Dad arrested for scalding infant son, 6-year-old twin boys (Sandy, Utah)

The dad is identified as MARK DEVONE LEAVITT. What a surprise that such a daddy has a prior criminal record.....

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Father arrested after infant, two boys found scalded

Aaron Vaughn, Web Producer

FOX 13 News

11:05 p.m. MDT, October 24, 2011

SANDY, Utah—

Police say they found two 6-year-old twin boys and an infant scalded when they arrived at a Sandy home while responding to a domestic dispute.

Sandy Police say that 37-year-old Mark Devone Leavitt confessed to putting his twin sons’ hands underneath hot sink water.

“One of the kids that came down and made contact with our officer, his hand was completely swollen, out of proportion if you will,” said Sandy Police Lt. Vic Quezada. “We then checked the rest of the home and found two more kids, an infant, I believe 15 months old. He had a severe burn mark on his right leg.”

Police say the initial call was for Leavitt, who allegedly physically abused his wife. When they arrived, police say both parents were intoxicated, arguing about the father driving under the influence. But police immediately shifted their concern after seeing the children.

The probable cause statement from Salt Lake County Jail says one boy was “crying and waiving his hands around because it hurt so bad.” The statement goes on saying the boy’s hand "was so swollen, it appeared in one of the photos he had a glove on."

Police say the abuse stems from a drunken fight between the couple last Thursday at their home on 1065 East Quarry View Dr.

Leavitt faces nine potential charges of child abuse, reckless endangerment, and domestic violence.

"For right now the children have been placed with family members. So they are safe. We are confident they will be OK until DCFS (Department of Children and Family Services) decides if they are going a different route -- state custody, with family members or back to the mom," said Quezada.

Sandy Police say were called to the home before and that Leavitt has a criminal record.