So this @$$ lied and STILL gets a break. Daddy coddling at its finest....
Dad is identified as MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODMAN.
http://wtkr.com/2013/03/12/suffolk-dad-sentenced-in-shooting-of-3-year-old-son/
Suffolk dad sentenced in shooting of 3-year-old son
Posted on: 3:04 pm, March 12, 2013, by Doris Taylor
Suffolk, Va. –Michael Anthony Goodman, a Suffolk father, has been sentenced in connection to the shooting of his 3-year-old son last year.
He was sentenced to 25 years in jail with all but 6 years and 11 months suspended.
Goodman pleaded guilty in November to attempted malicious wounding, malicious wounding, child abuse, disregard for life, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and child abuse and serious injury.
Police say he accidentally shot his son in the shoulder during an argument with the child’s mother and a friend.
Goodman fired shots in the friend’s direction, but his son was hit according to the documents.
After Goodman was arrested, he said his son shot himself after finding a gun in his car police say.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Dad sentenced for throwing infant daughter to ground (Rustburg, Virginia)
Dad JAMES FRANCIS WITHERS has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of throwing his 6-week-old daughter to the ground, causing a skull fracture and brain damage. The baby has permanent disabilities, and may never be capable of independent living.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT: Where was this baby's mom when Daddy was so "frustrated" by a "fussy" baby that he threw her into a woodstove? Working to support his lazy @$$ or what?
http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/jul/30/father-sentenced-throwing-infant-daughter-ground-ar-356148/
Father sentenced for throwing infant daughter to ground
By Carrie J. Sidener
Published: July 30, 2010
RUSTBURG — A man convicted of throwing his infant daughter to the ground told the court charged with sentencing him on Friday that he failed his daughter.
James Francis Withers was sentenced Friday in Campbell County Circuit Court by Judge John Cook to 20 years in prison on one count of aggravated malicious wounding and 10 years on one count child abuse and neglect. All but 11 years was suspended.
“I let a lot of people down,” Withers said at sentencing. “My daughter that I love more than anything, I failed her.”
Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul McAndrews said when he thought about what he was going to say at the sentencing Friday, he thought of reading “Humpty Dumpty” to his own daughter.
“What we want — all the King’s men and all the King’s horses — we can’t have,” he said.
“He attacked a six-week-old child. He threw her down. … It was malicious and done with anger and frustration on a child that he, more than anyone else, is charged with protecting.”
Dr. Teresa Brennan, a developmental pediatrician at Virginia Baptist Hospital who treated the baby, said the girl suffered a skull fracture that resulted in a brain bleed and brain damage.
Brennan said the girl will permanently have trouble with weakness and control on her right side, as well as balance issues. She also said the baby has some impairment of language and problem-solving skills that could prevent her from living independently as an adult, among other impairments.
“She will continue to learn and progress but she won’t catch up,” Brennan said. “She will need special education and her capacity for independent living is unknown.”
Withers’ attorney, Curtis Thornhill, said his client’s only prior criminal history involved writing bad checks.
“One brief second changed everything,” Thornhill said. “One brief second changed that child. One brief second ruined the rest of his life. … He’s not the monster; he’s not the demon. Nothing he can say, though, can make it easier for the mother, grandparents and the foster parents of this child.”
Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Robert New testified that Withers told him several versions of what happened when he was supposed to be caring for the baby on May 1, 2009.
Withers, 26, initially told New that the baby had rolled off a couch and onto the floor, then that he was tossing the baby into the air to comfort her because she was fussy. He also said he was holding the baby over his head in one hand and she wiggled out of his grasp and fell onto the floor, New said.
In the final version, the investigator testified, Withers said he was frustrated because the baby would not calm down, and he held her over his head with the intention of throwing her on the carpet but she hit the wood stove instead.
When Withers finally confessed, “he cried for quite a while,” New said. “He’d go from crying to not crying to speaking quiet and then began mumbling to the baby doll as if it was his daughter.”
McAndrews said the injuries the girl sustained have robbed her of what she could potentially have become as an adult. This is one case, he said, where the victim can’t tell the court about what the violence took from her.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT: Where was this baby's mom when Daddy was so "frustrated" by a "fussy" baby that he threw her into a woodstove? Working to support his lazy @$$ or what?
http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/jul/30/father-sentenced-throwing-infant-daughter-ground-ar-356148/
Father sentenced for throwing infant daughter to ground
By Carrie J. Sidener
Published: July 30, 2010
RUSTBURG — A man convicted of throwing his infant daughter to the ground told the court charged with sentencing him on Friday that he failed his daughter.
James Francis Withers was sentenced Friday in Campbell County Circuit Court by Judge John Cook to 20 years in prison on one count of aggravated malicious wounding and 10 years on one count child abuse and neglect. All but 11 years was suspended.
“I let a lot of people down,” Withers said at sentencing. “My daughter that I love more than anything, I failed her.”
Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul McAndrews said when he thought about what he was going to say at the sentencing Friday, he thought of reading “Humpty Dumpty” to his own daughter.
“What we want — all the King’s men and all the King’s horses — we can’t have,” he said.
“He attacked a six-week-old child. He threw her down. … It was malicious and done with anger and frustration on a child that he, more than anyone else, is charged with protecting.”
Dr. Teresa Brennan, a developmental pediatrician at Virginia Baptist Hospital who treated the baby, said the girl suffered a skull fracture that resulted in a brain bleed and brain damage.
Brennan said the girl will permanently have trouble with weakness and control on her right side, as well as balance issues. She also said the baby has some impairment of language and problem-solving skills that could prevent her from living independently as an adult, among other impairments.
“She will continue to learn and progress but she won’t catch up,” Brennan said. “She will need special education and her capacity for independent living is unknown.”
Withers’ attorney, Curtis Thornhill, said his client’s only prior criminal history involved writing bad checks.
“One brief second changed everything,” Thornhill said. “One brief second changed that child. One brief second ruined the rest of his life. … He’s not the monster; he’s not the demon. Nothing he can say, though, can make it easier for the mother, grandparents and the foster parents of this child.”
Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Robert New testified that Withers told him several versions of what happened when he was supposed to be caring for the baby on May 1, 2009.
Withers, 26, initially told New that the baby had rolled off a couch and onto the floor, then that he was tossing the baby into the air to comfort her because she was fussy. He also said he was holding the baby over his head in one hand and she wiggled out of his grasp and fell onto the floor, New said.
In the final version, the investigator testified, Withers said he was frustrated because the baby would not calm down, and he held her over his head with the intention of throwing her on the carpet but she hit the wood stove instead.
When Withers finally confessed, “he cried for quite a while,” New said. “He’d go from crying to not crying to speaking quiet and then began mumbling to the baby doll as if it was his daughter.”
McAndrews said the injuries the girl sustained have robbed her of what she could potentially have become as an adult. This is one case, he said, where the victim can’t tell the court about what the violence took from her.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Dad charged with felony child abuse for injuries to 6-month-old daughter (Hampton, Virginia)
Dad JEONATHAN ZAPATA has been charged with felony child abuse for injuries to his 6-month-old daughter. The baby has been placed with CPS. Not a word here on the mother.
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/hampton-man-charged-with-child-abuse
Hampton father charged with child abuse
Charges stem from incident involving infant child
Updated: Thursday, 11 Mar 2010, 11:48 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010, 9:45 PM EST
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - A Hampton father was charged Tuesday with felony child abuse, police said.
Jeonathan Zapata, 22, of the 1st block of Sacremento Drive, was charged after an incident on December 30, 2009, when his 6-month-old daughter was taken to the hospital for injuries, police said.
Zapata was arrested Tuesday and then bonded out of jail. His daughter is with Child Protective Services.
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/hampton-man-charged-with-child-abuse
Hampton father charged with child abuse
Charges stem from incident involving infant child
Updated: Thursday, 11 Mar 2010, 11:48 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010, 9:45 PM EST
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - A Hampton father was charged Tuesday with felony child abuse, police said.
Jeonathan Zapata, 22, of the 1st block of Sacremento Drive, was charged after an incident on December 30, 2009, when his 6-month-old daughter was taken to the hospital for injuries, police said.
Zapata was arrested Tuesday and then bonded out of jail. His daughter is with Child Protective Services.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dad charged with burning 1-year-old son with hot coffee (Hampton Roads, Virginia)
Dad ERIC POWERS is charged with intentionally burning his 1-year-old son by holding the baby's hand in a coffee cup and causing "severe burns." Ostensibly this was a lesson for the baby about grabbing things. Riiight. Note the classic enabler excuses they always dust off for abusive dads--he was "inexperienced" blah blah blah. (Why Daddy's mother is so extensively quoted I don't know. And where is this baby's mother??? Was this baby "visiting" dad at the time of the abuse?)
However you slice it, the message is always the same: Dad's actions are never really his responsibility.
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-coffee-burn-baby,0,5484285.story
Local father charged with burning 1-year-old son with hot coffee
WTKR-TV3
A local father has been charged with burning his one-year-old with a cup of coffee.
As a 14-month-old baby, Aiden is learning the meaning of the word 'no' - a lesson his father, 22-year-old Eric Powers, tried teaching him the hard way.
Eric's mother, Dionne Howerton, says one night last October Aiden kept reaching for anything he could get his hands on, including coffee mugs.
"My son kept telling him no, no, and so to teach him not to he put his hand in the coffee," Howerton said.
"He messed up, I was very angry!"
The family took Aiden to the hospital where Powers was arrested hours later for child abuse.
Court documents obtained by NewsChannel 3 shows baby Aiden's hand had been "kept in hot liquid for an extended period of time" causing severe burns to Aiden's hand.
Yesterday a grand jury indicted Powers with felony child abuse and malicious wounding.
Howerton says the charges are too harsh for a young parent whose inexperience as a father led him to make a rash decision.
"He regrets what he did to his son. It's not just an intentional thing. I think it was spur of the moment, not thinking."
Dionne Howerton says her son needs parenting classes instead of jail time.
Though Aiden's hand has healed, the family says it will be a while before they recover from what was supposed to be a simple lesson that has turned into a lifetime of regret.
Powers has been released on a $350 bond and was ordered not to have any contact with his son. He will face a judge Wednesday for his arraignment.
However you slice it, the message is always the same: Dad's actions are never really his responsibility.
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-coffee-burn-baby,0,5484285.story
Local father charged with burning 1-year-old son with hot coffee
WTKR-TV3
A local father has been charged with burning his one-year-old with a cup of coffee.
As a 14-month-old baby, Aiden is learning the meaning of the word 'no' - a lesson his father, 22-year-old Eric Powers, tried teaching him the hard way.
Eric's mother, Dionne Howerton, says one night last October Aiden kept reaching for anything he could get his hands on, including coffee mugs.
"My son kept telling him no, no, and so to teach him not to he put his hand in the coffee," Howerton said.
"He messed up, I was very angry!"
The family took Aiden to the hospital where Powers was arrested hours later for child abuse.
Court documents obtained by NewsChannel 3 shows baby Aiden's hand had been "kept in hot liquid for an extended period of time" causing severe burns to Aiden's hand.
Yesterday a grand jury indicted Powers with felony child abuse and malicious wounding.
Howerton says the charges are too harsh for a young parent whose inexperience as a father led him to make a rash decision.
"He regrets what he did to his son. It's not just an intentional thing. I think it was spur of the moment, not thinking."
Dionne Howerton says her son needs parenting classes instead of jail time.
Though Aiden's hand has healed, the family says it will be a while before they recover from what was supposed to be a simple lesson that has turned into a lifetime of regret.
Powers has been released on a $350 bond and was ordered not to have any contact with his son. He will face a judge Wednesday for his arraignment.
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