses against her must be merged into a single crime for sentencing purposes.
The Court of Special Appeals said the U.S. Constitution and Maryland’s common-law prohibition on “multiple punishments stemming from the same offense” barred the separate sentences for Donald R. Twigg’s crimes against his daughter, which were second-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense, incest and sexual child abuse.
Charles County Circuit Judge Robert C. Nalley had sentenced Twigg in 2011 to 40 years in prison, including 20 years for rape, 10 years for the sexual offense and 10 years for incest, along with a suspended 15-year sentence for abuse and five years’ probation, the intermediate appellate court stated in a reported 3-0 opinion.
In remanding the case to circuit court, the Court of Special Appeals said Twigg could be sentenced only on the underlying offense of sexual child abuse and for only up to 15 years in prison, because that was the maximum punishment for that crime when it was committed between 1974 and 1979.
At the time the crimes were committed, Maryland case law specifically required the merger of offenses, Judge Patrick L. Woodward wrote for the appellate court. The panel rejected the state’s argument that Twigg’s 40-year sentence was valid under a law passed more than a decade later.
“It is clear … that, had the trial judge been aware that a sentence could be imposed on only the sexual child abuse conviction, the imposition of a 15-year suspended sentence would have been highly unlikely.”
The court’s decision is “under review,” stated David Paulson, spokesman for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, in an email Thursday.
Assistant Public Defender Peter F. Rose, Twigg’s appellate attorney, did not return telephone messages seeking comment on the decision.
Twigg’s grown daughter, identified in court papers as Ms. M, testified at his 2011 jury trial that he had sexually abused her from age 7 to age 15 in the basement of the family’s home and in his van in nearby parking lots.
The jury convicted Twigg in August 2011. Nalley handed down his sentence on Oct. 17, 2011.
Twigg appealed, arguing that the separate and consecutive sentences were illegal.
Assistant Maryland Attorney General Sarah E. Pritzlaff countered that the General Assembly amended state law in 1990 to make clear that child sexual abuse is a separate offense from rape, assault and incest, allowing the crimes to be punished separately and consecutively.
But the Court of Special Appeals rejected that argument, saying the 1990 law created a new sentencing regime.
“Our review of the legislative history of the 1990 amendment … reveals no language evidencing the General Assembly’s intent to make the amendment apply retroactively,” Woodward wrote. “Nor is there anything in the record, or the legislative history, that supports the state’s contention that the purpose of the 1990 amendment to the child abuse statute was to clarify the General Assembly’s original intent rather than formulate a new intent.”
The court, however, rejected Rose’s argument that permitting a judge to increase Twigg’s suspended 15-year sentence for child sexual abuse would constitute an illegal enhanced punishment for the same crime.
“If the trial court should impose any period of incarceration on appellant for the sexual child abuse conviction, we do not view such sentence as an ‘increase’ in his previous sentence,” Woodward wrote.
“Here, when appellant’s sentences are viewed as a whole, appellant received 40 years of incarceration, followed by a 15-year suspended sentence and five years’ probation,” Woodward added. “To say that the imposition of any incarceration, even the maximum of 15 years, is an ‘increase’ over appellant’s previous 40-year sentence is to defy common sense.”
Woodward was joined in the opinion by judges Douglas R.M. Nazarian and retired Judge James P. Salmon, who was specially assigned to the panel.
WHAT THE COURT HELD
Case:
Donald R. Twigg v. State of Maryland, CSA No. 1878, Sept. Term 2011. Reported. Opinion by Woodward, J. Argued April 4, 2013. Filed Oct. 1, 2014.
Issue:
Did the trial court err in imposing separate sentences on defendant for second degree rape, third degree sexual offense, incest and sexual child abuse?
Holding:
Yes; constitutional and common-law prohibitions on “multiple punishments stemming from the same offense” barred the separate sentences.
Counsel:
Peter F. Rose for appellant; Sarah E. Pritzlaff for appellee Read more: http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/10/02/maryland-court-cuts-child-rape-sentence-by-25-years/#ixzz3F9IFhdWP
http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/10/02/maryland-court-cuts-child-rape-sentence-by-25-years/
Maryland court cuts 25 years off child-rape sentence
By: Steve Lash Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer October 2, 2014
A man facing 40 years in prison for having raped his young daughter in the 1970s will have at least 25 years slashed from his sentence after a Maryland appeals court ruled his many sexual offenses against her must be merged into a single crime for sentencing purposes.
The Court of Special Appeals said the U.S. Constitution and Maryland’s common-law prohibition on “multiple punishments stemming from the same offense” barred the separate sentences for Donald R. Twigg’s crimes against his daughter, which were second-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense, incest and sexual child abuse.
Charles County Circuit Judge Robert C. Nalley had sentenced Twigg in 2011 to 40 years in prison, including 20 years for rape, 10 years for the sexual offense and 10 years for incest, along with a suspended 15-year sentence for abuse and five years’ probation, the intermediate appellate court stated in a reported 3-0 opinion.
In remanding the case to circuit court, the Court of Special Appeals said Twigg could be sentenced only on the underlying offense of sexual child abuse and for only up to 15 years in prison, because that was the maximum punishment for that crime when it was committed between 1974 and 1979.
At the time the crimes were committed, Maryland case law specifically required the merger of offenses, Judge Patrick L. Woodward wrote for the appellate court. The panel rejected the state’s argument that Twigg’s 40-year sentence was valid under a law passed more than a decade later.
“It is clear … that, had the trial judge been aware that a sentence could be imposed on only the sexual child abuse conviction, the imposition of a 15-year suspended sentence would have been highly unlikely.”
The court’s decision is “under review,” stated David Paulson, spokesman for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, in an email Thursday.
Assistant Public Defender Peter F. Rose, Twigg’s appellate attorney, did not return telephone messages seeking comment on the decision.
Twigg’s grown daughter, identified in court papers as Ms. M, testified at his 2011 jury trial that he had sexually abused her from age 7 to age 15 in the basement of the family’s home and in his van in nearby parking lots.
The jury convicted Twigg in August 2011. Nalley handed down his sentence on Oct. 17, 2011.
Twigg appealed, arguing that the separate and consecutive sentences were illegal.
Assistant Maryland Attorney General Sarah E. Pritzlaff countered that the General Assembly amended state law in 1990 to make clear that child sexual abuse is a separate offense from rape, assault and incest, allowing the crimes to be punished separately and consecutively.
But the Court of Special Appeals rejected that argument, saying the 1990 law created a new sentencing regime.
“Our review of the legislative history of the 1990 amendment … reveals no language evidencing the General Assembly’s intent to make the amendment apply retroactively,” Woodward wrote. “Nor is there anything in the record, or the legislative history, that supports the state’s contention that the purpose of the 1990 amendment to the child abuse statute was to clarify the General Assembly’s original intent rather than formulate a new intent.”
The court, however, rejected Rose’s argument that permitting a judge to increase Twigg’s suspended 15-year sentence for child sexual abuse would constitute an illegal enhanced punishment for the same crime.
“If the trial court should impose any period of incarceration on appellant for the sexual child abuse conviction, we do not view such sentence as an ‘increase’ in his previous sentence,” Woodward wrote.
“Here, when appellant’s sentences are viewed as a whole, appellant received 40 years of incarceration, followed by a 15-year suspended sentence and five years’ probation,” Woodward added. “To say that the imposition of any incarceration, even the maximum of 15 years, is an ‘increase’ over appellant’s previous 40-year sentence is to defy common sense.”
Woodward was joined in the opinion by judges Douglas R.M. Nazarian and retired Judge James P. Salmon, who was specially assigned to the panel.
WHAT THE COURT HELD
Case:
Donald R. Twigg v. State of Maryland, CSA No. 1878, Sept. Term 2011. Reported. Opinion by Woodward, J. Argued April 4, 2013. Filed Oct. 1, 2014.
Issue:
Did the trial court err in imposing separate sentences on defendant for second degree rape, third degree sexual offense, incest and sexual child abuse?
Holding:
Yes; constitutional and common-law prohibitions on “multiple punishments stemming from the same offense” barred the separate sentences.
Counsel:
Peter F. Rose for appellant; Sarah E. Pritzlaff for appellee Read more: http://thedailyrecord.com/2014/10/02/maryland-court-cuts-child-rape-sentence-by-25-years/#ixzz3F9IFhdWP
Friday, August 22, 2014
Dad in "custody battle" murders 3-year-old daughter; grandparents in critical condition (Landover, Maryland)
Horrible coverage, with the usual "nice guy" clueless neighbors and family members in denial. Why do you quote these idiots?
The facts speak from themselves. There is not much that's nice about Daddy. In fact, he fits the portrait of the abusive/controlling father who uses a custody battle as a way to punish Mom and destroy the child TO AN ABSOLUTE T.
Check out the tell-tale signs.
1) Custody battle beginning literally after the birth of the child, subjecting this new mother to horrific stress and financial strain.
2) The guy OBVIOUSLY HAS A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, hence the mother's efforts to obtain an order of protection, and the destruction of the grandmother's property.
3) Despite all this, Daddy is granted weekend visitation with an infant. Mom still has primary custody, but that's not enough control for Daddy, see. Obviously, he continued to be an @$$, as he was switched to supervised visitation. Nice of the courts, but they were still putting this mother and child in danger and traumatizing them by binding them to this dangerous criminal.
4) Daddy is further emboldened when the mother is ORDERED TO PAY HIM $11,000 for what appears to be a mistake of the courts. Why is she being punished?
4) And in reality, the protective mother's custody concerns are DOCUMENTED IN REALITY now. Daddy "allegedly" shot the two grandparents (now in critical condition) and stabbed and shot the 3-year-old daughter to death in a police shoot out.
Despite the BS from the relatives, Daddy didn't "snap" or anything else. This is exactly how controlling abusers behave. Once again, the authorities failed to save a mother and child from a violent killer.
Dad is identified as FREDERICK ROY MILLER.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/answers-may-be-slow-in-3-year-olds-fatal-shooting-during-dads-gun-battle-with-police/2014/08/17/dcffef2c-262d-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html
Prince George’s police say man shot and stabbed daughter, 3, before he was killed
By Mike DeBonis and Julie Zauzmer
August 17
A Landover, Md., man who engaged in a Saturday afternoon shootout with police on Branch Avenue, with his 3-year-old daughter beside him, appears to have stabbed and shot the girl before he was killed by officers, Prince George’s County officials said Sunday.
Police identified the man as Frederick Roy Miller, 38. Court records identify his daughter, who was a passenger in the car her father drove while firing at police, as Laila Miller.
The chase began Saturday afternoon after Miller allegedly shot Laila’s maternal grandfather and great-grandmother at a home in Camp Springs. Both were hospitalized in critical condition Sunday.
Police initially said they were not sure whether officers knew the girl was in the car when they fired at it, nor whether she was killed by a bullet fired by her father or by one of the six officers who returned fire during the chase.
Dean Jones, president of the Fraternal Order of Prince George’s County Police, said Sunday morning that the officers involved in the shooting were “all hurting right now.”
“They’re wondering if they’re the one that hurt the child,” Jones said. “They were trying to do the right thing, and it didn’t go well at all.”
But late Sunday afternoon, police said initial findings from the Maryland state medical examiner indicated that it was Miller who had harmed the toddler.
Jones said the initial shooting involving the girl’s grandfather and great-grandmother may have stemmed from a custody battle between the child’s parents. The child’s mother was not at either scene and was found unharmed afterward, police said.
No one answered the door Sunday at the mother’s home in the 4200 block of Farmer Place in Camp Springs, where the two relatives were shot. The home is a tidy split-level in a quiet subdivision near Crossland High School.
Court records indicate a long-running dispute between Miller and Laila’s mother, one that included requests from the mother for protective orders against Miller and a December 2012 destruction-of-property complaint filed by the great-grandmother against Miller.
Litigation over custody of Laila began six months after her birth in January 2011, court records show. Judges over the years consistently ruled that the girl’s mother should have custody; Miller initially had weekend visitation rights, then was restricted to supervised visits.
A woman who answered the door at Miller’s address Sunday said the long battle over Laila’s custody and child support had taken a heavy toll on Miller, who had gone to members of Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and others for assistance in getting custody of the child.
“He contacted anybody and everybody to ask for help. . . . All he wanted was to see his daughter,” said the woman, who identified herself only as a “close family relative.”
Miller’s relative did not know why he went to the house in Camp Springs on Saturday where Laila and her mother lived. She said Miller had family members in the area and he might have driven past the house and seen his daughter there.
The relative pointed to a monetary dispute that may have aggravated relations between Miller and Laila’s mother. Court records show a Maryland Circuit Court judge ordered the mother to pay Miller more than $11,000 in November after finding that the child received Social Security disability payments owed to Miller that exceeded the amount of child support he would otherwise be obligated to pay.
“They didn’t want to pay the money the court ordered [the mother] to pay him back,” the relative said.
Miller, the relative said, was a disabled Marine veteran and had worked as a technician for Verizon but was recently unemployed. His daughter was his only child, she said, but Miller had helped raise many of his 23 nieces and nephews.
A man leaving the Miller residence Sunday afternoon declined to comment, only shaking his head when told police suspected Miller of harming his daughter.
A next-door neighbor, Stephanie Bailey, said she never knew Miller to be violent, saying he regularly helped out with yardwork and “always had a smile on his face.”
“I know that he was struggling through the court system to get access to his daughter for a very long time,” she said.
Bailey said she was skeptical of reports the Miller might have harmed Laila. “I wouldn’t believe that,” she said. “I really wouldn’t.”
A statement from police named the officers involved in the shooting. They included five members of the Prince George’s police force — Cpls. Clarence Black and Paul Schweinsburg; patrol officers Alba De Jesus, Brett Fairbrother and Christopher Gehlhausen — and Master Trooper Williard Shelton of the Maryland State Police.
All six are on routine administrative leave until the investigation is completed, police said. None were injured during the chase or shootout.
Lynh Bui contributed to this report.
The facts speak from themselves. There is not much that's nice about Daddy. In fact, he fits the portrait of the abusive/controlling father who uses a custody battle as a way to punish Mom and destroy the child TO AN ABSOLUTE T.
Check out the tell-tale signs.
1) Custody battle beginning literally after the birth of the child, subjecting this new mother to horrific stress and financial strain.
2) The guy OBVIOUSLY HAS A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, hence the mother's efforts to obtain an order of protection, and the destruction of the grandmother's property.
3) Despite all this, Daddy is granted weekend visitation with an infant. Mom still has primary custody, but that's not enough control for Daddy, see. Obviously, he continued to be an @$$, as he was switched to supervised visitation. Nice of the courts, but they were still putting this mother and child in danger and traumatizing them by binding them to this dangerous criminal.
4) Daddy is further emboldened when the mother is ORDERED TO PAY HIM $11,000 for what appears to be a mistake of the courts. Why is she being punished?
4) And in reality, the protective mother's custody concerns are DOCUMENTED IN REALITY now. Daddy "allegedly" shot the two grandparents (now in critical condition) and stabbed and shot the 3-year-old daughter to death in a police shoot out.
Despite the BS from the relatives, Daddy didn't "snap" or anything else. This is exactly how controlling abusers behave. Once again, the authorities failed to save a mother and child from a violent killer.
Dad is identified as FREDERICK ROY MILLER.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/answers-may-be-slow-in-3-year-olds-fatal-shooting-during-dads-gun-battle-with-police/2014/08/17/dcffef2c-262d-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html
Prince George’s police say man shot and stabbed daughter, 3, before he was killed
By Mike DeBonis and Julie Zauzmer
August 17
A Landover, Md., man who engaged in a Saturday afternoon shootout with police on Branch Avenue, with his 3-year-old daughter beside him, appears to have stabbed and shot the girl before he was killed by officers, Prince George’s County officials said Sunday.
Police identified the man as Frederick Roy Miller, 38. Court records identify his daughter, who was a passenger in the car her father drove while firing at police, as Laila Miller.
The chase began Saturday afternoon after Miller allegedly shot Laila’s maternal grandfather and great-grandmother at a home in Camp Springs. Both were hospitalized in critical condition Sunday.
Police initially said they were not sure whether officers knew the girl was in the car when they fired at it, nor whether she was killed by a bullet fired by her father or by one of the six officers who returned fire during the chase.
Dean Jones, president of the Fraternal Order of Prince George’s County Police, said Sunday morning that the officers involved in the shooting were “all hurting right now.”
“They’re wondering if they’re the one that hurt the child,” Jones said. “They were trying to do the right thing, and it didn’t go well at all.”
But late Sunday afternoon, police said initial findings from the Maryland state medical examiner indicated that it was Miller who had harmed the toddler.
Jones said the initial shooting involving the girl’s grandfather and great-grandmother may have stemmed from a custody battle between the child’s parents. The child’s mother was not at either scene and was found unharmed afterward, police said.
No one answered the door Sunday at the mother’s home in the 4200 block of Farmer Place in Camp Springs, where the two relatives were shot. The home is a tidy split-level in a quiet subdivision near Crossland High School.
Court records indicate a long-running dispute between Miller and Laila’s mother, one that included requests from the mother for protective orders against Miller and a December 2012 destruction-of-property complaint filed by the great-grandmother against Miller.
Litigation over custody of Laila began six months after her birth in January 2011, court records show. Judges over the years consistently ruled that the girl’s mother should have custody; Miller initially had weekend visitation rights, then was restricted to supervised visits.
A woman who answered the door at Miller’s address Sunday said the long battle over Laila’s custody and child support had taken a heavy toll on Miller, who had gone to members of Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and others for assistance in getting custody of the child.
“He contacted anybody and everybody to ask for help. . . . All he wanted was to see his daughter,” said the woman, who identified herself only as a “close family relative.”
Miller’s relative did not know why he went to the house in Camp Springs on Saturday where Laila and her mother lived. She said Miller had family members in the area and he might have driven past the house and seen his daughter there.
The relative pointed to a monetary dispute that may have aggravated relations between Miller and Laila’s mother. Court records show a Maryland Circuit Court judge ordered the mother to pay Miller more than $11,000 in November after finding that the child received Social Security disability payments owed to Miller that exceeded the amount of child support he would otherwise be obligated to pay.
“They didn’t want to pay the money the court ordered [the mother] to pay him back,” the relative said.
Miller, the relative said, was a disabled Marine veteran and had worked as a technician for Verizon but was recently unemployed. His daughter was his only child, she said, but Miller had helped raise many of his 23 nieces and nephews.
A man leaving the Miller residence Sunday afternoon declined to comment, only shaking his head when told police suspected Miller of harming his daughter.
A next-door neighbor, Stephanie Bailey, said she never knew Miller to be violent, saying he regularly helped out with yardwork and “always had a smile on his face.”
“I know that he was struggling through the court system to get access to his daughter for a very long time,” she said.
Bailey said she was skeptical of reports the Miller might have harmed Laila. “I wouldn’t believe that,” she said. “I really wouldn’t.”
A statement from police named the officers involved in the shooting. They included five members of the Prince George’s police force — Cpls. Clarence Black and Paul Schweinsburg; patrol officers Alba De Jesus, Brett Fairbrother and Christopher Gehlhausen — and Master Trooper Williard Shelton of the Maryland State Police.
All six are on routine administrative leave until the investigation is completed, police said. None were injured during the chase or shootout.
Lynh Bui contributed to this report.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Dad gets 30 years for murder of newborn son (Baltimore, Maryland)
Yet another short-tempered moron who beat a baby to death for crying. Daddy is identified as DION WARE.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/man-sentenced-in-newborn-sons-death/27185998#!bp0tTa
Man sentenced in newborn son's death
Dion Ware sentenced to 30 years in prison
Published 3:58 PM EDT Jul 28, 2014 BALTIMORE —A man convicted in connection with the death of his newborn son was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to Baltimore prosecutors.
In April, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office said a jury convicted Dion Ware, 22, of child abuse resulting in death. The jury could not reach a consensus on the charge of second-degree murder.
Prosecutors said Ware first claimed he was giving CPR to his child when he noticed his 6-week-old son was having trouble breathing on Nov. 26, 2012. He said he realized he was pushing too hard on the child during CPR so he ran out into the street to have someone call 911.
The child was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Prosecutors said doctors found severe bruising to the right side of the child's face and chest, as well as multiple fractured ribs. Based upon the multiple injuries the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
Prosecutors said Ware later admitted to hitting his son because the child would not stop crying.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/man-sentenced-in-newborn-sons-death/27185998#!bp0tTa
Man sentenced in newborn son's death
Dion Ware sentenced to 30 years in prison
Published 3:58 PM EDT Jul 28, 2014 BALTIMORE —A man convicted in connection with the death of his newborn son was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to Baltimore prosecutors.
In April, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office said a jury convicted Dion Ware, 22, of child abuse resulting in death. The jury could not reach a consensus on the charge of second-degree murder.
Prosecutors said Ware first claimed he was giving CPR to his child when he noticed his 6-week-old son was having trouble breathing on Nov. 26, 2012. He said he realized he was pushing too hard on the child during CPR so he ran out into the street to have someone call 911.
The child was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Prosecutors said doctors found severe bruising to the right side of the child's face and chest, as well as multiple fractured ribs. Based upon the multiple injuries the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
Prosecutors said Ware later admitted to hitting his son because the child would not stop crying.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Dad charged with assaulting 1-year-old son (St. Mary's County, Maryland)
Dad is identified as STEFAN JAMES DULEMBA.
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/106354/california-father-charged-with-child-abuse-and-assault/
California Father Charged With Child Abuse and Assault
July 17, 2014
On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, Corporal Reppel of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Halsey Court in California, for a reported child abuse.
The complainant alleged suspect Stefan James Dulemba, 32, of California, was giving the victim, (male, 1 year old), medication when the he began to vomit. Dulemba, the father of the victim, grabbed the him and struck him on the lower back leaving a visible injury.
An argument then ensued between the complainant and Dulemba. Dulemba was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
He was charged with 2nd Degree Child Abuse and 2nd Degree Assault.
Dulemba went before District Court Commissioner Mary King and bail was set at $10,000. Dulemba was released after posting the established bond pending further action by judicial authorities.
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/106354/california-father-charged-with-child-abuse-and-assault/
California Father Charged With Child Abuse and Assault
July 17, 2014
On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, Corporal Reppel of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Halsey Court in California, for a reported child abuse.
The complainant alleged suspect Stefan James Dulemba, 32, of California, was giving the victim, (male, 1 year old), medication when the he began to vomit. Dulemba, the father of the victim, grabbed the him and struck him on the lower back leaving a visible injury.
An argument then ensued between the complainant and Dulemba. Dulemba was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
He was charged with 2nd Degree Child Abuse and 2nd Degree Assault.
Dulemba went before District Court Commissioner Mary King and bail was set at $10,000. Dulemba was released after posting the established bond pending further action by judicial authorities.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Judges can do more to protect children from abusive parents (Montgomery County, Maryland)
Great editorial from the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/montgomery-judges-can-do-more-to-protect-children-from-abusive-parents/2014/06/04/ad9a2a16-e836-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html
Montgomery judges can do more to protect children from abusive parents
By Editorial Board, Published: June 4
AMY CASTILLO’S three children were drowned by her estranged husband during an unsupervised visit in 2008. Officials in the Montgomery County court system that oversaw the case judged the horrific outcome to be an anomaly.
After 15-month-old Prince McLeod Rams was killed in 2012 allegedly by his father during an unsupervised visit that had been opposed by his mother, officials again defended their procedures.
Now a study suggests there are systemic shortcomings in how the Montgomery courts protect children. It makes a number of recommendations that officials should take to heart.
The report from Court Watch Montgomery, a nonprofit that aims to strengthen protections for victims of domestic violence, details lapses in the system. “In the Best Interests of the Child?” is based on observations of trained volunteers who attended hundreds of court hearings for protective orders over the course of a year. Some of what the observers witnessed: judges granting unsupervised parental visits to confirmed abusers without adequate scrutiny of parenting patterns; undue skepticism of women’s claims of abuse of their children; failure to order counseling for abusers; and a lack of programs facilitating the safe exchange and supervised visits of children.
According to the report, judges in 70 percent of the hearings ordered unsupervised visits between a child and father even after finding clear and convincing evidence that he had committed violence against the child’s mother. “Violent domestic violence offenders generally don’t make safe, nurturing fathers but many judges act . . . as if one has nothing to do with the other. Nothing could be further from the truth,” said Laurie Duker of Court Watch. The report catalogues the harm done to children in homes where there is domestic violence, even when they are just witnesses. Boys, for example, who witness domestic abuse are twice as likely to become perpetrators of domestic violence as are boys who do not witness abuse.
The group, which doesn’t name judges and goes out of its way to praise positive actions, has credibility with the courts, and its previous reports have led to new practices. That’s also to the credit of open-minded officials such as John W. Debelius III, administrative judge for the Montgomery Circuit Court, who told us he is reviewing the group’s new report. But some of the recommendations, such as the creation of a safe-exchange program and a center for supervised visits, will require additional resources and so, for the first time, Court Watch is directing its recommendations to Montgomery’s county executive and council. We urge them to pay attention to this critical need.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/montgomery-judges-can-do-more-to-protect-children-from-abusive-parents/2014/06/04/ad9a2a16-e836-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html
Montgomery judges can do more to protect children from abusive parents
By Editorial Board, Published: June 4
AMY CASTILLO’S three children were drowned by her estranged husband during an unsupervised visit in 2008. Officials in the Montgomery County court system that oversaw the case judged the horrific outcome to be an anomaly.
After 15-month-old Prince McLeod Rams was killed in 2012 allegedly by his father during an unsupervised visit that had been opposed by his mother, officials again defended their procedures.
Now a study suggests there are systemic shortcomings in how the Montgomery courts protect children. It makes a number of recommendations that officials should take to heart.
The report from Court Watch Montgomery, a nonprofit that aims to strengthen protections for victims of domestic violence, details lapses in the system. “In the Best Interests of the Child?” is based on observations of trained volunteers who attended hundreds of court hearings for protective orders over the course of a year. Some of what the observers witnessed: judges granting unsupervised parental visits to confirmed abusers without adequate scrutiny of parenting patterns; undue skepticism of women’s claims of abuse of their children; failure to order counseling for abusers; and a lack of programs facilitating the safe exchange and supervised visits of children.
According to the report, judges in 70 percent of the hearings ordered unsupervised visits between a child and father even after finding clear and convincing evidence that he had committed violence against the child’s mother. “Violent domestic violence offenders generally don’t make safe, nurturing fathers but many judges act . . . as if one has nothing to do with the other. Nothing could be further from the truth,” said Laurie Duker of Court Watch. The report catalogues the harm done to children in homes where there is domestic violence, even when they are just witnesses. Boys, for example, who witness domestic abuse are twice as likely to become perpetrators of domestic violence as are boys who do not witness abuse.
The group, which doesn’t name judges and goes out of its way to praise positive actions, has credibility with the courts, and its previous reports have led to new practices. That’s also to the credit of open-minded officials such as John W. Debelius III, administrative judge for the Montgomery Circuit Court, who told us he is reviewing the group’s new report. But some of the recommendations, such as the creation of a safe-exchange program and a center for supervised visits, will require additional resources and so, for the first time, Court Watch is directing its recommendations to Montgomery’s county executive and council. We urge them to pay attention to this critical need.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Dad charged with manslaughter in death of 3-year-old son during court-ordered visitation (Prince George County, Maryland)
We've posted on this case before. Earlier articles merely stated that the death took place during a visit. Now we see that the visit was in fact COURT-ORDERED. Who was responsible for sending this toddler into the home of his killer?
http://thegrio.com/2014/05/20/father-charged-in-3-year-old-sons-death-from-drug-overdose/
Father charged in 3-year-old son’s death from drug overdose
by Carrie Healey | May 20, 2014 at 11:20 AM
A Maryland father is facing manslaughter and first-degree child abuse charges after authorities say he gave his three-year-old son a fatal combination of drugs, including cocaine.
Prince Georges County police say Thomas E. Holland took the toddler to United Medical Center in Southeast Washington in January, where the boy was pronounced dead.
A toxicology report concluded the child’s cause of death was linked to toxic levels of drugs, including cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine, reports NBC Washington.
“Those results are showing there was such a concentration of [the] four drugs that our detectives and medical examiners believe there is no chance this child could have accidentally ingested them,” Lt. William Alexander, a spokesman for Prince George’s County Police, told the Washington Post.
The boy’s death occurred shortly after Holland had a court-ordered visit with him.
The Washington Post reports the boy’s mother had been seeking unpaid child support from Holland and that the 38-year-old denied being his father and did not attend the child’s funeral.
“It’s the most horrific and the most terrible thing I’ve ever experienced,” the boy’s great-grandfather Maurice Gaither told NBC.
http://thegrio.com/2014/05/20/father-charged-in-3-year-old-sons-death-from-drug-overdose/
Father charged in 3-year-old son’s death from drug overdose
by Carrie Healey | May 20, 2014 at 11:20 AM
A Maryland father is facing manslaughter and first-degree child abuse charges after authorities say he gave his three-year-old son a fatal combination of drugs, including cocaine.
Prince Georges County police say Thomas E. Holland took the toddler to United Medical Center in Southeast Washington in January, where the boy was pronounced dead.
A toxicology report concluded the child’s cause of death was linked to toxic levels of drugs, including cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine, reports NBC Washington.
“Those results are showing there was such a concentration of [the] four drugs that our detectives and medical examiners believe there is no chance this child could have accidentally ingested them,” Lt. William Alexander, a spokesman for Prince George’s County Police, told the Washington Post.
The boy’s death occurred shortly after Holland had a court-ordered visit with him.
The Washington Post reports the boy’s mother had been seeking unpaid child support from Holland and that the 38-year-old denied being his father and did not attend the child’s funeral.
“It’s the most horrific and the most terrible thing I’ve ever experienced,” the boy’s great-grandfather Maurice Gaither told NBC.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Dad with court-ordered visitation charged with manslaughter in death of 3-uear-old son (Prince George County, Virginia)
Another case where you have to wonder about the back story. What court, what judge granted this father visitation? Was there a past history of abuse/neglect that was ignored or minimized? Was there a protective mother who objected, but was overruled?
Dad is identified THOMAS E. HOLLAND.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Father-Charged-With-Manslaughter-in-3-Year-Old-Sons-Death-259544111.html
Father Charged With Manslaughter in 3-Year-Old Son's Death From Drugs, Police Say
Saturday, May 17, 2014 | Updated 6:56 AM EDT
Pat Collins
A Maryland dad is facing manslaughter charges after police say he gave his 3-year-old son a fatal cocktail of drugs, including cocaine.
Thomas E. Holland, 38, drove his unresponsive son to the United Medical Center in southeast Washington in January, police said. Officers were called to the hospital when the boy passed away, and a death investigation was launched.
A toxicology report revealed a number of drugs in the child's system, including toxic levels of of cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine.
The amount of drugs in the boy's system would have killed him within four hours, according to court documents. Police say he could not have accidentally swallowed them.
"The investigators and the medical examiner feel very strongly there's no way this child accidentally ingested this collection of drugs all together," said Bill Alexander of Prince George's County Police.
Holland had a court-ordered visit with his 3-year-old just before the boy's hospital visit. News4's Pat Collins spoke to the boy's great-grandparent Maurice Gaither.
"It's the most horrific and the most terrible thing I've ever experienced," Gaither said.
Holland was taken into custody May 15 and remains behind bars, facing manslaughter and child abuse charges.
A lawyer for Holland was not available for comment.
Dad is identified THOMAS E. HOLLAND.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Father-Charged-With-Manslaughter-in-3-Year-Old-Sons-Death-259544111.html
Father Charged With Manslaughter in 3-Year-Old Son's Death From Drugs, Police Say
Saturday, May 17, 2014 | Updated 6:56 AM EDT
Pat Collins
A Maryland dad is facing manslaughter charges after police say he gave his 3-year-old son a fatal cocktail of drugs, including cocaine.
Thomas E. Holland, 38, drove his unresponsive son to the United Medical Center in southeast Washington in January, police said. Officers were called to the hospital when the boy passed away, and a death investigation was launched.
A toxicology report revealed a number of drugs in the child's system, including toxic levels of of cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine.
The amount of drugs in the boy's system would have killed him within four hours, according to court documents. Police say he could not have accidentally swallowed them.
"The investigators and the medical examiner feel very strongly there's no way this child accidentally ingested this collection of drugs all together," said Bill Alexander of Prince George's County Police.
Holland had a court-ordered visit with his 3-year-old just before the boy's hospital visit. News4's Pat Collins spoke to the boy's great-grandparent Maurice Gaither.
"It's the most horrific and the most terrible thing I've ever experienced," Gaither said.
Holland was taken into custody May 15 and remains behind bars, facing manslaughter and child abuse charges.
A lawyer for Holland was not available for comment.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Dad charged with abusing 2-month-old daughter; baby in intensive care (Lexington Park, Maryland)
We're told that the victim was in the "care and custody of her father"...and there is zero mention of a mother. Single dad? What was the custody arrangement here? Why did this @$$hole have access to this baby? Who gave him access and why? How much you want to bet that this dude has a history of violence?
Dad is identified as REYNOLD O'BRIEN GIBBS.
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/100476/two-month-old-in-intensive-care-lexington-park-father-charged-with-child-abuse/
Two Month Old in Intensive Care, Lexington Park Father Charged With Child Abuse
April 18, 2014
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, emergency room staff at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, reported a two month old female had been brought in with substantial injuries.
Specifically, the infant had fractures to her left tibia and right femur, several broken ribs, and internal abdominal and spinal trauma. Medical staff determined the injuries were not the result of normal care and handling of an infant.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division immediately responded to the hospital.
The investigation revealed the infant was in the care and custody of her father identified as Reynold O’Brien Gibbs, 27, of Lexington Park, the night of 4-15-14 into the morning hours of 4-16-14 at the family residence located on Island Road in Lexington Park.
Gibbs brought his daughter into the hospital the morning of 4-16-14 after he discovered her leg was hanging limp.
Gibbs was placed under arrest by Detective Corporal Merritt and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
The victim was flown to an area hospital by helicopter where she remains in the neonatal intensive care unit.
He was charged with 1st Degree Child Abuse: Severe Physical Injury, 2nd Degree Child Abuse, 1st Degree Assault, and 2nd Degree Assault.
Gibbs appeared before District Court Commissioner Joseph Clarkson, and bail was set at $75,000.
Dad is identified as REYNOLD O'BRIEN GIBBS.
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/100476/two-month-old-in-intensive-care-lexington-park-father-charged-with-child-abuse/
Two Month Old in Intensive Care, Lexington Park Father Charged With Child Abuse
April 18, 2014
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, emergency room staff at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, reported a two month old female had been brought in with substantial injuries.
Specifically, the infant had fractures to her left tibia and right femur, several broken ribs, and internal abdominal and spinal trauma. Medical staff determined the injuries were not the result of normal care and handling of an infant.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division immediately responded to the hospital.
The investigation revealed the infant was in the care and custody of her father identified as Reynold O’Brien Gibbs, 27, of Lexington Park, the night of 4-15-14 into the morning hours of 4-16-14 at the family residence located on Island Road in Lexington Park.
Gibbs brought his daughter into the hospital the morning of 4-16-14 after he discovered her leg was hanging limp.
Gibbs was placed under arrest by Detective Corporal Merritt and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
The victim was flown to an area hospital by helicopter where she remains in the neonatal intensive care unit.
He was charged with 1st Degree Child Abuse: Severe Physical Injury, 2nd Degree Child Abuse, 1st Degree Assault, and 2nd Degree Assault.
Gibbs appeared before District Court Commissioner Joseph Clarkson, and bail was set at $75,000.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Dad convicted in death of 6-week-old son (Baltimore, Maryland)
Dad is identified as DION WARE.
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/father-convicted-child-abuse-resulting-death-6weekold-son-27253.shtml#.U1KHf9fD8pQ
Father Convicted of Child Abuse Resulting in Death of 6-Week-Old Son
Updated: Thursday, April 17 2014, 06:05 PM EDT
A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury has convicted Dion Ware, 21, of child abuse resulting in the death of his six-week-old son in 2012. The jury could not reach a consensus on the charge of second-degree murder.
Ware faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
Police responded to the 300 block E. 22nd Street in the Barclay neighborhood for a call for service in reference to a child not breathing on November 26, 2012. Ware told responding officers that he had given his son a bottle of formula and put him down for an afternoon nap. Ware said he went back into the bedroom 20 minutes later, noticed his son was having breathing problems, and began to administer CPR. Ware claimed he realized he was pushing too hard during CPR and ran outside to call for help.
The child's mother had returned home from running errands shortly before the incident and was washing dishes in the kitchen at the time. She did not know anything was wrong until the police and paramedics arrived at her house, the Office of the State's Attorney said.
Responders rushed the child to Johns Hopkins Hospital's Children's Emergency Room where he was pronounced dead. According to the Office of the State's Attorney doctors found severe bruising to the right side of the child's face and chest, as well as multiple fractured ribs. Based on the injuries the death was ruled a homicide.
Ware later admitted to hitting his son when he would not stop crying. He is scheduled for sentencing on June 10, 2014.
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/father-convicted-child-abuse-resulting-death-6weekold-son-27253.shtml#.U1KHf9fD8pQ
Father Convicted of Child Abuse Resulting in Death of 6-Week-Old Son
Updated: Thursday, April 17 2014, 06:05 PM EDT
A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury has convicted Dion Ware, 21, of child abuse resulting in the death of his six-week-old son in 2012. The jury could not reach a consensus on the charge of second-degree murder.
Ware faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
Police responded to the 300 block E. 22nd Street in the Barclay neighborhood for a call for service in reference to a child not breathing on November 26, 2012. Ware told responding officers that he had given his son a bottle of formula and put him down for an afternoon nap. Ware said he went back into the bedroom 20 minutes later, noticed his son was having breathing problems, and began to administer CPR. Ware claimed he realized he was pushing too hard during CPR and ran outside to call for help.
The child's mother had returned home from running errands shortly before the incident and was washing dishes in the kitchen at the time. She did not know anything was wrong until the police and paramedics arrived at her house, the Office of the State's Attorney said.
Responders rushed the child to Johns Hopkins Hospital's Children's Emergency Room where he was pronounced dead. According to the Office of the State's Attorney doctors found severe bruising to the right side of the child's face and chest, as well as multiple fractured ribs. Based on the injuries the death was ruled a homicide.
Ware later admitted to hitting his son when he would not stop crying. He is scheduled for sentencing on June 10, 2014.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Attempted murder charges dropped against "caretaker" dad accused of abusing 2-month-old son (Silver Springs, Maryland)
Lucky break for dad ADOU IMAN-KOUADIO. Abuser daddy coddling at its finest.
Yet another case where Daddy apparently got to play at being an infant caretaker (and screwing up badly) while Mom had to work.
Meanwhile, it appears this baby will be on a respirator for life, with a very compromised quality of life. Gee, thanks Dad.
http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/Man-charged3-27-2014
Man charged with child abuse
Published on: Thursday, March 27, 2014
By Jim Davis
A Silver Spring man will be charged with child abuse after the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office dropped attempted murder charges on Thursday against the man.
Police accused the man of abusing his infant son so badly the boy will have to be placed on a respirator the rest of his life.
According to Ramon Korionoff, spokesperson for The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, the state attorney’s office will proceed with child abuse charges against the baby’s father, Adou L. Kouadio, 25, of the 9700 block of Dilston Road. Kouadio was indicted on charges of first- and second-degree child abuse.
“The elements of attempted murder were not quite met and our office decided not to go forward on that charge,” said Korionoff.
On Feb 14, Montgomery County police were called to Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a two-month old child who has been identified as Amir Iman-Kouadio arrived at the hospital in critical condition.
Doctors also discovered the child, who was born on Dec. 4, 2013, was bleeding from his brad, had head trauma and fractured ribs.
Detectives say the father had been caring from his son for most of the day when the infant’s mother returned home after working. She put her son to bed around 9 p.m. on Feb. 3.
Early the next day, at around 2 a.m., the baby woke up crying. Kouadio cared for the boy and put him back to bed.
A short time later, Kouadio checked on the victim and found blood coming from his nose. Kouadio notified the victim’s mother and called 911.
When paramedics arrived, the child did not have a pulse and was not breathing. They performed CPR.
“It’s very, very unfortunate and sad,” said Montgomery County Police Capt. Marcus Jones, chief of the department’s Major Crimes Division. “We don’t have anything that suggests this was longstanding — from our point of view,” said Jones.
Police said it appeared to be a case of “shaken baby syndrome.”
Yet another case where Daddy apparently got to play at being an infant caretaker (and screwing up badly) while Mom had to work.
Meanwhile, it appears this baby will be on a respirator for life, with a very compromised quality of life. Gee, thanks Dad.
http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/Man-charged3-27-2014
Man charged with child abuse
Published on: Thursday, March 27, 2014
By Jim Davis
A Silver Spring man will be charged with child abuse after the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office dropped attempted murder charges on Thursday against the man.
Police accused the man of abusing his infant son so badly the boy will have to be placed on a respirator the rest of his life.
According to Ramon Korionoff, spokesperson for The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, the state attorney’s office will proceed with child abuse charges against the baby’s father, Adou L. Kouadio, 25, of the 9700 block of Dilston Road. Kouadio was indicted on charges of first- and second-degree child abuse.
“The elements of attempted murder were not quite met and our office decided not to go forward on that charge,” said Korionoff.
On Feb 14, Montgomery County police were called to Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a two-month old child who has been identified as Amir Iman-Kouadio arrived at the hospital in critical condition.
Doctors also discovered the child, who was born on Dec. 4, 2013, was bleeding from his brad, had head trauma and fractured ribs.
Detectives say the father had been caring from his son for most of the day when the infant’s mother returned home after working. She put her son to bed around 9 p.m. on Feb. 3.
Early the next day, at around 2 a.m., the baby woke up crying. Kouadio cared for the boy and put him back to bed.
A short time later, Kouadio checked on the victim and found blood coming from his nose. Kouadio notified the victim’s mother and called 911.
When paramedics arrived, the child did not have a pulse and was not breathing. They performed CPR.
“It’s very, very unfortunate and sad,” said Montgomery County Police Capt. Marcus Jones, chief of the department’s Major Crimes Division. “We don’t have anything that suggests this was longstanding — from our point of view,” said Jones.
Police said it appeared to be a case of “shaken baby syndrome.”
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