See link below for full story. Father JAMES MCINVALE JR. essentially abducted the baby from the mother in Michigan and took him to Alabama. Now Daddy is on trial for severely abusing the baby, who has been left with severe disabilities. Daddy blames his own Daddy. While they squabble, the mother is left to grieve over a baby who is severely brain damaged, with up to 200 seizures a day.
http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/2016/06/14/trial-for-father-accused-of-abusing-his-4-month-old-son-begins/
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
Friday, April 8, 2016
Custodial dad, step, get life in prison for beating death of 4-year-old daughter (Jacksonville, Florida)
The custodial dad is identified as JOHN ROSS NORFLEET. We've posted on this case before.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/31673952/dad-stepmom-get-lengthy-prison-sentences-in-childs-death
Dad, stepmom get lengthy prison sentences in child's death
Posted: Apr 08, 2016 4:58 AM EDT Updated: Apr 08, 2016 4:58 AM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Jacksonville father and stepmother have received lengthy prison sentences in the beating death of his 4-year-old daughter.
Media outlets report a judge sentenced 32-year-old John Ross Norfleet on Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years for the January 2015 death of Jada Norfleet.
The girl's stepmother, 34-year-old Shavonn Chanyell Norfleet, received 60 years in prison. Neither will be eligible for parole.
Prosecutors say John and Shavonn Norfleet disciplined the child by hitting her with a piece of lumber.
John Norfleet, who was a former high school teacher, was convicted last month on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a small child and aggravated child abuse.
Shavonn Norfleet was convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a child and aggravated child abuse.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/31673952/dad-stepmom-get-lengthy-prison-sentences-in-childs-death
Dad, stepmom get lengthy prison sentences in child's death
Posted: Apr 08, 2016 4:58 AM EDT Updated: Apr 08, 2016 4:58 AM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Jacksonville father and stepmother have received lengthy prison sentences in the beating death of his 4-year-old daughter.
Media outlets report a judge sentenced 32-year-old John Ross Norfleet on Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years for the January 2015 death of Jada Norfleet.
The girl's stepmother, 34-year-old Shavonn Chanyell Norfleet, received 60 years in prison. Neither will be eligible for parole.
Prosecutors say John and Shavonn Norfleet disciplined the child by hitting her with a piece of lumber.
John Norfleet, who was a former high school teacher, was convicted last month on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a small child and aggravated child abuse.
Shavonn Norfleet was convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a child and aggravated child abuse.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Custodial dad convicted of 1st-degree murder in beating death of 4-year-old daughter (Jacksonville, Florida)
We have an axiom here at Dastardly Dads that goes something like this: If the media ever manages to report the circumstances behind a custody case, the details will be "forgotten" by the time it goes to trial.
What this article fails to mention is that dad JOHN ROSS NORFLEET was awarded full custody three years before he killed his daughter, and was allowed to do a moveway from the state of Michigan, effectively cutting the mother out of her daughter's life.
But don't hold your breath waiting for the judge and assorted court lackies to be held responsible.
See previous posts here. Also see the Killer Dads and Custody List for Florida.
http://www.wesh.com/news/florida-father-convicted-in-beating-death-of-daughter/38317100
Florida father convicted in beating death of daughter
Published 8:55 AM EST Mar 03, 2016
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —A Jacksonville jury needed just 20 minutes to convict a former high school teacher in the death of his 4-year-old daughter.
The verdict handed down Wednesday means 32-year-old John Ross Norfleet will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the January 2015 death of Jada Norfleet.
Prosecutors say Norfleet and the girl's step-mother, 34-year-old Shavonn Chanyell Norfleet, disciplined the child by hitting her with a piece of lumber.
John Norfleet was convicted on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a small child and aggravated child abuse.
The Florida Times-Union reports Shayvonn Norfleet is scheduled for trial Thursday on the same charges.
Norfleet lost his teaching job after his arrest.
What this article fails to mention is that dad JOHN ROSS NORFLEET was awarded full custody three years before he killed his daughter, and was allowed to do a moveway from the state of Michigan, effectively cutting the mother out of her daughter's life.
But don't hold your breath waiting for the judge and assorted court lackies to be held responsible.
See previous posts here. Also see the Killer Dads and Custody List for Florida.
http://www.wesh.com/news/florida-father-convicted-in-beating-death-of-daughter/38317100
Florida father convicted in beating death of daughter
Published 8:55 AM EST Mar 03, 2016
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —A Jacksonville jury needed just 20 minutes to convict a former high school teacher in the death of his 4-year-old daughter.
The verdict handed down Wednesday means 32-year-old John Ross Norfleet will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the January 2015 death of Jada Norfleet.
Prosecutors say Norfleet and the girl's step-mother, 34-year-old Shavonn Chanyell Norfleet, disciplined the child by hitting her with a piece of lumber.
John Norfleet was convicted on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a small child and aggravated child abuse.
The Florida Times-Union reports Shayvonn Norfleet is scheduled for trial Thursday on the same charges.
Norfleet lost his teaching job after his arrest.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Custodial dad on trial for 1st-degree child abuse, unalawful impironsment (Sturgis, Michigan)
Dad JERRY RAY WOOSTER is obviously custodial. Not a word on what happened to this girl's mother or how this sick sh** got custody. Given the girl's testimony, it is very likely that her mother got similar treatment.
http://www.sturgisjournal.com/article/20160225/NEWS/160229373/?Start=1
Trial begins in child abuse case
For nearly four hours Wednesday, jurors listened to emotional testimony from a 15-year-old girl who was physically abused by her father.
By Corky Emrick
Posted Feb. 25, 2016 at 6:00 AM
For nearly four hours Wednesday, jurors listened to emotional testimony from a 15-year-old girl who was physically abused by her father.
Testimony began in the trial of Jerry Ray Wooster, formerly of 411 W. Congress St. in Sturgis.
Wooster is charged with first-degree child abuse, unlawful imprisonment, inducing a minor to commit a felony and three counts of first-degree child abuse in front of other children.
Jury selection concluded Tuesday and the trial began with opening statements.
On Wednesday, the victim, now 15, testified under questioning by St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough about three days of abuse she allegedly endured July 7-9, 2015.
“Those were the worst three days of my life,” she said.
She testified that her family had lived in Sturgis for about a month. She lived with her father, older sister, her father’s girlfriend, Rachelle Leigh Ostrander and Ostrander's two small girls.
She and her sister were required to do 12 daily exercises including planks, sit-ups, crunches, push-ups, wall sits and running stairs.
If those were not done correctly, they were punished and had to do them again. On July 7, she kept getting the exercises “wrong” and her father started to spank her. Every time she was spanked it was harder, she testified. She said that lasted for about and hour.
Later that night, she attempted to leave the apartment, but was stopped by her father. She said she held onto the stair railing while her father attempted to pull her back into the apartment.
She said she began to scream. Her father told her to stop screaming “or I will break your jaw.”
Her father hit both her arms in an attempt to break her grip on the railing, she said. She tearfully described how she had her face slammed into the railing, bloodying her nose. She gave up and went inside, she said.
The following day, when her father returned from work she was forced to do the exercises by herself. She said her father and Ostrander said she ‘messed them up” and had to start over.
She had to do 90 jumping-jacks, with her father in front of her and Ostrander behind her. If she stepped on their toes, she was struck.
She testified that she was hit in the arms, back, stomach and head, with both open hand and closed fist and that continued for between two and three hours. She tried to tell them she was sorry.
“I felt it was my fault even though I knew it wasn’t,” she said.
On two occasions Wednesday, her testimony was stopped by 45th Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman and the court was put in recess, because the girl was upset and began to hyperventilate and have a panic attack.
She later testified that the exercises and beatings escalated to the third day, July 9. As she performed exercises, her father injured his wrist hitting her.
Ostrander then went into the kitchen and returned with a plastic spoon for her father and she had a metal spatula with which to hit the girl. Both her father and Ostrander struck her in the face, arms and knees, she testified.
While doing planks, which are similar to push-ups, a lit lighter was placed under her, so if she fell, she would be burned.
“I fell and it burned me,” she said.
She started to drop a second time and turned sideways to avoid the flame. Her father then grabbed her hair and slammed her head into the floor, she said. “The more I screamed the more he slammed my head into the floor,” she said.
She testified that she was also kicked in the stomach, knees and ribs.
She endured this for almost five hours, she said.
Afterward, her father and Ostrander went to the store. Fearing she would leave, her father handcuffed her to a radiator in the apartment. Her older sister was instructed to watch her, and her father took the handcuff keys with him. They were gone about two hours.
On July 10, while Ostrander was taking her father to work and her older sister was taking Ostrander’s girls to school for lunch, she fled the apartment. She ran to a local business where employees called 911 for her.
http://www.sturgisjournal.com/article/20160225/NEWS/160229373/?Start=1
Trial begins in child abuse case
For nearly four hours Wednesday, jurors listened to emotional testimony from a 15-year-old girl who was physically abused by her father.
By Corky Emrick
Posted Feb. 25, 2016 at 6:00 AM
For nearly four hours Wednesday, jurors listened to emotional testimony from a 15-year-old girl who was physically abused by her father.
Testimony began in the trial of Jerry Ray Wooster, formerly of 411 W. Congress St. in Sturgis.
Wooster is charged with first-degree child abuse, unlawful imprisonment, inducing a minor to commit a felony and three counts of first-degree child abuse in front of other children.
Jury selection concluded Tuesday and the trial began with opening statements.
On Wednesday, the victim, now 15, testified under questioning by St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough about three days of abuse she allegedly endured July 7-9, 2015.
“Those were the worst three days of my life,” she said.
She testified that her family had lived in Sturgis for about a month. She lived with her father, older sister, her father’s girlfriend, Rachelle Leigh Ostrander and Ostrander's two small girls.
She and her sister were required to do 12 daily exercises including planks, sit-ups, crunches, push-ups, wall sits and running stairs.
If those were not done correctly, they were punished and had to do them again. On July 7, she kept getting the exercises “wrong” and her father started to spank her. Every time she was spanked it was harder, she testified. She said that lasted for about and hour.
Later that night, she attempted to leave the apartment, but was stopped by her father. She said she held onto the stair railing while her father attempted to pull her back into the apartment.
She said she began to scream. Her father told her to stop screaming “or I will break your jaw.”
Her father hit both her arms in an attempt to break her grip on the railing, she said. She tearfully described how she had her face slammed into the railing, bloodying her nose. She gave up and went inside, she said.
The following day, when her father returned from work she was forced to do the exercises by herself. She said her father and Ostrander said she ‘messed them up” and had to start over.
She had to do 90 jumping-jacks, with her father in front of her and Ostrander behind her. If she stepped on their toes, she was struck.
She testified that she was hit in the arms, back, stomach and head, with both open hand and closed fist and that continued for between two and three hours. She tried to tell them she was sorry.
“I felt it was my fault even though I knew it wasn’t,” she said.
On two occasions Wednesday, her testimony was stopped by 45th Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman and the court was put in recess, because the girl was upset and began to hyperventilate and have a panic attack.
She later testified that the exercises and beatings escalated to the third day, July 9. As she performed exercises, her father injured his wrist hitting her.
Ostrander then went into the kitchen and returned with a plastic spoon for her father and she had a metal spatula with which to hit the girl. Both her father and Ostrander struck her in the face, arms and knees, she testified.
While doing planks, which are similar to push-ups, a lit lighter was placed under her, so if she fell, she would be burned.
“I fell and it burned me,” she said.
She started to drop a second time and turned sideways to avoid the flame. Her father then grabbed her hair and slammed her head into the floor, she said. “The more I screamed the more he slammed my head into the floor,” she said.
She testified that she was also kicked in the stomach, knees and ribs.
She endured this for almost five hours, she said.
Afterward, her father and Ostrander went to the store. Fearing she would leave, her father handcuffed her to a radiator in the apartment. Her older sister was instructed to watch her, and her father took the handcuff keys with him. They were gone about two hours.
On July 10, while Ostrander was taking her father to work and her older sister was taking Ostrander’s girls to school for lunch, she fled the apartment. She ran to a local business where employees called 911 for her.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Custodial dad, step found guilty of 1st-degree murder in death of 5-year-old girl (St. Clair County, Michigan)
The custodial dad is identified as ANDREW MAISON. See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Michigan. See prior posts here.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/01/29/couple-guilty-death-mackenzie-maison/79526856/
Couple guilty in death of 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison
Beth LeBlanc, Port Huron Times Herald 6:36 p.m. EST January 29, 2016
Hilery Maison wiped her eyes before handcuffs were snapped around her wrists in St. Clair County Circuit Judge Daniel Kelly’s courtroom Friday afternoon.
After about four hours of deliberation, a jury of 12 found Hilery and Andrew Maison guilty in the death of 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison.
The Port Huron couple is guilty of felony murder in the girl's death, and first-degree child abuse and torture of Mackenzie and her 3-year-old sister, Makayla.
First-degree felony murder is punishable by life in prison without parole.
Senior Assistant Prosecutor Mona Armstrong said the jurors’ verdict achieved some level of justice for the girls.
“It doesn’t change what happened and it doesn’t bring back Mackenzie,” Armstrong said. “It does serve a measure of justice. But it should never have gotten to this point.”
More than 20 witnesses — including family, friends, police, firefighters, paramedics and medical experts — testified during the six-day trial. Jurors deliberated for nearly four hours on the seventh day, Friday.
Witnesses testified at trial that Mackenzie was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived about 8:30 p.m. May 26 at her Oak Street home.
According to 911 calls played in court, Hilery Maison, Mackenzie's stepmother, called dispatchers shortly before 8:30 p.m. She initially reported Mackenzie was "rebelling" against food then, later in the call, told the dispatcher Mackenzie wasn’t breathing.
Mackenzie was pronounced dead at the hospital after medical crews spent 45 minutes attempting to resuscitate her. Medical experts have testified she was malnourished, dehydrated, bruised and had pneumonia. She weighed 25 pounds.
Makayla also was hospitalized for malnourishment. She weighed 17 pounds, but has since doubled her weight while in foster care.
According to previous testimony, neither girl had seen a doctor for at least a year prior to Mackenzie’s death, even though the girls were losing weight and follow-up appointments were recommended.
Mackenzie’s death was ruled a homicide. The cause of death was classified as dehydration and malnutrition complicated by pneumonia and its related conditions.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/01/29/couple-guilty-death-mackenzie-maison/79526856/
Couple guilty in death of 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison
Beth LeBlanc, Port Huron Times Herald 6:36 p.m. EST January 29, 2016
Hilery Maison wiped her eyes before handcuffs were snapped around her wrists in St. Clair County Circuit Judge Daniel Kelly’s courtroom Friday afternoon.
After about four hours of deliberation, a jury of 12 found Hilery and Andrew Maison guilty in the death of 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison.
The Port Huron couple is guilty of felony murder in the girl's death, and first-degree child abuse and torture of Mackenzie and her 3-year-old sister, Makayla.
First-degree felony murder is punishable by life in prison without parole.
Senior Assistant Prosecutor Mona Armstrong said the jurors’ verdict achieved some level of justice for the girls.
“It doesn’t change what happened and it doesn’t bring back Mackenzie,” Armstrong said. “It does serve a measure of justice. But it should never have gotten to this point.”
More than 20 witnesses — including family, friends, police, firefighters, paramedics and medical experts — testified during the six-day trial. Jurors deliberated for nearly four hours on the seventh day, Friday.
Witnesses testified at trial that Mackenzie was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived about 8:30 p.m. May 26 at her Oak Street home.
According to 911 calls played in court, Hilery Maison, Mackenzie's stepmother, called dispatchers shortly before 8:30 p.m. She initially reported Mackenzie was "rebelling" against food then, later in the call, told the dispatcher Mackenzie wasn’t breathing.
Mackenzie was pronounced dead at the hospital after medical crews spent 45 minutes attempting to resuscitate her. Medical experts have testified she was malnourished, dehydrated, bruised and had pneumonia. She weighed 25 pounds.
Makayla also was hospitalized for malnourishment. She weighed 17 pounds, but has since doubled her weight while in foster care.
According to previous testimony, neither girl had seen a doctor for at least a year prior to Mackenzie’s death, even though the girls were losing weight and follow-up appointments were recommended.
Mackenzie’s death was ruled a homicide. The cause of death was classified as dehydration and malnutrition complicated by pneumonia and its related conditions.
Friday, January 22, 2016
Custodial dad, step go on trial for torture, murder of 5-year-old daughter (Port Huron, Michigan)
We've posted on custodial dad ANDREW MAISON before.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Michigan.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3410210/Michigan-couple-accused-starving-girl-5-stand-trial.html
Father and stepmother who 'starved five-year-old daughter to just 25lbs before her death' go on trial accused of murder, torture and child abuse
Mackenzie Maison, five, died weighing just 25 pounds in May last year
She was 'extremely pale' when her 'lifeless' body was taken to hospital
Police officers said the young girl's body was bruised 'from head to toe'
Her father Andrew Maison and stepmother Hilery Maison are on trial
They are accused of murdering and torturing Mackenzie by starving her
Couple are also charged with abusing her and her three-year-old sister
By Ollie Gillman For Dailymail.com
Published: 09:01 EST, 21 January 2016 | Updated: 16:45 EST, 21 January 2016
A father and stepmother who allegedly starved their five-year-old daughter to death have gone on trial accused of murder, torture and child abuse.
Mackenzie Maison weighed just 25 pounds and was 'extremely pale' when her 'lifeless' body was carried out of her home in Port Huron, Michigan, on May 26 last year, a court heard.
Police officers who viewed Mackenzie's body after she died saw that she was bruised 'from head to toe', a jury was told.
Her father, Andrew Maison, and stepmother, Hilery Maison, face charges of child abuse, torture and murder, and are also accused of abusing Mackenzie's younger sister.
Prosecutor Mona Armstrong told a jury on Wednesday that they would hear 'a case about suffering, unimaginable suffering, that two young girls endured at the hands of the defendants'.
Mackenzie weighed 25 pounds on the day of her death, Armstrong said, the same weight she was when she was two years old.
The prosecuting attorney added that the girl's three-year-old sister was just 17 pounds when she was taken to the hospital that day and has since doubled in weight, the Times Herald reported.
Fireman Steven Conard was one of the first on the scene shortly after 8.30pm on the day Mackenzie died.
He told the court that Andrew Maison was attempting to give CPR to Mackenzie on the kitchen floor, but firefighters took her into an ambulance where they tried to revive her.
Conard said the father claimed he was giving his daughter a bath when she became unresponsive.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate Mackenzie in the ambulance but she was pronounced dead after arriving at St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron Hospital.
Detective Brian Kerrigan, who viewed Mackenzie's body after she died, was in court on Thursday and said he saw bruises on her body.
'It was obvious to me that there was a lot of bruising in different stages of healing on her body, basically from head to toe,' he said.
Police officer Andrew Teichow told the court on Wednesday that, after arriving at the hospital, he also spotted bruises on the girl's body.
'She was extremely thin. Her bones were coming out of her skin is what it looked like,' he said.
Fellow police officer James Morgan said cops spoke with the accused parents inside the home after Mackenzie was taken to hospital.
He said Mackenzie's three-year-old sister was one of three children sitting on a couch and that she appeared 'emaciated'.
'She seemed to have very low energy and spoke very quietly,' Morgan said, adding that she pointed to an empty glass and asked for milk.
The two other children in the room were Hilery Maison's biological children.
Andrew Maison's attorney, Frederick Lepley, said his client loved his children and that he was a hard-working father.
Michael Boucher, representing Hilery Maison, said Mackenzie and her three-year-old sister had underlying medical conditions and struggled to eat.
'Even with the biological mother, there were complaints about health problems,' he said.
Mackenzie's mother, Shelby Coffee - who is not standing trial - paid tribute to her daughter last year.
'She was five years old. She was the brightest little girl. Very independent, beautiful... and she was my world,' she told WJBK.
She added: 'Watch out for your kids. No matter what, no matter if you think you can trust each other or not. 'Make sure you watch out for your kids, because one day you can turn around and you'll be getting a phone call just like I did.'
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Michigan.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3410210/Michigan-couple-accused-starving-girl-5-stand-trial.html
Father and stepmother who 'starved five-year-old daughter to just 25lbs before her death' go on trial accused of murder, torture and child abuse
Mackenzie Maison, five, died weighing just 25 pounds in May last year
She was 'extremely pale' when her 'lifeless' body was taken to hospital
Police officers said the young girl's body was bruised 'from head to toe'
Her father Andrew Maison and stepmother Hilery Maison are on trial
They are accused of murdering and torturing Mackenzie by starving her
Couple are also charged with abusing her and her three-year-old sister
By Ollie Gillman For Dailymail.com
Published: 09:01 EST, 21 January 2016 | Updated: 16:45 EST, 21 January 2016
A father and stepmother who allegedly starved their five-year-old daughter to death have gone on trial accused of murder, torture and child abuse.
Mackenzie Maison weighed just 25 pounds and was 'extremely pale' when her 'lifeless' body was carried out of her home in Port Huron, Michigan, on May 26 last year, a court heard.
Police officers who viewed Mackenzie's body after she died saw that she was bruised 'from head to toe', a jury was told.
Her father, Andrew Maison, and stepmother, Hilery Maison, face charges of child abuse, torture and murder, and are also accused of abusing Mackenzie's younger sister.
Prosecutor Mona Armstrong told a jury on Wednesday that they would hear 'a case about suffering, unimaginable suffering, that two young girls endured at the hands of the defendants'.
Mackenzie weighed 25 pounds on the day of her death, Armstrong said, the same weight she was when she was two years old.
The prosecuting attorney added that the girl's three-year-old sister was just 17 pounds when she was taken to the hospital that day and has since doubled in weight, the Times Herald reported.
Fireman Steven Conard was one of the first on the scene shortly after 8.30pm on the day Mackenzie died.
He told the court that Andrew Maison was attempting to give CPR to Mackenzie on the kitchen floor, but firefighters took her into an ambulance where they tried to revive her.
Conard said the father claimed he was giving his daughter a bath when she became unresponsive.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate Mackenzie in the ambulance but she was pronounced dead after arriving at St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron Hospital.
Detective Brian Kerrigan, who viewed Mackenzie's body after she died, was in court on Thursday and said he saw bruises on her body.
'It was obvious to me that there was a lot of bruising in different stages of healing on her body, basically from head to toe,' he said.
Police officer Andrew Teichow told the court on Wednesday that, after arriving at the hospital, he also spotted bruises on the girl's body.
'She was extremely thin. Her bones were coming out of her skin is what it looked like,' he said.
Fellow police officer James Morgan said cops spoke with the accused parents inside the home after Mackenzie was taken to hospital.
He said Mackenzie's three-year-old sister was one of three children sitting on a couch and that she appeared 'emaciated'.
'She seemed to have very low energy and spoke very quietly,' Morgan said, adding that she pointed to an empty glass and asked for milk.
The two other children in the room were Hilery Maison's biological children.
Andrew Maison's attorney, Frederick Lepley, said his client loved his children and that he was a hard-working father.
Michael Boucher, representing Hilery Maison, said Mackenzie and her three-year-old sister had underlying medical conditions and struggled to eat.
'Even with the biological mother, there were complaints about health problems,' he said.
Mackenzie's mother, Shelby Coffee - who is not standing trial - paid tribute to her daughter last year.
'She was five years old. She was the brightest little girl. Very independent, beautiful... and she was my world,' she told WJBK.
She added: 'Watch out for your kids. No matter what, no matter if you think you can trust each other or not. 'Make sure you watch out for your kids, because one day you can turn around and you'll be getting a phone call just like I did.'
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Custodial dad gets probation for beating, starvation, imprisonment of 12-year-old son (Detroit, Michigan)
Seriously. how is this not torture? Typical of the kid glove treatment that abusive custodial fathers get in the legal system. We've posted on this case before. Dad is identified as CHARLIE BOTHUELL IV.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/detroit-dad-pleads-gets-probation-in-case-of-boy-found-in-basement/
Detroit Dad Pleads, Gets Probation In Case Of Boy Found In Basement
January 19, 2016 1:07 PM
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit dad accused of abusing his 12-year-old son and hiding him in the basement of their home has agreed to a plea deal.
Charlie Bothuell IV — father of Charlie Bothuell V, who was missing for 11 days in June, 2014 — pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a reduced charge of fourth degree child abuse.
Judge Margaret Van Houten immediately sentenced him to 18 months probation, although he could have served up to a year in jail.
He was also ordered to take anger management classes and to follow all terms set by the Wayne County Third Circuit Court Family Division and to have no contact with his son. Court costs and restitution will be determined in the future.
Bothuell IV and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, each were initially charged with second-degree child abuse and torture, but the torture charge was later dropped and Dillard-Bothuell’s case was dismissed.
The story made national headlines before the alleged victim was found hidden behind a heavy drum in the bowels of the townhome where he lived with his dad and stepmother.
The younger Bothuell testified about alleged abuse at the hands of the two, describing strenuous daily workouts, denial of food and beatings with a PVC pipe.
His father was giving an interview to cable TV host Nancy Grace when he learned that Charlie had been found by police. He expressed surprise and said he didn’t know his son was in the basement.
“I thought my son was dead,” Bothuell IV told reporters.
He fought for custody of the boy, now a teen, who was placed in the care of other family members.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/detroit-dad-pleads-gets-probation-in-case-of-boy-found-in-basement/
Detroit Dad Pleads, Gets Probation In Case Of Boy Found In Basement
January 19, 2016 1:07 PM
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit dad accused of abusing his 12-year-old son and hiding him in the basement of their home has agreed to a plea deal.
Charlie Bothuell IV — father of Charlie Bothuell V, who was missing for 11 days in June, 2014 — pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a reduced charge of fourth degree child abuse.
Judge Margaret Van Houten immediately sentenced him to 18 months probation, although he could have served up to a year in jail.
He was also ordered to take anger management classes and to follow all terms set by the Wayne County Third Circuit Court Family Division and to have no contact with his son. Court costs and restitution will be determined in the future.
Bothuell IV and his wife, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, each were initially charged with second-degree child abuse and torture, but the torture charge was later dropped and Dillard-Bothuell’s case was dismissed.
The story made national headlines before the alleged victim was found hidden behind a heavy drum in the bowels of the townhome where he lived with his dad and stepmother.
The younger Bothuell testified about alleged abuse at the hands of the two, describing strenuous daily workouts, denial of food and beatings with a PVC pipe.
His father was giving an interview to cable TV host Nancy Grace when he learned that Charlie had been found by police. He expressed surprise and said he didn’t know his son was in the basement.
“I thought my son was dead,” Bothuell IV told reporters.
He fought for custody of the boy, now a teen, who was placed in the care of other family members.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Court: County referee "grossly" mishandled child custody case (Livingston County, Michigan)
Fathers rights corruption in the courts.
http://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/livingston-county/2015/09/26/referee-mishandled-custody-case/72984028/
Court: County referee ‘grossly’ mishandled custody case
Lisa Roose-Church, Livingston Daily 9:50 a.m. EDT September 29, 2015
A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling says a Livingston County attorney referee violated a mother’s due-process rights in a custody hearing and committed numerous legal errors.
In its opinion, the court found that Friend of the Court referee Lori Marran “grossly” mishandled the custody case. As a result, the court vacated Marran’s order giving physical custody of the couple’s child to the father.
“The manner in which the change of custody was ordered was grossly improper,” the court added. “The order is vacated and the child shall be returned to the primary physical custody of the mother.”
Attorney Christine M. Heckler, who represents the father, said the appeals court "made obvious errors" in its ruling and as a result unfairly impeached "the character of a well-respected judge." In particular, she said, the “most serious criticisms raised in the decision … are verifiably untrue.”
Heckler said the appeals court noted that Judge David Reader added word “interim” to an order entered on March 4. However, she said that is untrue because the March 4 order “very clearly” indicated it was an “interim” order and was not added later as the appeals court noted.
She also noted that the judge personally signed the order, not the referee.
“I am troubled that the COA could make such an obvious error, especially when impeaching the character of a well-respected Judge,” Heckler said Tuesday.
“Furthermore, these parties had been before this judge prior to the March 4, 2015, order, so to state that he ‘knew nothing about the case’ is factually inaccurate and unfair,” Heckler added.
The appeals court found the referee failed to find the father had proper cause for his request to change custody and Marran failed to give the mother time to appeal her decision by rubber-stamping Reader’s name on the court order, which put the custody change into immediate effect.
The appeals court also found that the practice of allowing a referee to stamp the judge’s name on an order is improper because the referee “had no authority to issue an immediately effective order changing custody, and the judge cannot give carte blanche permission” for the referee to sign the judge’s name without ever seeing the order or being knowledgeable about the case.
The appeals court noted that the judge did later review the case and recognized that a full hearing needed to occur. However, the court said, the judge did not vacate Marran’s improper order, but rather ordered that a hearing “be continued.” Despite that order, a hearing was not completed.
According to court documents, a court order was entered Nov. 4, 2010, granting the mother sole legal and physical custody of the couple’s child. In December that year, the father sought to have it changed to joint legal and physical custody, but the motion was dismissed when the pair came to an agreement in 2011 that granted physical custody to the mother but joint legal custody to both parents.
In April 2014, the father again filed a motion to change custody when his 5-year-old child was accidentally locked out of the mother’s home while she was sleeping. He also alleged the child’s mother had a substance abuse problem, but Child Protective Services was unable to substantiate that claim and a CPS social worker later testified that the mother’s home was safe and the lock-out incident was accidental.
When the parties convened in March for a “parenting time hearing,” Marran entered an order transferring primary custody to the father. However, the appeals court vacated that order as a “result of numerous legal errors.”
The first errors, the court noted, violated the mother’s due-process rights. Specifically, the court found that Marran granted the change without proper motion since the father’s initial motion had been denied and not appealed.
The appeals court went on to say Marran took testimony from the family’s therapist, who repeated the father’s allegations, but the referee failed to allow the mother’s attorney to cross-examine the therapist and did not allow the mother to present any witnesses.
“The referee made several substantive errors in the course of making her ruling, including what appears to be a complete disregard of the substantive law governing a court’s decision when considering a change of custody,” the appeals court wrote in its decision released this month.
Reporter's note: This story has been updated to add comments from the father's attorney, who was not available at the initial time of writing.
http://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/livingston-county/2015/09/26/referee-mishandled-custody-case/72984028/
Court: County referee ‘grossly’ mishandled custody case
Lisa Roose-Church, Livingston Daily 9:50 a.m. EDT September 29, 2015
A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling says a Livingston County attorney referee violated a mother’s due-process rights in a custody hearing and committed numerous legal errors.
In its opinion, the court found that Friend of the Court referee Lori Marran “grossly” mishandled the custody case. As a result, the court vacated Marran’s order giving physical custody of the couple’s child to the father.
“The manner in which the change of custody was ordered was grossly improper,” the court added. “The order is vacated and the child shall be returned to the primary physical custody of the mother.”
Attorney Christine M. Heckler, who represents the father, said the appeals court "made obvious errors" in its ruling and as a result unfairly impeached "the character of a well-respected judge." In particular, she said, the “most serious criticisms raised in the decision … are verifiably untrue.”
Heckler said the appeals court noted that Judge David Reader added word “interim” to an order entered on March 4. However, she said that is untrue because the March 4 order “very clearly” indicated it was an “interim” order and was not added later as the appeals court noted.
She also noted that the judge personally signed the order, not the referee.
“I am troubled that the COA could make such an obvious error, especially when impeaching the character of a well-respected Judge,” Heckler said Tuesday.
“Furthermore, these parties had been before this judge prior to the March 4, 2015, order, so to state that he ‘knew nothing about the case’ is factually inaccurate and unfair,” Heckler added.
The appeals court found the referee failed to find the father had proper cause for his request to change custody and Marran failed to give the mother time to appeal her decision by rubber-stamping Reader’s name on the court order, which put the custody change into immediate effect.
The appeals court also found that the practice of allowing a referee to stamp the judge’s name on an order is improper because the referee “had no authority to issue an immediately effective order changing custody, and the judge cannot give carte blanche permission” for the referee to sign the judge’s name without ever seeing the order or being knowledgeable about the case.
The appeals court noted that the judge did later review the case and recognized that a full hearing needed to occur. However, the court said, the judge did not vacate Marran’s improper order, but rather ordered that a hearing “be continued.” Despite that order, a hearing was not completed.
According to court documents, a court order was entered Nov. 4, 2010, granting the mother sole legal and physical custody of the couple’s child. In December that year, the father sought to have it changed to joint legal and physical custody, but the motion was dismissed when the pair came to an agreement in 2011 that granted physical custody to the mother but joint legal custody to both parents.
In April 2014, the father again filed a motion to change custody when his 5-year-old child was accidentally locked out of the mother’s home while she was sleeping. He also alleged the child’s mother had a substance abuse problem, but Child Protective Services was unable to substantiate that claim and a CPS social worker later testified that the mother’s home was safe and the lock-out incident was accidental.
When the parties convened in March for a “parenting time hearing,” Marran entered an order transferring primary custody to the father. However, the appeals court vacated that order as a “result of numerous legal errors.”
The first errors, the court noted, violated the mother’s due-process rights. Specifically, the court found that Marran granted the change without proper motion since the father’s initial motion had been denied and not appealed.
The appeals court went on to say Marran took testimony from the family’s therapist, who repeated the father’s allegations, but the referee failed to allow the mother’s attorney to cross-examine the therapist and did not allow the mother to present any witnesses.
“The referee made several substantive errors in the course of making her ruling, including what appears to be a complete disregard of the substantive law governing a court’s decision when considering a change of custody,” the appeals court wrote in its decision released this month.
Reporter's note: This story has been updated to add comments from the father's attorney, who was not available at the initial time of writing.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Dad charged with felony murder in death of 10-week-old baby (Livonia, Michigan)
No mention of the mother. A custodial/visitation situation?
Dad is identified as MARK PATRICK HONTZ.
And by the way, males who are "habitual offender" tend not to be good infant caregivers.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/livonia-father-charged-with-infants-homicide/35535278
Livonia father charged with infant's homicide
Police say man claims he fell down stairs while holding infant
Author: Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff
Published On: Sep 28 2015 04:17:06 PM EDT Updated On: Sep 28 2015 05:27:00 PM EDT
LIVONIA, Mich. - A 33-year-old Livonia man is charged with felony murder and child abuse in the death of his 10-week-old child.
Livonia police say they were called Monday, Sept. 21 to a home in the 38000 block of Summers for the report of an unresponsive infant child. Police said officers were told that while he was holding the baby the father fell down a flight of stairs in the home.
The infant was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The baby died from injuries the next day.
Police say a medical assessment of the infant's injuries and preliminary results of the autopsy revealed the infant was murdered.
Mark Patrick Hontz is charged with felony murder and first degree child abuse. He also faces a habitual offender charge. He has been arraigned and is being held without bond. His preliminary examination is scheduled for Oct. 15 in the 16th District Court in Livonia.
Dad is identified as MARK PATRICK HONTZ.
And by the way, males who are "habitual offender" tend not to be good infant caregivers.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/livonia-father-charged-with-infants-homicide/35535278
Livonia father charged with infant's homicide
Police say man claims he fell down stairs while holding infant
Author: Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff
Published On: Sep 28 2015 04:17:06 PM EDT Updated On: Sep 28 2015 05:27:00 PM EDT
LIVONIA, Mich. - A 33-year-old Livonia man is charged with felony murder and child abuse in the death of his 10-week-old child.
Livonia police say they were called Monday, Sept. 21 to a home in the 38000 block of Summers for the report of an unresponsive infant child. Police said officers were told that while he was holding the baby the father fell down a flight of stairs in the home.
The infant was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The baby died from injuries the next day.
Police say a medical assessment of the infant's injuries and preliminary results of the autopsy revealed the infant was murdered.
Mark Patrick Hontz is charged with felony murder and first degree child abuse. He also faces a habitual offender charge. He has been arraigned and is being held without bond. His preliminary examination is scheduled for Oct. 15 in the 16th District Court in Livonia.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Dad convicted of orally raping, murdering 15-week-old daughter (Michigan)
Dad is identified as STEVEN DEUMAN.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/steven-deuman-oral-rape-murder-baby-daughter_n_1903283.html
Steven Deuman Convicted Of Orally Raping, Murdering His Baby Daughter
Posted: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
Updated: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
A Michigan man has been found guilty of killing his 15-week-old daughter while orally raping her, Michigan Live reports.
Steven Deuman, 26, was convicted on Wednesday of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, according to the Associated Press.
Deuman's infant daughter, Evelynne Deuman, was found dead with a condom in her mouth on Aug. 12, 2011. The death occurred at Deuman's home on Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indian Reservation in northern Michigan.
Deuman had called the child's mother to say that he had left their daughter on the bed while stepped outside to smoke, but returned to find the girl on the floor, not breathing.
The prosecution argued that Deuman's story did not make sense, as the girl was too young to crawl or even roll.
"Even if [she did end up on the floor," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Green, "how was she going to suck that condom up?"
Green called the case "as heinous as it gets."
An autopsy showed no evidence that the girl fell, CBS Detroit reports, and determined that she died of asphyxiation.
However, Ljubisa Jovan Dragovic, a forensic pathologist hired by the defense, testified that this did not prove Deuman raped or killed his daughter, according to Michigan Live.
"Anything's possible," Dragovic said in regards to the rape allegations, "but I have difficulty envisioning that."
Deuman maintains that he did not harm his daughter, and that her death was purely accidental.
Deuman's was a federal case because the child's death occurred on tribal land.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/steven-deuman-oral-rape-murder-baby-daughter_n_1903283.html
Steven Deuman Convicted Of Orally Raping, Murdering His Baby Daughter
Posted: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
Updated: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
A Michigan man has been found guilty of killing his 15-week-old daughter while orally raping her, Michigan Live reports.
Steven Deuman, 26, was convicted on Wednesday of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, according to the Associated Press.
Deuman's infant daughter, Evelynne Deuman, was found dead with a condom in her mouth on Aug. 12, 2011. The death occurred at Deuman's home on Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indian Reservation in northern Michigan.
Deuman had called the child's mother to say that he had left their daughter on the bed while stepped outside to smoke, but returned to find the girl on the floor, not breathing.
The prosecution argued that Deuman's story did not make sense, as the girl was too young to crawl or even roll.
"Even if [she did end up on the floor," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Green, "how was she going to suck that condom up?"
Green called the case "as heinous as it gets."
An autopsy showed no evidence that the girl fell, CBS Detroit reports, and determined that she died of asphyxiation.
However, Ljubisa Jovan Dragovic, a forensic pathologist hired by the defense, testified that this did not prove Deuman raped or killed his daughter, according to Michigan Live.
"Anything's possible," Dragovic said in regards to the rape allegations, "but I have difficulty envisioning that."
Deuman maintains that he did not harm his daughter, and that her death was purely accidental.
Deuman's was a federal case because the child's death occurred on tribal land.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Mom arrested for "kidnapping" own child; dad with child abuse allegations--including protection order from CURRENT wife--gets custody (Hillsdale, Michigan)
So. Dad's word trumps the word of two women. What else is new in the American courts....
Wife #1 "abducted" their son because of abuse concerns involving his father. CPS even raised concerns. There are unspecified court reports. All hand waived away by an indifferent court.
Wife #2 sought a protection order. You don't get those unless there has been physical violence or a credible threat thereof. You don't get them because you and your spouse are having "trying times"-that's just dad's attempt to totally minimize and avoid responsibility for his own actions. Wife #2 didn't renew. Bad sign. Research is showing that when women don't renew it's not because the threat has gone away. It's because they can't without further jeopardizing their own safety.
AND NOW THIS ABUSER HAS CHILD CUSTODY.
Dad is identified as BRANDON RUFFIN.
http://www.hillsdale.net/article/20150915/NEWS/150919449
Kidnapper mom arrested, father retains custody
By Jason Dafnis
Posted Sep. 15, 2015 at 9:12 AM
Hillsdale, Mich.
HILLSDALE — After a court hearing on Monday afternoon, the father of a boy kidnapped by his mother now retains custody of his son.
Nicole Ruffin disappeared with her son, Laredo, after Judge Mike Smith granted interim custody to Brandon Ruffin, Laredo’s biological father and Nicole’s ex-husband, on Aug. 31. The court proceedings were punctuated by reports from Child Protective Services questioning the child’s safety.
After her disappearance, a felony warrant issued for Nicole’s arrest on a charge of parental kidnapping. Michigan State Police tracked and exhausted several leads since Sept. 1, locating and arresting her at a Spring Arbor convenience store on Monday. Laredo was remanded into police custody at the same time.
“There are a lot of concerns,” Karlye Horton, Nicole’s attorney, said at the civil hearing on Monday. Nicole, having been lodged at the Hillsdale County Jail only hours before, was not present for the proceedings.
Horton questioned Brandon’s suitability as Laredo’s custodian, citing several court reports about the child’s safety around Brandon. One of those reports included a personal protection order his current wife, Hannah, filed against Brandon earlier this year.
That record claims that Brandon laid hands on Hannah, though Brandon denies those claims, saying that he and his wife had “trying times” prior to the PPO’s expiration in July. Hannah and Brandon remain together today.
Horton also brought before Smith the claim that Brandon hadn’t seen Laredo more than a few times since Brandon and Nicole were divorced in 2012. Again, Brandon refuted the legitimacy of that argument, saying that he was never served the proper divorce papers or custody notifications.
“I saw my son on a regular basis,” Brandon said. He claims that after the divorce, his attempts to contact Nicole for scheduling were chronically ignored.
Hannah and other members of Brandon’s family and friends were present in the courtroom, as were members of Nicole’s family, both supporting their respective sides.
“Brandon has been dishonest about his position in the court,” Horton said.
Smith continued Brandon’s interim custody, an order which went into effect Monday and runs through an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Oct. 23. A more solid custody ruling is expected to be imposed on that date.
Horton declined to speak on behalf of her client following the hearing.
“I am a loving dad,” Brandon said after the conference. “I’m gonna keep fighting for custody of my son until the good Lord says I can’t anymore. It’s a happy day."
Wife #1 "abducted" their son because of abuse concerns involving his father. CPS even raised concerns. There are unspecified court reports. All hand waived away by an indifferent court.
Wife #2 sought a protection order. You don't get those unless there has been physical violence or a credible threat thereof. You don't get them because you and your spouse are having "trying times"-that's just dad's attempt to totally minimize and avoid responsibility for his own actions. Wife #2 didn't renew. Bad sign. Research is showing that when women don't renew it's not because the threat has gone away. It's because they can't without further jeopardizing their own safety.
AND NOW THIS ABUSER HAS CHILD CUSTODY.
Dad is identified as BRANDON RUFFIN.
http://www.hillsdale.net/article/20150915/NEWS/150919449
Kidnapper mom arrested, father retains custody
By Jason Dafnis
Posted Sep. 15, 2015 at 9:12 AM
Hillsdale, Mich.
HILLSDALE — After a court hearing on Monday afternoon, the father of a boy kidnapped by his mother now retains custody of his son.
Nicole Ruffin disappeared with her son, Laredo, after Judge Mike Smith granted interim custody to Brandon Ruffin, Laredo’s biological father and Nicole’s ex-husband, on Aug. 31. The court proceedings were punctuated by reports from Child Protective Services questioning the child’s safety.
After her disappearance, a felony warrant issued for Nicole’s arrest on a charge of parental kidnapping. Michigan State Police tracked and exhausted several leads since Sept. 1, locating and arresting her at a Spring Arbor convenience store on Monday. Laredo was remanded into police custody at the same time.
“There are a lot of concerns,” Karlye Horton, Nicole’s attorney, said at the civil hearing on Monday. Nicole, having been lodged at the Hillsdale County Jail only hours before, was not present for the proceedings.
Horton questioned Brandon’s suitability as Laredo’s custodian, citing several court reports about the child’s safety around Brandon. One of those reports included a personal protection order his current wife, Hannah, filed against Brandon earlier this year.
That record claims that Brandon laid hands on Hannah, though Brandon denies those claims, saying that he and his wife had “trying times” prior to the PPO’s expiration in July. Hannah and Brandon remain together today.
Horton also brought before Smith the claim that Brandon hadn’t seen Laredo more than a few times since Brandon and Nicole were divorced in 2012. Again, Brandon refuted the legitimacy of that argument, saying that he was never served the proper divorce papers or custody notifications.
“I saw my son on a regular basis,” Brandon said. He claims that after the divorce, his attempts to contact Nicole for scheduling were chronically ignored.
Hannah and other members of Brandon’s family and friends were present in the courtroom, as were members of Nicole’s family, both supporting their respective sides.
“Brandon has been dishonest about his position in the court,” Horton said.
Smith continued Brandon’s interim custody, an order which went into effect Monday and runs through an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Oct. 23. A more solid custody ruling is expected to be imposed on that date.
Horton declined to speak on behalf of her client following the hearing.
“I am a loving dad,” Brandon said after the conference. “I’m gonna keep fighting for custody of my son until the good Lord says I can’t anymore. It’s a happy day."
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Abusive father with history of DV gets child custody by accusing mom of parental alienation, then turns around and demands she have no contact with the kids (Pontiac, Michigan)
Straight out of the fathers rights playbook.
So you abused your wife, hit her in front of the kids. The kids are afraid of you, don't want to be around you. Should you take responsibility for your actions? Learn to be a decent human being?
Nah! That's for sissies! Accuse Mom of brainwashing the kids against you. Then strip her of custody, and deny HER all contact. (But that's not attempted alienation, see. Not when Daddy does it. "Parental alienation" was cooked up by an abuser shrink purely for the use of abusive fathers and their lawyers. So daddies can badmouth mom all they want, and keep the kids away from her and that's totally okay.)
This scam has been going on for 30 years now. This is just the latest version.
Dad is identified as OMER TSIMHONI.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2015/09/09/dad-bitter-divorce-wants-ex-wife-blocked-contacting-kids/71975846/
Dad in bitter divorce wants mom blocked from contact
Mike Martindale, The Detroit News 7:51 p.m. EDT September 9, 2015
Pontiac — A bitter case of child custody and alleged parental alienation is headed back into Oakland Circuit Court with a request from the father that his ex-wife be ordered not to have contact with her children for 90 days.
The couple’s two sons, now aged 14 and 11, and a daughter, 9, have been ordered to stay with their father, Omer Tsimhoni, for 90 days while being treated by a mental health professional, according to court documents.
A 2011 divorce has grown increasingly bitter between Tsimhoni and his ex-wife, Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni, with all three children refusing to talk to or even look at their father earlier this year.
That led Circuit Judge Lisa Gorcyca in June to order the children to Children’s Village. They eventually were sent to a summer camp in July and then to live with their father for 90 days after taking part last month in an intense five-day High Road to Reunification Program.
The children have lived with their mother since the divorce and their father contends his ex-wife has turned them against him. The mother, who is a well-known ophthalmologist, has said she wants the children to have a positive relationship with their father but added she and they fear he may kidnap them and take them to Israel, where he has worked as an engineer for General Motors.
#A hearing that was scheduled for Wednesday on the father’s request — filed last week — to block the mother from seeing the children during the 90 days was adjourned without explanation and no new date has been set.
Case court records indicate the father is “apprehensive” his ex-wife will disregard the separation and try to contact the children or visit them at their school — which started up this week.
Such action, the father claims in legal filings, would “result in immediate and irreparable harm” to the father and children’s forward progress in the program.
During this three-month period the mother would not be able to contact the children in person or by phone, email, text, letters, computer, third parties, or by delivery of any objects to the children.
The father also wants the mother to engage in program guidelines that she “shall engage a mental health professional.”
Since the father has had custody of the children since early August he also seeks abatement of child support payments while they are in his sole physical custody.
Gorcyca earlier ordered psychological evaluations for both parents and also the children and set Oct. 5-9 for an evidentiary hearing for arguments on whether the father should not be granted sole custody.
So you abused your wife, hit her in front of the kids. The kids are afraid of you, don't want to be around you. Should you take responsibility for your actions? Learn to be a decent human being?
Nah! That's for sissies! Accuse Mom of brainwashing the kids against you. Then strip her of custody, and deny HER all contact. (But that's not attempted alienation, see. Not when Daddy does it. "Parental alienation" was cooked up by an abuser shrink purely for the use of abusive fathers and their lawyers. So daddies can badmouth mom all they want, and keep the kids away from her and that's totally okay.)
This scam has been going on for 30 years now. This is just the latest version.
Dad is identified as OMER TSIMHONI.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2015/09/09/dad-bitter-divorce-wants-ex-wife-blocked-contacting-kids/71975846/
Dad in bitter divorce wants mom blocked from contact
Mike Martindale, The Detroit News 7:51 p.m. EDT September 9, 2015
Pontiac — A bitter case of child custody and alleged parental alienation is headed back into Oakland Circuit Court with a request from the father that his ex-wife be ordered not to have contact with her children for 90 days.
The couple’s two sons, now aged 14 and 11, and a daughter, 9, have been ordered to stay with their father, Omer Tsimhoni, for 90 days while being treated by a mental health professional, according to court documents.
A 2011 divorce has grown increasingly bitter between Tsimhoni and his ex-wife, Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni, with all three children refusing to talk to or even look at their father earlier this year.
That led Circuit Judge Lisa Gorcyca in June to order the children to Children’s Village. They eventually were sent to a summer camp in July and then to live with their father for 90 days after taking part last month in an intense five-day High Road to Reunification Program.
The children have lived with their mother since the divorce and their father contends his ex-wife has turned them against him. The mother, who is a well-known ophthalmologist, has said she wants the children to have a positive relationship with their father but added she and they fear he may kidnap them and take them to Israel, where he has worked as an engineer for General Motors.
#A hearing that was scheduled for Wednesday on the father’s request — filed last week — to block the mother from seeing the children during the 90 days was adjourned without explanation and no new date has been set.
Case court records indicate the father is “apprehensive” his ex-wife will disregard the separation and try to contact the children or visit them at their school — which started up this week.
Such action, the father claims in legal filings, would “result in immediate and irreparable harm” to the father and children’s forward progress in the program.
During this three-month period the mother would not be able to contact the children in person or by phone, email, text, letters, computer, third parties, or by delivery of any objects to the children.
The father also wants the mother to engage in program guidelines that she “shall engage a mental health professional.”
Since the father has had custody of the children since early August he also seeks abatement of child support payments while they are in his sole physical custody.
Gorcyca earlier ordered psychological evaluations for both parents and also the children and set Oct. 5-9 for an evidentiary hearing for arguments on whether the father should not be granted sole custody.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Dad pleads no contest to scalding 1-year-old son (Saginaw, Michigan)
Yet another moron who shouldn't have been allowed around children.
Dad is identified as ELLIOT J. ROBINSON.
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2015/08/saginaw_dad_accused_of_scaldin.html
Saginaw father accused of scalding toddler son's hands pleads no contest to felony
By Cole Waterman on August 12, 2015 at 6:30 AM, updated August 12, 2015 at 2:00 PM
BAY CITY, MI — A year and a half after he burned his 1-year-old son's hands with scalding water, a Saginaw father accepted a plea deal days before his trial would have begun.
Elliot J. Robinson, 30, on Thursday, Aug. 6, appeared before Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill and pleaded no contest to one count of second-degree child abuse. The charge is a 10-year felony, but as Robinson pleaded as a habitual offender, his maximum possible sentence is doubled to 20 years.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for the purposes of sentencing. Gill had to rely on investigators' reports to enter a conviction on the record.
In exchange for his plea, the prosecution agreed to dismiss a count of first-degree child abuse, which is punishable by up to life imprisonment.
Robinson's trial was to begin Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The charges stem from an incident that occurred Dec. 11, 2013, at the Bay City home of the mother of Robinson's son. Robinson was there with his three children while their mother was away.
Bay City Public Safety Detective Brian Berthiaume testified in the July 2014 preliminary examination that he interviewed Robinson after police were notified of the incident by the Department of Human Services. According to Berthiaume, Robinson told him he was doing dishes in the kitchen while his 1-year-old son was in a bathtub. Another child came to him and said the younger boy was out of the tub, so Robinson went into the bathroom, Berthiaume said.
Robinson saw the boy standing in the bathroom with feces on one hand and was trying to pick up more from the floor, the detective said.
"Mr. Elliot Robinson Sr. said he had slapped (the boy's) hand in a disciplinary manner and he began to cry," Berthiaume testified. "He had turned the water on, the hot water. Then he had lifted up the boy and placed him on the knee. He braced his knee up against the sink. He grabbed his arms just below his elbow and wrist and put his hands in the water to wash the poop off his hands."
Robinson said he held the boy's hands in the water for upwards of 10 seconds, Berthiaume testified.
"(The boy) was crying prior to him putting him in the water," Berthiaume said. "As he was washing his hands, the boy began crying louder. At that time, he pulled his hands out of the water and he said the boy's skin on his hands began to peel off like a glove."
In that same court hearing, Dr. Bethany Mohr, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor, testified she reviewed medical records regarding wounds on the hands of Robinson's son, as well as reports from Children's Protective Services and police agencies pertaining to Robinson. She said Robinson's son suffered second- and third-degree burns to his hands and that there were clear lines of demarcation with the child's burns, meaning there was no splash-style scalding above his wrists.
"In my opinion, his injuries are the results of physical abuse," Mohr testified. She estimated the boy's hands were in the water for 2 to 15 seconds.
Gill is to sentence Robinson at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19.
Dad is identified as ELLIOT J. ROBINSON.
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2015/08/saginaw_dad_accused_of_scaldin.html
Saginaw father accused of scalding toddler son's hands pleads no contest to felony
By Cole Waterman on August 12, 2015 at 6:30 AM, updated August 12, 2015 at 2:00 PM
BAY CITY, MI — A year and a half after he burned his 1-year-old son's hands with scalding water, a Saginaw father accepted a plea deal days before his trial would have begun.
Elliot J. Robinson, 30, on Thursday, Aug. 6, appeared before Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill and pleaded no contest to one count of second-degree child abuse. The charge is a 10-year felony, but as Robinson pleaded as a habitual offender, his maximum possible sentence is doubled to 20 years.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for the purposes of sentencing. Gill had to rely on investigators' reports to enter a conviction on the record.
In exchange for his plea, the prosecution agreed to dismiss a count of first-degree child abuse, which is punishable by up to life imprisonment.
Robinson's trial was to begin Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The charges stem from an incident that occurred Dec. 11, 2013, at the Bay City home of the mother of Robinson's son. Robinson was there with his three children while their mother was away.
Bay City Public Safety Detective Brian Berthiaume testified in the July 2014 preliminary examination that he interviewed Robinson after police were notified of the incident by the Department of Human Services. According to Berthiaume, Robinson told him he was doing dishes in the kitchen while his 1-year-old son was in a bathtub. Another child came to him and said the younger boy was out of the tub, so Robinson went into the bathroom, Berthiaume said.
Robinson saw the boy standing in the bathroom with feces on one hand and was trying to pick up more from the floor, the detective said.
"Mr. Elliot Robinson Sr. said he had slapped (the boy's) hand in a disciplinary manner and he began to cry," Berthiaume testified. "He had turned the water on, the hot water. Then he had lifted up the boy and placed him on the knee. He braced his knee up against the sink. He grabbed his arms just below his elbow and wrist and put his hands in the water to wash the poop off his hands."
Robinson said he held the boy's hands in the water for upwards of 10 seconds, Berthiaume testified.
"(The boy) was crying prior to him putting him in the water," Berthiaume said. "As he was washing his hands, the boy began crying louder. At that time, he pulled his hands out of the water and he said the boy's skin on his hands began to peel off like a glove."
In that same court hearing, Dr. Bethany Mohr, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor, testified she reviewed medical records regarding wounds on the hands of Robinson's son, as well as reports from Children's Protective Services and police agencies pertaining to Robinson. She said Robinson's son suffered second- and third-degree burns to his hands and that there were clear lines of demarcation with the child's burns, meaning there was no splash-style scalding above his wrists.
"In my opinion, his injuries are the results of physical abuse," Mohr testified. She estimated the boy's hands were in the water for 2 to 15 seconds.
Gill is to sentence Robinson at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Custodial dad, step to go to trial for torture murder of 5-year-old daughter (Port Huron, Michigan)
We've posted on this case before.
Dad is identified as ANDREW MAISON.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/07/21/mackenzie-maison-dad-stepmom-trial/30484413/
November trial for dad, stepmom charged in girl's death
Beth LeBlanc, Times Herald 6:38 p.m. EDT July 21, 2015
A Port Huron couple charged in the death of 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison will go to trial in November.
The trial for Hilery Maison, 27, and Andrew Maison, 25, has been scheduled for Nov. 3, according to online court records.
A final plea hearing for both is scheduled for Oct. 26.
On Monday, Circuit Judge Daniel Kelly said the trial would be scheduled out further than usual to handle any anticipated issues that may come up in the case.
Lawyers for Hilery and Andrew Maison said they hadn't yet received an autopsy report in Mackenzie's death.
Frederick Lepley, lawyer for Andrew Maison, said he may be filing motions, including ones for expert witnesses and separate trials.
Hilery and Andrew Maison — Mackenzie's stepmother and father — face charges of murder, two counts of torture and two counts of first-degree child abuse in the death of Mackenzie and the alleged abuse of her 3-year-old sister, Makayla.
Police were called to the Maisons' Oak Street home about 8:30 p.m. May 26.
Mackenzie was found unresponsive at the home and declared dead at the hospital.
Police have said the 5-year-old was malnourished, dehydrated, and had pneumonia. She weighed 25 pounds.
Her 3-year-old sister, Makayla, was taken to the hospital for treatment of malnourishment. She weighed about 17 pounds.
Dad is identified as ANDREW MAISON.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/07/21/mackenzie-maison-dad-stepmom-trial/30484413/
November trial for dad, stepmom charged in girl's death
Beth LeBlanc, Times Herald 6:38 p.m. EDT July 21, 2015
A Port Huron couple charged in the death of 5-year-old Mackenzie Maison will go to trial in November.
The trial for Hilery Maison, 27, and Andrew Maison, 25, has been scheduled for Nov. 3, according to online court records.
A final plea hearing for both is scheduled for Oct. 26.
On Monday, Circuit Judge Daniel Kelly said the trial would be scheduled out further than usual to handle any anticipated issues that may come up in the case.
Lawyers for Hilery and Andrew Maison said they hadn't yet received an autopsy report in Mackenzie's death.
Frederick Lepley, lawyer for Andrew Maison, said he may be filing motions, including ones for expert witnesses and separate trials.
Hilery and Andrew Maison — Mackenzie's stepmother and father — face charges of murder, two counts of torture and two counts of first-degree child abuse in the death of Mackenzie and the alleged abuse of her 3-year-old sister, Makayla.
Police were called to the Maisons' Oak Street home about 8:30 p.m. May 26.
Mackenzie was found unresponsive at the home and declared dead at the hospital.
Police have said the 5-year-old was malnourished, dehydrated, and had pneumonia. She weighed 25 pounds.
Her 3-year-old sister, Makayla, was taken to the hospital for treatment of malnourishment. She weighed about 17 pounds.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Dad gets prison for manslaughter death of 3-month-old son (Allegan, Michigan)
Dad is identified as JONATHAN COLBY.
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/29587396/michigan-father-gets-prison-in-3-month-old-sons-death
Michigan father gets prison in 3-month-old son's death
Posted: Jul 20, 2015 11:42 AM EDT Updated: Jul 20, 2015 1:02 PM EDT
ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) - A southwestern Michigan father who pleaded no contest to manslaughter and first-degree child abuse in the death of his 3-month-old son has been sentenced to prison.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1JsxTgn ) 22-year-old Jonathan Colby learned his punishment Monday. Allegan County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Bakker gave him 18¾ to 30 years, saying "that it actually happened is beyond my comprehension."
Defense attorney Robert Champion says his client "has taken full responsibility." A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing.
Jase Colby was found unresponsive in December at an Allegan Township home about 30 miles south-southwest of Grand Rapids. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police have said Jonathan Colby told investigators the boy was struck because he was crying.
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/29587396/michigan-father-gets-prison-in-3-month-old-sons-death
Michigan father gets prison in 3-month-old son's death
Posted: Jul 20, 2015 11:42 AM EDT Updated: Jul 20, 2015 1:02 PM EDT
ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) - A southwestern Michigan father who pleaded no contest to manslaughter and first-degree child abuse in the death of his 3-month-old son has been sentenced to prison.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1JsxTgn ) 22-year-old Jonathan Colby learned his punishment Monday. Allegan County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Bakker gave him 18¾ to 30 years, saying "that it actually happened is beyond my comprehension."
Defense attorney Robert Champion says his client "has taken full responsibility." A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing.
Jase Colby was found unresponsive in December at an Allegan Township home about 30 miles south-southwest of Grand Rapids. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police have said Jonathan Colby told investigators the boy was struck because he was crying.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Family Court Judge throws kids in juvenile center for not "being nice" to abusive father (Oakland County, Michigan)
This is not uncommon among abusive fathers in custody fights. They piss and moan about how they are being "alienated," then viciously retaliate by having kids locked up in juvenile centers, psych hospitals, rehab facilities and the like where they are vulnerable to additional abuse. Pretty much proves it's all about control/punishment and not building a relationship to your children.
Note that the fathers rights-brainwashed judge absolutely refuses to even listen to the kids reports of domestic violence in the home.
Dad is identified as OMER TSIMHOHI, who, incidentally, is so concerned about his kids that he left the country.
Typical to the Bill Crosby affair in that a man is believed over four other people who are not adult males.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tsimhoni-judge-lisa-gorcyca-juvenile-detention_559e25f5e4b0967291557f38
Judge Throws 3 Kids In Juvenile Center For Not Being Nice To Their Dad
'You Have No Manners'
Kate Abbey-Lambertz Detroit Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 07/10/2015 | Edited: 07/10/2015 07:35 AM EDT
Three young siblings caught in their parents' custody fight were berated by a Michigan judge and sent to juvenile detention after they refused to have lunch with their dad.
Omer Tsimhoni and Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni's 9-year-old daughter, and their 10- and 15-year-old sons, have been incarcerated at a juvenile center for more than two weeks, collateral damage in their divorced parents' court battle.
The kids have been locked up since a June 24 hearing before Oakland County Circuit Judge Lisa Gorcyca to arrange visitation with their parents. The children told the judge they didn't want to spend time with their dad, who has a job in Israel but comes to the Detroit area often. Rather than listen to the children's reasons for avoiding their father, the judge belittled and threatened them, according to a hearing transcript first posted by Fox 2 Detroit.
Gorcyca imposed the harsh punishment after the older Tsimhoni son obeyed the judge's command to apologize -- but not to his father. “He’s violent and he -- I saw him hit my mom and I’m not gonna talk to him,” the teen said. Tsimhoni denied hitting his ex in an interview with the New York Observer, and claimed his former wife made up the story and convinced their kids it was real.
Gorcyca ignored the teen's allegation and found him guilty of civil contempt. After praising the father effusively, she called the son a "defiant, contemptuous young man."
"You’re supposed to have a high IQ, which I’m doubting right now," Gorcyca told the boy, according to the transcript. "You have no manners.”
With coaxing from their attorneys, the two younger Tsimhoni siblings each apologized and said they would try to connect with their dad. Gorcyca ordered them to have a pleasant lunch with their father -- or they'd be incarcerated.
“Do you like going to the bathroom in front of people?" she asked the girl, threatening to send her to detention for her birthday.
Gorcyca said she would use security cameras to keep track of the children's behavior. After hearing the judge's warnings, the sister and younger brother said they would rather be sent to juvenile detention with their older sibling.
“Every single adult in this courtroom thinks you have been brainwashed," Gorcyca told them. She said they were like Charles Manson cult members.
Gorcyca sentenced all three children to a youth shelter. The shelter holds three dozen people, said George Miller, director of the Oakland County Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the center.
The judge banned the mother from visiting and ordered that the siblings be "kept away from each other as much as possible." Gorcyca set a review of the punishment for Sept. 8, but said the father may request an earlier hearing if the children start getting along with him.
“When you can follow the court’s direct order and have a normal, healthy relationship with your father, I would review this,” Gorcyca said. "It might be three years. It might [not] be till you’re 18."
Gorcyca won't comment on an open case, a staffer in her office said.
Jennifer Lord, an attorney who belongs to the growing Facebook group supporting the Tsimhoni kids, said judges aren't supposed to "adjudicate how a child feels about his family."
"Family judges, they're the ones who are supposed to be listening to the children," she said.
Tsimhoni and Eibschitz-Tsimhoni declined interview requests. Omer Tsimhoni wrote in an email that he hopes to eventually have a healthy relationship with his kids.
"I am hurt but mostly very sad for my children," he said. "I love them and miss them."
"I cannot understand something like that can even happen in this country," Eibschitz-Tsimhoni told Fox 2. "I want them back home."
Outrage appears to be growing as news of the punishment spreads. A small group protested in front of the courthouse Wednesday afternoon. Petitions calling for the judge’s firing and for the release of the children had more than 2,000 signatures Thursday afternoon.
Kristen Staley, associate director of youth justice policy at the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency, said she believed the judge acted within her authority. But she said she had concerns about placing non-offenders in a detention center set up for delinquents.
Ronn Torossian, a friend of Tsimhoni's current wife, dismissed public anger over the case, saying the transcript of last month's hearing gives a skewed view of complex divorce proceedings that fill eight volumes.
“This is not a case of, ‘These kids would not have a meal with their father so they were sent away,’” Torossian said. “That’s ignoring five years in court. … There’s been a lot of inappropriate conduct by the mother throughout the years.”
The divorce case began in 2009, after Omer Tsimhoni moved to Israel. Each parent claims the other has been dishonest and is trying to take the children.
Omer Tsimhoni's lawyer contends his ex-wife violates court orders and doesn't allow the children to see their father. Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni's attorney says she feels threatened by her ex-husband and fears for the children's safety.
U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland in 2010 described all three kids as "intelligent, sociable, and pleasant." He said the oldest had a “shy, reserved and polite personality."
Eibschitz-Tsimhoni's attorney has filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking the children’s release, which Gorcyca is set to consider next week.
Note that the fathers rights-brainwashed judge absolutely refuses to even listen to the kids reports of domestic violence in the home.
Dad is identified as OMER TSIMHOHI, who, incidentally, is so concerned about his kids that he left the country.
Typical to the Bill Crosby affair in that a man is believed over four other people who are not adult males.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tsimhoni-judge-lisa-gorcyca-juvenile-detention_559e25f5e4b0967291557f38
Judge Throws 3 Kids In Juvenile Center For Not Being Nice To Their Dad
'You Have No Manners'
Kate Abbey-Lambertz Detroit Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 07/10/2015 | Edited: 07/10/2015 07:35 AM EDT
Three young siblings caught in their parents' custody fight were berated by a Michigan judge and sent to juvenile detention after they refused to have lunch with their dad.
Omer Tsimhoni and Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni's 9-year-old daughter, and their 10- and 15-year-old sons, have been incarcerated at a juvenile center for more than two weeks, collateral damage in their divorced parents' court battle.
The kids have been locked up since a June 24 hearing before Oakland County Circuit Judge Lisa Gorcyca to arrange visitation with their parents. The children told the judge they didn't want to spend time with their dad, who has a job in Israel but comes to the Detroit area often. Rather than listen to the children's reasons for avoiding their father, the judge belittled and threatened them, according to a hearing transcript first posted by Fox 2 Detroit.
Gorcyca imposed the harsh punishment after the older Tsimhoni son obeyed the judge's command to apologize -- but not to his father. “He’s violent and he -- I saw him hit my mom and I’m not gonna talk to him,” the teen said. Tsimhoni denied hitting his ex in an interview with the New York Observer, and claimed his former wife made up the story and convinced their kids it was real.
Gorcyca ignored the teen's allegation and found him guilty of civil contempt. After praising the father effusively, she called the son a "defiant, contemptuous young man."
"You’re supposed to have a high IQ, which I’m doubting right now," Gorcyca told the boy, according to the transcript. "You have no manners.”
With coaxing from their attorneys, the two younger Tsimhoni siblings each apologized and said they would try to connect with their dad. Gorcyca ordered them to have a pleasant lunch with their father -- or they'd be incarcerated.
“Do you like going to the bathroom in front of people?" she asked the girl, threatening to send her to detention for her birthday.
Gorcyca said she would use security cameras to keep track of the children's behavior. After hearing the judge's warnings, the sister and younger brother said they would rather be sent to juvenile detention with their older sibling.
“Every single adult in this courtroom thinks you have been brainwashed," Gorcyca told them. She said they were like Charles Manson cult members.
Gorcyca sentenced all three children to a youth shelter. The shelter holds three dozen people, said George Miller, director of the Oakland County Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the center.
The judge banned the mother from visiting and ordered that the siblings be "kept away from each other as much as possible." Gorcyca set a review of the punishment for Sept. 8, but said the father may request an earlier hearing if the children start getting along with him.
“When you can follow the court’s direct order and have a normal, healthy relationship with your father, I would review this,” Gorcyca said. "It might be three years. It might [not] be till you’re 18."
Gorcyca won't comment on an open case, a staffer in her office said.
Jennifer Lord, an attorney who belongs to the growing Facebook group supporting the Tsimhoni kids, said judges aren't supposed to "adjudicate how a child feels about his family."
"Family judges, they're the ones who are supposed to be listening to the children," she said.
Tsimhoni and Eibschitz-Tsimhoni declined interview requests. Omer Tsimhoni wrote in an email that he hopes to eventually have a healthy relationship with his kids.
"I am hurt but mostly very sad for my children," he said. "I love them and miss them."
"I cannot understand something like that can even happen in this country," Eibschitz-Tsimhoni told Fox 2. "I want them back home."
Outrage appears to be growing as news of the punishment spreads. A small group protested in front of the courthouse Wednesday afternoon. Petitions calling for the judge’s firing and for the release of the children had more than 2,000 signatures Thursday afternoon.
Kristen Staley, associate director of youth justice policy at the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency, said she believed the judge acted within her authority. But she said she had concerns about placing non-offenders in a detention center set up for delinquents.
Ronn Torossian, a friend of Tsimhoni's current wife, dismissed public anger over the case, saying the transcript of last month's hearing gives a skewed view of complex divorce proceedings that fill eight volumes.
“This is not a case of, ‘These kids would not have a meal with their father so they were sent away,’” Torossian said. “That’s ignoring five years in court. … There’s been a lot of inappropriate conduct by the mother throughout the years.”
The divorce case began in 2009, after Omer Tsimhoni moved to Israel. Each parent claims the other has been dishonest and is trying to take the children.
Omer Tsimhoni's lawyer contends his ex-wife violates court orders and doesn't allow the children to see their father. Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni's attorney says she feels threatened by her ex-husband and fears for the children's safety.
U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland in 2010 described all three kids as "intelligent, sociable, and pleasant." He said the oldest had a “shy, reserved and polite personality."
Eibschitz-Tsimhoni's attorney has filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking the children’s release, which Gorcyca is set to consider next week.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Former custodial dad, step bound over for child abuse charges (Detroit, Michigan)
It's not reported here, but dad CHARLIE BOTHUELL IV formerly had custody. The boy is now safe with his mother.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/key-hearing-nears-end-in-case-of-detroit-boy-in-basement
Father, stepmother of Charlie Bothuell bound over for trial on child abuse charges
Posted: 7:32 AM, Jun 24, 2015 Updated: 5:30 PM, Jun 24, 2015
DETROIT (AP MODIFIED) - The father and stepmother of Charlie Bothuell V will stand trial on second degree child abuse charges, a judge ruled today.
The Detroit boy was missing for 11 days before he was found in the family's basement a year ago.
The search for Charlie Bothuell led to an investigation of his father, also named Charlie Bothuell, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell.
Charlie says he was struck with a stick or PVC pipe if he disappointed his dad and stepmother. Charlie described his home as a "terrible place."
But defense lawyers say Charlie is lying. If he was stuck in the basement, they say he had many opportunities to leave the house during those 11 days.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/key-hearing-nears-end-in-case-of-detroit-boy-in-basement
Father, stepmother of Charlie Bothuell bound over for trial on child abuse charges
Posted: 7:32 AM, Jun 24, 2015 Updated: 5:30 PM, Jun 24, 2015
DETROIT (AP MODIFIED) - The father and stepmother of Charlie Bothuell V will stand trial on second degree child abuse charges, a judge ruled today.
The Detroit boy was missing for 11 days before he was found in the family's basement a year ago.
The search for Charlie Bothuell led to an investigation of his father, also named Charlie Bothuell, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell.
Charlie says he was struck with a stick or PVC pipe if he disappointed his dad and stepmother. Charlie described his home as a "terrible place."
But defense lawyers say Charlie is lying. If he was stuck in the basement, they say he had many opportunities to leave the house during those 11 days.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Custodial dad, step to stand trial on murder and torture charges in death of 5-year-old daughter (Port Huron, Michigan)
Still waiting to see the names of the judges and family court officials who granted dad ANDREW MAISON custody and allowed him to cut off all contact with the mother.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3139636/Father-wife-weep-court-hearing-let-daughter-5-die-severe-dehydration-malnourishment-face-murder-torture-charges.html
'Abuser' parents finally weep as court hears horrific details of how they 'starved daughter, 5, to just 25 pounds before her death'
Andrew and Hilery Maison of Port Huron, Michigan will stand trial on murder and torture charges
They called police to their home on May 26 when his daughter Mackenzie, 5, suddenly went unconscious
Mackenzie died soon after suffering from severe dehydration and malnutrition and weighing just 25 pounds
She also had numerous bruises on her body and multiple infections
Her sister Makayla, 3, weighed just 17 pounds and was also severely malnourished and dehydrated
She survived and has since been moved to a foster home
By Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:07 EST, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 01:49 EST, 26 June 2015
A father and his wife who are charged with murdering his daughter wept in court on Thursday as lawyers detailed the abuse and torture that led to the young girl's death.
Andrew and Hilery Maison of Port Huron, Michigan will stand trial on charges of murder, two counts of torture and two counts of first-degree child abuse in the death of Mackenzie Maison, Andrews 5-year-old daughter.
Mackenzie was found dead at the couple's home on May 26 weighing just 25 pounds, while her 3-year-old sister Makayla, who managed to survive, weighed just 17 pounds.
Both girls were severely malnourished and dehydrated.
'These children were dying in front of these defendants, and they did absolutely nothing while they are taking adequate and appropriate care of the other two children,' Senior Assistant Prosecutor Mona Armstrong said in court Thursday according to The Times Herald.
Andrew and Hilery were at times quiet, and other times seen openly crying in court.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3139636/Father-wife-weep-court-hearing-let-daughter-5-die-severe-dehydration-malnourishment-face-murder-torture-charges.html
'Abuser' parents finally weep as court hears horrific details of how they 'starved daughter, 5, to just 25 pounds before her death'
Andrew and Hilery Maison of Port Huron, Michigan will stand trial on murder and torture charges
They called police to their home on May 26 when his daughter Mackenzie, 5, suddenly went unconscious
Mackenzie died soon after suffering from severe dehydration and malnutrition and weighing just 25 pounds
She also had numerous bruises on her body and multiple infections
Her sister Makayla, 3, weighed just 17 pounds and was also severely malnourished and dehydrated
She survived and has since been moved to a foster home
By Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:07 EST, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 01:49 EST, 26 June 2015
A father and his wife who are charged with murdering his daughter wept in court on Thursday as lawyers detailed the abuse and torture that led to the young girl's death.
Andrew and Hilery Maison of Port Huron, Michigan will stand trial on charges of murder, two counts of torture and two counts of first-degree child abuse in the death of Mackenzie Maison, Andrews 5-year-old daughter.
Mackenzie was found dead at the couple's home on May 26 weighing just 25 pounds, while her 3-year-old sister Makayla, who managed to survive, weighed just 17 pounds.
Both girls were severely malnourished and dehydrated.
'These children were dying in front of these defendants, and they did absolutely nothing while they are taking adequate and appropriate care of the other two children,' Senior Assistant Prosecutor Mona Armstrong said in court Thursday according to The Times Herald.
Andrew and Hilery were at times quiet, and other times seen openly crying in court.
Despite their tears however, the prosecution argued that these girls ahd been suffering for a long period of time.
'Malnutrition alone doesn’t occur in a day or two days or, really, in a week. Malnutrition is more a prolonged type of a process,' Dr. Daniel Spitz, medical examiner for St. Clair County, testified in court.
'I think I can say this child was malnourished over a period of months and, more likely, years.'
Mackenzie's body was also bruised in numerous places and she had multiple infections
Makayla meanwhile drank four glasses of water when police arrived - after the couple called them when Mackenzie suddenly went unconscious - and could barely stand up according to their report.
She was also so weak she had trouble biting into an apple at the police station.
She was released from the hospital on June 1 and is now in foster care.
Michael Boucher, Hilery’s lawyer, and Frederick Lepley, Andrew’s lawyer, argued that the two did not knowingly deprive the girls of nutrition.
The results of Mackenzie's autopsy have not yet been released.
The girls' mother, Shelby Coffee, had lost custody of the two in 2013.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Dad pleads no contest to manslaughter charges in death of 3-month-old son (Allegan County, Michigan)
Dad is identified as JONATHAN COLBY.
http://fox17online.com/2015/06/15/father-pleads-guilty-in-3-month-old-babys-death/
Father pleads no contest in 3-month-old baby’s death
Posted 4:50 PM, June 15, 2015, by FOX 17 News, Updated at 10:59am, June 16, 2015
ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — An Allegan Township man has entered a plea of no contest to two charges in connection with the death of his 3-month-old son.
Jonathan Colby, 22, pleaded no contest Monday morning to first-degree child abuse and manslaughter, according to Allegan County Prosecutor Fred Anderson. He faces up to life in prison for the child abuse charge and a maximum of 15 years for manslaughter.
He is set to be sentenced in late July.
Colby was arrested Dec. 3, 2014 after his infant son Jase Colby was found unresponsive in his crib by the baby’s mother. The couple lived on Starlite Drive in Allegan Township.
At the time of the initial investigation, officials say Colby admitted to striking Baby Jase in the head twice because he wouldn’t stop crying.
Autopsy results showed that Baby Jase had a cracked skull and other injuries consistent with strangulation and suffocation.
http://fox17online.com/2015/06/15/father-pleads-guilty-in-3-month-old-babys-death/
Father pleads no contest in 3-month-old baby’s death
Posted 4:50 PM, June 15, 2015, by FOX 17 News, Updated at 10:59am, June 16, 2015
ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — An Allegan Township man has entered a plea of no contest to two charges in connection with the death of his 3-month-old son.
Jonathan Colby, 22, pleaded no contest Monday morning to first-degree child abuse and manslaughter, according to Allegan County Prosecutor Fred Anderson. He faces up to life in prison for the child abuse charge and a maximum of 15 years for manslaughter.
He is set to be sentenced in late July.
Colby was arrested Dec. 3, 2014 after his infant son Jase Colby was found unresponsive in his crib by the baby’s mother. The couple lived on Starlite Drive in Allegan Township.
At the time of the initial investigation, officials say Colby admitted to striking Baby Jase in the head twice because he wouldn’t stop crying.
Autopsy results showed that Baby Jase had a cracked skull and other injuries consistent with strangulation and suffocation.
Friday, June 12, 2015
Custodial dad, step back in court for torture-murder of 5-year-old daughter (Port Huron, Michigan)
The custodial dad is identified as ANDREW MAISON. See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Michigan.
We have a posted on this case before. Here is one of the posts, where we find out that the girl's mother had been shut off from any contact for a year and a half. She had no money to go to court. These problems are very common for non-custodial mothers.
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2015/06/09/live-court-father-stepmother-charged-girls-death-back-court/28728949/
Live from court: Father, stepmother charged in girl's death back in court
Times Herald 9:49 a.m. EDT June 9, 2015
The father and stepmother of a 5-year-old girl found dead in her Port Huron home May 26 are due in court at 9 a.m. for a probable cause hearing.
Andrew Maison, 25, and Hilery Maison, 27, are charged with open murder, two counts of torture and two counts of first-degree child abuse.
Mackenzie Maison was pronounced dead after rescue crews responded to her Oak Street home the evening of May 26 to a report of an unresponsive child. Her 3-year-old sister was taken to a hospital for malnourishment.
Two other children were taken from the home.
Both children were younger than 11 and Hilery Maison's biological children and did not show signs of neglect, according to officials.
Officials have said Mackenzie was malnourished, had a severe infection and pneumonia when she died.
We have a posted on this case before. Here is one of the posts, where we find out that the girl's mother had been shut off from any contact for a year and a half. She had no money to go to court. These problems are very common for non-custodial mothers.
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2015/06/09/live-court-father-stepmother-charged-girls-death-back-court/28728949/
Live from court: Father, stepmother charged in girl's death back in court
Times Herald 9:49 a.m. EDT June 9, 2015
The father and stepmother of a 5-year-old girl found dead in her Port Huron home May 26 are due in court at 9 a.m. for a probable cause hearing.
Andrew Maison, 25, and Hilery Maison, 27, are charged with open murder, two counts of torture and two counts of first-degree child abuse.
Mackenzie Maison was pronounced dead after rescue crews responded to her Oak Street home the evening of May 26 to a report of an unresponsive child. Her 3-year-old sister was taken to a hospital for malnourishment.
Two other children were taken from the home.
Both children were younger than 11 and Hilery Maison's biological children and did not show signs of neglect, according to officials.
Officials have said Mackenzie was malnourished, had a severe infection and pneumonia when she died.
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