Dastardly Dads: Dad jailed for abusing 4-month-old son (Nassau County, Florida)

Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dad jailed for abusing 4-month-old son (Nassau County, Florida)

Dad ANDREW STEPHEN GMELIN II has been charged with 1st-degree aggravated child abuse for violently shaking his 4-month-old son.

http://jacksonville.com/community/my_nassau_sun/2010-01-11/story/nassau_father_jailed_in_shaken_baby_case

Nassau father jailed in shaken-baby case
By Deirdre Conner
Story updated at 7:04 PM on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010

A Nassau County man is behind bars after authorities say he abused his infant son.

Andrew Stephen Gmelin II, 27, is in the Nassau County detention center charged with first-degree aggravated child abuse, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives arrested Gmelin on Friday after pediatricians determined his 4-month-old son was suffering from shaken-baby syndrome, a term used to describe the results of violent shaking of an infant or small child damaging the head.

The baby is recovering at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dad jailed for abusing 4-month-old son (Nassau County, Florida)