This poor little boy has been in a coma for over two months now--not good.
Somehow, this crazy piece of sh** was favored over the mother and grandmother for child custody--fathers rights, you know. Even ongoing CPS "monitoring" didn't save this boy.
Dad is identified as RANDALL LINTS. We've posted on him before.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20150923/NEWS/150929579
Injured Hardwick boy's father due in court Oct. 21
By Kim Ring
Telegram & Gazette Staff
Posted Sep. 23, 2015 at 9:09 PM
EAST BROOKFIELD - A Hardwick father accused of beating and starving his 7-year-old son is due back in Western Worcester District Court October 21.
Randall Lints, 26, who lived at 16 Bridge St., in the Gilbertville section of Hardwick, is charged with assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, permitting substantial injury to a child, reckless endangerment of a child and permitting injury to a child. His son, Jack Loiselle, is now in a rehabilitation facility where, at last word, he was stable but unresponsive, according to state officials.
Mr. Lints was charged when Jack ended up comatose in his second-floor apartment July 14 after allegedly being abused. The child was being monitored by the state Department of Children and Families over concerns that Mr. Lints was withholding food and water from the child in an attempt to manage his behavior, court documents show.
The father of three children had custody of his son for about a year. Before that Jack had been cared for by his grandparents and became the subject of a custody battle involving them. He lived with his mother, Amber Loiselle, for a time during his early years.
Mr.Lints had a court date on Wednesday but did not appear in the courtroom. A spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said his next appearance was scheduled for Oct. 21.
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Friday, September 25, 2015
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Sole custody abusive dad subject of DCF child abuse report (Hardwick, Massachusetts)
We've reported on this case before. Abusive dad RANDALL LINTS had sole custody. And yet the Fathers Rights guys in Massachusetts still wail about how discriminated against they are in custody matters. Total bullsh**. The reality is that the system bends over backwards to accommodate abusive fathers in custodial matters, and won't interfere with the father's "rights" till it's often too late.
http://www.whdh.com/story/29960177/dcf-to-release-report-on-hardwick-child-abuse-investigation
DCF releases report on Hardwick child abuse investigation
Posted: Sep 04, 2015 10:16 AM Updated: Sep 05, 2015 5:11 PM
Hardwick (WHDH) - The Department of Children and Families released on Friday a report on its investigation into what led a young Hardwick boy to be hospitalized.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker held a press conference on Friday and said the report was intended to identify failures of DCF processes that led to the injures sustained by 7-year-old Jack Loiselle. "These kids deserve the same chances other kids have," Baker said of children in DCF care. "To go to school, play with their friends, and find the kind of security, predictability and unconditional support that most of us take for granted so that they can grow, learn and succeed."
Baker said the report showed that DCF, despite its best intentions and efforts, does not have the policy framework, operating rules and other aspects that are required to properly served children. Several policies are more than 10 years old.
"DCF does not have a parental capability review policy for all cases involving custody issues," he said. "Neither the courts, nor DCF, did enough diligence concerning the childhood of Jack's biological father. His own childhood was enormously troubled and should have been factored into every decision concerning Jack's care, well being and safety."
By Jan. 1, the Western Massachusetts region of DCF will return to its previous management structure by recreating the Central Massachusetts region, costing between $1 million and $2 million.
"DCF has the authority to recruit, hire and train the social work team and the staff it needs to deal with rising case load and if we need to we will find the money to support the department's efforts," he said.
Baker said many people who work in DCF do good work every day, but the systemic issues show that much more needs to be done in order to keep children safe.
According to authorities, Loiselle weighed just 38 pounds.
The 7-year-old was unconscious and suffering from starvation and dehydration.
He had bruises on his face and bleach burns on his hands and knees.
At last check, he remains unresponsive at a long-term rehabilitation facility.
DCF became involved with the family in February, eight months after Randall Lints was granted sole custody of his son.
Police arrested and charged Lints a week after Jack was taken into intensive care.
Governor Charlie Baker will discuss the case Friday afternoon.
http://www.whdh.com/story/29960177/dcf-to-release-report-on-hardwick-child-abuse-investigation
DCF releases report on Hardwick child abuse investigation
Posted: Sep 04, 2015 10:16 AM Updated: Sep 05, 2015 5:11 PM
Hardwick (WHDH) - The Department of Children and Families released on Friday a report on its investigation into what led a young Hardwick boy to be hospitalized.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker held a press conference on Friday and said the report was intended to identify failures of DCF processes that led to the injures sustained by 7-year-old Jack Loiselle. "These kids deserve the same chances other kids have," Baker said of children in DCF care. "To go to school, play with their friends, and find the kind of security, predictability and unconditional support that most of us take for granted so that they can grow, learn and succeed."
Baker said the report showed that DCF, despite its best intentions and efforts, does not have the policy framework, operating rules and other aspects that are required to properly served children. Several policies are more than 10 years old.
"DCF does not have a parental capability review policy for all cases involving custody issues," he said. "Neither the courts, nor DCF, did enough diligence concerning the childhood of Jack's biological father. His own childhood was enormously troubled and should have been factored into every decision concerning Jack's care, well being and safety."
By Jan. 1, the Western Massachusetts region of DCF will return to its previous management structure by recreating the Central Massachusetts region, costing between $1 million and $2 million.
"DCF has the authority to recruit, hire and train the social work team and the staff it needs to deal with rising case load and if we need to we will find the money to support the department's efforts," he said.
Baker said many people who work in DCF do good work every day, but the systemic issues show that much more needs to be done in order to keep children safe.
According to authorities, Loiselle weighed just 38 pounds.
The 7-year-old was unconscious and suffering from starvation and dehydration.
He had bruises on his face and bleach burns on his hands and knees.
At last check, he remains unresponsive at a long-term rehabilitation facility.
DCF became involved with the family in February, eight months after Randall Lints was granted sole custody of his son.
Police arrested and charged Lints a week after Jack was taken into intensive care.
Governor Charlie Baker will discuss the case Friday afternoon.
Monday, August 17, 2015
How abusive dad got custody in seven minutes (Worcester, Massachusetts)
The ONLY reason such a travesty could have taken place is the utter triumph of Fathers Rights in the family court system. Fathers are coddled and indulged despite histories of domestic violence, severe mental illness, drugs/alcohol abuse, evidence of child abuse...none of it matters in terms of gaining and retaining custody.
We've reported on custodial dad RANDALL LINTS before.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/15/seven-minutes-that-sealed-boy-fate/lLqEG1IEo4aDzBbFEZFXfI/story.html
7 minutes that set a child’s course for tragedy
Hearing that gave a Hardwick boy to father who allegedly beat and starved him was terse, incurious, disastrous
By Michael Levenson Globe Staff August 15, 2015
WORCESTER — It took seven minutes of rustling papers and perfunctory questions uttered in rapid-fire monotone, and the deal was done. A Worcester probate judge had transferred custody of a young boy from the grandmother who had raised him almost since birth to the father whom he barely knew. A year later, the father would be charged with nearly killing the boy by beating him and refusing him food and water.
Even though family members now say that the father had a history of violence and mental illness, and though he had only recently acknowledged that he was the father, Judge Lucille A. DiLeo never questioned Randall Lints’s fitness to raise his son.
And no party to the case suggested she should.
“OK, I think we have everything,” DiLeo said in a matter-of-fact voice, after reading aloud the main points of the custody papers, and ensuring that they had been signed by the father, mother, and grandmother standing before her. “Thank you, everybody.”
Legal experts say such quick approval is typical in cases like this one.
There was no dispute over the father’s petition for custody, because the family members had signed it before the brief hearing on June 30, 2014, a recording of which was obtained by the Globe. The judge simply ratified the family consensus. There was no one in court to speak specifically for the child.
The tragic fallout from the custody ruling has raised questions about whether probate courts can do more to protect the children whose lives their decisions most deeply affect. ‘They’re all standing there, they all agree, they all signed off on it, and that’s it.’
“We must reform our probate and family courts so that, in every case, the interests of children outweigh the desires and preferences of adults,” said Gail Garinger, a former juvenile court judge who heads the state Office of the Child Advocate. “Children in our courts need experienced professionals who will listen to them and help identify their genuine needs, skilled advocates for their interests, and decision-makers who will make the welfare of the children before them their highest priority.”
Other legal specialists, even as they acknowledge the horrors allegedly inflicted by Lints, recoil at the notion that judges should intervene in cases in which an entire family is in agreement about who should gain custody.
“The idea that the state gets to tell you whether you have it together enough to bring up your child is really a little bit scary,” said Mary E. O’Connell, a professor of child and family law at Northeastern University School of Law.
Indeed, in a custody case that is not disputed, the judge must presume that the adults have the child’s best interests at heart, said Edward M. Ginsburg, a retired probate court judge who served 25 years in Middlesex County.
“In this case, there is nothing that the judge should have done that she didn’t do: They’re all standing there, they all agree, they all signed off on it, and that’s it,” Ginsburg said. “In that context, it’s an administrative function.”
The 7-year-old boy has been in a coma since July 14, when paramedics carried him from Lints’s home in Hardwick with bruises across his body and burns on his feet.
He weighed just 38 pounds, having lost 12 to 15 pounds in recent weeks. Authorities say Lints had kept his son in his bedroom and starved and dehydrated him to stop him from urinating on the floor.
The case has focused intense scrutiny on the state Department of Children and Families, which had been monitoring the boy since February when it received back-to-back complaints that Lints was neglecting the child.
Officials have acknowledged that a state social worker visited the home just two weeks before the boy fell into a coma and his father called 911.
A year earlier, DiLeo had made what would turn out to be the fateful decision to transfer custody of the boy. In court, she ticked off the nuts and bolts of the deal: The maternal grandmother, who had been the boy’s legal guardian since 2008, would hand custody to Lints, 26.
Reading from the agreement, she confirmed his promise to enroll the boy in counseling and add him to his Medicaid plan. She affirmed the visitation rights of the boy’s mother, Amber Loiselle, who had been estranged from her son for two years.
No one present raised any objections that might have prompted DiLeo to question the arrangement. The judge sealed the deal with a series of questions to each family member.
“Did you sign here? Did you review it with your lawyer before you signed it? Understood it? Signed it freely and voluntarily?” And, finally, “Thank you.”
DiLeo could have appointed an attorney for the child or an independent advocate, called a guardian ad litem, to assess whether placing him with the father was in the boy’s best interests, said Sanford N. Katz, a professor emeritus at Boston College Law School and a specialist in family law.
“The focus of the case has to be on the child, not on the parents or anybody else,” Katz said. “Even though all the parties may agree the father is the one, an independent look at this might say no.”
DiLeo did not respond to several messages.
Still, it would have been highly unusual for her to intervene when there was no dispute over custody, said Robin M. Deutsch, the director of the Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law at William James College in Newton.
“If people don’t bring forward a concern, it’s really not up to the court to go on a fishing expedition,” Deutsch said. “It would be very inappropriate to say, ‘Wait a moment. Let’s get an evaluation.’ Instead, you say, ‘How great that they agreed; how wonderful.’ ”
If DiLeo had scrutinized the case, she might have discovered cause for concern.
In 2007, when Lints was first told that he was going to be a father, “He would call me and threaten to cut [the baby] out of my stomach,” Amber Loiselle told the Globe last month.
A year later, a judge in Fitchburg granted Loiselle a restraining order against Lints after he allegedly shoved her to the ground. Lints was not listed on the boy’s birth certificate, and the boy was told that his father was dead, according to relatives.
Lints only became involved in his son’s life in 2013, after he was sued by the state to provide child support and was ordered to take a paternity test, court records show.
Lints’s mother, Tina LaValley, said she warned her son, who has bipolar disorder and borderline schizophrenia, not to seek custody of the boy.
“I says, ‘You don’t want to put yourself in that situation,’ ” LaValley told NECN. “[He said], ‘I don’t want nobody calling me a deadbeat dad. I’m not going to be a deadbeat dad. That is my son. I’m going to raise my son.’ ”
We've reported on custodial dad RANDALL LINTS before.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/15/seven-minutes-that-sealed-boy-fate/lLqEG1IEo4aDzBbFEZFXfI/story.html
7 minutes that set a child’s course for tragedy
Hearing that gave a Hardwick boy to father who allegedly beat and starved him was terse, incurious, disastrous
By Michael Levenson Globe Staff August 15, 2015
WORCESTER — It took seven minutes of rustling papers and perfunctory questions uttered in rapid-fire monotone, and the deal was done. A Worcester probate judge had transferred custody of a young boy from the grandmother who had raised him almost since birth to the father whom he barely knew. A year later, the father would be charged with nearly killing the boy by beating him and refusing him food and water.
Even though family members now say that the father had a history of violence and mental illness, and though he had only recently acknowledged that he was the father, Judge Lucille A. DiLeo never questioned Randall Lints’s fitness to raise his son.
And no party to the case suggested she should.
“OK, I think we have everything,” DiLeo said in a matter-of-fact voice, after reading aloud the main points of the custody papers, and ensuring that they had been signed by the father, mother, and grandmother standing before her. “Thank you, everybody.”
Legal experts say such quick approval is typical in cases like this one.
There was no dispute over the father’s petition for custody, because the family members had signed it before the brief hearing on June 30, 2014, a recording of which was obtained by the Globe. The judge simply ratified the family consensus. There was no one in court to speak specifically for the child.
The tragic fallout from the custody ruling has raised questions about whether probate courts can do more to protect the children whose lives their decisions most deeply affect. ‘They’re all standing there, they all agree, they all signed off on it, and that’s it.’
“We must reform our probate and family courts so that, in every case, the interests of children outweigh the desires and preferences of adults,” said Gail Garinger, a former juvenile court judge who heads the state Office of the Child Advocate. “Children in our courts need experienced professionals who will listen to them and help identify their genuine needs, skilled advocates for their interests, and decision-makers who will make the welfare of the children before them their highest priority.”
Other legal specialists, even as they acknowledge the horrors allegedly inflicted by Lints, recoil at the notion that judges should intervene in cases in which an entire family is in agreement about who should gain custody.
“The idea that the state gets to tell you whether you have it together enough to bring up your child is really a little bit scary,” said Mary E. O’Connell, a professor of child and family law at Northeastern University School of Law.
Indeed, in a custody case that is not disputed, the judge must presume that the adults have the child’s best interests at heart, said Edward M. Ginsburg, a retired probate court judge who served 25 years in Middlesex County.
“In this case, there is nothing that the judge should have done that she didn’t do: They’re all standing there, they all agree, they all signed off on it, and that’s it,” Ginsburg said. “In that context, it’s an administrative function.”
The 7-year-old boy has been in a coma since July 14, when paramedics carried him from Lints’s home in Hardwick with bruises across his body and burns on his feet.
He weighed just 38 pounds, having lost 12 to 15 pounds in recent weeks. Authorities say Lints had kept his son in his bedroom and starved and dehydrated him to stop him from urinating on the floor.
The case has focused intense scrutiny on the state Department of Children and Families, which had been monitoring the boy since February when it received back-to-back complaints that Lints was neglecting the child.
Officials have acknowledged that a state social worker visited the home just two weeks before the boy fell into a coma and his father called 911.
A year earlier, DiLeo had made what would turn out to be the fateful decision to transfer custody of the boy. In court, she ticked off the nuts and bolts of the deal: The maternal grandmother, who had been the boy’s legal guardian since 2008, would hand custody to Lints, 26.
Reading from the agreement, she confirmed his promise to enroll the boy in counseling and add him to his Medicaid plan. She affirmed the visitation rights of the boy’s mother, Amber Loiselle, who had been estranged from her son for two years.
No one present raised any objections that might have prompted DiLeo to question the arrangement. The judge sealed the deal with a series of questions to each family member.
“Did you sign here? Did you review it with your lawyer before you signed it? Understood it? Signed it freely and voluntarily?” And, finally, “Thank you.”
DiLeo could have appointed an attorney for the child or an independent advocate, called a guardian ad litem, to assess whether placing him with the father was in the boy’s best interests, said Sanford N. Katz, a professor emeritus at Boston College Law School and a specialist in family law.
“The focus of the case has to be on the child, not on the parents or anybody else,” Katz said. “Even though all the parties may agree the father is the one, an independent look at this might say no.”
DiLeo did not respond to several messages.
Still, it would have been highly unusual for her to intervene when there was no dispute over custody, said Robin M. Deutsch, the director of the Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law at William James College in Newton.
“If people don’t bring forward a concern, it’s really not up to the court to go on a fishing expedition,” Deutsch said. “It would be very inappropriate to say, ‘Wait a moment. Let’s get an evaluation.’ Instead, you say, ‘How great that they agreed; how wonderful.’ ”
If DiLeo had scrutinized the case, she might have discovered cause for concern.
In 2007, when Lints was first told that he was going to be a father, “He would call me and threaten to cut [the baby] out of my stomach,” Amber Loiselle told the Globe last month.
A year later, a judge in Fitchburg granted Loiselle a restraining order against Lints after he allegedly shoved her to the ground. Lints was not listed on the boy’s birth certificate, and the boy was told that his father was dead, according to relatives.
Lints only became involved in his son’s life in 2013, after he was sued by the state to provide child support and was ordered to take a paternity test, court records show.
Lints’s mother, Tina LaValley, said she warned her son, who has bipolar disorder and borderline schizophrenia, not to seek custody of the boy.
“I says, ‘You don’t want to put yourself in that situation,’ ” LaValley told NECN. “[He said], ‘I don’t want nobody calling me a deadbeat dad. I’m not going to be a deadbeat dad. That is my son. I’m going to raise my son.’ ”
Friday, August 7, 2015
7-year-old boy severely abused by custodial dad being moved to rehab facility (Hardwick, Massachusetts)
We've posted before on dad RANDALL LINTS. Notice that the fact that Daddy had sole custody, and that DCF knew about his abuse for months, and did nothing to stop it, is gradually disappearing from the main narrative....
So obviously the intent is to frame this as "just a tragedy" and deny that this is an outrageous miscarriage of justice. Still waiting for the name of the judge who authorized Daddy to take possession....
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/77923ad1820c49e8a8f3a52a9bb03ffd/MA--Child-Abuse-Charges
Officials: Injured boy, 7, allegedly abused by father being moved to rehabilitative facility
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 06, 2015 - 3:17 am EDT
BOSTON — State officials say a 7-year-old Massachusetts boy who fell into a coma after allegedly being abused and isolated by his father has been moved to a long-term rehabilitative facility.
A spokesman with the state's Department of Children and Families said Wednesday the Hardwick boy is "medically stable but unresponsive."
She says the agency remains "deeply concerned" about the well-being of the boy.
The DCF took custody of the boy on July 14 after he was found unconscious.
Authorities said the child had been beaten, starved and dehydrated.
The boy's father, 26-year-old Randall Lints, remains jailed on assault and endangerment charges until a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Aug. 19.
Gov. Charlie Baker says the state's investigation is ongoing and a report is expected to be released in September.
So obviously the intent is to frame this as "just a tragedy" and deny that this is an outrageous miscarriage of justice. Still waiting for the name of the judge who authorized Daddy to take possession....
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/77923ad1820c49e8a8f3a52a9bb03ffd/MA--Child-Abuse-Charges
Officials: Injured boy, 7, allegedly abused by father being moved to rehabilitative facility
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 06, 2015 - 3:17 am EDT
BOSTON — State officials say a 7-year-old Massachusetts boy who fell into a coma after allegedly being abused and isolated by his father has been moved to a long-term rehabilitative facility.
A spokesman with the state's Department of Children and Families said Wednesday the Hardwick boy is "medically stable but unresponsive."
She says the agency remains "deeply concerned" about the well-being of the boy.
The DCF took custody of the boy on July 14 after he was found unconscious.
Authorities said the child had been beaten, starved and dehydrated.
The boy's father, 26-year-old Randall Lints, remains jailed on assault and endangerment charges until a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Aug. 19.
Gov. Charlie Baker says the state's investigation is ongoing and a report is expected to be released in September.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
DCF "actively" engaged with custodial dad since February, but that didn't stop him from putting 7-year-old son into coma (Hardwick, Massachusetts)
Where do you even start with this case?
With freaking DCF, that managed to coddle this abuser for months on end while this little boy was starved and beaten?
How about with the family courts, who gave this batterer SOLE CUSTODY--even though the mother was filing for an order of protection just nine days after the baby was born?
We need to see names, people. Social workers, judges. All the fathers-rights people who have been planted in the system. And no more crap about how poor daddies are discriminated against in Massachusetts.
Dad is identified as RANDALL LINTS.
http://www.wbur.org/2015/07/24/dcf-involved-with-harwick-boy
Since February, DCF Had Been ‘Actively Engaged’ With Hardwick Boy Now In A Coma
July 24, 2015 Updated July 24, 2015, 9:15 am
By David Boeri Updated July 24, 2015, 9:15 am
Editor’s Note: Some details in this story are disturbing.
BOSTON — The state’s child welfare agency is facing questions about whether it did enough to protect a 7-year-old boy from the Worcester County town of Hardwick who’s now hospitalized in a coma.
The Department of Children and Families acknowledges that it had been involved with the boy’s family since February.
The boy’s father, Randall Lints, is charged with child abuse and is being held without bail. He’s scheduled to be back in court next week.
WBUR spoke with the boy’s mother, Amber Loiselle, who’s waiting to find out whether her son Jack survives. Loiselle says Jack has been in a coma since July 14, when Lints called 911 to report finding him unresponsive.
“He has most beautiful soft blonde hair. He was squeezing my hand. I just know that he’s going to come back,” an emotional Loiselle said Thursday.
After Lints called 911, police and medical personnel found signs of starvation, dehydration, bruises and burns. Lints, who was granted sole custody of the child last year, was arrested and charged on Wednesday with assault and battery and reckless endangerment.
On Wednesday, Loiselle had accused DCF of clear negligence. On Thursday, she was taking pains not to talk about DCF or the boy’s father, since the matter is also in family court.
When asked if the boy had been in the care of DCF, Loiselle said: “I am not at liberty to discuss any of that information because it is a private family matter, so my lawyer advised me not to speak anything about it.”
Meanwhile, the DCF, which declined to comment on the case 10 days after the 911 call, acknowledged Thursday that indeed DCF had been “actively engaged” with both the boy and his father since February, and they had seen them three times this month, while the boy continued to lose some 25 percent of his weight, according to a hospital pediatrician.
When asked if she felt the DCF didn’t do their job, Loiselle said, “That’s something I can’t talk about right now.” #She added: “My personal feelings are that I’m upset that this happened to my son and that … something could have been done.”
According to sources familiar with the case, the report that triggered DCF’s involvement came from Jack’s elementary school. Under the law, schools are mandated to report reasonable suspicion that a child is suffering from abuse or neglect. There were also indications at school that the boy was stealing food.
A police report estimated his weight had dropped from 50 pounds to 38 and that his father withheld food and drink. The report also indicated the boy suffered from bleach burns, the result of the father’s forcing his son to wash the floors, because, according to one source, the boy was apparently urinating on himself.
Yet DCF says that one of its social workers saw the child on June 29.
Until he was arrested, Lints lived with his girlfriend, her three young children and Jack. He separated from Loiselle before their son was born and later contested paternity.
His criminal record, according to a law enforcement source, indicates that Jack’s mother sought a restraining order against Lints nine days after Jack was born. Loiselle confirmed there was a restraining order in place, saying it was “for violence, for threatening to hurt me.”
A dangerousness hearing scheduled for Friday was rescheduled until next week because Lints’ first attorney is no longer representing him.
The reason is sobering. John Madaio is not on the list of attorneys qualified to represent defendants in murder cases. Lints’ new attorney is.
DCF stated Thursday night that it “immediately took custody of the child” on July 14. That, of course, was after the child fell into a coma.
With freaking DCF, that managed to coddle this abuser for months on end while this little boy was starved and beaten?
How about with the family courts, who gave this batterer SOLE CUSTODY--even though the mother was filing for an order of protection just nine days after the baby was born?
We need to see names, people. Social workers, judges. All the fathers-rights people who have been planted in the system. And no more crap about how poor daddies are discriminated against in Massachusetts.
Dad is identified as RANDALL LINTS.
http://www.wbur.org/2015/07/24/dcf-involved-with-harwick-boy
Since February, DCF Had Been ‘Actively Engaged’ With Hardwick Boy Now In A Coma
July 24, 2015 Updated July 24, 2015, 9:15 am
By David Boeri Updated July 24, 2015, 9:15 am
Editor’s Note: Some details in this story are disturbing.
BOSTON — The state’s child welfare agency is facing questions about whether it did enough to protect a 7-year-old boy from the Worcester County town of Hardwick who’s now hospitalized in a coma.
The Department of Children and Families acknowledges that it had been involved with the boy’s family since February.
The boy’s father, Randall Lints, is charged with child abuse and is being held without bail. He’s scheduled to be back in court next week.
WBUR spoke with the boy’s mother, Amber Loiselle, who’s waiting to find out whether her son Jack survives. Loiselle says Jack has been in a coma since July 14, when Lints called 911 to report finding him unresponsive.
“He has most beautiful soft blonde hair. He was squeezing my hand. I just know that he’s going to come back,” an emotional Loiselle said Thursday.
After Lints called 911, police and medical personnel found signs of starvation, dehydration, bruises and burns. Lints, who was granted sole custody of the child last year, was arrested and charged on Wednesday with assault and battery and reckless endangerment.
On Wednesday, Loiselle had accused DCF of clear negligence. On Thursday, she was taking pains not to talk about DCF or the boy’s father, since the matter is also in family court.
When asked if the boy had been in the care of DCF, Loiselle said: “I am not at liberty to discuss any of that information because it is a private family matter, so my lawyer advised me not to speak anything about it.”
Meanwhile, the DCF, which declined to comment on the case 10 days after the 911 call, acknowledged Thursday that indeed DCF had been “actively engaged” with both the boy and his father since February, and they had seen them three times this month, while the boy continued to lose some 25 percent of his weight, according to a hospital pediatrician.
When asked if she felt the DCF didn’t do their job, Loiselle said, “That’s something I can’t talk about right now.” #She added: “My personal feelings are that I’m upset that this happened to my son and that … something could have been done.”
According to sources familiar with the case, the report that triggered DCF’s involvement came from Jack’s elementary school. Under the law, schools are mandated to report reasonable suspicion that a child is suffering from abuse or neglect. There were also indications at school that the boy was stealing food.
A police report estimated his weight had dropped from 50 pounds to 38 and that his father withheld food and drink. The report also indicated the boy suffered from bleach burns, the result of the father’s forcing his son to wash the floors, because, according to one source, the boy was apparently urinating on himself.
Yet DCF says that one of its social workers saw the child on June 29.
Until he was arrested, Lints lived with his girlfriend, her three young children and Jack. He separated from Loiselle before their son was born and later contested paternity.
His criminal record, according to a law enforcement source, indicates that Jack’s mother sought a restraining order against Lints nine days after Jack was born. Loiselle confirmed there was a restraining order in place, saying it was “for violence, for threatening to hurt me.”
A dangerousness hearing scheduled for Friday was rescheduled until next week because Lints’ first attorney is no longer representing him.
The reason is sobering. John Madaio is not on the list of attorneys qualified to represent defendants in murder cases. Lints’ new attorney is.
DCF stated Thursday night that it “immediately took custody of the child” on July 14. That, of course, was after the child fell into a coma.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Custodial dad charged with abuse, starvation of 7-year-old son; boy in coma (Hardwick, Massachusetts)
7-Year-Old Boy Abused, Starved, Father Arrested
So yes, RANDALL LINTS IS a custodial father. So who gave this POS custody and allowed this situation to fester like this, apparently for months? I want to start seeing judge's names, people.
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Police-7-Year-Old-Boy-Abused-Starved-318185691.html
Police said he was brought to the hospital unconscious, weighing only 38 pounds
By Kathryn Sotnik
A Massachusetts man is facing multiple charges after his 7-year-old son was brought to the hospital unconscious suffering from starvation and dehydration last week.
(Published Wednesday, July 22, 2015) Updated at 10:38 AM EDT on Thursday, Jul 23, 2015
A 7-year-old Massachusetts boy was abused so badly by his father that he was in a coma and unresponsive when he was admitted to a local hospital, suffering from "starving and dehydration" at just 38.5 pounds, according to police and court documents.
The boy's father, 26-year-old Randall Lints, faces a slew of child abuse charges.
In addition to the malnutrition, police said the child, abused on the second-floor of a Hardwick home, had injuries to his skin as a result of "bleach exposure."
Massachusetts State Police said they discovered the boy after responding to a 911 call on July 14. Lints allegedly told police that he went to check on his son and found him unresponsive, and that he had fallen out of bed days earlier.
First responders said they found bruises to the child's "forehead and jaw," but doctors said the injuries weren't consistent with falling out of bed. The boy also had injuries to his feet, "likely from a manufactured object," and appeared to have lost "12-15 pounds in only a few months," according to the report.
Lints was arrested about a week after his son was admitted to the hospital.
Amber Loiselle identified the victim as her son, Jack. She said she's been visiting him on her custody days in the hospital.
"He's my first born, and he's a great older brother" she said. "I just want him to open his eyes, because they're the most beautiful color of blue."
Isabella Johnson, 10, rides the bus with the child.
"He told me he scrubs the floor sometimes," Johnson said. "He says for a chore, his parents make him clean the floors."
Johnson also said he would be cold and hungry at school.
"Sometimes he comes to school, like in the winter time, he was really cold," she said. "He'd go to school on the bus and be like, 'I'm hungry,' so he'd open his lunch and eat it, and then he'd have nothing to eat at lunch."
Isabella's mom, Dawn Johnson, said through tears that she saw the little boy just recently.
"I had a yard sale a couple weeks ago and I was giving toys to him and stuff, because he doesn't have — I just let him have stuff," said Dawn Johnson.
Wednesday, a woman neighbors identified as Lints' girlfriend cried near the house. Neighbors didn't report seeing anything amiss, but one downstairs neighbor said she heard yelling a few months ago.
"I heard him yelling at his son, saying, 'Why did you do it, why did you do it?' and the child crying," she said.
Amber Loiselle said Jack is slowly getting better.
"Justice will prevail for my son, and he is going to come out of this, because he is just the most amazing little boy," she said.
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families says the boy is in its custody. He is still recovering at a local hospital. A Facebook page set up for him says he is progressing, and that he was able to wiggle his arms and shoulders and cough on his own.
Published at 3:54 PM EDT on Jul 22, 2015
So yes, RANDALL LINTS IS a custodial father. So who gave this POS custody and allowed this situation to fester like this, apparently for months? I want to start seeing judge's names, people.
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Police-7-Year-Old-Boy-Abused-Starved-318185691.html
Police said he was brought to the hospital unconscious, weighing only 38 pounds
By Kathryn Sotnik
A Massachusetts man is facing multiple charges after his 7-year-old son was brought to the hospital unconscious suffering from starvation and dehydration last week.
(Published Wednesday, July 22, 2015) Updated at 10:38 AM EDT on Thursday, Jul 23, 2015
A 7-year-old Massachusetts boy was abused so badly by his father that he was in a coma and unresponsive when he was admitted to a local hospital, suffering from "starving and dehydration" at just 38.5 pounds, according to police and court documents.
The boy's father, 26-year-old Randall Lints, faces a slew of child abuse charges.
In addition to the malnutrition, police said the child, abused on the second-floor of a Hardwick home, had injuries to his skin as a result of "bleach exposure."
Massachusetts State Police said they discovered the boy after responding to a 911 call on July 14. Lints allegedly told police that he went to check on his son and found him unresponsive, and that he had fallen out of bed days earlier.
First responders said they found bruises to the child's "forehead and jaw," but doctors said the injuries weren't consistent with falling out of bed. The boy also had injuries to his feet, "likely from a manufactured object," and appeared to have lost "12-15 pounds in only a few months," according to the report.
Lints was arrested about a week after his son was admitted to the hospital.
Amber Loiselle identified the victim as her son, Jack. She said she's been visiting him on her custody days in the hospital.
"He's my first born, and he's a great older brother" she said. "I just want him to open his eyes, because they're the most beautiful color of blue."
Isabella Johnson, 10, rides the bus with the child.
"He told me he scrubs the floor sometimes," Johnson said. "He says for a chore, his parents make him clean the floors."
Johnson also said he would be cold and hungry at school.
"Sometimes he comes to school, like in the winter time, he was really cold," she said. "He'd go to school on the bus and be like, 'I'm hungry,' so he'd open his lunch and eat it, and then he'd have nothing to eat at lunch."
Isabella's mom, Dawn Johnson, said through tears that she saw the little boy just recently.
"I had a yard sale a couple weeks ago and I was giving toys to him and stuff, because he doesn't have — I just let him have stuff," said Dawn Johnson.
Wednesday, a woman neighbors identified as Lints' girlfriend cried near the house. Neighbors didn't report seeing anything amiss, but one downstairs neighbor said she heard yelling a few months ago.
"I heard him yelling at his son, saying, 'Why did you do it, why did you do it?' and the child crying," she said.
Amber Loiselle said Jack is slowly getting better.
"Justice will prevail for my son, and he is going to come out of this, because he is just the most amazing little boy," she said.
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families says the boy is in its custody. He is still recovering at a local hospital. A Facebook page set up for him says he is progressing, and that he was able to wiggle his arms and shoulders and cough on his own.
Published at 3:54 PM EDT on Jul 22, 2015
Dad charged with abusing 7-year-old son who fell into coma; boy had signs of starvation, dehydration, bruising--Is this a custodial dad? (Hardwick, Massachusetts)
Is RANDALL E. LINTS a custodial father? Sure sounds like it, though this article is pretty oblique about his status.
Even in a case of joint custody, this kind of abuse could not have gone on this long without the mother knowing about it. If she had known about it, she would either have been charged with failure to protect, at minimum, or would have contacted the authorities herself.
But in fact, there is no reference to a mother either in the home or elsewhere. We're merely told--at the very end--that a mother is "not named" in the report and that Daddy Dearest is unmarried.
In other words, he was almost assuredly custodial.
So who gave this torture freak custody of a little boy? And what happened to this little boy's mom? Did dad dish out similar treatment towards her?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/22/hardwick-father-charged-after-boy-found-abused-and-starved/NtrcgmJ28GzRZEJpymv4XM/story.html
Father charged in abuse of son, 7, who fell into coma
Boy showed signs of starvation
Rick Cinclair/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP
Randall E. Lints, 26, entered no plea at his arraignment Wednesday in East Brookfield District Court.
By Travis Andersen
Globe Staff July 22, 2015
A Hardwick man is being held without bail in a disturbing case in which he allegedly assaulted his 7-year-old son, who fell into a coma and showed signs of starvation, dehydration, and bruising, injuries that were exacerbated when he was forced to scrub floors, court records show.
Randall E. Lints, 26, entered no plea at his arraignment Wednesday in East Brookfield District Court to charges of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, reckless endangerment of a child, and two counts of permitting injury to a child, said a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.
Lints was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing on Friday. He was arrested on Tuesday.
His lawyer, John F. Madaio, declined to comment on the charges but said Lints is “very concerned for his son, and he’s very distressed about the whole situation.”
The state Department of Children and Families said in a brief statement that the agency “received a report and is collaborating with law enforcement on its investigation.” The boy is currently in DCF custody.
A DCF spokeswoman declined to say whether the boy’s family had a prior history with the child protection agency, citing respect for the youth’s privacy.
According to a State Police report, a Hardwick officer went to Lints’ home on July 14, after a caller said a child there was breathing but unresponsive. The officer saw bruising on the boy’s head and jaw, and Lints said the child fell out of bed two days earlier, the report said.
The boy was taken to Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware with “life-threatening injuries,” according to the report. He was transferred to the Baystate Health medical campus in Springfield, where Dr. Stephen C. Boos examined him several times.
According to authorities, Boos noted that the boy had multiple bruises on his body that were inconsistent with a fall, and the child had lost approximately 12 to 15 pounds in recent months, dropping to just 38½ pounds.
Boos wrote in one assessment that “reports of being ‘in his room’ for days, against a background of behavioral complaints, combined with the physical injuries, apparent starvation, and dehydration create grave concerns for inflicted injury,” the State Police report said.
The report, filed after Lints’s arrest on Tuesday, said the boy is still in a coma. He remains hospitalized in Springfield, and a Baystate Health spokesman said he had no information on the child on Wednesday.
Investigators have found that Lints, who has a grim reaper tattoo on his chest, rarely lets his son out of view or allows him to be alone with others, and that he has a history of limiting the boy’s food and drink intake, even though a therapist addressed the issue in May, the report said. #Lints’ strict discipline and “forcing [his son] to continuously wash the floors contributed to [his] injuries,” State Police wrote.
The report also said injuries to the child’s knees and hands are the result of bleach exposure and are healing.
In addition, a nurse spotted scarring and blistering on his feet that appeared to be the result of a burn, the report said.
Madaio, his lawyer, said Wednesday that “I think some information will come out [during Friday’s hearing] that is interesting, at least as far as the situation that he finds himself in. . . . That’s all I have to say right now.”
The boy’s mother is not named in the State Police report, and court records indicate that Lints is unmarried.
Even in a case of joint custody, this kind of abuse could not have gone on this long without the mother knowing about it. If she had known about it, she would either have been charged with failure to protect, at minimum, or would have contacted the authorities herself.
But in fact, there is no reference to a mother either in the home or elsewhere. We're merely told--at the very end--that a mother is "not named" in the report and that Daddy Dearest is unmarried.
In other words, he was almost assuredly custodial.
So who gave this torture freak custody of a little boy? And what happened to this little boy's mom? Did dad dish out similar treatment towards her?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/22/hardwick-father-charged-after-boy-found-abused-and-starved/NtrcgmJ28GzRZEJpymv4XM/story.html
Father charged in abuse of son, 7, who fell into coma
Boy showed signs of starvation
Rick Cinclair/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP
Randall E. Lints, 26, entered no plea at his arraignment Wednesday in East Brookfield District Court.
By Travis Andersen
Globe Staff July 22, 2015
A Hardwick man is being held without bail in a disturbing case in which he allegedly assaulted his 7-year-old son, who fell into a coma and showed signs of starvation, dehydration, and bruising, injuries that were exacerbated when he was forced to scrub floors, court records show.
Randall E. Lints, 26, entered no plea at his arraignment Wednesday in East Brookfield District Court to charges of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, reckless endangerment of a child, and two counts of permitting injury to a child, said a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.
Lints was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing on Friday. He was arrested on Tuesday.
His lawyer, John F. Madaio, declined to comment on the charges but said Lints is “very concerned for his son, and he’s very distressed about the whole situation.”
The state Department of Children and Families said in a brief statement that the agency “received a report and is collaborating with law enforcement on its investigation.” The boy is currently in DCF custody.
A DCF spokeswoman declined to say whether the boy’s family had a prior history with the child protection agency, citing respect for the youth’s privacy.
According to a State Police report, a Hardwick officer went to Lints’ home on July 14, after a caller said a child there was breathing but unresponsive. The officer saw bruising on the boy’s head and jaw, and Lints said the child fell out of bed two days earlier, the report said.
The boy was taken to Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware with “life-threatening injuries,” according to the report. He was transferred to the Baystate Health medical campus in Springfield, where Dr. Stephen C. Boos examined him several times.
According to authorities, Boos noted that the boy had multiple bruises on his body that were inconsistent with a fall, and the child had lost approximately 12 to 15 pounds in recent months, dropping to just 38½ pounds.
Boos wrote in one assessment that “reports of being ‘in his room’ for days, against a background of behavioral complaints, combined with the physical injuries, apparent starvation, and dehydration create grave concerns for inflicted injury,” the State Police report said.
The report, filed after Lints’s arrest on Tuesday, said the boy is still in a coma. He remains hospitalized in Springfield, and a Baystate Health spokesman said he had no information on the child on Wednesday.
Investigators have found that Lints, who has a grim reaper tattoo on his chest, rarely lets his son out of view or allows him to be alone with others, and that he has a history of limiting the boy’s food and drink intake, even though a therapist addressed the issue in May, the report said. #Lints’ strict discipline and “forcing [his son] to continuously wash the floors contributed to [his] injuries,” State Police wrote.
The report also said injuries to the child’s knees and hands are the result of bleach exposure and are healing.
In addition, a nurse spotted scarring and blistering on his feet that appeared to be the result of a burn, the report said.
Madaio, his lawyer, said Wednesday that “I think some information will come out [during Friday’s hearing] that is interesting, at least as far as the situation that he finds himself in. . . . That’s all I have to say right now.”
The boy’s mother is not named in the State Police report, and court records indicate that Lints is unmarried.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Dad gets 9 years for beating death of 4-month-old son (Miami, Florida)
Dad is identified as YOSI MAHLAB.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article8447802.html
Nine years in prison for North Miami father in baby beating death
By David Ovalle - MiamiHerald.com
01/28/2015 10:59 AM Updated: 01/28/2015 1:19 PM
A North Miami man will serve nine years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to the beating death of his 4-month-old son.
Yosi Mahlab, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2012 death of his son, Javon, who suffered a head injury and bleeding in the brain.
Mahlab had been trying to feed the baby at his apartment in the 600 block of Northeast 123rd Street. He confessed to slapping the child twice, causing the boy to hit his head on a nightstand.
The child died after spending three weeks in a coma.
Mahlab originally had been charged with second-degree murder. He also pleaded guilty to child neglect and aggravated child abuse.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article8447802.html
Nine years in prison for North Miami father in baby beating death
By David Ovalle - MiamiHerald.com
01/28/2015 10:59 AM Updated: 01/28/2015 1:19 PM
A North Miami man will serve nine years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to the beating death of his 4-month-old son.
Yosi Mahlab, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2012 death of his son, Javon, who suffered a head injury and bleeding in the brain.
Mahlab had been trying to feed the baby at his apartment in the 600 block of Northeast 123rd Street. He confessed to slapping the child twice, causing the boy to hit his head on a nightstand.
The child died after spending three weeks in a coma.
Mahlab originally had been charged with second-degree murder. He also pleaded guilty to child neglect and aggravated child abuse.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Dad gets 6 1/2 years in prison for putting infant son in permanent coma (Rockford, Illinois)
As usual, all kinds of excuses and coddling for an abusive father. If a mother had done this to a baby, she would have been demonized as an unfeeling monster.
Dad is identified as MATTHEW MCNABB.
http://www.rrstar.com/article/20140307/NEWS/140309390/?tag=1
Machesney Park dad sentenced in shaken baby case
By Jeff Kolkey
Rockford Register Star
Posted Mar. 7, 2014 @ 3:03 pm Updated Mar 7, 2014 at 4:25 PM
ROCKFORD — Ruling that a violent outburst that left Matthew McNabb’s infant son in a permanent coma was out of character, Judge John Truitt on Friday sentenced him to 6½ years in prison.
A jury on Nov. 25 found McNabb, 36 of Machesney Park, guilty of the aggravated battery of a child. Jurors sided with prosecutors who argued McNabb had shaken then infant Tyler McNabb so violently Jan. 1, 2006, it caused permanent brain damage and left him in a “permanently vegetative state.”
Truitt cited an outpouring of 35 letters from family, friends and acquaintances that described McNabb as gentle, loving and helpful. But he noted that the testimony of a nurse who provides some of Tyler’s home health care as most persuasive.
Her testimony supported what was in those letters and in court testimony, Truitt said. She described how McNabb cared for the now 8-year-old boy and said it was a “miracle” that Tyler had never had to be re-admitted into the hospital given his injuries.
“This was out of character,” Truitt said. “Everything I’ve heard and read indicates the actions that led to these injuries was a momentary lapse of judgment.”
Truitt also cited McNabb’s lack of significant criminal history in his decision.
The sentence is just six months more than the minimum required for the Class X felony conviction. He must serve at least 85 percent of the 6½-year sentence under truth-in-sentencing guide lines. McNabb must serve three years of parole following his release.
The sentence was handed down after a day of emotional testimony. McNabb’s Assistant Public Defender Edward Light said the testimony and letters were the heart wrenching culmination of a tragic case.
“This case will haunt me forever,” Light said. “It was an absolute horrendous verdict.”
Assistant State’s Attorney Wendy Larson had argued at trial that Tyler’s retinal and brain bleeding, the swelling of the brain and permanent brain damage were evidence of shaken baby syndrome.
Jurors apparently believed her arguments and the doctors who testified on behalf of prosecutors despite a defense expert who attempted to argue that Tyler’s injuries weren’t necessarily caused by abuse.
Larson said the testimony of friends and family was the result of manipulation and called it “blowing smoke.”
Tyler should be in the third grade now. He should be learning to pitch a baseball. He should be learning to kick a soccer ball. Instead, he breathes only with the help of machine and is forever confined to a bed and wheelchair and a permanent sleep.
“No one is here to speak for Tyler, so I have to,” Larson said, adding that McNabb should be held accountable.
Family members, including McNabb’s wife, Keely, and 16-year-old stepson, Skyler, testified.
Skyler said McNabb has always treated him like a son and that he is a kind and patient father figure and role model.
Keely testified that McNabb provides excellent care for Tyler McNabb and their other two children. McNabb was tearful for much of the testimony that at times was emotional as they described the loss they will feel while McNabb serves time in prison.
McNabb put his face in his hands and wept when Keely said that her father, who she said suffers from dementia, would likely be placed in a nursing home without McNabb there to assist the family.
She also testified that it is extremely difficult for her to find work because of the care that Tyler requires even with home nurses helping.
McNabb expressed his appreciation for the support of family during the eight years he has fought child abuse charges. He continued to say he is innocent.
“I’ve been many things in my life, but child abuser is not one of them,” McNabb said.
Dad is identified as MATTHEW MCNABB.
http://www.rrstar.com/article/20140307/NEWS/140309390/?tag=1
Machesney Park dad sentenced in shaken baby case
By Jeff Kolkey
Rockford Register Star
Posted Mar. 7, 2014 @ 3:03 pm Updated Mar 7, 2014 at 4:25 PM
ROCKFORD — Ruling that a violent outburst that left Matthew McNabb’s infant son in a permanent coma was out of character, Judge John Truitt on Friday sentenced him to 6½ years in prison.
A jury on Nov. 25 found McNabb, 36 of Machesney Park, guilty of the aggravated battery of a child. Jurors sided with prosecutors who argued McNabb had shaken then infant Tyler McNabb so violently Jan. 1, 2006, it caused permanent brain damage and left him in a “permanently vegetative state.”
Truitt cited an outpouring of 35 letters from family, friends and acquaintances that described McNabb as gentle, loving and helpful. But he noted that the testimony of a nurse who provides some of Tyler’s home health care as most persuasive.
Her testimony supported what was in those letters and in court testimony, Truitt said. She described how McNabb cared for the now 8-year-old boy and said it was a “miracle” that Tyler had never had to be re-admitted into the hospital given his injuries.
“This was out of character,” Truitt said. “Everything I’ve heard and read indicates the actions that led to these injuries was a momentary lapse of judgment.”
Truitt also cited McNabb’s lack of significant criminal history in his decision.
The sentence is just six months more than the minimum required for the Class X felony conviction. He must serve at least 85 percent of the 6½-year sentence under truth-in-sentencing guide lines. McNabb must serve three years of parole following his release.
The sentence was handed down after a day of emotional testimony. McNabb’s Assistant Public Defender Edward Light said the testimony and letters were the heart wrenching culmination of a tragic case.
“This case will haunt me forever,” Light said. “It was an absolute horrendous verdict.”
Assistant State’s Attorney Wendy Larson had argued at trial that Tyler’s retinal and brain bleeding, the swelling of the brain and permanent brain damage were evidence of shaken baby syndrome.
Jurors apparently believed her arguments and the doctors who testified on behalf of prosecutors despite a defense expert who attempted to argue that Tyler’s injuries weren’t necessarily caused by abuse.
Larson said the testimony of friends and family was the result of manipulation and called it “blowing smoke.”
Tyler should be in the third grade now. He should be learning to pitch a baseball. He should be learning to kick a soccer ball. Instead, he breathes only with the help of machine and is forever confined to a bed and wheelchair and a permanent sleep.
“No one is here to speak for Tyler, so I have to,” Larson said, adding that McNabb should be held accountable.
Family members, including McNabb’s wife, Keely, and 16-year-old stepson, Skyler, testified.
Skyler said McNabb has always treated him like a son and that he is a kind and patient father figure and role model.
Keely testified that McNabb provides excellent care for Tyler McNabb and their other two children. McNabb was tearful for much of the testimony that at times was emotional as they described the loss they will feel while McNabb serves time in prison.
McNabb put his face in his hands and wept when Keely said that her father, who she said suffers from dementia, would likely be placed in a nursing home without McNabb there to assist the family.
She also testified that it is extremely difficult for her to find work because of the care that Tyler requires even with home nurses helping.
McNabb expressed his appreciation for the support of family during the eight years he has fought child abuse charges. He continued to say he is innocent.
“I’ve been many things in my life, but child abuser is not one of them,” McNabb said.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Dad will "likely" get probation after battering 6-month-old son bad enough to put him in a coma (Ukiah, California)
More abuser daddy coddling. This time the lucky daddy is identified as DANIEL CAMARA.
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_24755445/ukiah-father-child-abuse-case-will-likely-get
Ukiah father in child abuse case will likely get probation
By TIFFANY REVELLE
Updated: 12/19/2013 12:00:16 AM PST
Ukiah Daily Journal
A Ukiah father no longer faces a possible life sentence or a charge that he put his infant son in a coma earlier this year after the prosecution reconsidered the charge and offered a plea deal that would allow him to spend the next five years on probation instead.
Daniel Camara, 25, was originally charged with assault resulting in a coma due to brain injury of a child younger than 8 years old. The baby boy, who was 6 months old at the time of the incident, has since recovered, prompting the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office to amend the charge to child abuse resulting in the child's hospitalization.
"The medical records were voluminous. We thought this case was much more serious at the outset. The child has clearly recovered," said Assistant District Attorney Paul Sequeira, who prosecuted the case, explaining that the baby's mother brought him to court one day, and the child's recovery was obvious.
The medical reports originally indicated the child was "in grave condition," Sequeira said, noting that the long-term brain damage originally believed to have stemmed from the incident was not found.
Camara pleaded guilty Wednesday in Mendocino County Superior Court to the new charge, which carries a possible sentence range of two, four or six years.
"Even if I had pushed for prison time, he has no prior record, and he probably would have gotten a two-year term," Sequeira said.
Because of the way credits are awarded for time spent in jail, Sequeira said, Camara would only need to spend a year in jail to get credit for a two-year sentence. He has already spent eight months in jail, and would be released without supervision after serving the rest of that time.
Sequeira proposed instead that Camara be on supervised probation for five years, with a term requiring him to spend a year in jail. His accumulated credits would allow him to be released because he's already served more than half of that. The probation terms would also require Camara to attend a yearlong child abuse treatment program.
"That's better for the safety of the community, and it's better than putting the family through that and then having him get out of jail with no supervision," Sequeira said.
Camara's 6-month-old son was admitted at Ukiah Valley Medical Center with a high fever on the night of April 5, then flown to the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center for advanced treatment when the baby's condition worsened the next day.
Camara's Ukiah defense attorney, Duncan James, said previously that the baby didn't arrive at the hospital in a coma, but was given an injection to induce a comatose state at the hospital, presumably for transport to UCSF.
Confirming UVMC medical personnel's suspicions, specialists at UCSF Medical Center confirmed the baby had injuries apparently caused by physical abuse, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, and found several older injuries that were also consistent with physical abuse.
James said previously that the baby was born several months premature, and "had significant, major medical issues since birth."
Judge Ann Moorman noted that if Camara violates his probation terms, he could go to prison for up to six years.
James noted in court that the child abuse charge to which Camara pleaded guilty is a "wobbler," which can be charged as a felony or as a misdemeanor. If Camara completes his five-year probation, he can apply to have it reduced to a misdemeanor on his record, James said.
Camara is due back in court Jan. 28 for sentencing.
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_24755445/ukiah-father-child-abuse-case-will-likely-get
Ukiah father in child abuse case will likely get probation
By TIFFANY REVELLE
Updated: 12/19/2013 12:00:16 AM PST
Ukiah Daily Journal
A Ukiah father no longer faces a possible life sentence or a charge that he put his infant son in a coma earlier this year after the prosecution reconsidered the charge and offered a plea deal that would allow him to spend the next five years on probation instead.
Daniel Camara, 25, was originally charged with assault resulting in a coma due to brain injury of a child younger than 8 years old. The baby boy, who was 6 months old at the time of the incident, has since recovered, prompting the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office to amend the charge to child abuse resulting in the child's hospitalization.
"The medical records were voluminous. We thought this case was much more serious at the outset. The child has clearly recovered," said Assistant District Attorney Paul Sequeira, who prosecuted the case, explaining that the baby's mother brought him to court one day, and the child's recovery was obvious.
The medical reports originally indicated the child was "in grave condition," Sequeira said, noting that the long-term brain damage originally believed to have stemmed from the incident was not found.
Camara pleaded guilty Wednesday in Mendocino County Superior Court to the new charge, which carries a possible sentence range of two, four or six years.
"Even if I had pushed for prison time, he has no prior record, and he probably would have gotten a two-year term," Sequeira said.
Because of the way credits are awarded for time spent in jail, Sequeira said, Camara would only need to spend a year in jail to get credit for a two-year sentence. He has already spent eight months in jail, and would be released without supervision after serving the rest of that time.
Sequeira proposed instead that Camara be on supervised probation for five years, with a term requiring him to spend a year in jail. His accumulated credits would allow him to be released because he's already served more than half of that. The probation terms would also require Camara to attend a yearlong child abuse treatment program.
"That's better for the safety of the community, and it's better than putting the family through that and then having him get out of jail with no supervision," Sequeira said.
Camara's 6-month-old son was admitted at Ukiah Valley Medical Center with a high fever on the night of April 5, then flown to the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center for advanced treatment when the baby's condition worsened the next day.
Camara's Ukiah defense attorney, Duncan James, said previously that the baby didn't arrive at the hospital in a coma, but was given an injection to induce a comatose state at the hospital, presumably for transport to UCSF.
Confirming UVMC medical personnel's suspicions, specialists at UCSF Medical Center confirmed the baby had injuries apparently caused by physical abuse, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, and found several older injuries that were also consistent with physical abuse.
James said previously that the baby was born several months premature, and "had significant, major medical issues since birth."
Judge Ann Moorman noted that if Camara violates his probation terms, he could go to prison for up to six years.
James noted in court that the child abuse charge to which Camara pleaded guilty is a "wobbler," which can be charged as a felony or as a misdemeanor. If Camara completes his five-year probation, he can apply to have it reduced to a misdemeanor on his record, James said.
Camara is due back in court Jan. 28 for sentencing.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Deadbeat dad charged with assaulting 12-week-old daughter; baby in medically induced coma with severe head injury (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
Dad is identified as SHAUN SICSICO.
http://mvgazette.com/news/2013/07/29/oak-bluffs-father-accused-inflicting-severe-brain-injury-child
Oak Bluffs Father Accused of Inflicting Severe Brain Injury on Child
Sara Brown Monday, July 29, 2013 - 2:45pm
A 19-year-old Oak Bluffs man was arraigned Monday morning on a charge of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury after his infant daughter allegedly sustained a severe brain injury.
According to Cape and Islands assistant district attorney Laura Marshard, Shaun Sicsico’s 12-week-old daughter was brought to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Saturday evening with a severe brain injury. The child was later airlifted to Boston Children’s Hospital.
Doctors said the injuries were consistent with abuse, Ms. Marshard said in court, including bruising on all four limbs. A doctor said the child was in a medically-induced coma with a fatal brain injury, according to Ms. Marshard, and the injuries were consistent with landing on something soft like a bed or couch.
Ms. Marshard said Mr. Sicsico was interviewed by state police and Oak Bluffs police Det. Nicholas Curelli, and he allegedly told police that he had spun the child and may have spun her too hard. After that, two people came to the home and the child appeared to be having a seizure, she said, and the visitors insisted that the child be brought to the hospital.
A statement of facts by Detective Curelli said attending physicians and Dr. Alice Newton, the medical director of child protection at the hospital, believe the injuries are consistent with abuse, he wrote, and the injuries most likely occurred sometime Saturday.
The parents of the child brought the child to the hospital, he said, and Mr. Sicsico was arrested after being interviewed. The Department of Children and Families has emergency legal custody of the victim, he said.
“Further charges may follow upon worsening of victim’s condition,” Detective Curelli wrote.
Ms. Marshard said the mother of the child, Mr. Sicsico’s girlfriend, was in Boston with the child. Ms. Marshard requested bail of $75,000.
Two women cried in court as the facts of the case were discussed.
Attorney Ryan Searle, representing Mr. Sicsico during the arraignment, requested bail of $1,500, and said Mr. Sicsico indicated that he had never harmed, shaken or hurt the child.
Ms. Searle said Mr. Sicsico said the child had been acting strangely on the day she was brought to the hospital, and that the baby seemed to be having a seizure.
Ms. Searle said Mr. Sicsico is unemployed and has lived on the Vineyard for the last two years. Bail was set at $50,000 by district court Judge Thomas Barrett, and Mr. Sicsico was ordered not to have contact with the child. Robert Manning was appointed as his attorney, and a pretrial hearing scheduled for Thursday, August 1.
http://mvgazette.com/news/2013/07/29/oak-bluffs-father-accused-inflicting-severe-brain-injury-child
Oak Bluffs Father Accused of Inflicting Severe Brain Injury on Child
Sara Brown Monday, July 29, 2013 - 2:45pm
A 19-year-old Oak Bluffs man was arraigned Monday morning on a charge of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury after his infant daughter allegedly sustained a severe brain injury.
According to Cape and Islands assistant district attorney Laura Marshard, Shaun Sicsico’s 12-week-old daughter was brought to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Saturday evening with a severe brain injury. The child was later airlifted to Boston Children’s Hospital.
Doctors said the injuries were consistent with abuse, Ms. Marshard said in court, including bruising on all four limbs. A doctor said the child was in a medically-induced coma with a fatal brain injury, according to Ms. Marshard, and the injuries were consistent with landing on something soft like a bed or couch.
Ms. Marshard said Mr. Sicsico was interviewed by state police and Oak Bluffs police Det. Nicholas Curelli, and he allegedly told police that he had spun the child and may have spun her too hard. After that, two people came to the home and the child appeared to be having a seizure, she said, and the visitors insisted that the child be brought to the hospital.
A statement of facts by Detective Curelli said attending physicians and Dr. Alice Newton, the medical director of child protection at the hospital, believe the injuries are consistent with abuse, he wrote, and the injuries most likely occurred sometime Saturday.
The parents of the child brought the child to the hospital, he said, and Mr. Sicsico was arrested after being interviewed. The Department of Children and Families has emergency legal custody of the victim, he said.
“Further charges may follow upon worsening of victim’s condition,” Detective Curelli wrote.
Ms. Marshard said the mother of the child, Mr. Sicsico’s girlfriend, was in Boston with the child. Ms. Marshard requested bail of $75,000.
Two women cried in court as the facts of the case were discussed.
Attorney Ryan Searle, representing Mr. Sicsico during the arraignment, requested bail of $1,500, and said Mr. Sicsico indicated that he had never harmed, shaken or hurt the child.
Ms. Searle said Mr. Sicsico said the child had been acting strangely on the day she was brought to the hospital, and that the baby seemed to be having a seizure.
Ms. Searle said Mr. Sicsico is unemployed and has lived on the Vineyard for the last two years. Bail was set at $50,000 by district court Judge Thomas Barrett, and Mr. Sicsico was ordered not to have contact with the child. Robert Manning was appointed as his attorney, and a pretrial hearing scheduled for Thursday, August 1.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Dad arrested for abusing 6-month-old son; baby in coma (Mendocino County, California)
Appears to be another one of those cases where Daddy abused the baby virtually from birth.
Notice that there is NO MENTION of a mother in the home.
Dad is identified as DANIEL CAMARA.
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/09/5329226/baby-in-coma-father-arrested-for.html
Baby in coma; father arrested for alleged abuse
The Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2013 - 6:43 pm Last Modified: Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2013 - 8:05 pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 6-month-old Mendocino County boy was in a coma and his father was arrested after medical personnel determined the boy's injuries were the result of physical abuse, authorities said Tuesday.
The infant was taken to a medical center in Ukiah on Friday for treatment of a high fever, but personnel there suspected he had suffered physical abuse, Mendocino County sheriff's officials said.
When his condition worsened, the boy was flown to the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, where specialists confirmed his injuries were consistent with abuse.
Mendocino County authorities described his injuries as "life-threatening."
Medical personnel also found several older injuries that were also consistent with physical abuse, officials said.
After questioning members of the infant's family, detectives on Tuesday arrested the boy's father,
Daniel Camara, 25, of Ukiah. Camara was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail on suspicion of assault resulting in coma due to brain injury of a child under 8 years old.
During the investigation, detectives developed information that the boy had been physically abused on several different occasions during the past two months, officials said.
Notice that there is NO MENTION of a mother in the home.
Dad is identified as DANIEL CAMARA.
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/09/5329226/baby-in-coma-father-arrested-for.html
Baby in coma; father arrested for alleged abuse
The Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2013 - 6:43 pm Last Modified: Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2013 - 8:05 pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 6-month-old Mendocino County boy was in a coma and his father was arrested after medical personnel determined the boy's injuries were the result of physical abuse, authorities said Tuesday.
The infant was taken to a medical center in Ukiah on Friday for treatment of a high fever, but personnel there suspected he had suffered physical abuse, Mendocino County sheriff's officials said.
When his condition worsened, the boy was flown to the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, where specialists confirmed his injuries were consistent with abuse.
Mendocino County authorities described his injuries as "life-threatening."
Medical personnel also found several older injuries that were also consistent with physical abuse, officials said.
After questioning members of the infant's family, detectives on Tuesday arrested the boy's father,
Daniel Camara, 25, of Ukiah. Camara was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail on suspicion of assault resulting in coma due to brain injury of a child under 8 years old.
During the investigation, detectives developed information that the boy had been physically abused on several different occasions during the past two months, officials said.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Dad accused of putting 10-week-old daughter in coma (San Bernardino, California)
Dad is identified as CESAR PEDROZA. No mention of the mother.
http://banning-beaumont.patch.com/articles/father-stands-accused-of-putting-infant-in-coma-authorities-said
Father Stands Accused of Putting Infant in Coma, Authorities Said
Authorities said they suspect a 21-year-old father caused brain injuries to his 10-week-old child. The baby is being treated at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
By Gina Tenorio
3:08 pm
A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday after his 10-week-old infant lapsed into a coma likely caused by a number of brain injuries that authorities suspect were caused by the father.
The child is being cared for at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Her father, Cesar Pedroza, of Big Bear Lake, could face a charge of assault on a child, causing coma, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s news release.
He was booked at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino. His bail was set at $500,000. He was also found to have an outstanding misdemeanor traffic warrant, officials said.
The infant became critically ill on March 2 while Pedroza was home taking care of her and his two other children, ages 4 and 2, sheriff’s officials said. He called 9-1-1 after the infant reportedly stopped breathing while he fed her formula.
The child was rushed to Bear Valley Community Hospital and later transferred to Loma Linda. A medical exam by a forensic pediatrician at the medical center found the baby had extensive brain trauma, authorities said.
On March 4 detectives from the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station and the Crimes Against Children Detail questioned and arrested Pedroza, officials said.
The investigation is ongoing. Detectives ask anyone with information to call the Sheriff’s Crimes Against Children Division at (909) 387-3615. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are may call the We-tip Hotline at (800)782-7463 or you may leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
http://banning-beaumont.patch.com/articles/father-stands-accused-of-putting-infant-in-coma-authorities-said
Father Stands Accused of Putting Infant in Coma, Authorities Said
Authorities said they suspect a 21-year-old father caused brain injuries to his 10-week-old child. The baby is being treated at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
By Gina Tenorio
3:08 pm
A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday after his 10-week-old infant lapsed into a coma likely caused by a number of brain injuries that authorities suspect were caused by the father.
The child is being cared for at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Her father, Cesar Pedroza, of Big Bear Lake, could face a charge of assault on a child, causing coma, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s news release.
He was booked at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino. His bail was set at $500,000. He was also found to have an outstanding misdemeanor traffic warrant, officials said.
The infant became critically ill on March 2 while Pedroza was home taking care of her and his two other children, ages 4 and 2, sheriff’s officials said. He called 9-1-1 after the infant reportedly stopped breathing while he fed her formula.
The child was rushed to Bear Valley Community Hospital and later transferred to Loma Linda. A medical exam by a forensic pediatrician at the medical center found the baby had extensive brain trauma, authorities said.
On March 4 detectives from the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station and the Crimes Against Children Detail questioned and arrested Pedroza, officials said.
The investigation is ongoing. Detectives ask anyone with information to call the Sheriff’s Crimes Against Children Division at (909) 387-3615. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are may call the We-tip Hotline at (800)782-7463 or you may leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Dad gets 20 years for severely injuring 5-month-old son (Douglas County, Georgia)
Another case where Mom was working to support the family while Daddy played at "caretaker." And as so often happens, a short-tempered dude went off on the baby causing brain damage severe enough to put this infant into a coma and leave him blind.
Daddy is identified as ARCHIE JERRELL ISOM.
Why we need paid maternity leaves in this country....
http://douglasville.patch.com/articles/father-gets-20-years-in-prison-for-severely-injuring-five-month-old
Father Gets 20 Years in Prison for Severely Injuring Five-Month-Old
Archie Jerrell Isom of Lithia Springs received a 30-year sentence by Superior Court Judge David T. Emerson after entering a guilty plea to two counts of aggravated battery.
5:22 am
A 24-year-old father will spend 20 years in prison after being sentenced on child abuse charges for shaking his five-month-old son so hard that it caused brain swelling, bleeding of blood vessels in the eyes and blindness, according to Douglas County District Attorney David McDade in a press release.
Archie Jerrell Isom of Lithia Springs received a 30-year sentence by Superior Court Judge David T. Emerson after entering a guilty plea to two counts of aggravated battery. After being released from prison, Isom will be required to serve the final 10 years of his sentence on probation. He is required to have no contact with the child and the child’s mother.
Assistant District Attorney Bonnie Smith told the court that the injuries suffered by the baby on Dec. 31, 2010, were consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome, a medical term used for the internal head injuries a baby or young child sustains while being violently shaken. The injuries, Smith said, occurred while the baby was in the sole care of Isom, who was watching the child while the mother was at work.
“Sometime during the mother’s lunch break she received a call from the defendant, who informed her something was wrong with the baby,” said Smith. “The defendant said he could not wake their son up and that something was wrong with the child’s body…She instructed him to hang up the phone and call 911 and she rushed home to see what happened.”
As the mother drove towards the couple’s residence, an ambulance carrying her unconscious five-month-old son was rushing away from the apartment complex towards WellStar Douglas Hospital.
“A doctor immediately noted retinal hemorrhages on the baby, a key sign of a child who has been shaken,” said Smith. “Doctors knew the baby was seriously injured and had him life-flighted to Scottish-Rite, which likely saved his life.”
When the child arrived at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital, a team of doctors also determined the injuries were consistent with him being shaken.
Smith pointed out that Isom remained silent, even amongst the chaos and uncertainty. “The mother had to sit by the side of her five-month-old child, wondering if he was going to come out of his coma, and yet the defendant said nothing.”
Isom finally broke his silence, telling authorities the child fell off a bed while the defendant was washing dishes in another room. After doctors determined his story did not match up with his son’s injuries, Isom changed his story again. This time he told authorities he tripped over a cat while carrying the baby. The accident, according to Isom, caused the child to fall and bump his head on the ground. Doctors determined that story was not consistent with the physical injuries sustained by the baby.
Daddy is identified as ARCHIE JERRELL ISOM.
Why we need paid maternity leaves in this country....
http://douglasville.patch.com/articles/father-gets-20-years-in-prison-for-severely-injuring-five-month-old
Father Gets 20 Years in Prison for Severely Injuring Five-Month-Old
Archie Jerrell Isom of Lithia Springs received a 30-year sentence by Superior Court Judge David T. Emerson after entering a guilty plea to two counts of aggravated battery.
5:22 am
A 24-year-old father will spend 20 years in prison after being sentenced on child abuse charges for shaking his five-month-old son so hard that it caused brain swelling, bleeding of blood vessels in the eyes and blindness, according to Douglas County District Attorney David McDade in a press release.
Archie Jerrell Isom of Lithia Springs received a 30-year sentence by Superior Court Judge David T. Emerson after entering a guilty plea to two counts of aggravated battery. After being released from prison, Isom will be required to serve the final 10 years of his sentence on probation. He is required to have no contact with the child and the child’s mother.
Assistant District Attorney Bonnie Smith told the court that the injuries suffered by the baby on Dec. 31, 2010, were consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome, a medical term used for the internal head injuries a baby or young child sustains while being violently shaken. The injuries, Smith said, occurred while the baby was in the sole care of Isom, who was watching the child while the mother was at work.
“Sometime during the mother’s lunch break she received a call from the defendant, who informed her something was wrong with the baby,” said Smith. “The defendant said he could not wake their son up and that something was wrong with the child’s body…She instructed him to hang up the phone and call 911 and she rushed home to see what happened.”
As the mother drove towards the couple’s residence, an ambulance carrying her unconscious five-month-old son was rushing away from the apartment complex towards WellStar Douglas Hospital.
“A doctor immediately noted retinal hemorrhages on the baby, a key sign of a child who has been shaken,” said Smith. “Doctors knew the baby was seriously injured and had him life-flighted to Scottish-Rite, which likely saved his life.”
When the child arrived at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital, a team of doctors also determined the injuries were consistent with him being shaken.
Smith pointed out that Isom remained silent, even amongst the chaos and uncertainty. “The mother had to sit by the side of her five-month-old child, wondering if he was going to come out of his coma, and yet the defendant said nothing.”
Isom finally broke his silence, telling authorities the child fell off a bed while the defendant was washing dishes in another room. After doctors determined his story did not match up with his son’s injuries, Isom changed his story again. This time he told authorities he tripped over a cat while carrying the baby. The accident, according to Isom, caused the child to fall and bump his head on the ground. Doctors determined that story was not consistent with the physical injuries sustained by the baby.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Dad arrested in the rape, death of 11-year-old daughter (Jakarta, Indonesia)
If Dad--who is mysteriously referred to "Suspect S"--has admitted that he raped the girl, why is he still "a suspect"? Oh wait, they screwed up the headline. They did arrest him. Phew, that's a relief. Get this sick bastard out of society now.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/01/19/police-name-father-a-suspect-late-daughter-s-rape-case.html
Police name father a suspect in late daughter’s rape case
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Sat, January 19 2013, 10:35 AM
The Jakarta Police have named the biological father of an 11-year-old girl, who died earlier this month after allegedly being sexually abused, a suspect in the case.
Weeks after the girl, identified as RI, was first admitted to Persahabatan Hospital after falling into a coma. Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Putut Eko Bayuseno announced on Friday that they had arrested a 55-year-old man, identified only by his initial S, for the alleged separate rapes in October.
“Suspect S admitted his crime during interrogation with police officers,” Putut told reporters at Jakarta Police headquarters in Central Jakarta.
The suspect will be charged under the 2002 Child Protection Law and could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted.
The announcement came a day after detectives held a reenactment of the case. The reenactment, a formal part of criminal investigations, was conducted behind closed doors at the victim’s home in Pulogebang, East Jakarta.
The police chief said the alleged rapes occurred on Oct. 16 and 19 in their house while S’ wife was being treated for cancer at a hospital.
During the first rape, the suspect allegedly held the victim down to subdue her. In the second rape on Oct. 19, the suspect allegedly committed rectal rape.
The victim’s autopsy also revealed injuries that had been caused by a blunt object in the vagina and rectum. A medical report also stated that the suspect suffered from a sexually transmitted disease, which he had passed on to the victim.
Putut added that the suspect’s wife confirmed he had a preference for anal sex.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said police were investigating whether there was any other suspects in the case, pending a further autopsy report from a team of doctors at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.
The victim’s uncle, Bihin, said he had heard from the family that the girl’s father had admitted his wrongdoing to investigators.
“He has confessed; therefore, he must now be put in jail,” Bihin said as quoted by tempo.co. He added that S confessed in front of his wife and their oldest son, both of whom were visibly shaken by the admission.
“They had never imagined it. His son almost hit him,” he said.
East Jakarta Police’s Women and Children’s Protection Unit (UPPA) questioned 19 witnesses in the case. Two of the witnesses were closely linked to the victim and had originally been suspected of being the perpetrators.
The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) said it had prepared counseling sessions for the victim’s family, as the alleged perpetrator of the abuse was a close family member.
RI was the youngest of six children in the family who lived in a scavengers’ slum area. The girl was taken to a community health center in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, on Nov. 27 and was diagnosed with a lymph node problem after complaining of pain in her armpit. She continued to complain of other pains, and different doctors diagnosed her with other illnesses, such as typhoid fever and a stomach ulcer, before she was admitted to Persahabatan Hospital on Dec. 29.
She remained in critical condition thereafter and finally passed away on Jan. 6, allegedly due to inflammation of the brain. It remains unclear whether the inflammation was caused by her injuries. (nad)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/01/19/police-name-father-a-suspect-late-daughter-s-rape-case.html
Police name father a suspect in late daughter’s rape case
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Sat, January 19 2013, 10:35 AM
The Jakarta Police have named the biological father of an 11-year-old girl, who died earlier this month after allegedly being sexually abused, a suspect in the case.
Weeks after the girl, identified as RI, was first admitted to Persahabatan Hospital after falling into a coma. Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Putut Eko Bayuseno announced on Friday that they had arrested a 55-year-old man, identified only by his initial S, for the alleged separate rapes in October.
“Suspect S admitted his crime during interrogation with police officers,” Putut told reporters at Jakarta Police headquarters in Central Jakarta.
The suspect will be charged under the 2002 Child Protection Law and could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted.
The announcement came a day after detectives held a reenactment of the case. The reenactment, a formal part of criminal investigations, was conducted behind closed doors at the victim’s home in Pulogebang, East Jakarta.
The police chief said the alleged rapes occurred on Oct. 16 and 19 in their house while S’ wife was being treated for cancer at a hospital.
During the first rape, the suspect allegedly held the victim down to subdue her. In the second rape on Oct. 19, the suspect allegedly committed rectal rape.
The victim’s autopsy also revealed injuries that had been caused by a blunt object in the vagina and rectum. A medical report also stated that the suspect suffered from a sexually transmitted disease, which he had passed on to the victim.
Putut added that the suspect’s wife confirmed he had a preference for anal sex.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said police were investigating whether there was any other suspects in the case, pending a further autopsy report from a team of doctors at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.
The victim’s uncle, Bihin, said he had heard from the family that the girl’s father had admitted his wrongdoing to investigators.
“He has confessed; therefore, he must now be put in jail,” Bihin said as quoted by tempo.co. He added that S confessed in front of his wife and their oldest son, both of whom were visibly shaken by the admission.
“They had never imagined it. His son almost hit him,” he said.
East Jakarta Police’s Women and Children’s Protection Unit (UPPA) questioned 19 witnesses in the case. Two of the witnesses were closely linked to the victim and had originally been suspected of being the perpetrators.
The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) said it had prepared counseling sessions for the victim’s family, as the alleged perpetrator of the abuse was a close family member.
RI was the youngest of six children in the family who lived in a scavengers’ slum area. The girl was taken to a community health center in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, on Nov. 27 and was diagnosed with a lymph node problem after complaining of pain in her armpit. She continued to complain of other pains, and different doctors diagnosed her with other illnesses, such as typhoid fever and a stomach ulcer, before she was admitted to Persahabatan Hospital on Dec. 29.
She remained in critical condition thereafter and finally passed away on Jan. 6, allegedly due to inflammation of the brain. It remains unclear whether the inflammation was caused by her injuries. (nad)
Friday, September 21, 2012
Dad charged with murder in beating death of 8-year-old son (Sacramento, California)
Dad is identified as ROBERT BONNARD. We've posted on this case before.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/09/sacramento-da-charges-father-with-murder-in-death-of-his-8-year-old-son.html
September 20, 2012
Sacramento DA charges father with murder in death of 8-year-old son
Prosecutors have charged a 31-year-old man with murder in the death of his 8-year-old son after he allegedly twice beat the child.
When Robert Bonnard appeared in court Wednesday, the District Attorney's office filed an amended complaint, charging Bonnard with murder and four counts of child abuse.
Bonnard's son, Eshawn Bonnard, died Sept. 5, nine days after he was rushed from his Arden Arcade home to the UC Davis Medical Center with a traumatic brain injury.
Paramedics were told Eshawn had suffered a seizure, but doctors believed that the boy's injuries were inconsistent with such an episode and called authorities.
The day after the boy was admitted to the hospital, as he lay in a coma, Sacramento County sheriff's deputies arrested Bonnard, alleging he was responsible for the child's injuries.
The criminal complaint against Bonnard alleges he once beat the boy with a vacuum attachment, and another time inflicted great bodily injury, causing the brain injury.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/09/sacramento-da-charges-father-with-murder-in-death-of-his-8-year-old-son.html
September 20, 2012
Sacramento DA charges father with murder in death of 8-year-old son
Prosecutors have charged a 31-year-old man with murder in the death of his 8-year-old son after he allegedly twice beat the child.
When Robert Bonnard appeared in court Wednesday, the District Attorney's office filed an amended complaint, charging Bonnard with murder and four counts of child abuse.
Bonnard's son, Eshawn Bonnard, died Sept. 5, nine days after he was rushed from his Arden Arcade home to the UC Davis Medical Center with a traumatic brain injury.
Paramedics were told Eshawn had suffered a seizure, but doctors believed that the boy's injuries were inconsistent with such an episode and called authorities.
The day after the boy was admitted to the hospital, as he lay in a coma, Sacramento County sheriff's deputies arrested Bonnard, alleging he was responsible for the child's injuries.
The criminal complaint against Bonnard alleges he once beat the boy with a vacuum attachment, and another time inflicted great bodily injury, causing the brain injury.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Dad charged with 1st-degree murder in death of 9-year-old son; previously did prison time for abusing the boy (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Dad is identified as HAROLD NATHANIEL FARRIS JR.
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/charged-57960-father-fayetteville.html
Father charged with murder
August 09, 2012 10:23 AM
The Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE — A Fayetteville man convicted of abusing his toddler in 2004 is now facing first-degree murder charges in the boy's death.
Police say Harold Nathaniel Farris Jr. was arrested Wednesday after a manhunt.
It wasn't known if he had an attorney. Farris was convicted in 2006 of felony child abuse and child abuse inflicting serious injury. State records show he served more than two years in prison and was released in December 2008.
Police said Farris' son had been hospitalized since the abuse and was in a comatose state. The 9-year-old boy died in November.
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/charged-57960-father-fayetteville.html
Father charged with murder
August 09, 2012 10:23 AM
The Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE — A Fayetteville man convicted of abusing his toddler in 2004 is now facing first-degree murder charges in the boy's death.
Police say Harold Nathaniel Farris Jr. was arrested Wednesday after a manhunt.
It wasn't known if he had an attorney. Farris was convicted in 2006 of felony child abuse and child abuse inflicting serious injury. State records show he served more than two years in prison and was released in December 2008.
Police said Farris' son had been hospitalized since the abuse and was in a comatose state. The 9-year-old boy died in November.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Baby thrown from third-story window by own father dies from injuries (Jersey City, New Jersey)
What can I possibly say about a useless piece of scum like dad FREDERICO BRUNO....
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/07/baby_thrown_fro.php
Baby Thrown From Third-Story Window By Own Father Dies From Injuries
By James King Tue., Jul. 31 2012 at 3:24 PM
Frederico Bruno, 19, likely will face a murder charge after allegedly throwing his 3-month-old son out of a third-story window.
A 3-month-old baby who was pushed out of a third story window at a New Jersey apartment building by his own father last week has died from his injuries, authorities announced today.
The baby's death is bad news for his old man, 19-year-old Frederico Bruno, who likely will face a murder rap in addition to the multiple felonies with which he's currently charged in connection with the Friday night attack on the baby and his mother, who was stabbed, also thrown from the window, and then beaten with a wooden table -- all allegedly by Bruno.
The baby, Damien Bruno, was pronounced dead about 12:30 this afternoon. An autopsy is expected to be performed tomorrow.
The baby's mother remains in critical condition, and in an induced coma. Authorities say Bruno let himself into the Jersey City apartment of the baby's 21-year-old mother -- his ex-girlfriend -- on Friday morning and waited for her to return.
When the baby's mother returned with the boy and a 20-year-old friend, Bruno allegedly attacked her with a knife, stabbing her multiple times.
As she tried to shield the boy from the attack, Bruno allegedly shoved her hard enough to send the mother and the boy through an air-conditioning unit and out the window, about 30 feet to the ground.
After he'd already thrown her from a window, police say Bruno then went downstairs, found her and the boy on the ground, and began to beat her with a wooden table he found nearby.
He then fled the scene. For now, Bruno's been hit with the following charges: two counts of attempted murder, three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, three counts possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, one count of child abuse, one count of endangering the welfare of a child, three counts of endangering an injured person, one count of tampering.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Dad with "temporary custody" charged with assaulting infant son; baby has severe, permanent brain damage (Hagertown, Maryland)
As is typical with the media, the custody arrangement is not explained well. We're merely told that dad DARRYL XAVIER TALLEY JR. had some sort of "temporary custody" after Mom had dropped him off. Hardly a day passes before this POS "allegedly" beat the baby nearly to death. As it is, the baby is not expected to regain consciousness due to the severe skull fractures and brain injuries. Was this custody/visitation arrangement court ordered? If so, by whom?
http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012-06-22/news/32373948_1_child-abuse-redacted-report-hagerstown-man
Bond set for Hagerstown man charged with first-degree child abuse
June 22, 2012|By DON AINES | dona@herald-mail.com
Bond was set at $200,000 Friday for a Hagerstown man charged with first-degree child abuse in a March incident that left an infant with permanent brain damage.
Darryl Xavier Talley Jr. caused “severe physical injury to Kaleb Marcello Adams ... the defendant being a parent who has temporary care and custody of said child,” the indictment alleged.
The 1-year-old child sustained the injuries between March 22 and 23, the indictment said.
A Washington County grand jury also indicted Talley, 25, of 1317 Jay Drive on charges of first- and second-degree assault and second-degree child abuse. But Assistant State’s Attorney Arthur Rozes told Washington County Circuit Court Judge John H. McDowell that could change if the child dies.
“That’s another ball game,” Rozes said.
First-degree child abuse and first-degree assault both have maximum sentences of 25 years, McDowell told Talley during the bond-review hearing.
“The condition of the victim ... is extremely serious,” Rozes told McDowell.
The child was taken to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., shortly after the incident, but Rozes said he had since been transferred to a long-term care facility “because he can’t be sustained without equipment.”
The child sustained two distinctive skull fractures on either side of his head, and one side of his brain is dead, Rozes told the judge. The other side of the child’s brain was also badly injured, he said.
The Herald-Mail earlier this year obtained a copy of an investigative report on the incident from Hagerstown police. The redacted report did not contain the names of Talley or Adams, but indicated the child had fractures to each side of his head and that “the entire right side of his brain was dead.”
That report also said the boy will require constant care and medical intervention to survive and “has no chance to ever regain consciousness.”
A doctor told investigators that the injuries were “non-accidental blunt force trauma,” possibly from the child’s head being smashed against something, according to the investigative report.
The name of the victim was not mentioned during the bond hearing.
The child was initially taken to Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown on March 23, the report said. The child was accompanied by several people, including his father, the father’s girlfriend and leaseholders of the residence where they all lived, it said.
The boy’s mother was also at the hospital and told police she had dropped the boy off at the Jay Drive residence on March 21, the report said.
The redacted report said that a man, whose name was blacked out, was interviewed by police and the interview moved “into an interrogation phase.” The man denied any knowledge of how the child was injured, or whether he was responsible and asked that the interview be ended, the report said.
The room in which the child and several people lived was described in the report as “extremely dirty: dirty diapers scattered throughout, a bottle of Captain Morgan liquor on the floor ... prescription medication on the dresser, trash.”
Talley’s first court appearance is scheduled for July 5.
http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012-06-22/news/32373948_1_child-abuse-redacted-report-hagerstown-man
Bond set for Hagerstown man charged with first-degree child abuse
June 22, 2012|By DON AINES | dona@herald-mail.com
Bond was set at $200,000 Friday for a Hagerstown man charged with first-degree child abuse in a March incident that left an infant with permanent brain damage.
Darryl Xavier Talley Jr. caused “severe physical injury to Kaleb Marcello Adams ... the defendant being a parent who has temporary care and custody of said child,” the indictment alleged.
The 1-year-old child sustained the injuries between March 22 and 23, the indictment said.
A Washington County grand jury also indicted Talley, 25, of 1317 Jay Drive on charges of first- and second-degree assault and second-degree child abuse. But Assistant State’s Attorney Arthur Rozes told Washington County Circuit Court Judge John H. McDowell that could change if the child dies.
“That’s another ball game,” Rozes said.
First-degree child abuse and first-degree assault both have maximum sentences of 25 years, McDowell told Talley during the bond-review hearing.
“The condition of the victim ... is extremely serious,” Rozes told McDowell.
The child was taken to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., shortly after the incident, but Rozes said he had since been transferred to a long-term care facility “because he can’t be sustained without equipment.”
The child sustained two distinctive skull fractures on either side of his head, and one side of his brain is dead, Rozes told the judge. The other side of the child’s brain was also badly injured, he said.
The Herald-Mail earlier this year obtained a copy of an investigative report on the incident from Hagerstown police. The redacted report did not contain the names of Talley or Adams, but indicated the child had fractures to each side of his head and that “the entire right side of his brain was dead.”
That report also said the boy will require constant care and medical intervention to survive and “has no chance to ever regain consciousness.”
A doctor told investigators that the injuries were “non-accidental blunt force trauma,” possibly from the child’s head being smashed against something, according to the investigative report.
The name of the victim was not mentioned during the bond hearing.
The child was initially taken to Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown on March 23, the report said. The child was accompanied by several people, including his father, the father’s girlfriend and leaseholders of the residence where they all lived, it said.
The boy’s mother was also at the hospital and told police she had dropped the boy off at the Jay Drive residence on March 21, the report said.
The redacted report said that a man, whose name was blacked out, was interviewed by police and the interview moved “into an interrogation phase.” The man denied any knowledge of how the child was injured, or whether he was responsible and asked that the interview be ended, the report said.
The room in which the child and several people lived was described in the report as “extremely dirty: dirty diapers scattered throughout, a bottle of Captain Morgan liquor on the floor ... prescription medication on the dresser, trash.”
Talley’s first court appearance is scheduled for July 5.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Dad on trial for manslaughter in death of 7-week-old daughter (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Dad ASHIQUR RAHMAN is on trial for manslaughter in the death of his 7-week-old daughter. Sounds like this piece of sh** basically abused this baby from birth.
Notice that Mom has already pleaded guilty to "failing to provide the necessities of life." This is a charge that, for the most part, is only leveled at mothers, not fathers. In fact, mothers often face stiffer sentences for failing to intervene on some level--even when it's not clear whether they had the ability to intervene--then fathers get for actually committing a violent crime.
Dad's manslaughter trial hears about baby's death
WARNING: Story contains graphic details
CBC News Posted: Nov 24, 2011 12:03 PM AT Last Updated: Nov 24, 2011 11:34 PM
Baby girl Aurora Breakthrough died of a blunt-force injury to her head, the court heard Thursday at her father's trial.
Dr. Marnie Wood, a medical examiner, described the baby's cause of death as Ashiqur Rahman's trial continued Thursday in Halifax.
Aurora was seven weeks old when she died at the IWK Health Centre in July 2009.
Wood said she didn't know how the baby was injured. She said the girl was either hit on the head or her head was smashed into an object, or she was shaken.
"There were a number of injuries to the bones of this baby — broken ribs, broken arm and leg bones that were observed, and blunt force trauma to the head," said Crown attorney Denise Smith.
"The medical examiner has offered the opinion [that] was the cause of death in this case."
Rahman, 25, is charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Wood testified some of the baby's fractures happened when she was three weeks old. Aurora's wrist was broken from being bent or struck, court heard, and her leg had been hurt from someone twisting it.
As Wood gave her testimony, she encircled her hands, as if to show the squeezing force that broke the baby's ribs. She said almost all of the girl's ribs were broken — some were broken twice. Three were fractured during CPR.
Ashiqur Rahman's trial began in Halifax last week. CBCCourt heard that by the time the baby was rushed to hospital, her brain was so severely injured that parts of her brain were liquefied.
Last week, a doctor testified that Aurora was in a deep coma when she arrived in the hospital's emergency department.
Dr. Brian Norman said when he first saw the baby, she was suffering from severe brain damage. He said her brain had swelled to the point that the soft spot on her head was pushed outward.
Norman also said tests showed the baby had suffered previous "non-accidental" injuries, including broken ribs.
The baby's mother, 24-year-old Jane Gomes, pleaded guilty last year to a charge of failing to provide the necessities of life.
Gomes is expected to testify at Rahman's trial in two weeks.
Notice that Mom has already pleaded guilty to "failing to provide the necessities of life." This is a charge that, for the most part, is only leveled at mothers, not fathers. In fact, mothers often face stiffer sentences for failing to intervene on some level--even when it's not clear whether they had the ability to intervene--then fathers get for actually committing a violent crime.
Dad's manslaughter trial hears about baby's death
WARNING: Story contains graphic details
CBC News Posted: Nov 24, 2011 12:03 PM AT Last Updated: Nov 24, 2011 11:34 PM
Baby girl Aurora Breakthrough died of a blunt-force injury to her head, the court heard Thursday at her father's trial.
Dr. Marnie Wood, a medical examiner, described the baby's cause of death as Ashiqur Rahman's trial continued Thursday in Halifax.
Aurora was seven weeks old when she died at the IWK Health Centre in July 2009.
Wood said she didn't know how the baby was injured. She said the girl was either hit on the head or her head was smashed into an object, or she was shaken.
"There were a number of injuries to the bones of this baby — broken ribs, broken arm and leg bones that were observed, and blunt force trauma to the head," said Crown attorney Denise Smith.
"The medical examiner has offered the opinion [that] was the cause of death in this case."
Rahman, 25, is charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Wood testified some of the baby's fractures happened when she was three weeks old. Aurora's wrist was broken from being bent or struck, court heard, and her leg had been hurt from someone twisting it.
As Wood gave her testimony, she encircled her hands, as if to show the squeezing force that broke the baby's ribs. She said almost all of the girl's ribs were broken — some were broken twice. Three were fractured during CPR.
Ashiqur Rahman's trial began in Halifax last week. CBCCourt heard that by the time the baby was rushed to hospital, her brain was so severely injured that parts of her brain were liquefied.
Last week, a doctor testified that Aurora was in a deep coma when she arrived in the hospital's emergency department.
Dr. Brian Norman said when he first saw the baby, she was suffering from severe brain damage. He said her brain had swelled to the point that the soft spot on her head was pushed outward.
Norman also said tests showed the baby had suffered previous "non-accidental" injuries, including broken ribs.
The baby's mother, 24-year-old Jane Gomes, pleaded guilty last year to a charge of failing to provide the necessities of life.
Gomes is expected to testify at Rahman's trial in two weeks.
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