Dad arrested for killing baby previously convicted of child abuse against another baby (Muncie, Indiana)

We've previously posted on CORY WALLACE. Once again, it's clear that Daddy should have been in jail and banned from any contact with babies.

http://fox59.com/2015/08/11/court-records-show-history-of-child-abuse-for-muncie-father-arrested-for-killing-his-son/

Court records show history of child abuse for Muncie father arrested for killing his son

Posted 5:49 PM, August 11, 2015, by Shannon Houser

The fire and discovery of the baby’s death happened in February. Just one month earlier, Wallace was sentenced for a separate child neglect case in Marion County involving another child. Court records show he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child abuse.

Those records also show Wallace shook, squeezed, and broke the ribs of his then-girlfriend’s two-month-old baby boy. The abuse happened from October to November 2012.

A probable cause affidavit from the 2012 abuse case shows Wallace told his then-girlfriend, “vibrating” the baby would not cause shaken baby syndrome.

The affidavit said:

“She said Cory’s fingers were on (the baby’s) back and Cory’s thumbs were around (the baby’s) shoulders then he vibrated him. She said (the baby) was crying very loud when Cory did this.”

Wallace was sentenced to three years jail time. He pleaded guilty. As part of the plea agreement, he was sentenced to community service, home detention, and probation. He was also sentenced to complete a mandatory parenting class. There’s no record if he began those classes. Wallace spent less than 40 days behind bars.

Prevent Child Abuse Indiana is an organization aimed at helping parents and families prevent abuse before it happens. The organization provides resources and education to parents on proper ways to care for their children.
“This little person cannot defend themselves and they are wholly dependent on the adult or adults in their lives and what has to happen in order for that little person to receive the best and safest care,” said Sandy Runkle, Director of Programs at Prevent Child Abuse Indiana.

Runkle said another important aspect of preventing child abuse is ensuring the child is in a safe environment and that your child is safe around your partner. Some of the warning signs of potential abuse include:

•History of domestic violence
•Cruelty to animals
•Easily angered or frustrated
•High expectations, especially for young children

Dad abuses 11-month-old son; baby left with severe brain trauma (St. Petersburg, Florida)

This is probably a custody/visitation situation. Notice that there is no mention of the mother, either in the home or elsewhere. Given that the father is only 19, it is very likely he was ever married to the mother. And notice that the baby was discovered by an unnamed "family acquaintance."

Dad is identified as ERIC JOSEPH-KAREEM WILLIAMS.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-south-pinellas/st-petersburg/pd-st-petersburg-baby-abused-by-father-left-with-severe-brain-trauma

PD: St. Petersburg baby abused by father, left with severe brain trauma

By: WFTS Webteam Posted: 12:42 PM, Jul 14, 2015

St. Petersburg Police have arrested a father on charges of aggravated child abuse.

Detectives said Eric Joseph-Kareem Williams, 19, abused his 11-month-old son so severely it caused brain trauma that required emergency surgery.

The baby was found unresponsive at home on 17th Way South by a family acquaintance on July 12.

The baby was rushed to the hospital where doctors also found severe burns on his body and bruises on his chest and face.

Williams told investigators the injuries were the result of an accidental fall.

A doctor determined that injuries to the brain and body were inconsistent with William's explanation to detectives.

In addition to the child abuse charges, Williams is also facing charges for violation of probation for carrying a concealed firearm.

The child remains in critical condition at All Children's Hospital.

Dad charged with battery for shoving 6-year-old daughter to the ground for dropped french fries; dad was already on probation for assaulting girl's mother (Douglasville, Georgia)

And with his history of domestic violence, Dad ERIC DWOE BUTLER was allowed access to this child why?

http://www.douglascountysentinel.com/news/article_8b5da13a-e5de-11e3-a6e9-001a4bcf6878.html

Police: Father pushed child over spilled fries

Posted: Monday, May 26, 2014 4:36 pm | Updated: 4:38 pm, Tue May 27, 2014.

Amanda Thomas / Staff Writer
Posted on May 26, 2014

A Douglasville father is facing abuse and battery charges after apparently pushing his 6-year-old daughter to the ground after she dropped some McDonald's french fries.

Eric Dwoe Butler, 32, was charged with battery under the Family Violence Act and first-degree cruelty to children. Butler told Magistrate Judge Barbara Caldwell that he is already on probation for aggravated assault against the child's mother.

"Stay-at-home" dad pleads guilty to assaulting 6-year-old son; gets probation, anger management classes (Westfield, Massachusetts)

Contrary to the fluffy PR put out by the FR movement, "stay-at-home" dads are often short-tempered, easily "frustrated" deadbeats who cannot/will not hold a job. This one certainly looks the part.

Dad is identified as JASON D. WOODY.

And notice the kid-glove treatment for this jacka$$. Typical.

http://www.wwlp.com/news/local/hampden/father-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-his-son

Father pleads guilty to assaulting his son

By Carl E. Hartdegen
Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 12:01 PM EST
Published: Monday, December 2, 2013, 12:01 PM EST

WESTFIELD, Mass. (The Westfield News) - A father will be on probation for two years after he pleaded guilty last week to a charge of assault and battery on a child with injury. Jason D. Woody, 30, of 40 City View Boulevard, was also ordered to make no threats or violence toward the victim, his six-year-old son, and to strictly abide by all abuse prevention orders.

Westfield police became involved with the family when a five-year-old boy was treated at Baystate Medical Center after arriving with an almost completely bruised face with one eye swollen almost shut, ears which had been bruised inside and out and red marks and bruises on his back and torso.

Dets. Roxanne Bradley and Daniel Gustafson were notified of the boy’s injuries and went to the hospital. Bradley reports that when they initially spoke with the boy’s mother she appeared to be upset when she realized that there was official interest in her son’s injuries. The detective reported that the woman immediately said that she didn’t hit her son and didn’t think her husband hit him either.

Bradley said that she was told that the little boy had been beaten up on the school bus the day before. The woman said that she had slept with her son the night before because she feared he might have a concussion and had taken him to her pediatrician who referred her to the hospital.

The boy was interviewed and said that he had been hit on the bus. He denied that his injuries happened at home but said that his father had helped him clean up after the bus. Bradley reports that the bus driver said that she took particular notice of the boy when she brought him home on the day in question because his father, a stay-at-home dad, was not at the bus stop when she got there so she kept him on the bus. The bus driver said that the little boy was cheerful and showed no signs of injury while he waited for her to contact her dispatcher to obtain permission, per policy, to keep the boy on the bus and return later on her route.

She was allowed to do so but, before she could leave, the boy’s father came on the run and the boy went home with him.

When Woody was interviewed he said that his son looked like he had fallen down when he got him from the bus and said that a girl hit him. Woody said he did not want to make a fuss about the boy being punched by a girl and let the matter drop.

He also told the detectives that his son wet his pants but he said he does not spank the boy.

The detectives and a Department of Families and Children investigator were also able to interview the boy’s three-year-old sister who told them how her brother got his “boo boos”.

The girl said that her daddy squeezed her brother and gave him boo boos in the bathroom because he “peed his pants” on the bus.

Bradley reports the little girl said that “Her daddy doesn’t give her boo boos because she doesn’t pee on the bus.”

Bradley said Woody “denies and denies and denies, even after what his daughter said” but she said that the investigators had other evidence. Not only had the bus driver paid attention to the boy before she let him off the bus but the principal spoke with the other kindergarten pupils who had been seated with him that day. The principal told the investigators that the children denied there had been any physical altercation that day but said that one of the five-year-old girls acknowledged that, on the day before, she had playfully slapped the boy’s arm.

Bradley reports that the detectives completed their investigation into the boy’s injuries which were far in excess of what a five-year-old girl could have inflicted and which could not have been missed by the bus driver. She said the detectives had planned to arrest Woody but, when they went looking for him, they found he had checked himself into the psychiatric unit of a local medical facility.

Within days of the incident, Woody and his wife had agreed to DCF service plans which included stipulation that Woody “reside outside the home” and that he have no unsupervised contact with his children.

Woody was charged with assault and battery on a child with injury. When he appeared before Judge Philip A. Contant in Westfield District Court on Nov. 25, the judge found that the evidence would support a guilty finding and allowed him to plead guilty.

Woody was placed on probation for two years, ordered to comply with DCF service plans, to submit to a mental health evaluation and to complete treatment prescribed, and to complete an anger management program. He was assessed $90.

Dad charged with felony murder in trauma death of infant daughter (Crossville, Tennessee)

Dad is identified as KEVIN DAVID HASTINGS. No mention of a mother in the home. Wonder what Daddy was on probation for?

http://crossville-chronicle.com/local/x865763663/Dad-indicted-in-baby-s-death

August 29, 2013

Dad indicted in baby’s death

By Michael R. Moser Editor
The Crossville Chronicle
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 08:00 AM CDT

CROSSVILLE — The father of an infant who died from trauma after being transferred to a regional trauma center earlier this month has been indicted in connection with the baby’s death, an assistant state prosecutor confirmed.

Kevin David Hastings was served the two-count indictment from a special grand jury that convened Friday at the Warren County Jail in McMinnville where he is serving a 30-day probation violation on an unrelated charge. Hastings, 29, is specifically charged with felony murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of his daughter, Grace Hastings, who died Aug. 2 at Children’s Hospital in Knoxville.

Hastings is being held without bond and will be returned to the Cumberland County Justice Center jail upon completion of his sentence in Warren County.

No other arrests are anticipated at this time.

“The indictment alleges that Kevin Hastings committed the felony of aggravated child abuse by inflicting serious bodily injury on the infant on July 20, 2013,” Assistant District Attorney General Carolyn Knight said in a press release. “In the second count, it is alleged that the injuries sustained during the perpetration of the aggravated child abuse resulted in the infant’s death on Aug. 2.”

The baby was born in April and in July was rushed from its apartment home on Burnett St. to Cumberland Medical Center with injuries that required transfer to the trauma center, sparking an investigation by the Crossville Police Department and the Department of Children’s Services.

District Attorney General Randy York followed up with a predication letter to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, requesting a formal investigation after the child died.

After the TBI completed its investigation, including the interviewing of witnesses and the infant’s medical records, the case was returned to the DA’s Office and the special grand jury convened Friday.

“We appreciate the service of the grand jurors, who took time away from their busy schedules, to convene on short notice,” Knight said. “We also appreciate the TBI, the Crossville Police Department and the Investigative Unit of the DA’s Office, all of which contributed to the investigation of this case.”

Hastings is scheduled to appear in Cumberland County Criminal Court for arraignment on the charges on Sept. 18.

Babysitting dad pleads "no contest" to head-butting 4-month-old son, gets probation (Columbus, Nebraska)

Yet another case of a "frustrated" dad who was "caretaking" while Mom was at work. Dad JEREMY HETRICK almost killed this baby, who suffered extensive brain bleeding from his own father's assault. In addition, there was evidence of PREVIOUS abuse (healing rib fractures). But this sh** of a father is getting off easy anyway.

http://columbustelegram.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/dad-pleads-to-reduced-charge-in-abuse-of-son/article_379d070b-0c63-548e-9785-6492f3dc0645.html

Dad pleads to reduced charge in abuse of son

COLUMBUS — A Columbus father pleaded no contest Monday to head butting his 4-month-old son multiple times so hard last January that the child stopped breathing and suffered brain and retinal bleeding.

Defendant Jeremy Hetrick, 25, entered his plea to a charge of attempted child abuse after Platte County District Court Judge Robert Steinke told the defendant several times he would not be bound by the terms of a plea deal with the prosecution during sentencing.

"The plea agreement is in no way binding on the court at sentencing,'' Steinke said. "I'm going to do what the court deems fair and reasonable regardless of any plea agreement.

Hetrick was initially charged with child abuse, a Class II felony punishable by a maximum of 50 years imprisonment and a minimum of one year imprisonment. Attempted child abuse is a Class III felony and carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

In exchange for Hetrick's plea to the reduced charge, the Platte County Attorney's Office agreed to recommend probation at sentencing.

Steinke asked County Attorney Carl Hart if the victim of the abuse and his mother were supportive of the terms of the plea agreement.

"The victim (and his mother) are on board with this plea agreement,'' Hart told the judge.

The financial considerations, the defendant's responsibility for ongoing child support and medical insurance for the child, were a motivation for agreeing to the deal, the county attorney said.

Hetrick was charged in connection with a Jan. 22 incident at a 27th Street apartment the defendant shared with the child’s mother.

The boy, who is not being identified to protect his and his mother’s identities, was treated at Columbus Community Hospital before being transferred to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.

Hart said the child's injuries were consistent with abusive head trauma, resulting in him being placed on a respirator and spending several days in "great distress" at the Omaha hospital before returning home.

Hetrick was home alone the afternoon of the incident caring for his son while the boy’s mother was at work.

Court documents in the case describe an incident in which Columbus Police and rescue personnel responded to a 911 emergency call from Hetrick at 5:24 p.m. Jan. 22 reporting that his son had stopped breathing.

Officer Logan Bronson was among the first to arrive at the scene and performed "chest compressions" to revive the child because he couldn’t feel the victim’s pulse, according to an affidavit filed by Capt. Bret Strecker in the case.

The officer reported the child seemed to be having trouble breathing and gasped for breaths intermittently, Strecker said in his statement. The boy was then taken to the hospital emergency room.

Strecker said hospital medical personnel reported the child suffered “subdural hematomas” in the front and back and on both the right and left sides of his head.

“There was no skull fracture, just bleeding on the brain. He also had bleeding into the whites and retinas of his eyes,’’ Strecker said the emergency room doctor reported.

Strecker said the doctor also reported the child had three healed rib fractures that occurred at least six weeks prior to the Jan. 22 incident.

In a later interview with the defendant, Strecker said Hetrick admitted he lost his patience when his son became fussy that night. The defendant said he “squeezed” the boy between his arm and side to get him to stop fussing, the captain said.

“He (Hetrick) said he became frustrated and then head butted (the boy) ‘very hard,’’’ Strecker said. The defendant said he saw the boy’s head going back and forth from front to back but did not remember shaking him, the captain said.

Dad gets probation for abusing newborn daughter (Madison, Nebraska)

Criminal coddling is usually labelled (by conservatives) as a "liberal" thing. But in reality, all the courts make continual excuses and accommodations for criminal daddies who abuse children, even newborns. The poor widdle dear was really STRESSED from all that crying. Boo hoo. Guess that makes it okay for this piece of sh** to shake or bash her?

Probation and a couple of useless classes. Wow. That'll show him.

Notice that there is NO mention of a mother in this home. Makes me wonder if this is a single father who does not live with the mother, but has some sort of visitation.

Dad is identified as JUSTIN GORE.

http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/news/father-gets-probation-for-shaking-newborn-daughter/article_db5923ac-ae7c-11e2-8cc6-0019bb30f31a.html

Father gets probation for shaking newborn daughter

Posted: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:24 am
By TRISHA SCHULZ 

MADISON — A new father who shook his 2-week-old girl out of frustration because she wouldn’t stop crying has already spent more than six months in jail.

He won’t face additional jail time on his felony child abuse charge but must complete 18 months of probation under his sentence given by Judge Mark Johnson in Madison County district court here Thursday morning.

Justin Gore, 22, admitted to shaking his daughter after he had been up for long hours and she wouldn’t stop crying, according to a police report.

The girl had been taken to the hospital for vomiting and diarrhea last September. Two subsequent doctor’s exams revealed bruising on her body. A CAT scan revealed a subdural bleed on the right side of her head which would be consistent with being shaken or struck.

She was only 19 days old.

Madison County deputy attorney Joe Hurd classified the abuse as especially egregious because of her age — with no ability to speak out against the abuse or defend herself.

Gore’s lawyer, Kyle Melia of the Madison County public defender’s office, said Gore was overwhelmed as a new father.

“He didn’t know how to properly respond to a child he needed to nurture,” he said.

There appears to be no lasting injuries to the girl, he said.

Gore said he hopes one day his family will forgive his actions.

“I’m ashamed of myself for it. I wish I could go back and change it,” he said.

Johnson noted Gore’s lack of criminal history in making his ruling but also stressed that the crime was violent.

“You were very lucky nothing more serious happened,” he told Gore. As part of Gore’s probation, he is required to take anger management and parenting classes.

Dad gets probation for waterboarding four children; is this a custodial father? (Jefferson County, Montana)

Dad WILLIAM PROVINCE sounds like a very dangerous man, but he's gonna be coddled anyway.

Did this creepy psycho have custody??? We first posted on this case back in December, and there was no mention of a mother at that time either. Just the "girlfriend."

So what happened to Mom? When you have gun nut who is into domestic violence and inflicting torture on children, you got to wonder about the mother's whereabouts, whether she is alive and safe, and how Daddy managed to secure access to these kids.

Funny how all he gets is probation for all this, when a mother doing the same would be denounced as an unfeeling monster.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292537/Father-waterboarded-sons-children-learning-experience-given-probation.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Father who waterboarded his sons and two other children as a 'learning experience for them' is given probation

William Province admitted using the technique on four boys as young as 9

Was given two years' probation after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors

Province was arrested after his then girlfriend contacted police

She said he broke her wrist and some fingers as she tried to stop him

Waterboarding simulates drowning and can cause brain damage

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:04:13 EST, 13 March 2013| UPDATED: 04:13 EST, 13 March 2013

A father has admitted waterboarding four children - including his two sons - after claiming it was a learning experience for them.

William Province, 42, pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child and was given two years' probation.

Province from Jefferson County, Montana, carried out the torture, which simulates drowning, on his nine and 12-year-old sons and two other children aged 13 and 15, according to court documents filed by prosecutors.

His girlfriend at the time said he broke her wrist and some fingers on December 5 when she tried to stop him from punishing the children, court records said.

She said Province straddled each boy with his hands over the child's face and mouth and dumped water on their faces to simulate drowning.

The woman told investigators that the man described it as a learning experience for the boys.

Waterboarding is an extreme form of torture which can result in oxygen deprivation to the brain and lungs.

Prosecutors dropped felony charges that included making threats against public officials and others.

In keeping with the plea agreement, District Judge James B. Wheelis sentenced the man to 180 days in jail for each charge, all suspended.

That amounts to two years of probation, minus the 80 days he has already spent in custody, the Independent Record reported.

Prosecutors said in court records that a witness had reported that the man had body armor, assault rifles and armor-piercing ammunition.

Investigators found some ammunition and three rifles that may have belonged to Province.

Authorities did not elaborate on what kinds of weapons specifically were found or suspected.

Jefferson County Attorney Mathew Johnson said the plea deal was reached after a thorough review of the evidence.

The agreement calls for deferring prosecution of the man on a charge of partner or family member assault.

Police launched a hunt for Province after his girlfriend told them about the punishment.

He was arrested when he exited a plane at Helena Airport on his return from travelling in Alaska.

Dad in custody for death of 20-month-old daughter (Gadsden, Alabama)

It does not sound like these parents are married, or were even living together. It does sound like another ridiculous effort to "involve" a criminal sperm donor.

Dad is identified as STEPHON LINDSAY.

http://whnt.com/2013/03/13/gadsden-police-investigate-toddlers-death/

Gadsden Police Investigate Toddler’s Death; Father In Custody

Posted on: 11:30 am, March 13, 2013, by Claire Aiello, updated on: 11:38am, March 13, 2013

GADSDEN, Ala. (WHNT) – Gadsden Police are investigating the death of a 20-month-old child. The girl’s father is in custody.

Police found the body of a child Tuesday night at the dead end of Plainview Street. They have not officially confirmed she is the missing girl yet.

Police say Tasmine Thomas reported her daughter, Maliyah Tashay Lindsay, missing on Monday, March 11. The woman said her daughter had been missing since March 5, and said the girl’s father, Stephon Lindsay, said he was going to take the child to his sister’s house for a few days.

The mother said she was asleep when Lindsay actually took the child. She said he had returned the next morning when she woke up.

Tasmine said after a week, she told Stephon she wanted to get her daughter. He said he would go with her. Tasmine told police Stephon then left to get gas for his car and pick up Maliyah from his sister. Tasmine called the sister, who said she had not seen Stephon or the baby for several weeks.

Tasmine tried to reach Stephon, but didn’t get a response, so she called police. Police arrested Stephon Lindsay on Tuesday night. He is being held in the Etowah County Jail without bond. Lindsay is not charged with the child’s death yet; he is currently being held for a probation violation.

Dad gets probation for nearly killing 5-week-old son (Gillette, Wyoming)

Whatta a deal. Daddy assaults the baby for crying and lies about it. He threatens the baby's older brother not to tell. AND HE STILL GETS A PROBATION.

Dad is identified as JOHN F. LEWIS III.

http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/stories/Shaken-baby,86784?category_id=93&sub_type=stories,maps

Shaken baby
Father is sentenced in the case Thursday

Nathan Payne, City/Living Editor Posted 2/28/13

Melissa Hicks looked into the eyes of her son, Cody, on Thursday morning and wondered what could have been.

As she cradled his tiny body in her arms, she recalled the moments in late June when he stopped breathing while she was holding his 5-week-old frame.

“He died right there in my arms,” she said as a tear streaked down her cheek, leaving a trail of eye makeup. “I found my baby, blue, lifeless and unresponsive. His life was over before it ever started.”

She revived him while her husband called 911.

That was the moment when Cody’s life ended and a lifetime of what could have been began.

Her husband told her that Cody had a bellyache and was in his crib, but she knew his condition was much worse than that as soon as she scooped him up from his bed. Melissa kept him alive for what seemed like hours as she waited for an ambulance to get to her home southeast of Gillette.

The boy, who now is 9 months old, was only a few weeks old when his father, John F. Lewis III, became frustrated with his crying and shook him. Cody’s tiny brain bounced off of the inside of his scull, causing a subdural hematoma, a brain bleed. He stopped crying, not because he was comforted by his father, but because he was dying.

Days of treatment at Campbell County Memorial Hospital gave Melissa no answers. Eventually, after Cody began to convulse uncontrollably, he was sent by air ambulance to Denver.

She knew something was not right.

In the days and weeks following that night when Melissa came home from work to find her son barely clinging to life, John Lewis refused to admit to anybody that he had shaken his son, she said.

Even after doctors at Children’s Hospital of Colorado told the couple that their newborn son was the victim of severe child abuse, he would not admit what he had done. They told the couple to use their last days with their son wisely. They told them it was time to think about getting a priest to give Cody his last rites.

Melissa had to consider asking a priest to lay hands on her boy and, hopefully, provide a calm end to his short life.

But he didn’t die. Each time doctors told Melissa to expect the worst, Cody surpassed their predictions.

Cody has recovered some ­— a few days ago he crawled a little — but still he is months behind where he should be. Doctors say the extent of the damage done to his brain may not be evident until he is much older.

Today, Melissa clings to the small victories, the little glimmers from her son’s eyes or the occasional coo.

Doctors say that the blood that pooled behind Cody’s eyes may have damaged his eyesight permanently.

That parts of his brain that control motor skills were damaged. That the shaking destroyed most of the frontal lobes of his brain.

Eventually, John Lewis admitted to deputies that he had shaken his infant son until he stopped crying. It was Cody’s 7-year-old half-brother who told deputies what Lewis had done.

The boy had the courage to stand up for his infant brother, even after being threatened by his mother’s new husband, Melissa said.

Lewis was charged with aggravated child abuse, a felony, punishable by up to 25 years in prison.

And, in November, the 35-year-old man changed his plea to guilty in a deal with prosecutors that would recommend he not spend a day in prison. It would be a four- to five-year sentence suspended in favor of probation.

The deal infuriated Melissa.

“You’d spend more time for drugs in prison than you do for harming a child,” she said. “Those children need a voice.”

During the change-of-plea hearing, she protested the deal that she says prosecutors struck without consulting her. She asked District Judge Michael N. “Nick” Deegan for a chance to speak. He asked her to write a victim impact statement.

It is a statement that she planned to read Thursday at the 11 a.m. hearing where Deegan would decide whether to stick to the deal prosecutors struck with John Lewis.

Melissa said she would speak not for herself, but for Cody. She would ask that Deegan depart from the prosecutors’ deal and put Lewis in prison for at least five years. She prefers he be locked up for 10.

It would be a voice for a boy who may never have one of his own.

Dad gets 90 days in jail for killing 6-month-old daughter (Cortez, Colorado)

So a killer dad gets a pass because he was young and "frustrated"--even though he initially lied about how the baby got hurt. 90 freaking days in jail! 

Meanwhile, in Florida, a mom is getting slammed because she "failed" to stop the psycho father of her sons from killing people in a police standoff, even though she was severely injured herself! She will serve AT LEAST 15 years. 

We sure have a low bar for men, don't we. And a correspondingly high bar for mothers. Guilty, because you aren't Superwoman!

The coddled killer daddy is identified as DYLAN KUHN. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211824/Fury-father-19-killed-baby-daughter-given-just-90-days-jail----judge-feels-prison-creates-repeat-offenders.html?openGraphAuthor=%2Fhome%2Fsearch.html%3Fs%3D%26authornamef%3DEmily%2BAnne%2BEpstein

Fury after father, 19, who killed his baby daughter is given just 90 days in jail . . . because judge feels prison only 'creates repeat offenders' Dylan Kuhn, 19, plead guilty to manslaughter charges in the death of six-month-old Sailor Defense argued death was tragic accident and teen was truly sorry Mother April Coleman, 19, also defended the father of her child Judge Douglas Walker sentenced him to 90 days in prison for the crime, saying that prison would not suit the killer

By EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN

PUBLISHED: 11:31 EST, 2 October 2012 | UPDATED: 13:18 EST, 2 October 2012

Child activists are furious with a Colorado judge for giving a child-killer a slap on the wrists.

Dylan Kuhn, 19, plead guilty to manslaughter for slamming his daughter Sailor Serenity Raine Kuhn on November 1, 2011, after partying with friends the night before on Halloween.

But District Court Judge Douglas Walker decided on 90 days in prison, four years probation and a parenting class in lieu of a harsher penalty because he did not wish time behind bars to harden the guilty teen.

'I am giving you the opportunity. Make the best of this opportunity, if nothing else, to honor your daughter’s memory,' Judge Walker told Kuhn at his sentencing on Tuesday, according to the Cortez Journal.

The defense attorneys argued that given Kuhn's good-standing record, the judge should be lenient.

The judge agreed that long prison sentences cause criminals to repeat their offenses more often, rather than deter them.

The maximum sentence would have been four years in prison.

Kuhn admitted to prosecutors that after a night of Halloween revelry, he aggressively put his six-month-old daughter to bed. 

She had been crying and he was frustrated, he said, so he 'told her to shut up' and slammed her on the mattress. Later, she was found dead.

A medical examiner declared that the child died of trauma related to being banged against a soft, but unyielding surface.

'It's disturbing to see a judge sentence someone who admits causing a child's death to a sentence you see in misdemeanor cases, reckless driving cases,' Stephanie Villafuerte, executive director of the Denver-based Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, said to the Denver Post.

'It's very concerning the little value placed on this child's life.'

But the case is more complicated than the sentencing, as defenders pleaded for leniency after a host of errors made by the prosecutors and their contention that the incident was an accident.

'There are people who are so dangerous that they need to be locked in a cage; Dylan is not one of those people,' Kuhn's attorney, John Moran said. 'He has apologized to anyone who will listen.'

When Kuhn was first interviewed by prosecutors, a video of the event showed Kuhn crying through the entire tape.

He first told them that the baby had fallen off the couch, but changed his story after being told the evidence did not support his claim.

'I didn’t mean to hurt her,' he said in the taped interview. 'I did put her in her bed too hard.'

He then asked for an attorney, saying that he was too young to understand the gravity of the situation. 

Before his trial, the prosecutors also failed to hand over evidence to the defense with appropriate time for them to assess their contents, which may or may not have proven Kuhn's innocence.

The defense demanded the charges be dismissed, but a plea deal was struck in which Kuhn plead guilty to manslaughter and a charge of child abuse was dropped.

Prosecutors were hoping Kuhn would be sentenced to the maximum penalty.

'These are the reasons the people are asking for the maximum,' District Attorney Russell Wasley said. 'Nothing can restore the (life) of this baby. In the end he is not suitable for probation.'

At the sentencing, it appears the judge was swayed by the emotional testimony of Kuhn's family.

'I am so worried that if you send him away he will shut down,' Kuhn’s mother, Vicki Espinoza, said. 'I don’t know why it went this far. It was an accident.'

She said that Sailor was her son's life and that he has been destroyed by the tragedy.

He still lives with the mother of the baby, April Coleman. 'He loved Sailor,' Miss Coleman told the court. 'The times I observed him with Sailor he was great. I am not exactly sure what happened here.' 

Judge Walker also sentenced Kuhn to mental health and substance evaluation and treatment and ordered him not to be allowed to be alone with children under the age of 10, court costs and possible restitution.

After being sentenced, an emotional Kuhn spoke to the court.

'I loved my daughter very much. I am very sorry. I was told I was too young to raise her, and that turned out to be true,' he said, weeping. 'I am sorry to everyone. I can’t bring her back.'

Dad flees police, leaving unrestrained 6-month-old baby in car (Fort Pierce, Florida)

Check out dad KENT CANTY's rap sheet. Whatta prince....

Not clear whether Mom got custody back.

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/sep/06/fort-pierce-man-flees-police-leaving-baby-inside/

Fort Pierce man flees police, leaving baby inside car

By Elliott Jones TCPalm

Posted September 6, 2012 at 4:36 p.m.

FORT PIERCE — A 27-year-old father eluding police crashed his car and fled, leaving his unrestrained 6-month-old child crying in the front seat on Wednesday night. Officers found the man as he came out of hiding nearby in bushes outside a Walgreen's store on 25th Street at 7:37 p.m. Wednesday. A person at the store said the father asked him to exchange shirts.

Initially the driver gave officers the wrong name and age and said he didn't know what was going on, according to police reports. Officers took the baby to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute for examination and found the mother by reading the car's registration.

The baby was unharmed and was released to a relative.

"Leaving a child is unconscionable," said Police Sgt. Dennis McWilliams.

While searching for the registration, officers found 40 grams of marijuana in the car's glove compartment, police reports said. It was packed in small bags tied in knots, similar to what is done when marijuana is sold, police said.

Through fingerprint records, officers learned the man is Kent Canty, 27, of Fort Pierce, who was wanted on charges of driving on a suspended license and domestic battery. Now he's also charged with fleeing from police, reckless driving, child neglect, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, driving on a suspended license for a third time and violation of probation.

"Obviously this is someone who does not have his priorities straight," McWilliams said.

The crash occurred after police started following him because he was traveling at 43 mph in a 25 mph zone on 13th Street. He allegedly refused to stop and turned onto Virginia Avenue while gradually going faster. He ran a red light on Okeechobee Road and the officer backed off and notified 911. Finally the car crashed into another car at Delaware Avenue, bashing in the front of Canty's silver-colored vehicle, according to reports.

He is being held in the St. Lucie County jail in lieu of a $66,500 bail.

Dad accused of abusing 1-year-old son, son's mother (Brooksville, Florida)

Appears that this is nothing new for dad BRANDON LEE DANIELS. He has a long history of being a dickhead.

http://www2.hernandotoday.com/news/hernando-news/2012/aug/10/domestic-violence-allegation-made-against-convicte-ar-460521/


Domestic violence allegation made against convicted child abuser

By TONY HOLT | Hernando Today
Published: August 10, 2012 Updated: August 10, 2012 - 3:05 PM

BROOKSVILLE --
A man whose criminal record includes child abuse and battery arrests has been accused again of inflicting violence.

This time the victims were his girlfriend and their 1-year-old son, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

Brandon Lee Daniels, 35, of 11003 Knuckey Road, was arrested Thursday afternoon on charges of domestic battery and child neglect.

Deputies said the suspect attacked his girlfriend after she grabbed their child out of Daniels' arms, fled from the yard and hid behind some bushes along Bailey Hill Road.

Daniels walked down the street screaming for his girlfriend to give him his wallet, according to an arrest report.

The girlfriend's brother was behind him driving Daniels' SUV telling him his wallet was in the vehicle, but Daniels continued screaming for his girlfriend, deputies said.

When Daniels found his girlfriend, she still had her son in her arms. He tried forcing her into the SUV and started punching her in the head and grabbing her leg, according to the sheriff's office.

While battering his girlfriend, he shoved her against the SUV and the couple's child hit his head on the window, deputies said.

The woman got into the vehicle with her son and her brother drove away, leaving Daniels behind, according to the report.

Neither the woman nor her child required medical attention, but deputies said both of them sustained bruises during the incident.

Daniels was booked shortly before 1 p.m. at the Hernando County Jail. He was charged with an additional count of violation of probation.

He was convicted November 2011 on a charge of child abuse. Daniels decided – on the day of his scheduled trial date – to plead guilty and accept the state's offer of one year of probation and 50 hours of community service.

His conviction was related to an arrest 10 months earlier in Weeki Wachee. Daniels had struck a girl three times with an open hand after she had refused his orders to clean her room. He told authorities the girl had thrown a stuffed animal at him and kicked him.

Deputies said the girl suffered bruises on her left and right thighs and on her left jawbone.

Daniels said he was enforcing discipline. The sheriff's office never disclosed whether the girl was Daniels' daughter.

Other requirements of his plea agreement from last year included random drug screenings, prohibition from visiting bars during his one-year probation and participation in a batterer's intervention program, according to court records.

Daniels was arrested in March 2010 on a domestic battery charge, but the case was dismissed a month later. In February 2007, he was convicted of DUI.

Custodial dad jailed for handcuffing 14-year-old son to the furniture (Marana, Arizona)

And the handcuffing is only the tip of the iceberg. Dad FEDERICO J. BALLESTEROS II and the charming step also engaged in all kinds of other abuse, including beatings and the withholding of food, against this boy--and his siblings.

Also notice that Daddy kept this child away from his legal guardian, the grandmother, from 2003 to 2011, and the authorities didn't do a damn thing till now.

Notice there is NOT ONE WORD about this boy's mother. Not one. It's as if the baby had been found in a cabbage patch. Typical media erasure of mothers from these kinds of stories.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/marana-father-gets-jail-in-child-handcuffing-case/article_95702aa4-893c-5520-8a80-959073f26960.html

Marana father gets jail in child-handcuffing case
June 28, 2012 12:00 am

Kim Smith, Arizona Daily Star

A Marana man charged with handcuffing his eldest son to furniture was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and seven years' probation.

Federico J. Ballesteros II was indicted in February on three counts of child abuse and one count of custodial interference after his 14-year-old son told workers at Marana Middle School he was too scared to go home.

During a forensic interview, the boy said his stepmother and father often forced him to sleep outside, that his stepmother wouldn't give him breakfast, sometimes forced him to skip dinner, and beat him with her hands, a belt and a horsewhip.

The boy also said he was sometimes handcuffed to his brother's bed or a chair in the living room. Detectives took photos of the boy's hand after he said his stepmother forced him to burn it on the stove.

Three of the boy's siblings and four cousins who live on the same property confirmed the boy's story, court documents indicate. The siblings also reported beatings.

In addition, the underage cousins told authorities the stepmother asked them if they wanted to see what the 14-year-old watches at night and then played a pornographic movie for them, according to court documents. The boy's 9-year-old sister was also present.

One month after Ballesteros' indictment, prosecutors dismissed his case, but sought a second indictment against him that included his wife.

The grand jury indicted Ballesteros on one count of custodial interference and three counts of kidnapping.

Ballesteros was facing a custodial interference charge for keeping the 14-year-old away from his grandmother, his legal guardian, from April 1, 2003, through Dec. 31, 2011.

The grand jurors indicted Sugey Guadalupe Santos-Cordova on three counts of kidnapping, three counts of child abuse and six counts of furnishing obscene or harmful items to minors.

Ballesteros pleaded guilty to kidnapping last month. Pima County Superior Court Judge Howard Fell had the option of placing him on probation or sentencing him to between three and 12 1/2 years in prison.

The case against Ballesteros' wife is pending trial, said Deputy County Attorney Jared Kreamer-Hope.

All of the children living in the home were placed in the care of state Child Protective Services.

Dad accused of "twisting" 9-month-old daughter just for the fun of making her cry; baby has multiple fractures (Livingston County, Michigan)

Sounds like dad ROBERT GEORGE ALBERT has a sadistic streak that's about a mile wide. Though Mom has some serious problems too, like drug dependency, it appears that Daddy's abuse mostly took place when she was not home (working?).

http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20120628/NEWS01/206280301/Hamburg-father-twisted-infant-unnaturally-his-own-amusement-friend-testifies

Hamburg father twisted infant 'unnaturally' for his own amusement, friend testifies
Jun. 28, 2012
Written by Lisa Roose-Church, DAILY PRESS & ARGUS

A Hamburg Township father shook his daughter and twisted her "unnaturally" for his own amusement, a witness testified at a Wednesday hearing to determine if the father should be tried for child abuse.

Following the testimony, Livingston County District Judge L. Suzanne Geddis bound over Robert George Albert, 25, to Circuit Court for trial on a first-degree child abuse charge.

"I do find the defendant knowingly and intentionally caused physical harm to (the infant)," the judge said. "The description of him dropping the child on the couch, the description of him shaking the child and trying to flex the child ... is not something you would do to a 9-month-old child."

The infant was undergoing a routine examination in May when medical personnel discovered possible injuries.

Dr. Bethany Mohr, director of the Child Protection Team at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, testified that the infant suffered "multiple fractures" and hemorrhaging in her eyes that were indicative of child abuse.

Kyle Amwake, who said he has been friends with Albert since high school, described Albert as a man who enjoyed toying with his infant daughter just to hear her cry.

Amwake said Albert would pull a bottle out of his daughter's mouth during feeding and then replace it only to pull it out again because he wanted to hear her cry. He said the defendant called the infant a "greedy baby" as he toyed with her.

"It was almost like it was a game to him," Amwake said.

Amwake testified that Albert placed his hands on his daughter's shoulders and shook her, causing her head to wobble back and forth. The infant made "whoop" sounds, which Amwake described as an American Indian sound associated with the childhood game of Indian when a child taps fingers against an open mouth while making noise.

"Rob found this hilarious," he said.

Amwake also described incidents when Albert would put his daughter in "stress positions." He described this as Albert intentionally placing the infant's ankles next to her head and pushing her knees onto her chest. He said Albert claimed he was helping his daughter "stretch," and that it was what he was "supposed to do."

"He would crush all the air out of her," Amwake testified. "She was silent and when he stopped, she would cry her eyes out. It was disturbing. ... It was not a normal baby cry. It was absolute agony and pain, crying her eyes out."

Amwake said Albert abused the child only when the infant's mother was not at home. He said he witnessed this behavior "every day" between eight and 12 times a day. On cross-examination, Amwake clarified that every day meant each day he saw the defendant with his daughter.

Albert's brother, Erick Albert, also testified that he witnessed his brother drop the infant about 1 feet to 2 feet on the couch while changing her diaper and that she "bounced" and "cried uncontrollably."

In a second incident, Erick Albert said, his brother and the infant's mother would bind their daughter's arms during feeding times so she would not grab the spoon. He said the couple also left their daughter home alone when she was sleeping in her crib.

On cross-examination, both Amwake and Erick Albert admitted that neither called Child Protective Services or police to report the alleged child abuse.

"I didn't know what to do; I was scared," Erick Albert said.

Erick Albert also alleged that the infant's parents smoked synthetic cannabis known as K2 in front of their daughter.

Robert Albert, who did not testify during the preliminary exam, said he did not know using K2 was considered a violation of his probation until his probation officer told him otherwise.

The infant's mother, who did testify, said they smoked K2 when their daughter was in another room.

Her testimony ended, however, when she exercised her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself. That decision came on the advice of her attorney when the mother said that she "lied" when she told police she heard her daughter make a noise and banging noise when the defendant was with their daughter alone the night before taking her daughter to the doctor's appointment.

After the preliminary exam, Geddis sentenced Robert Albert to 93 days in the county jail for violating probation.

The prosecutor's office alleged Robert Albert used mood-altering substances, but he denied that allegation. The prosecutor's office also said the new alleged criminal behavior violated his probation. He was on probation for an impaired driving offense, according to court records.

Dad guilty of manslaughter, aggravated assault in death of 7-week-old daughter (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Dad is identified as ASHIQUR RAHMAN.

http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/273288/father-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-babys-death/
June 22, 2012
Updated: June 23, 2012 | 4:21 pm
Father guilty of manslaughter in baby's death

By Alison Auld The Canadian Press

HALIFAX – A judge convicted a Halifax man Friday in the death of his baby daughter, finding the new father slapped, shook and tossed her after becoming frustrated by a series of business failures and the cries of his child.
Nova Scotia Supreme Court Judge Felix Cacchione found Ashiqur Rahman guilty of manslaughter and aggravated assault, and described him as a manipulative, domineering man who controlled much of what happened in his home.

Cacchione said Rahman, who’s in his late 20s, had little interest in his new baby and was solely focused on starting an online business in Canada after moving here from Bangladesh.

“The evidence satisfies me that Mr. Rahman had no bond with his daughter,” Cacchione said in his ruling that took 2 1/2 hours to read.

“His focus was on his business, himself and nothing else.”

Rahman, wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with an Ashiqur Industries logo, sat quietly during the lengthy proceeding, but appeared surprised when the judge remanded him into custody and said “I didn’t do anything,” as he was led away by justice officials.
A sentencing hearing was scheduled for Aug. 7.
Rahman had pleaded not guilty to both charges in the death of seven-week-old Aurora Breakthrough in July 2009.

The prosecution argued that the case hinged on Rahman’s credibility versus that of the baby’s mother, Jane Gomes, who testified she saw her ex-boyfriend slap and shake the newborn in the weeks before she died.
Gomes received a conditional discharge with six months probation for failing to provide the necessities of life for Aurora.

Gomes sat in the second row of the court gallery and was surrounded by supporters as Cacchione read his verdict. One of them had her arm around the petite woman, who had her head down for much of the verdict.

Gomes didn’t speak to reporters as she left court.

Crown attorney Denise Smith said she was pleased with the decision and that Gomes was relieved to have a measure of vindication in the death of her daughter.
“She was quite tearful. I think she felt very vindicated,” Smith said outside court.
“We were attempting to show that … Mr. Rahman was frustrated by the demands of a young infant and the crying of a young infant, particularly. The judge found those facts as indications of a motive by Mr. Rahman.”

Cacchione found Rahman slapped Aurora “in anger and frustration” on June 29, only to slap her forcefully enough a week later to cause bleeding around the brain.

He said that on July 22, a frustrated Rahman either tossed or dropped the baby on the couple’s bed, causing the injuries that led to her death.

Rahman and Gomes are both from Bangladesh and came to Canada to study computer science at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., before moving to Halifax.

In closing arguments in April, the Crown argued that Rahman’s denials that he abused the child didn’t stand up against the testimony of the baby’s mother.

Smith said Gomes made some poor choices in failing to take the baby away after witnessing the abuse, but added that Gomes was telling the truth about Rahman’s tendency to lose control and harm Aurora.

The defence argued that Gomes’s testimony was motivated by a desire to shift blame away from herself, and came only after reaching a plea bargain with the Crown.

“I still stand behind my client as to what he had to say about his involvement in his daughter’s death,” Don Murray said outside court.

“It’s unfortunate that the judge chose not to accept what he had to say.”

Murray also argued that evidence from pathologists and medical experts didn’t prove Aurora died as a result of being shaken or hit. He said a pediatric cardiologist found Aurora had a congenital heart condition and it’s possible that played a role in her cardiac arrest on July 23, 2009, four days before she died in hospital.

Cacchione accepted that Aurora had an undiagnosed heart condition, but he said he doesn’t believe the condition caused her death.

He also accepted evidence of the emergency room doctor who testified that Aurora’s injuries were likely caused by non-accidental trauma and not from a cardiac event.

Testimony from several physicians who treated Aurora revealed that she had multiple rib fractures, retinal hemorrhages and brain injuries from various times in her short life.

The medical examiner who did the autopsy on Aurora concluded that the cause of death was a blunt force injury to her head, a finding that Cacchione accepted in his verdict.

Cacchione said Rahman became frustrated after a succession of business failures, “dire” financial circumstances and the stress of caring for a crying newborn.

He also called Rahman a “manipulator” who dictated where they lived and how money being sent from Bangladesh was spent.

“He is someone who likes to be in control and not someone who likes being told he is wrong,” Cacchione said.
He added that Rahman was physically, emotionally and verbally abusive to Gomes, who met him at Acadia University in 2008.
Rahman had little interest in his daughter, the judge said, noting that he left the hospital more than an hour after she was born and took a month to name her.

Dad charged in death of toddler freed (Stockton, California)

Dad is identified as DONALD LEE WILSON.

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120524/A_NEWS/205240336/-1/A_NEWS02

Dad charged in death of toddler freed
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore
Record Staff Writer
May 24, 2012 12:00 AM

STOCKTON - The court has ordered the release of a father charged with killing his infant child after attorneys reached a plea deal Wednesday.

Donald Lee Wilson, 23, had been headed for trial in the death of his 4-month-old son, Brandon Wilson, who medical doctors determined had traumatic brain injuries.

But in a sudden agreement at a pretrial hearing Wednesday, the prosecutor and defense attorney made a deal that allowed Wilson to be released from the San Joaquin County Jail immediately.

Wilson pleaded no contest to felony child abuse and an enhancement of infliction of great bodily injury.

The conviction is attached to a nine-year prison sentence, but that penalty was replaced with probation time by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Xapuri Villapudua who made the attorneys' agreement official.

"He would be allowed to return with his wife and stepchildren," Villapudua said. Wilson will serve five years probation and is ordered to attend a one-year child-abuser treatment program.

If Wilson violates the sentence terms, he may be ordered to serve the nine-year prison sentence.

San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Angela Hayes dropped charges of child abuse resulting in death, corporal injury to a child and two other great bodily injury enhancements.

On Aug. 1, 2011, Wilson called for emergency help after his son stopped breathing, according to testimony in a preliminary hearing. He told emergency responders Brandon had a choking episode.

The following day, the baby was transported to a children's intensive-care facility in Sacramento, where he remained comatose and on a ventilator.

Physicians decided the child's injuries reflected child abuse.

San Joaquin County's chief medical examiner, Bennet Omalu, concluded that Brandon was hit on the head with great force, and he said the baby's death was caused by traumatic head injuries.

Private defense attorney Peter Johnson said Wilson withdrew his original plea of not guilty to no contest because he faced a possible life sentence if convicted by a jury.

"He's going home. That's all I have to say," Johnson said.

Hayes couldn't be reached for comment after the ruling.

Wilson's family and wife - the child's mother - declined to comment on the resolution.

Villapudua on Wednesday said the court finds there is no substantial risk of harm to Wilson's wife or children.

Custodial dad beats 4-year-old daughter to death--less than one month after getting custody (Augusta, Georgia)

This is an model case for illustrating the complete double standards under which mothers and fathers are treated. I'm NOT claiming that this mom was a candidate for mother of the year. But when most of the reported complaints are in the more-or-less bullsh** category you have to wonder.

1) Kids apparently looked "unkempt" after what may have been a long walk with their mother (in unspecified weather) to the hospital to see their sister. Seriously?

2) Mom, who apparently does not have a car, unable to visit the child in the hospital "regularly." This is a surprise? She shows up with different family members each time, or HORRORS! A different man? I don't get this at all. So one time her sister comes, and another time a cousin. What is the freaking big deal here? I bet Mom had NO IDEA she was being secretly judged on having the same set of visitors every time. And might some of this variation be due as to who was able to give her a ride? As if it even mattered in the slightest?

3) Mom didn't hold the baby? And the social worker knows this how? How long was this observation going on? Five minutes here and there? Maybe Mom was focusing on the social worker's questions just then? So that's one big unsubstantiated (ridiculous) leap to conclude there was no "bonding" with the baby.

4) Despite all of Mom's apparent transportation problems (which are very common with low income single mothers), she still shows up for parenting classes regularly. But she apparently gets little to no credit for following the rules. Rather, she's going to get smeared for "violating" UNWRITTEN rules, you know, like showing up with her mom for one hospital visit, and her brother during another. Or giving her full attention to the nosy social worker at the hospital.

5) Then there's the face pinching thing, where it's not clear who was doing what.

SO. Because Mom's not "stable," the child is sent to live with dad WILLIE C. JONES, though HE HAD NEVER LIVED WITH THE CHILD.

This should have been our first sign that we were not dealing with a committed "bonded" father, but just a sperm donor ex-boyfriend/sex partner. An ex-boyfriend/sperm donor with an EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY, including aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and kidnapping. And that's not even going into his unspecified psychiatric issues and substance abuse problems.

Who the hell thought this was an improvement over Mom? Only to the deluded fathers rights/father exaltation type is this an improvment.

Well, surprise, surprise. BEFORE THE MONTH IS OUT, the newly custodial dad has beaten the girl to death--first with a belt, and then with a curtain rod.

Would you have really expected any differently with a proven piece of scum like this?

And yet, predictably, the "crimes" of the mother and father are treated as morally and ethically identical (see the comments with this article if you don't believe me). The fact is, we hold mothers to MUCH HIGHER STANDARDS of behavior, then refuse to give them the authority or resources that would allow them to meet those standards. While the most neglectful, absent, and abusive--and yes, even violently criminal--father can get custody just for showing up.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-05-05/child-neglect-investigated-years-girls-death?v=1336255916

Child neglect investigated in years before girl's death

 By Sandy Hodson
Staff Writer
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Before 4-year-old Ty’Asia Phillips was removed from life support and died March 17 after what authorities say was a brutal beating by her father, there had been three calls to child protective services stating concerns over her well-being, documents obtained by The Augusta Chron­icle show.

Willie C. Jones, 22, is charged with murder in the death of his daughter, Ty'Asia Phillips, 4.

The Department of Family and Children Services was first called when Ty’Asia was in the hospital in January 2009, according to agency files secured in an open-records request. The reason for the hospitalization and other facts about the case were deleted from the report.

When her mother came to visit, she brought another child, and both appeared dirty and unkempt, the complaint states. A DFCS caseworker interviewed the mother, who explained that she had to walk to the hospital with her other child.

The caseworker determined Ty’Asia would be living with her mother and maternal grandmother, who was supportive and who maintained a safe home, and closed the case.

A few months later, DFCS was called again. The mother had not been visiting Ty’Asia regularly in the hospital, and when she did show up she brought along different men or family members, the case file states. No one held the baby during the brief visits, leading a hospital worker to believe there was no bonding with the child. Though the mother had attended parenting meetings, there were worries about Ty’Asia’s safety because she would need special care after her release. The social worker decided there wasn’t any danger, especially in light of the grandmother’s decision to seek guardianship. The caseworker referred the family to support services, and the case was closed in May 2009.

Last Nov. 11, someone called DFCS after Ty’Asia arrived at her day care center with bruises on her face that looked like thumbprints. The social worker was told that Ty’Asia looked as though she had lost 3 to 4 pounds in one week.

When Ty’Asia’s family was questioned about the bruising, another child in the home confessed to pinching Ty’Asia’s face, according to the DFCS file. The case was closed for lack of any significant evidence of maltreatment.

Ty’Asia’s grandmother sent her to stay with her father, Willie C. Jones, on Feb. 26 – the first time the girl had lived with him – because she was going to have surgery, according to statements made in court during Jones’ bond hearing last month. Ty’Asia’s mother was not stable enough to be responsible for the child, and there wasn’t anyone else to keep her, the DFCS file states.

Jones’ family also wanted to establish a relationship with Ty’Asia, and her maternal grandmother believed other adult family members were living with Jones.

Someone from the maternal side of the family called and spoke to Ty’Asia regularly, the DFCS file states. Asked whether she was eating and having fun, the child said yes.

Her grandmother intended to retrieve Ty’Asia the week of March 11.

According to Jones, the girl played outside with her cousins all day March 11, breaking only for pizza and a drink. After coming inside around 6 p.m., Jones said, Ty’Asia collapsed on the floor, unable to breathe. When splashing cold water on her didn’t work, Jones called relatives in a panic, the DFCS file says.

Jones told a DFCS worker that someone else had abused Ty’Asia. He disciplined her only by twice making her stand in a corner, the file stated. Jones blamed the maternal side of Ty’Asia’s family and accused them of abandoning her.

Three children told investigators, however, that Ty’Asia’s father beat her that day with a belt until it broke, then used a curtain rod and a shoe. At some point, Ty’Asia was burned by a heater in the home. The doctor who examined her believed all of the injuries were caused at the same time.

Sheriff’s investigators said Jones later admitted to beating Ty’Asia. He has been charged with murder in her death.

At the time of Ty’Asia’s injuries, Jones was on probation for aggravated assault and terroristic threats. According to the prosecution file obtained by The Chronicle, Jones was off his psychiatric medication and crazed with anger when he attacked an ex-girlfriend and her friend, April Dunn and Willie Reid.


A district attorney file states that Jones and Dunn had a child together. She told sheriff’s investigators that she left Jones because he was physically abusive. She went to stay with Reid, an older friend who had lost a leg.

Three times on Sept. 10, 2008, Jones went to Reid’s Wrights­boro Road home and demanded Dunn return to him. At one point he yanked her out of a vehicle and hit her in the mouth with his hand before grabbing one of Reid’s crutches to hit her, it was reported.

“I come to kill you,” Reid quoted Jones as saying the third time he came to the house. Jones was clutching a large butcher knife, and when he pulled on the screen door, Reid fired a shotgun.

Investigators determined that Reid acted in self-defense. They charged Jones with kidnapping and aggravated assault.

On Feb. 26, 2009, Jones pleaded guilty to reduced charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats. Judge Michael N. Annis sentenced him to five years’ probation under the First Offender Act.

The judge ordered Jones to obtain his GED, undergo drug and alcohol counseling, receive mental health treatment and attend a domestic violence prevention program. He also ordered Jones to perform 200 hours of community service and to stay away from Dunn and Reid.

If Annis determines that Jones has violated those conditions, as his probation officer contended in a warrant obtained March 13, he could resentence Jones to as long as 27 years in prison.

Dad with "shared custody" admits striking 8-year-old son with cricket bat (Ipswich, Australia)

Despite what looks like a volatile temper, UNNAMED DAD apparently had few problems in securing "shared custody."

http://www.qt.com.au/story/2012/04/18/man-struck-son-8-cricket-bat/

Man struck son, 8 with cricket bat

18th April 2012 4:14 PM

AN IPSWICH man has admitted to striking his eight-year-old son with a cricket bat as punishment for not cleaning his room.

The 31-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm while armed over the incident, which occurred in February.

Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday heard the father had a shared custody arrangement with the mother, and was looking after the boy when the assault took place.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Jo Colston said the boy reported the incident at school, telling staff that he'd been hit with a bat because his father was angry at him for not cleaning his bedroom.

Photos were taken of a minor injury to the boy's hip.

The court also heard of how the father broke down immediately after striking his son, saying sorry for what he'd done.

Defence lawyer Vince Knox said his client was deeply remorseful.

"It's a case where he has taken discipline one step too far," Mr Knox said.

The man had attended counselling sessions since the assault.

Magistrate Virginia Sturgess rejected Mr Knox's requests for the matter to be dealt with through a fine.

"Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs anyone will do, and there's no instruction manual," Ms Sturgess said.

"You have to remember that you are the adult.

"To discipline a child by striking them with a cricket bat is way over the top."

The man was placed on a 12-month probation order.

Dad who sexually assaulted daughter for 8 years gets probation (Lewiston, Maine)

Outrageous. But typical of the kid-glove treatment these dudes get. Dad is identified as DONALD LAGRANGE.

http://www.kjonline.com/news/Ex-Lewiston-firefighter-gets-probation-for-assault-.html

Ex-Lewiston firefighter who assaulted daughter gets probation

The Associated Press

AUBURN — A former Lewiston firefighter who pleaded guilty to assaulting his daughter over a period of years when she was a child has avoided any time behind bars.

Donald Lagrange was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison, but the entire sentence will be spent on probation. He was also barred from having contact with his now 26-year-old daughter or her family, any girl under the age of 18, and ordered to undergo treatment.

The 55-year-old Lagrange pleaded guilty last week to 20 counts of misdemeanor assault. Three counts of gross sexual assault were dropped.

The Sun Journal reports that Lagrange denied harming his daughter. His lawyer says his client pleaded guilty to avoid a "harrowing" trial.

His daughter said her father sexually assaulted her from age 8 to 16.