As Bugs Bunny would say, what a maroon.
Daddy is identified as SHANE BAPTISTE.
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/10/07/manitoba-father-headed-to-jail-for-violent-encounter-at-waterpark
Manitoba father headed to jail for violent encounter at waterpark
The Canadian Press
First posted: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:01 PM CDT | Updated: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 02:09 PM CDT
A Manitoba father has been sentenced to two years less a day after a family trip to a waterpark ended with a dangerous, high-speed chase down the Trans-Canada Highway with his wife and three children in the van.
Shane Baptiste, 39, pleaded guilty to several charges Tuesday, admitting he threatened a woman and punched an RCMP officer in the face.
He told court he feels bad about it, adding that he feels apologetic every day for what he did.
Baptiste took his family to Splash Island in Portage la Prairie, Man., on July 25 but the fun afternoon turned sour when he got into an argument with another patron and threatened to kill her and her family.
The woman, who works as a probation officer, called police but when an RCMP officer arrived moments later, Baptiste slugged him in the face.
Court was told several children at the waterpark witnessed the violent encounter, including Baptiste's own children.
Baptiste then ordered his family to get into their van and sped away, blowing through several stop signs and school zones at nearly 100 kilometres an hour, increasing that to 180 kilometres an hour once he hit the highway.
"This was probably the fastest his van could go," Crown attorney Joyce Dalmyn told court. "This is one of the most egregious motor vehicle flights from police we've seen. His speeds are ridiculous. Frankly, it's nothing shy of a miracle his three children weren't injured."
Baptiste eventually drove over a spike belt laid down by other RCMP officers and abandoned his van -- and his family -- by taking off on foot.
He turned himself in at a local police detachment days later, after his picture had been released to media outlets.
Baptiste has a lengthy prior criminal record which includes two previous assaults against police officers.
"He didn't think," defence lawyer Greg Brodsky told court. "He feels badly about his inappropriate behaviour. He acknowledges that he was driving in a ridiculous fashion."
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Custodial dad, step on trial for torture of 11-year-old son (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
UNNAMED DAD. No word as to what happened to this boy's mother.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mountie-wife-continue-trial-on-severe-child-abuse-1.3226475
Ottawa Mountie, wife continue trial on severe child abuse
WARNING: Story contains graphic and disturbing details
CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2015 4:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2015 7:26 PM ET
An Ottawa Mountie and his wife were arrested in 2013 in what police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen."
An Ottawa woman told police "I haven't done anything" after she and her RCMP officer husband were accused of severe long-term abuse of the man's 11-year-old son, including chaining him up in the basement of their home, court heard Monday.
The woman, 36, and man, 44, are on trial for what Ottawa police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen" when they were arrested in February 2013. They cannot be named to protect the boy's identity.
Each is on trial for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The woman is also charged with assaulting the child with a weapon, while the man is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
On Monday, court saw the woman's police interview via video, which was taken after her arrest. She told police her 11-year-old stepson was "out of control" and that she feared for the safety of her toddler and four-month-old baby.
She said she never hit the boy nor was she aware of his many injuries, including burn marks near his genitals, scabs and scars on his body and that he was gaunt and malnourished.
At one point, Ottawa Police Sgt. Tracy Butler told her in a raised voice the boy was "maltreated and abused by your husband."
She added, "you knew about it, you condoned it and you let it happen."
The woman, who was at times emotional during the interview, said, "I haven't done anything. I swear to God."
Father admitted to confining son During the interview, which lasted more than two hours, the woman told police her stepson was stealing and getting into fights.
She said he was sent to private school after being kicked out of school, but the boy began being home schooled in 2012.
She said the boy was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
She also said she worried he had sexual feelings for her after he asked her to breastfeed him.
"(He) didn't attach to me. I love him but it was difficult to reach out to him when he's mocking me all the time," she said.
She also said he told his father he would "initiate sexual things with other boys" at school and camp.
Last week, the court heard the man admit he used a chain and plastic ties to confine his son in the family's Kanata basement in his police interview video.
In 2013, the RCMP said the father has been on leave since May 2011, but the reason for that remains under a court-ordered publication ban.
Police sources previously told CBC News the man was a member of the force's counter-terrorism unit.
The trial continues.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mountie-wife-continue-trial-on-severe-child-abuse-1.3226475
Ottawa Mountie, wife continue trial on severe child abuse
WARNING: Story contains graphic and disturbing details
CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2015 4:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2015 7:26 PM ET
An Ottawa Mountie and his wife were arrested in 2013 in what police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen."
An Ottawa woman told police "I haven't done anything" after she and her RCMP officer husband were accused of severe long-term abuse of the man's 11-year-old son, including chaining him up in the basement of their home, court heard Monday.
The woman, 36, and man, 44, are on trial for what Ottawa police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen" when they were arrested in February 2013. They cannot be named to protect the boy's identity.
Each is on trial for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The woman is also charged with assaulting the child with a weapon, while the man is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
On Monday, court saw the woman's police interview via video, which was taken after her arrest. She told police her 11-year-old stepson was "out of control" and that she feared for the safety of her toddler and four-month-old baby.
She said she never hit the boy nor was she aware of his many injuries, including burn marks near his genitals, scabs and scars on his body and that he was gaunt and malnourished.
At one point, Ottawa Police Sgt. Tracy Butler told her in a raised voice the boy was "maltreated and abused by your husband."
She added, "you knew about it, you condoned it and you let it happen."
The woman, who was at times emotional during the interview, said, "I haven't done anything. I swear to God."
Father admitted to confining son During the interview, which lasted more than two hours, the woman told police her stepson was stealing and getting into fights.
She said he was sent to private school after being kicked out of school, but the boy began being home schooled in 2012.
She said the boy was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
She also said she worried he had sexual feelings for her after he asked her to breastfeed him.
"(He) didn't attach to me. I love him but it was difficult to reach out to him when he's mocking me all the time," she said.
She also said he told his father he would "initiate sexual things with other boys" at school and camp.
Last week, the court heard the man admit he used a chain and plastic ties to confine his son in the family's Kanata basement in his police interview video.
In 2013, the RCMP said the father has been on leave since May 2011, but the reason for that remains under a court-ordered publication ban.
Police sources previously told CBC News the man was a member of the force's counter-terrorism unit.
The trial continues.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Custodial dad suspended from police job interfering with abuse investigation involving son; threatens non-custodial mom with kidnapping charge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
This case just reeks of backroom deal making and corruption. Because he is a well-connected cop, the abuse allegations against him are perpetually "unfounded." He gets physical custody. Threatens the protective mother with kidnapping charges though she communicated to him the location of their son. He barges into CPS, manhandles the kid out of an interview with an abuse investigator, and then the authorities CONTINUE to force the boy to live his father for another three months before suspending him from his job.
Dad is identified as STEPHEN C. KRUM.
Typical of the fathers rights corruption that infects the whole judicial system.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/09/harrisburg_police_officer_susp_3.html
Harrisburg police suspend officer accused of obstructing child abuse investigation
Dauphin County investigators say Harrisburg Police Officer Stephen Krum barged into a room inside this Children &Youth Services building and forcibly removed a boy being interviewed.
The District Attorney's office later charged Krum, 31, with felony obstruction of a child abuse investigation.
By Christine Vendel on September 10, 2015 at 7:41 AM, updated September 10, 2015 at 11:15 AM
HARRISBURG - The city of Harrisburg has suspended a police officer who authorities say barged into the Dauphin County Children Youth Services building and removed his son who was being interviewed as a possible child abuse victim.
Officer Stephen C. Krum has been charged by the Dauphin County district attorney's office with felony obstruction of a child abuse investigation.
Krum showed his police ID and badge to a security guard at the building who asked if he had an appointment, court records state.
"This is my access and all the appointment I need," he told the guard, according to court records. The six-year veteran, who earns $63,198 annually, has been on paid leave since Aug. 19, when the charge was filed. His next court date is set for Oct. 2.
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. May 14 at the Dauphin County CYS facility at 1001 N. Sixth St. Krum and the boy's mother are divorced, said Krum's attorney, Brian Perry. Krum has primary physical custody of the boy, who has special needs, Perry said.
A county detective investigated the incident. Court records gave this account:
The boy reportedly called his mother after school but before getting on the school bus saying he did not want to go to his father's house. The boy reportedly said he was afraid of his father and wanted to go to CYS to talk to somebody.
The mother responded to the school, picked up her son and drove him to the CYS facility. She called Krum from the facility and left a message letting him know where the boy was.
Krum reportedly called back and threatened to have his ex-wife arrested for kidnapping. Krum showed up at the facility 10 minutes later.
Krum walked past a security guard and bypassed the metal detector initially, but then agreed to go through the detector. The guard then asked about his appointment and he pulled his police badge.
Krum eventually went into a playroom, where the boy was being interviewed by a caseworker and demanded the boy leave with him.
A supervisor confronted Krum and asked him to go back to the waiting room, but he refused. He pushed past the supervisor, grabbed his son by the arm and dragged him to the door, actions that were captured on security footage.
Krum talked with his son briefly, then grabbed him "in a sort of a bear hug," and took him out of the building as the boy "appears to be resisting."
The boy told a screener at CYS that "he was fearful of his father and did not want to go home." He reportedly asked staff members several times to "please don't make him go with him."
Perry said the visit to CYS was the latest in a string of abuse allegations filed by the mother against Krum in Dauphin and Lebanon counties. All of the allegations have been unfounded, Perry said.
Perry noted that the boy was allowed to remain in Krum's home during the three months following the incident, until the criminal charge was filed.
"I think that speaks volumes about the strength of the [abuse] case against Steve," he said. "He found out the boy's mother took him to CYS again and he said, 'No. We're not doing this. You're coming with me.'
"Should he have handled himself differently that day? The answer is yes," Perry said. "But he reacted as most fathers would have."
Assistant District Attorney Sean McCormack disagreed and said he believed most parents would have allowed the interview to finish.
"Justified or not, the system has to work," McCormack said. "Other parents in similar situations have shown much more restraint."
McCormack said his office would file a similar charge against anyone who committed the same offense.
"The allegation here is that he forcibly removed a child from an interview," he said. "That's not something we can condone."
Krum has not been allowed to contact his son since the charge was filed, Perry said.
Dad is identified as STEPHEN C. KRUM.
Typical of the fathers rights corruption that infects the whole judicial system.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/09/harrisburg_police_officer_susp_3.html
Harrisburg police suspend officer accused of obstructing child abuse investigation
Dauphin County investigators say Harrisburg Police Officer Stephen Krum barged into a room inside this Children &Youth Services building and forcibly removed a boy being interviewed.
The District Attorney's office later charged Krum, 31, with felony obstruction of a child abuse investigation.
By Christine Vendel on September 10, 2015 at 7:41 AM, updated September 10, 2015 at 11:15 AM
HARRISBURG - The city of Harrisburg has suspended a police officer who authorities say barged into the Dauphin County Children Youth Services building and removed his son who was being interviewed as a possible child abuse victim.
Officer Stephen C. Krum has been charged by the Dauphin County district attorney's office with felony obstruction of a child abuse investigation.
Krum showed his police ID and badge to a security guard at the building who asked if he had an appointment, court records state.
"This is my access and all the appointment I need," he told the guard, according to court records. The six-year veteran, who earns $63,198 annually, has been on paid leave since Aug. 19, when the charge was filed. His next court date is set for Oct. 2.
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. May 14 at the Dauphin County CYS facility at 1001 N. Sixth St. Krum and the boy's mother are divorced, said Krum's attorney, Brian Perry. Krum has primary physical custody of the boy, who has special needs, Perry said.
A county detective investigated the incident. Court records gave this account:
The boy reportedly called his mother after school but before getting on the school bus saying he did not want to go to his father's house. The boy reportedly said he was afraid of his father and wanted to go to CYS to talk to somebody.
The mother responded to the school, picked up her son and drove him to the CYS facility. She called Krum from the facility and left a message letting him know where the boy was.
Krum reportedly called back and threatened to have his ex-wife arrested for kidnapping. Krum showed up at the facility 10 minutes later.
Krum walked past a security guard and bypassed the metal detector initially, but then agreed to go through the detector. The guard then asked about his appointment and he pulled his police badge.
Krum eventually went into a playroom, where the boy was being interviewed by a caseworker and demanded the boy leave with him.
A supervisor confronted Krum and asked him to go back to the waiting room, but he refused. He pushed past the supervisor, grabbed his son by the arm and dragged him to the door, actions that were captured on security footage.
Krum talked with his son briefly, then grabbed him "in a sort of a bear hug," and took him out of the building as the boy "appears to be resisting."
The boy told a screener at CYS that "he was fearful of his father and did not want to go home." He reportedly asked staff members several times to "please don't make him go with him."
Perry said the visit to CYS was the latest in a string of abuse allegations filed by the mother against Krum in Dauphin and Lebanon counties. All of the allegations have been unfounded, Perry said.
Perry noted that the boy was allowed to remain in Krum's home during the three months following the incident, until the criminal charge was filed.
"I think that speaks volumes about the strength of the [abuse] case against Steve," he said. "He found out the boy's mother took him to CYS again and he said, 'No. We're not doing this. You're coming with me.'
"Should he have handled himself differently that day? The answer is yes," Perry said. "But he reacted as most fathers would have."
Assistant District Attorney Sean McCormack disagreed and said he believed most parents would have allowed the interview to finish.
"Justified or not, the system has to work," McCormack said. "Other parents in similar situations have shown much more restraint."
McCormack said his office would file a similar charge against anyone who committed the same offense.
"The allegation here is that he forcibly removed a child from an interview," he said. "That's not something we can condone."
Krum has not been allowed to contact his son since the charge was filed, Perry said.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Abusive dad used 4-year-old daughter to commit burglaries, tries to escape from police with her in stolen car; what happened to her mother? (Moriarty, New Mexico)
Notice there is no mention of the mother supporting Dad's use of the little girl in his burglaries. There is no mention of the mother protesting the Dad's use of the little girl in his burglaries.
There is no mention of the mother PERIOD.
It's as if she has been completely erased from the life of this child. We don't know if she's dead or alive. We don't know if Dad gained sole custody through the courts. We are told nothing. And now the little girl is being placed with "relatives out of state." So apparently Daddy was custodial.
What happened to Mom?
Dad is identified as JERED MCMEANS.
http://www.mvtelegraph.com/2015/09/10/father-accused-of-fleeing-from-police-child-abuse/
Father accused of fleeing from police, child abuse
by Nicole Maxwell / Mountain View Telegraph | Sep 10, 2015
Aside from the original charges against Jered McMeans, 32, including child abuse, fleeing from police and operating a stolen vehicle; he is also charged with being a fugitive from justice.
McMeans is expected to have a preliminary hearing about both sets of charges at 9 a.m. on Sept. 17 at Moriarty Magistrate Court.
A police chase ended in Moriarty Monday with the arrest of McMeans and the rescue of his 4-year-old daughter on Aug. 31.
The chase started at the TA Travel Stop on Old Route 66 in Moriarty when Moriarty Police Officer Craig Meo was dispatched to do a welfare check of a young girl.
The criminal complaint states that the person who called officers saw that the girl was uneasy with the man who was also yelling and cursing at her.
When law enforcement showed up to the scene, McMeans led officers on a vehicle chase that ended in an open field when Torrance County Sheriff Heath White maneuvered to stop what turned out to be a stolen SUV by hitting it.
The child was in the SUV for the duration of the chase and received minor injuries on her lip and legs.
White said deputies believe McMeans instructed his daughter to break into multiple homes through dog doors and steal from stores from Bernalillo County to Texas.
McMeans has not been formally charged with using his 4-year-old daughter to help with burglaries, however, he has other warrants out against him in Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Albuquerque.
McMeans' daughter has been placed with relatives out-of-state according to New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Public Information Officer Henry Varela.
There is no mention of the mother PERIOD.
It's as if she has been completely erased from the life of this child. We don't know if she's dead or alive. We don't know if Dad gained sole custody through the courts. We are told nothing. And now the little girl is being placed with "relatives out of state." So apparently Daddy was custodial.
What happened to Mom?
Dad is identified as JERED MCMEANS.
http://www.mvtelegraph.com/2015/09/10/father-accused-of-fleeing-from-police-child-abuse/
Father accused of fleeing from police, child abuse
by Nicole Maxwell / Mountain View Telegraph | Sep 10, 2015
Aside from the original charges against Jered McMeans, 32, including child abuse, fleeing from police and operating a stolen vehicle; he is also charged with being a fugitive from justice.
McMeans is expected to have a preliminary hearing about both sets of charges at 9 a.m. on Sept. 17 at Moriarty Magistrate Court.
A police chase ended in Moriarty Monday with the arrest of McMeans and the rescue of his 4-year-old daughter on Aug. 31.
The chase started at the TA Travel Stop on Old Route 66 in Moriarty when Moriarty Police Officer Craig Meo was dispatched to do a welfare check of a young girl.
The criminal complaint states that the person who called officers saw that the girl was uneasy with the man who was also yelling and cursing at her.
When law enforcement showed up to the scene, McMeans led officers on a vehicle chase that ended in an open field when Torrance County Sheriff Heath White maneuvered to stop what turned out to be a stolen SUV by hitting it.
The child was in the SUV for the duration of the chase and received minor injuries on her lip and legs.
White said deputies believe McMeans instructed his daughter to break into multiple homes through dog doors and steal from stores from Bernalillo County to Texas.
McMeans has not been formally charged with using his 4-year-old daughter to help with burglaries, however, he has other warrants out against him in Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Albuquerque.
McMeans' daughter has been placed with relatives out-of-state according to New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Public Information Officer Henry Varela.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Dad in custody after holding 3-year-old child hostage at gunpoint (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
UNNAMED DAD. This kind of crime is nearly always dads.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/09/04/man-in-custody-after-overnight-police-standoff-in-south-mpls/
Man In Custody After Overnight Police Standoff In South Mpls.
September 4, 2015 5:50 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After hours of negotiations, a man is now in custody. Minneapolis police received the call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night from a home in the 3900 block of Garfield Avenue South. When they arrived, they learned a three-year-old child was inside the home with her armed father.
Police say, at one point, the suspect refused to communicate with authorities, so the SWAT team entered the home. They arrested the father and the child is now safe and sound.
Shots were fired around 1:00 a.m. when the suspect appeared to be shooting in the air. Police believed the suspects’s three-year-old child was in great danger and, as a precaution, an ambulance was on standby.
After conversations broke down between the SWAT team and the suspect, and authorities exhausted all possibilities, they entered the home.
The suspect is now in custody. His name has not been released, but a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department says the incident could be the result of a mental health issue. Authorities haven’t yet said what charges the suspect will face.
His daughter is now with her mother. Police say the mother was not home at the time of the standoff. Prior to the incident, she left the home with the couple’s second child.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/09/04/man-in-custody-after-overnight-police-standoff-in-south-mpls/
Man In Custody After Overnight Police Standoff In South Mpls.
September 4, 2015 5:50 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After hours of negotiations, a man is now in custody. Minneapolis police received the call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night from a home in the 3900 block of Garfield Avenue South. When they arrived, they learned a three-year-old child was inside the home with her armed father.
Police say, at one point, the suspect refused to communicate with authorities, so the SWAT team entered the home. They arrested the father and the child is now safe and sound.
Shots were fired around 1:00 a.m. when the suspect appeared to be shooting in the air. Police believed the suspects’s three-year-old child was in great danger and, as a precaution, an ambulance was on standby.
After conversations broke down between the SWAT team and the suspect, and authorities exhausted all possibilities, they entered the home.
The suspect is now in custody. His name has not been released, but a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department says the incident could be the result of a mental health issue. Authorities haven’t yet said what charges the suspect will face.
His daughter is now with her mother. Police say the mother was not home at the time of the standoff. Prior to the incident, she left the home with the couple’s second child.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Dad with history of DV holds baby hostage in 12-hour police standoff (Newark, New Jersey)
Once again, we see that a criminal abuser is a criminal abuser.
Dad is identified as RUDY SOTO.
http://kron4.com/2015/05/29/newark-police-activity-roads-closed/
Newark Standoff: Father in custody, baby is safe
By Stacey Baier
Published: May 29, 2015, 2:56 pm | Updated: May 29, 2015, 10:11 pm
UPDATE: 9:30 P.M. — Newark Police confirm the father is in custody, and the baby is safe.
According to police records, the man holding the baby captive was 37-year-old Rudy Soto.
The police report reads, “The patrol officers attempted to talk with the Soto, but he refused to speak to the officers. Officers initially feared the victim of the domestic violence may have also been inside the apartment. Officers were able to contact the victim, and were able to determine she was at work, but her one year old son was inside with the Soto, who is the father of the child. After 12 hours of negotiating with the Soto, he calmly exited the apartment with his baby in a stroller and surrendered to police. Soto has been taken into custody and the baby is safe and unharmed.”
UPDATE 5:00 P.M. — Police are negotiating with a domestic violence suspect who is allegedly holding a baby captive in Newark this evening, a Newark police commander said.
Commander Mike Carroll said the father has been involved in two other domestic violence incidents in the past two weeks, and a warrant is out for his arrest.
Carroll said police are going to be very patient because a baby is involved. Officers have thought they were going to be able to resolve the situation at numerous points today, but it has continued into this evening, Carroll said.
NEWARK (KRON) — Police are on the scene of a standoff situation at an apartment on Sycamore Street in Newark.
It is unknown how many people may be inside, but it’s believed at least one person is refusing to cooperate with police.
The incident began at 11:45 a.m. Sycamore Street is closed between Thornton Avenue and Mayhews Landing Road.
CHP is assisting.
People are advised to avoid the area.
Dad is identified as RUDY SOTO.
http://kron4.com/2015/05/29/newark-police-activity-roads-closed/
Newark Standoff: Father in custody, baby is safe
By Stacey Baier
Published: May 29, 2015, 2:56 pm | Updated: May 29, 2015, 10:11 pm
UPDATE: 9:30 P.M. — Newark Police confirm the father is in custody, and the baby is safe.
According to police records, the man holding the baby captive was 37-year-old Rudy Soto.
The police report reads, “The patrol officers attempted to talk with the Soto, but he refused to speak to the officers. Officers initially feared the victim of the domestic violence may have also been inside the apartment. Officers were able to contact the victim, and were able to determine she was at work, but her one year old son was inside with the Soto, who is the father of the child. After 12 hours of negotiating with the Soto, he calmly exited the apartment with his baby in a stroller and surrendered to police. Soto has been taken into custody and the baby is safe and unharmed.”
UPDATE 5:00 P.M. — Police are negotiating with a domestic violence suspect who is allegedly holding a baby captive in Newark this evening, a Newark police commander said.
Commander Mike Carroll said the father has been involved in two other domestic violence incidents in the past two weeks, and a warrant is out for his arrest.
Carroll said police are going to be very patient because a baby is involved. Officers have thought they were going to be able to resolve the situation at numerous points today, but it has continued into this evening, Carroll said.
NEWARK (KRON) — Police are on the scene of a standoff situation at an apartment on Sycamore Street in Newark.
It is unknown how many people may be inside, but it’s believed at least one person is refusing to cooperate with police.
The incident began at 11:45 a.m. Sycamore Street is closed between Thornton Avenue and Mayhews Landing Road.
CHP is assisting.
People are advised to avoid the area.
Dad with history of DV, "custody disputes" guns down mom and kills her in front of 7-year-old daughter (Monmouth County, New Jersey)
In many way a classic DV homicide. Mom had just left this violent control freak--one of the most riskiest times for women. Plus Dad PHIL SEIDLE was a cop who played at being model citizen, meaning he was becoming increasingly emboldened over time.
The custody "dispute" fits right in with the abuser's need for ongoing control over his victims. By demanding more time in his children's lives, he could continue his abuse of the family.
Of course, the fact that he shot Mom numerous times in front of a permanently traumatized 7-year-old girl proves he doesn't give a sh** about the kids. And he obviously didn't care that he was robbing nine kids of their mother.
This poor woman. His freaking cop friends standing there doing nothing while Daddy shot her again and again. The only way she could have survived this divorce is if Dad had been locked up years ago for his assaults and death threats--which obviously didn't happen. And wouldn't happen, given the intensely corrupt nature of the New Jersey criminal justice (criminal protection) system.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3129177/Divorced-police-officer-father-nine-pleads-not-guilty-shooting-dead-ex-wife-7-year-old-daughter.html
'Porn-addicted' police officer and father-of-nine pleads not guilty to shooting dead his ex-wife in front of their 7-year-old daughter
Sgt. Phil Seidle, 51, from Neptune Township, New Jersey, charged with first-degree murder in ex-wife Tamara's shooting death
Police say Seidle pursued his wife, then got out of his car and fired several rounds into Tamara Seidle's vehicle
The couple's 7-year-old daughter, the youngest of their nine children, was in Philip Seidle's car at the time of the killing; she was unharmed
Seidle was arrested after 30-minute standoff with police during which he held gun to his head Witnesses heard the officer complain that he didn't want to pay alimony anymore and have limited access to his children
Tamara Seidle claimed in divorce complaint her husband was a porn addict and an adulterer who held her at gunpoint while she was pregnant
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
Published: 00:12 EST, 18 June 2015 | Updated: 04:37 EST, 18 June 2015
A recently divorced New Jersey police officer accused of chasing and gunning down his ex-wife with his service weapon as their youngest daughter watched made his first court appearance Wednesday and entered a not guilty plea.
A shackled Neptune Township police Sgt. Phil Seidle, 51, was led into Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Honora O'Brien Kilgallen's courtroom, where he was formally charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child.
He continues to be held in jail on $2million, as his attorney's efforts to have the bail amount lowered to $1.2million proved unsuccessful.
Judge Killgallen rejected the request for a lower bail and ordered Seidle to have no contact with his children or his late ex-wife's family, reported NJ.com. The 51-year-old also must surrender his passport.
Defense attorney Edward Bertucio argued that his client was an upstanding member of the community and a veteran law enforcement officer who was not a flight risk.
But Marc LeMieux, first assistant prosecutor for Monmouth County, contended that facing a first-degree murder charge that carries a 30 years to life sentence could drive Seidle to flee.
The custody "dispute" fits right in with the abuser's need for ongoing control over his victims. By demanding more time in his children's lives, he could continue his abuse of the family.
Of course, the fact that he shot Mom numerous times in front of a permanently traumatized 7-year-old girl proves he doesn't give a sh** about the kids. And he obviously didn't care that he was robbing nine kids of their mother.
This poor woman. His freaking cop friends standing there doing nothing while Daddy shot her again and again. The only way she could have survived this divorce is if Dad had been locked up years ago for his assaults and death threats--which obviously didn't happen. And wouldn't happen, given the intensely corrupt nature of the New Jersey criminal justice (criminal protection) system.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3129177/Divorced-police-officer-father-nine-pleads-not-guilty-shooting-dead-ex-wife-7-year-old-daughter.html
'Porn-addicted' police officer and father-of-nine pleads not guilty to shooting dead his ex-wife in front of their 7-year-old daughter
Sgt. Phil Seidle, 51, from Neptune Township, New Jersey, charged with first-degree murder in ex-wife Tamara's shooting death
Police say Seidle pursued his wife, then got out of his car and fired several rounds into Tamara Seidle's vehicle
The couple's 7-year-old daughter, the youngest of their nine children, was in Philip Seidle's car at the time of the killing; she was unharmed
Seidle was arrested after 30-minute standoff with police during which he held gun to his head Witnesses heard the officer complain that he didn't want to pay alimony anymore and have limited access to his children
Tamara Seidle claimed in divorce complaint her husband was a porn addict and an adulterer who held her at gunpoint while she was pregnant
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
Published: 00:12 EST, 18 June 2015 | Updated: 04:37 EST, 18 June 2015
A recently divorced New Jersey police officer accused of chasing and gunning down his ex-wife with his service weapon as their youngest daughter watched made his first court appearance Wednesday and entered a not guilty plea.
A shackled Neptune Township police Sgt. Phil Seidle, 51, was led into Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Honora O'Brien Kilgallen's courtroom, where he was formally charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child.
He continues to be held in jail on $2million, as his attorney's efforts to have the bail amount lowered to $1.2million proved unsuccessful.
Judge Killgallen rejected the request for a lower bail and ordered Seidle to have no contact with his children or his late ex-wife's family, reported NJ.com. The 51-year-old also must surrender his passport.
Defense attorney Edward Bertucio argued that his client was an upstanding member of the community and a veteran law enforcement officer who was not a flight risk.
But Marc LeMieux, first assistant prosecutor for Monmouth County, contended that facing a first-degree murder charge that carries a 30 years to life sentence could drive Seidle to flee.
'He turned into a criminal and a murderer,' Lemieux said of the officer.
Seidle was suspended without pay from his $120,000-a-year job after his arrest Tuesday.
Dressed in a yellow jail garb, a teary-eyed Seidle was observed mouthing the words 'I love you' to his relatives seated in the courtroom.
Seidle had his 7-year-old daughter in the front seat of his car while he pursued a black Volkswagen Jetta driven by his ex-wife, Tamara, shortly before 11.30am Tuesday.
The chase ended moments later when Tamara Seidle crashed into a parked car.
Philip Seidle then emerged from his vehicle and fired his .40-caliber Glock service weapon several times into the woman's vehicle through the driver's side, fatally wounding her, according to police.
He then pointed the gun at his head, but changed his mind, made his way around the Jetta and fired more rounds through the windshield, said Charles Webster, spokesman of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, during a press conference.
Questions have been raised about the actions of the arresting officers, who chose not to shoot Seidle when he briefly stopped firing on his wife.
'That's under investigation at this point in time,' said prosecutor Marc Lemieux.
Police officers who happened to be in the neighborhood for an unrelated traffic accident saw the shooting unfold and took the child from her father's silver Honda Pilot. The girl apparently was not injured.
Tamara Seidle, 51, was taken to a hospital, where she died a short time later. No other injuries were reported in the shooting.
The shooting was followed by a 30-minute police standoff, during which Seldie held a gun to his head before officers convinced him to surrender. He was then taken into custody.
The couple had nine children, ranging in age from 7 to 24, and their divorce was finalized late last month. Authorities say the shooting apparently was spurred by an ongoing child custody dispute.
Michael Terrell, who witnessed the shooting, told the Asbury Park Press that Seidle was yelling at his ex-wife about their child custody fights, how he was tired of paying her alimony and having limited access to their children.
'The guy was in the middle of the street,' Terrell told the newspaper. 'He was saying, "I'm tired of going to court."'
Seidle then raised his gun, firing multiple shots at the woman.
'It was shocking,' Terrell said.
Another eyewitness, Trina Poysner, recalled hearing Seidle cry out in despair: 'My kids, my kids! I'm not going to see them anymore.'
Seidle, 51, is a US Navy veteran who served as a sergeant with the Neptune Township Police Department. He has served on the force for 22 years.
Township resident Dianna Harris told the newspaper that Seidle was a popular officer who cared about the community. Harris, who is president of the Neptune-based Midtown Urban Renaissance Corporation, said Seidle would often visit the nonprofit group's community garden.
'He was a well-respected cop in the area,' Harris said. 'Nobody knows what triggered this, and that's what makes it so sad.'
But court documents paint a starkly different picture of the well-respected law enforcement official and model family man.
In a complaint filed by Tamara Seidle two years ago, the mother of nine accused her husband of nearly 25 years of holding a gun to her head while she was pregnant.
On another occasion, the officer allegedly kicked his wife in the stomach while she was pregnant.
In her divorce complaint, Mrs Seidle described her spouse as a violent man who was addicted to pornography and video games, and who was unfaithful to her in the course of their tumultuous marriage.
Susan Doremus, who worked with Tamara Seidle during Neptune school athletic events and booster club functions, said the 51-year-old was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Dad angry about "custody dispute" attacks police department headquarters (Dallas, Texas)
I don't get generally around to reposting from other blogs, but this analysis is so spot-on that I'm making an exception. Dad is identified as JAMES BOULWARE.
James Boulware: Another male rage bomb goes off in Dallas
Jun 13
Posted by David Futrelle
Last night, as you probably have heard, a Dallas man named James Boulware launched a one-man quasi-military assault on the Dallas Police Department headquarters, firing an automatic rife with such abandon that early reports suggested that there were as many as four different shooters. After fleeing the scene in an armored “Zombie Apocalypse Van,” leaving behind an assortment of improvised explosives as a kind of going away gift, Boulware was cornered in a restaurant parking lot; after a long standoff, he was eventually killed by a police sniper’s bullet. It was something of a miracle that no one but Boulware ended up dead.
Boulware’s father told local news that his son had been “pushed past” his “breaking point” after losing custody of his son. Men’s Rights activists often describe men who “resort to violence” after losing a custody dispute as victims of a cruel family court system. But in Boulware’s case, it appears, nothing could be further from the truth.
Because, you see, he lost custody of his son two years ago — after a violent incident that offered a chilling prequel to last night’s rampage. As the local NBC affiliate reported at the time
A Paris man was arrested after family members reported to authorities that they were concerned he could go on a shooting spree. …
Officers confiscated several guns from a Paris home, after arresting the owner. “There are four or five long guns and three or four pistols, tubs full of ammunition, and the body armor,” says Paris Police Chief Bob Hundley.
James Boulware, 33, allegedly grabbed and choked his mother in Dallas on Tuesday morning, and he has made other threats, police and family members said.
“That he was going to just kill all the adult members of the family and then that’s when he made the comment he may shoot up some churches and schools,” says Hundley.
“He had been talking about the schools and churches being soft targets, being easy targets because no one in them was armed,” a man who identified himself as Boulware’s brother “Andrew” said.
After this incident, a judge handed over custody of Boulware’s son to Boulware’s mother; it seems rather clear that the court was right to deem him unfit to care for the boy.
Further confounding the standard Men’s Rights narrative is the fact that the mother of the child, reportedly a drug addict, was also deemed unfit; both were ordered by the court to pay child support to Boulware’s mother.
Boulware was well-known to local police for this and other family disputes — as well as for repeatedly threatening the judge involved in his case.
Indeed, he littered Facebook and other websites with comments ranting about the alleged injustice done to him, alongside angry and often hateful attacks on “Comrad [sic] Obama” and the “fag loving, abortion have typical queer American brain washed troll[s]” who argued with him online. After a commenter called him “dumb” in one recent discussion of American foreign policy, Boulware declared that “I’M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU LIVE SO I CAN DRAG YOU OUT OF YOUR TRAILOR AND BEAT YOUR BITCH A$$!!!!”
His conspiracy theories may have been driven by delusions; Boulware’s mother says her son “heard voices” and that she and other family members had tried in vain to get him the mental health treatment he needed.
After last night’s events, Boulware’s father told local media that, while he didn’t think what his son had done was right, “we all have a breaking point, and they pushed him past it.”
But Boulware, it seems fairly clear, was already plenty broken long before “the system” got to him.
And no matter how sad or angry he was about losing custody of his son, nothing justifies a violent attack on innocent strangers with assault rifles and explosives. Most people, even if they were pushed far past their breaking point, wouldn’t respond with attempted mass murder. We are not all rage bombs waiting to go off. And that’s when this post comes back around to the Men’s Rights movement. No, despite his anger at the police and courts for “taking away his kid,” and his penchant for calling people “BITCHES” in comments sections he doesn’t seem to have been a Men’s Rights activist.
But his was the kind of rage that Men’s Rights activists like to “warn” us all about; his violence was the sort of violence that MRAs all too often excuse.
See the rest here.
James Boulware: Another male rage bomb goes off in Dallas
Jun 13
Posted by David Futrelle
Last night, as you probably have heard, a Dallas man named James Boulware launched a one-man quasi-military assault on the Dallas Police Department headquarters, firing an automatic rife with such abandon that early reports suggested that there were as many as four different shooters. After fleeing the scene in an armored “Zombie Apocalypse Van,” leaving behind an assortment of improvised explosives as a kind of going away gift, Boulware was cornered in a restaurant parking lot; after a long standoff, he was eventually killed by a police sniper’s bullet. It was something of a miracle that no one but Boulware ended up dead.
Boulware’s father told local news that his son had been “pushed past” his “breaking point” after losing custody of his son. Men’s Rights activists often describe men who “resort to violence” after losing a custody dispute as victims of a cruel family court system. But in Boulware’s case, it appears, nothing could be further from the truth.
Because, you see, he lost custody of his son two years ago — after a violent incident that offered a chilling prequel to last night’s rampage. As the local NBC affiliate reported at the time
A Paris man was arrested after family members reported to authorities that they were concerned he could go on a shooting spree. …
Officers confiscated several guns from a Paris home, after arresting the owner. “There are four or five long guns and three or four pistols, tubs full of ammunition, and the body armor,” says Paris Police Chief Bob Hundley.
James Boulware, 33, allegedly grabbed and choked his mother in Dallas on Tuesday morning, and he has made other threats, police and family members said.
“That he was going to just kill all the adult members of the family and then that’s when he made the comment he may shoot up some churches and schools,” says Hundley.
“He had been talking about the schools and churches being soft targets, being easy targets because no one in them was armed,” a man who identified himself as Boulware’s brother “Andrew” said.
After this incident, a judge handed over custody of Boulware’s son to Boulware’s mother; it seems rather clear that the court was right to deem him unfit to care for the boy.
Further confounding the standard Men’s Rights narrative is the fact that the mother of the child, reportedly a drug addict, was also deemed unfit; both were ordered by the court to pay child support to Boulware’s mother.
Boulware was well-known to local police for this and other family disputes — as well as for repeatedly threatening the judge involved in his case.
Indeed, he littered Facebook and other websites with comments ranting about the alleged injustice done to him, alongside angry and often hateful attacks on “Comrad [sic] Obama” and the “fag loving, abortion have typical queer American brain washed troll[s]” who argued with him online. After a commenter called him “dumb” in one recent discussion of American foreign policy, Boulware declared that “I’M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU LIVE SO I CAN DRAG YOU OUT OF YOUR TRAILOR AND BEAT YOUR BITCH A$$!!!!”
His conspiracy theories may have been driven by delusions; Boulware’s mother says her son “heard voices” and that she and other family members had tried in vain to get him the mental health treatment he needed.
After last night’s events, Boulware’s father told local media that, while he didn’t think what his son had done was right, “we all have a breaking point, and they pushed him past it.”
But Boulware, it seems fairly clear, was already plenty broken long before “the system” got to him.
And no matter how sad or angry he was about losing custody of his son, nothing justifies a violent attack on innocent strangers with assault rifles and explosives. Most people, even if they were pushed far past their breaking point, wouldn’t respond with attempted mass murder. We are not all rage bombs waiting to go off. And that’s when this post comes back around to the Men’s Rights movement. No, despite his anger at the police and courts for “taking away his kid,” and his penchant for calling people “BITCHES” in comments sections he doesn’t seem to have been a Men’s Rights activist.
But his was the kind of rage that Men’s Rights activists like to “warn” us all about; his violence was the sort of violence that MRAs all too often excuse.
See the rest here.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Teen commits suicide after being forced to live with custodial dad; protective mom files lawsuit (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Unfortunately, this is in many ways a typical scenario. Abusive dad secures custody (total control) over victim and shuts Mom off from any contact with the child whatsoever. Daddy then plays games with the kid's mental health supports, for which, of course, he is apparently not being held responsible for at all. Notice that this is an UNNAMED DAD....
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29208327/mom-of-teen-who-committed-suicide-files-wrongful-death-suit
Mom of teen who committed suicide files wrongful death suit
Posted: Jun 01, 2015 1:23 PM EDT Updated: Jun 02, 2015 12:52 AM EDT
By NBC12 Newsroom
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - The mother of a Chesterfield high school student who committed suicide in 2013 has filed a wrongful death suit against two therapists, a counseling group, and the teen's biological father.
#17-year-old Cal Reilly hanged himself inside a tunnel at Chesterfield's Hampton Park, just days before graduation in May of 2013. His friends and former classmates later spray painted messages inside the tunnel in a gesture meant to memorialized the teen, but were arrested for graffiti and the messages were removed.
#Now Cal's mother, Darci Reilly, has filed suit against several people whom she claims did not prevent her son from taking his life. Reilly is seeking $6 million in damages.
#Darci Reilly's attorney, Mandy Wilson, says Cal's death stemmed from a nasty custody battle where he allegedly told one psychologist that if he had to live with his father, he would kill himself. Despite that, Wilson says one of the psychologists sent him to live with his father. At the time of the child's death, Reilly says she had no contact with her son, because of what she alleges are false accusations from these psychologists.
"What is alleged is heartbreaking, and includes everything from calling the police on (the child) out of anger, to requesting removal of him early from the one place that was actually treating him for a previous suicide attempt. We would ask anyone to reserve judgement against anyone unless and until they have read the full scope of the complaint," said Wilson in a statement to NBC12.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29208327/mom-of-teen-who-committed-suicide-files-wrongful-death-suit
Mom of teen who committed suicide files wrongful death suit
Posted: Jun 01, 2015 1:23 PM EDT Updated: Jun 02, 2015 12:52 AM EDT
By NBC12 Newsroom
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - The mother of a Chesterfield high school student who committed suicide in 2013 has filed a wrongful death suit against two therapists, a counseling group, and the teen's biological father.
#17-year-old Cal Reilly hanged himself inside a tunnel at Chesterfield's Hampton Park, just days before graduation in May of 2013. His friends and former classmates later spray painted messages inside the tunnel in a gesture meant to memorialized the teen, but were arrested for graffiti and the messages were removed.
#Now Cal's mother, Darci Reilly, has filed suit against several people whom she claims did not prevent her son from taking his life. Reilly is seeking $6 million in damages.
#Darci Reilly's attorney, Mandy Wilson, says Cal's death stemmed from a nasty custody battle where he allegedly told one psychologist that if he had to live with his father, he would kill himself. Despite that, Wilson says one of the psychologists sent him to live with his father. At the time of the child's death, Reilly says she had no contact with her son, because of what she alleges are false accusations from these psychologists.
"What is alleged is heartbreaking, and includes everything from calling the police on (the child) out of anger, to requesting removal of him early from the one place that was actually treating him for a previous suicide attempt. We would ask anyone to reserve judgement against anyone unless and until they have read the full scope of the complaint," said Wilson in a statement to NBC12.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Dad holds two kids hostage in standoff with police (Cleveland, Ohio)
UNNAMED DAD starring in yet more Daddy Drama.
http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/10/police-swat-on-scene-of-ongoing-standoff/21557413/
Father arrested, ending east side Cleveland standoff
WKYC Staff, WKYC 7:58 p.m. EST January 10, 2015
CLEVELAND -- A 33-year-old father is under arrest after a 4-hour standoff on Cleveland's east side Saturday.
The standoff started at about 11 a.m. on Gruss Avenue. Police say it began as a domestic dispute between the mother and father of a 2-year-old child. The father forced the mother out of the home during the dispute, keeping the 2-year-old, another 6-year-old and the suspect's mother inside the home.
After an hour of negotiations, Cleveland SWAT was called to assist. Police say the suspect's brother and community activist Art McCoy assisted in negotiations. The children were eventually let out of the house and the man was arrested on outstanding misdemeanor warrants.
The standoff ended at about 3 p.m.
The children were examined by EMS crews and were not harmed.
http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/10/police-swat-on-scene-of-ongoing-standoff/21557413/
Father arrested, ending east side Cleveland standoff
WKYC Staff, WKYC 7:58 p.m. EST January 10, 2015
CLEVELAND -- A 33-year-old father is under arrest after a 4-hour standoff on Cleveland's east side Saturday.
The standoff started at about 11 a.m. on Gruss Avenue. Police say it began as a domestic dispute between the mother and father of a 2-year-old child. The father forced the mother out of the home during the dispute, keeping the 2-year-old, another 6-year-old and the suspect's mother inside the home.
After an hour of negotiations, Cleveland SWAT was called to assist. Police say the suspect's brother and community activist Art McCoy assisted in negotiations. The children were eventually let out of the house and the man was arrested on outstanding misdemeanor warrants.
The standoff ended at about 3 p.m.
The children were examined by EMS crews and were not harmed.
Dad uses 5-month-old son as "human shield" in shootout with police; charged with attempted murder (Long Beach, California)
Thank God the baby wasn't hurt. But can we keep this parolee with a history of domestic violence in jail now? I think we've had enough of Daddy's outbursts and general Daddy Drama.
Dad is identified as JOSEPH GONZALEZ.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/27818048/baby-survives-police-chase-shootout-through-long-beach
Father Allegedly Tried To Use Baby As 'Shield' Against Police
Posted: Jan 10, 2015 3:18 PM EST
Updated: Jan 11, 2015 4:09 PM EST
Posted by: Kelly Taylor, Digital Producer
By: Christine O'Donnell, Reporter
LONG BEACH (CNS/FOX 11) - A 22-year-old domestic abuse suspect, with his 5-month-old baby inside his vehicle, was chased by police from Long Beach to San Pedro Saturday in a pursuit that included at least two shootouts, but neither the infant nor the chased driver were hurt, police said.
One Long Beach police officer suffered minor injuries in the second shootout, when glass shattered in a patrol car, Nancy Pratt of the Long Beach Police Department said.
The incident began just before 2 a.m. with a shooting during a domestic dispute at a home the suspect shares with the mother of his son and other family members in the 6500 block of East Rosebay Street, Pratt said.
The suspect, identified as parolee Joseph Gonzales, was gone when officers arrived, but he called the home and said he was on his way back with his infant son, Pratt said, adding that the man leveled threats at his family members and police officers.
"He specifically stated he would harm the baby and use him as a shield against police,'' Pratt said.
He returned to the scene in a dark-colored SUV, got out and confronted officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire, she said.
"The suspect then got back in his vehicle and fled, and officers initiated a vehicle pursuit,'' Pratt said. "It was unknown if the baby was actually in the vehicle.''
In the area of Bandini and Oliver streets in San Pedro, Gonzales stopped the SUV and shot at officers, who returned fire, she said.
Gonzales then got back into the vehicle and drove a short distance before stopping and surrendering, Pratt said.
"The infant was located in the back seat of the suspect's vehicle at the conclusion of the pursuit. Although uninjured, he was transported to a local hospital as a precaution and released later to family in San Pedro. A handgun was found in the front seat of the suspect's vehicle,'' she said.
The injured officer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released, Pratt said.
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, evading police, child cruelty that could result in possible injury or death, assault with a firearm on a police officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and a parole violation, she said.
He was being held without bail at the Long Beach City Jail, Pratt said.
Dad is identified as JOSEPH GONZALEZ.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/27818048/baby-survives-police-chase-shootout-through-long-beach
Father Allegedly Tried To Use Baby As 'Shield' Against Police
Posted: Jan 10, 2015 3:18 PM EST
Updated: Jan 11, 2015 4:09 PM EST
Posted by: Kelly Taylor, Digital Producer
By: Christine O'Donnell, Reporter
LONG BEACH (CNS/FOX 11) - A 22-year-old domestic abuse suspect, with his 5-month-old baby inside his vehicle, was chased by police from Long Beach to San Pedro Saturday in a pursuit that included at least two shootouts, but neither the infant nor the chased driver were hurt, police said.
One Long Beach police officer suffered minor injuries in the second shootout, when glass shattered in a patrol car, Nancy Pratt of the Long Beach Police Department said.
The incident began just before 2 a.m. with a shooting during a domestic dispute at a home the suspect shares with the mother of his son and other family members in the 6500 block of East Rosebay Street, Pratt said.
The suspect, identified as parolee Joseph Gonzales, was gone when officers arrived, but he called the home and said he was on his way back with his infant son, Pratt said, adding that the man leveled threats at his family members and police officers.
"He specifically stated he would harm the baby and use him as a shield against police,'' Pratt said.
He returned to the scene in a dark-colored SUV, got out and confronted officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire, she said.
"The suspect then got back in his vehicle and fled, and officers initiated a vehicle pursuit,'' Pratt said. "It was unknown if the baby was actually in the vehicle.''
In the area of Bandini and Oliver streets in San Pedro, Gonzales stopped the SUV and shot at officers, who returned fire, she said.
Gonzales then got back into the vehicle and drove a short distance before stopping and surrendering, Pratt said.
"The infant was located in the back seat of the suspect's vehicle at the conclusion of the pursuit. Although uninjured, he was transported to a local hospital as a precaution and released later to family in San Pedro. A handgun was found in the front seat of the suspect's vehicle,'' she said.
The injured officer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released, Pratt said.
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, evading police, child cruelty that could result in possible injury or death, assault with a firearm on a police officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and a parole violation, she said.
He was being held without bail at the Long Beach City Jail, Pratt said.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Convicted sex offender dad holds 4-year-old daughter hostage in police standoff (Newberry County, South Carolina)
Dad is identified as SHANNON J. SMITH.
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/12/19/deputies-negotiating-with-man-in-home/20662387/
Child Rescued from Home; Father in Custody
9:28 a.m. EST December 20, 2014
Newberry County, SC (WLTX) - Newberry County deputies have ended a standoff with a suspect, rescuing the man's daughter in the process.
Officers say they were trying to arrest Shannon J. Smith at a home on Highway 395 near the Saluda County line, but the suspect would not come outside. According to deputies, Smith is from Colorado and is wanted for auto theft and probation. He was also a convicted sex offender.
Smith's four-year-old daughter, who is estranged from, was also inside the home. Investigators say Smith came to Newberry County to see his daughter and that he was able to convince a caregiver to allow him access to her.
After more than three hours of trying to contact Smith. deputies called in additional resources. #Just after 7 p.m., the SWAT team went inside the home, rescued the child, and took Smith into custody. Deputies say Smith was found locked in the shower with his daughter.
No injuries were reported.
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/12/19/deputies-negotiating-with-man-in-home/20662387/
Child Rescued from Home; Father in Custody
9:28 a.m. EST December 20, 2014
Newberry County, SC (WLTX) - Newberry County deputies have ended a standoff with a suspect, rescuing the man's daughter in the process.
Officers say they were trying to arrest Shannon J. Smith at a home on Highway 395 near the Saluda County line, but the suspect would not come outside. According to deputies, Smith is from Colorado and is wanted for auto theft and probation. He was also a convicted sex offender.
Smith's four-year-old daughter, who is estranged from, was also inside the home. Investigators say Smith came to Newberry County to see his daughter and that he was able to convince a caregiver to allow him access to her.
After more than three hours of trying to contact Smith. deputies called in additional resources. #Just after 7 p.m., the SWAT team went inside the home, rescued the child, and took Smith into custody. Deputies say Smith was found locked in the shower with his daughter.
No injuries were reported.
Friday, December 12, 2014
SWAT team rescues kids from Dad's freeway standoff drama (San Diego, California)
It appears that dad DANIEL PEREZ murdered the mother of his sons before taking off with them.
Notice the typical misleading language. We're told the "marriage" was "unstable" and "marred by domestic violence." A marriage is a relationship between entities. It isn't a "thing" per se. This is just the typical way we avoid saying DAD was "unstable" and violent. After all, HE was the one who killed a woman and abducted the kids. Not the "marriage." In other words, just away of confusing the issue of agency and who did what to whom.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/27603760/swat-team-rescues-boys-in-freeway-standoff-drama
SWAT team rescues boys in freeway standoff drama
Posted: Dec 11, 2014 9:04 AM EST Updated: Dec 11, 2014 8:45 PM EST
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Four L.A.-area boys are safe Thursday after their father was taken into custody following a tense standoff along a Santee highway.
Daniel Perez, 43, of Montebello stopped the black 2014 Toyota Camry he was driving in the middle of the eastbound state Route 52 connector road to state Route 67 about 8:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. A standoff ensued until around 9:50 a.m., when two SWAT vehicles pulled up to the front and the back of the Camry and officers in full tactical gear approached the suspect and took him into custody.
Montebello police earlier named Perez a person of interest in the disappearance of his 39-year-old wife, Erica. On Thursday, the L.A. County Coroner's Office confirmed the body found in the trunk of the family car on Wednesday was Erica Perez.
The Perez family was last seen Friday, police said, adding that extended family members described the couple's marriage as unstable and marred by domestic violence. An Amber Alert was issued early Thursday morning for four of the couple's five children.
Sometime around 8 a.m. Thursday, officers pursued Perez from the downtown El Cajon area to state Route 125 to the highway ramp where he stopped. A CHP spokesman said that officers located Perez in the downtown El Cajon area earlier Thursday using the LoJack technology installed on the Camry.
Just before 9 a.m., two of the four young boys got out safely and ran to nearby authorities, but two others remained in the vehicle along with their father until he was taken into custody.
Before the SWAT vehicles pulled up, about a dozen law enforcement cruisers and SUVs stopped behind the black Toyota Camry, which was on an elevated transition roadway. Officers with weapons drawn were just yards from the car.
Perez was talking to law enforcement via cell phone, the CHP said. The CHP reports that during the hour long standoff, Perez was calm and then just suddenly snapped. Also during the standoff, family members in the San Diego area were feeding negotiators information.
Once the suspect's car was blocked in by SWAT vehicles, the standoff quickly came to an end.
"The suspect attempted to jump over the guard rail, was shot with one bean bag nonlethal. Immediately taken to the ground and is in custody. All four boys I saw and talk to them. Seem to be okay physically no injuries. Mentally we don't know how this has affected them,” said Kevin Pearlstein with the CHP. #Officers believe Perez was headed to Mexico.
Perez and his children were transported separately Thursday afternoon to Montebello. The fifth child -- who was not involved in the standoff -- was being cared for by his grandparents.
Notice the typical misleading language. We're told the "marriage" was "unstable" and "marred by domestic violence." A marriage is a relationship between entities. It isn't a "thing" per se. This is just the typical way we avoid saying DAD was "unstable" and violent. After all, HE was the one who killed a woman and abducted the kids. Not the "marriage." In other words, just away of confusing the issue of agency and who did what to whom.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/27603760/swat-team-rescues-boys-in-freeway-standoff-drama
SWAT team rescues boys in freeway standoff drama
Posted: Dec 11, 2014 9:04 AM EST Updated: Dec 11, 2014 8:45 PM EST
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Four L.A.-area boys are safe Thursday after their father was taken into custody following a tense standoff along a Santee highway.
Daniel Perez, 43, of Montebello stopped the black 2014 Toyota Camry he was driving in the middle of the eastbound state Route 52 connector road to state Route 67 about 8:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. A standoff ensued until around 9:50 a.m., when two SWAT vehicles pulled up to the front and the back of the Camry and officers in full tactical gear approached the suspect and took him into custody.
Montebello police earlier named Perez a person of interest in the disappearance of his 39-year-old wife, Erica. On Thursday, the L.A. County Coroner's Office confirmed the body found in the trunk of the family car on Wednesday was Erica Perez.
The Perez family was last seen Friday, police said, adding that extended family members described the couple's marriage as unstable and marred by domestic violence. An Amber Alert was issued early Thursday morning for four of the couple's five children.
Sometime around 8 a.m. Thursday, officers pursued Perez from the downtown El Cajon area to state Route 125 to the highway ramp where he stopped. A CHP spokesman said that officers located Perez in the downtown El Cajon area earlier Thursday using the LoJack technology installed on the Camry.
Just before 9 a.m., two of the four young boys got out safely and ran to nearby authorities, but two others remained in the vehicle along with their father until he was taken into custody.
Before the SWAT vehicles pulled up, about a dozen law enforcement cruisers and SUVs stopped behind the black Toyota Camry, which was on an elevated transition roadway. Officers with weapons drawn were just yards from the car.
Perez was talking to law enforcement via cell phone, the CHP said. The CHP reports that during the hour long standoff, Perez was calm and then just suddenly snapped. Also during the standoff, family members in the San Diego area were feeding negotiators information.
Once the suspect's car was blocked in by SWAT vehicles, the standoff quickly came to an end.
"The suspect attempted to jump over the guard rail, was shot with one bean bag nonlethal. Immediately taken to the ground and is in custody. All four boys I saw and talk to them. Seem to be okay physically no injuries. Mentally we don't know how this has affected them,” said Kevin Pearlstein with the CHP. #Officers believe Perez was headed to Mexico.
Perez and his children were transported separately Thursday afternoon to Montebello. The fifth child -- who was not involved in the standoff -- was being cared for by his grandparents.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Dad "fighting for custody" of 4-year-old son charged with attempted murder after driving truck through family home (Simsonville, Kentucky)
Once again, we see how too many fathers "fighting for custody" are nothing but dangerous control freaks. This one is identified as JUSTIN COTTRELL.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/27588581/father-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-driving-truck-through-family-home
Father charged with attempted murder after driving truck through family home
Posted: Dec 09, 2014 6:00 PM EST Updated: Dec 09, 2014 7:04 PM EST
By Stephan Johnson
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fight between a husband and wife sparked a violent chain of events that landed a car inside a house and a husband and father behind bars.
The man and woman were apparently fighting over custody of their child and it led to dangerous and violent consequences.
"Kept hearing some noise and I said what is that going on," said Jerry Reis, neighbor.
Police say the noise Reis and other neighbors on Schumaker Drive in Shelby County heard was Justin Cottrell slamming into cars as he was leaving home on Monday evening.
"There was three vehicles that were actually damaged from the tirade that he went on when he was leaving the house," said Officer Todd Rankin, with Simpsonville Police.
"It wasn't over," said Reis.
Police say Cottrell eventually led Kentucky State Police on a high speed chase.
Officer Rankin said, "At a hundred plus miles an hour, my understanding."
Officer Rankin was first on the scene and says he was there when Cottrell called the home.
"And on that phone call he basically said: 'I'm going to drive through the living room of the house'. In not so nice words," explained Rankin.
Rankin says a short time later, Cottrell returned with his foot on the gas pedal.
"He then went around my cruiser and went through the grass and between the stop sign and mailbox and went airborne into the house."
Police suspect this started after a fight between Cottrell and his wife over custody of the couple's 4-year old son.
"Apparently they wanted him to leave because of his previous actions and threats that he had made," said Rankin.
"Mr. Cottrell, you're going to need an attorney, do you have an attorney?," a Shelby County judge asked during Cottrell's arraignment Tuesday.
"No, I'll need one," he replied.
Cottrell was appointed a public defender. He is facing several charges including 4 counts of attempted murder because his family and the officer were all at the home.
Rankin said, "His wife and son were in the bathroom, ah, right off of the front bedroom, his mother in-law was actually in the utility room."
Meanwhile, Jerry Reis doesn't know Cottrell well, but doesn't want him back in the neighborhood.
"Anybody who would take the chance to hurt their family like that, yeah, he doesn't need to be back here," said Reis.
Right now, Justin Cottrell is being held on a $100,000 bond.
He is scheduled to return to court on Thursday of next week.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/27588581/father-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-driving-truck-through-family-home
Father charged with attempted murder after driving truck through family home
Posted: Dec 09, 2014 6:00 PM EST Updated: Dec 09, 2014 7:04 PM EST
By Stephan Johnson
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fight between a husband and wife sparked a violent chain of events that landed a car inside a house and a husband and father behind bars.
The man and woman were apparently fighting over custody of their child and it led to dangerous and violent consequences.
"Kept hearing some noise and I said what is that going on," said Jerry Reis, neighbor.
Police say the noise Reis and other neighbors on Schumaker Drive in Shelby County heard was Justin Cottrell slamming into cars as he was leaving home on Monday evening.
"There was three vehicles that were actually damaged from the tirade that he went on when he was leaving the house," said Officer Todd Rankin, with Simpsonville Police.
"It wasn't over," said Reis.
Police say Cottrell eventually led Kentucky State Police on a high speed chase.
Officer Rankin said, "At a hundred plus miles an hour, my understanding."
Officer Rankin was first on the scene and says he was there when Cottrell called the home.
"And on that phone call he basically said: 'I'm going to drive through the living room of the house'. In not so nice words," explained Rankin.
Rankin says a short time later, Cottrell returned with his foot on the gas pedal.
"He then went around my cruiser and went through the grass and between the stop sign and mailbox and went airborne into the house."
Police suspect this started after a fight between Cottrell and his wife over custody of the couple's 4-year old son.
"Apparently they wanted him to leave because of his previous actions and threats that he had made," said Rankin.
"Mr. Cottrell, you're going to need an attorney, do you have an attorney?," a Shelby County judge asked during Cottrell's arraignment Tuesday.
"No, I'll need one," he replied.
Cottrell was appointed a public defender. He is facing several charges including 4 counts of attempted murder because his family and the officer were all at the home.
Rankin said, "His wife and son were in the bathroom, ah, right off of the front bedroom, his mother in-law was actually in the utility room."
Meanwhile, Jerry Reis doesn't know Cottrell well, but doesn't want him back in the neighborhood.
"Anybody who would take the chance to hurt their family like that, yeah, he doesn't need to be back here," said Reis.
Right now, Justin Cottrell is being held on a $100,000 bond.
He is scheduled to return to court on Thursday of next week.
Monday, December 8, 2014
"Single father" with criminal history of assault, DV uses daughter as shield while police arrest him for shoplifting (Phoenix, Arizona)
So the real question here is why a self-reported "single father" with an extensive history of domestic violence and assault was allowed access to a child. Wonder just what custodial rights this guy has, and who granted them.
Dad is identified as THOMAS WILLIAMS.
http://www.kpho.com/story/27574892/phoenix-pd-accused-shoplifter-used-daughter-as-shield
Phoenix PD: Accused shoplifter used daughter as shield
Posted: Dec 08, 2014 12:12 PM EST
Updated: Dec 08, 2014 12:14 PM EST
By Steve Stout
PHOENIX (CBS5) - A 39-year-old Scottsdale man was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting less than $24 in merchandise from a grocery store while using his daughter as a shield, Phoenix police said.
Thomas Williams was arrested Sunday afternoon at a Food City grocery store at 4430 E. McDowell Road by Phoenix police after he was caught by a store loss prevention agent with items totaling $23.88, according to the arresting officer's probable cause statement.
Police said Williams placed his daughter between him and the agent during the confrontation. #
Williams told officers he paid for some ramen noodles, but didn't pay for items he put in a backpack because he was a single father, according to the statement.
He also told police he had previously shoplifted at other stores while his daughter was with him.
Police said Williams has previous convictions for domestic violence, assault, aggravated assault, threats, dangerous drugs, marijuana, theft, more than two convictions for shoplifting and trespassing.
He was booked into the Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail on one count of felony shoplifting and one count of felony child abuse.
Dad is identified as THOMAS WILLIAMS.
http://www.kpho.com/story/27574892/phoenix-pd-accused-shoplifter-used-daughter-as-shield
Phoenix PD: Accused shoplifter used daughter as shield
Posted: Dec 08, 2014 12:12 PM EST
Updated: Dec 08, 2014 12:14 PM EST
By Steve Stout
PHOENIX (CBS5) - A 39-year-old Scottsdale man was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting less than $24 in merchandise from a grocery store while using his daughter as a shield, Phoenix police said.
Thomas Williams was arrested Sunday afternoon at a Food City grocery store at 4430 E. McDowell Road by Phoenix police after he was caught by a store loss prevention agent with items totaling $23.88, according to the arresting officer's probable cause statement.
Police said Williams placed his daughter between him and the agent during the confrontation. #
Williams told officers he paid for some ramen noodles, but didn't pay for items he put in a backpack because he was a single father, according to the statement.
He also told police he had previously shoplifted at other stores while his daughter was with him.
Police said Williams has previous convictions for domestic violence, assault, aggravated assault, threats, dangerous drugs, marijuana, theft, more than two convictions for shoplifting and trespassing.
He was booked into the Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail on one count of felony shoplifting and one count of felony child abuse.
Dad fires shot at Mom as she flees the home, then holds 1-year-old son hostage (Detroit, Michigan)
Daddy Drama to the max. I wouldn't take his so-called complaint against Mom at face value, as this type is so volatile that they make up sh** all the time to justify the fireworks and histrionics.
Dad is only identified as NAPOLEON.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/police-2yearold-inside-barricaded-home/30075828
Detroit father barricaded with 1-year-old boy; child safe, dad in custody
Police say 21-year-old man fired shot at women before fleeing with his son
Author: Shawn Ley, Local 4 Reporter
Published On: Dec 05 2014 10:46:31 AM EST Updated On: Dec 05 2014 05:24:58 PM EST .
DETROIT - There was high drama Friday morning on Detroit's west side.
A 1-year-old boy named Kyle is just fine after a scary situation involving his father. #Family members say a 21-year-old man named Napoleon fought with his girlfriend and a cousin Friday morning because his girlfriend stayed out all night. The two women tried to drive away from the home and that's when the man fired a shot at them.
The man then ran back into the home on Grandmont near Joy with his 1-year-old son. Fearing a barricaded gunman situation, the man's grandmother called him to tell him to give up.
"He said, 'Granny, I'm coming,'" said Mary Wells, the man's grandmother.
Instead, the father fled with his son. Police caught up to him right away on Chicago. He had his son and a gun in his pants.
He tried to flee with a 1-year-old child. Units were in the area and were able to place him in custody," said Detroit Police Commander Elvin Barren.
For little Kyle, he was met by hugs and smiles from Detroit police. His family is happy that he is OK.
Dad is only identified as NAPOLEON.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/police-2yearold-inside-barricaded-home/30075828
Detroit father barricaded with 1-year-old boy; child safe, dad in custody
Police say 21-year-old man fired shot at women before fleeing with his son
Author: Shawn Ley, Local 4 Reporter
Published On: Dec 05 2014 10:46:31 AM EST Updated On: Dec 05 2014 05:24:58 PM EST .
DETROIT - There was high drama Friday morning on Detroit's west side.
A 1-year-old boy named Kyle is just fine after a scary situation involving his father. #Family members say a 21-year-old man named Napoleon fought with his girlfriend and a cousin Friday morning because his girlfriend stayed out all night. The two women tried to drive away from the home and that's when the man fired a shot at them.
The man then ran back into the home on Grandmont near Joy with his 1-year-old son. Fearing a barricaded gunman situation, the man's grandmother called him to tell him to give up.
"He said, 'Granny, I'm coming,'" said Mary Wells, the man's grandmother.
Instead, the father fled with his son. Police caught up to him right away on Chicago. He had his son and a gun in his pants.
He tried to flee with a 1-year-old child. Units were in the area and were able to place him in custody," said Detroit Police Commander Elvin Barren.
For little Kyle, he was met by hugs and smiles from Detroit police. His family is happy that he is OK.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Dad granted unsupervised access to kids he molested; convinced authorities that Mom was "crazy" (British Columbia, Canada)
Sickening, but all to typical of the way mothers are treated as crazy and/or liars by the police, family courts, and others in authority--all so Daddy can have unfettered access to his victims.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/father-given-unsupervised-access-to-children-he-molested-1.2442896
Exclusive
Father given unsupervised access to children he molested
Woman discovered spouse was sexually abusing their kids, but he convinced authorities she was 'crazy'
CBC News Posted: Nov 28, 2013 5:30 PM PT| Last Updated: Nov 28, 2013 8:16 PM PT
A B.C. Supreme Court judge reviewing evidence from a custody dispute determined that the father of four children sexually and physically abused three of them, contrary to the findings of a flawed Vancouver Police Department investigation.
The mother of the children, who was awarded sole guardianship and custody in the 2012 court judgment, is now suing the province, saying it was negligent and acted in bad faith in allowing her former partner unsupervised access to the children during the dispute.
The mother's lawsuit against the province is currently on trial at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver and has already gone on for more than 80 days. #In addition, the mother is asking the Vancouver Police Department to reopen its investigation into allegations her former partner sexually abused their three children. The department closed its investigation in 2010.
"I want what is proper law. It's nothing vindictive, or anything like that," said the woman, whose identity cannot be revealed in order to protect her children.
"My ex is — he obviously is a very dangerous person. Like he didn't stop. I would like to see him properly prosecuted... That's all, because there's no sign that he's gonna stop unless something like that happens."
She says her world was flipped upside down two months after she and her husband separated in the fall of 2009 when, acting on only slight suspicion, she asked her three eldest children whether their father ever did anything to them.
She said she was expecting her children to respond with blank looks and confusion, but instead they began blurting out disturbing allegations that shocked her.
"The only thing I can think of now is Jekyll and Hyde, because… I just actually never could have fathomed what he was doing," she told CBC News in an exclusive interview.
A 'Kafkaesque' nightmare
She called the Ministry of Children and Family Development's helpline the next day, and called the Vancouver Police Department several times to seek assistance.
An order of the court was issued in October of that year, restraining the father from any contact with the mother or the children.
However, in December 2009, Justice Paul Walker — the same judge who ruled in the couple's later custody dispute — varied this order to allow the father supervised access to the children for specific hours.
Throughout this period, the father, along with his family and friends, made calls to Ministry workers and eventually the police, registering concerns about the mother's mental capacity.
In his custody dispute judgment three years later, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Walker deemed the behaviour "a baseless attempt to discredit her."
However, at the time, the authorities decided the frantic mother was unreliable, and also likely in need of a mental assessment.
The Ministry took the kids away from their apparently unstable mom, and placed them in foster care, with an aunt and uncle, in December 2009.
After a series of interviews with the parents and children that December and January 2010, the senior investigating VPD officer, along with officers from the RCMP Behavioural Sciences unit, determined that the allegations against the father were unfounded, and closed the investigation.
Later that year, a social worker began allowing the father unsupervised access, contrary to the original 2009 court order, which their mom says allowed the abuse to continue.
'The more she protested, the more she was labelled as being crazy.' - Jack Hittrich, lawyer for the mother
"It was, it was like, one professional described it: 'Kafkaesque' is the best term that comes to mind. It's as if the people involved were just twisting everything," the mother said.
Jack Hittrich, the mother's lawyer, says the Ministry of Children and Family Development was negligent, reckless, and acted in bad faith.
"When mom was frantically trying to convince the ministry that the sexual abuse allegations were real, they basically labelled her as crazy. And the more she protested, the more she was labelled as being crazy," he said. "It's a horrific nightmare." Hittrich doesn't think the mother could have accomplished more by protesting more, and that institutional failures must be corrected.
"Until the child sex abuse lens is refined and there's more sensitive processes in place, children are at risk," he said.
VPD officer 'smitten' with father
A former RCMP superintendent who reviewed the police interrogation videos, testified in court that the VPD investigation was deeply flawed.
"I think the police formed the opinion that the mother had no credibility, therefore they didn't react and follow the investigation the way it should have been followed," said Glenn Woods, who worked for the RCMP for 35 years.
Woods, who spent 11 career years as a criminal profiler, said after watching the footage, he believes the senior officer involved in the case developed negative attitudes early on about the mother — and positive feelings about the dad.
"I used the word 'smitten.' I just got a sense that the interaction between the officer and the father was almost at times kind of a social interaction, as opposed to a police interview or interrogation."
Woods told the CBC that Vancouver Police should have fresh eyes look at the file, saying "I think an effort has to be made to take another look at this case."
In his judgment on the custody dispute last year, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Walker agreed with Woods' critique of the police interrogation, writing "I was struck by how quickly and easily [the father] took control of the interview. It appeared to me that the officer was enamoured of (the father) in some way."
In his conclusion after reviewing footage of what he characterized as several flawed interviews, Walker wrote "I have determined that I can place no weight on the conclusions reached by the VPD… that there was no merit in the sexual abuse allegations."
Walker also determined, from the evidence presented, that the father sexually abused three of his children, exposed them to inappropriate sexualized knowledge, and physically assaulted them and their mother.
He gave full custody to the exonerated mother, and said a restraining order would be required against the father.
Father maintains innocence
CBC News spoke with the father, who maintains that his ex-wife fabricated the sex abuse claims in order to gain sole custody of their children.
"By itself, that allegation is nuclear. You light off that allegation and there's radioactivity forever. It never, ever goes away," he said.
The senior Vancouver Police officer who cleared the father refused comment, referring CBC News to the department.
Sgt. Randy Fincham, media relations officer for the department, wrote to the CBC in an email, "The judge is more than entitled to have an opinion about the quality of the police investigation" and "in the event that new evidence is brought forward in any investigation, the police retain the ability to reopen, continue or advance their investigation."
Beyond that, he stated the department "is not at liberty to discuss an ongoing court process, as it may impact the final outcome of the proceedings."
Mr. Justice Walker's decision was rendered last year. The Vancouver police are not party to the current negligence lawsuit against the province.
Sgt. Fincham did not answer questions about whether the case merits a review, or what should be done about the father in the community, given the judge's finding that he sexually abused his three children.
The Minister of Children and Family Services, Stephanie Cadieux, wrote in an email it would be inappropriate for her to comment on the case, as it is before the courts, stating "the safety and well-being of children is always the Ministry's first priority."
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/father-given-unsupervised-access-to-children-he-molested-1.2442896
Exclusive
Father given unsupervised access to children he molested
Woman discovered spouse was sexually abusing their kids, but he convinced authorities she was 'crazy'
CBC News Posted: Nov 28, 2013 5:30 PM PT| Last Updated: Nov 28, 2013 8:16 PM PT
A B.C. Supreme Court judge reviewing evidence from a custody dispute determined that the father of four children sexually and physically abused three of them, contrary to the findings of a flawed Vancouver Police Department investigation.
The mother of the children, who was awarded sole guardianship and custody in the 2012 court judgment, is now suing the province, saying it was negligent and acted in bad faith in allowing her former partner unsupervised access to the children during the dispute.
The mother's lawsuit against the province is currently on trial at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver and has already gone on for more than 80 days. #In addition, the mother is asking the Vancouver Police Department to reopen its investigation into allegations her former partner sexually abused their three children. The department closed its investigation in 2010.
"I want what is proper law. It's nothing vindictive, or anything like that," said the woman, whose identity cannot be revealed in order to protect her children.
"My ex is — he obviously is a very dangerous person. Like he didn't stop. I would like to see him properly prosecuted... That's all, because there's no sign that he's gonna stop unless something like that happens."
She says her world was flipped upside down two months after she and her husband separated in the fall of 2009 when, acting on only slight suspicion, she asked her three eldest children whether their father ever did anything to them.
She said she was expecting her children to respond with blank looks and confusion, but instead they began blurting out disturbing allegations that shocked her.
"The only thing I can think of now is Jekyll and Hyde, because… I just actually never could have fathomed what he was doing," she told CBC News in an exclusive interview.
A 'Kafkaesque' nightmare
She called the Ministry of Children and Family Development's helpline the next day, and called the Vancouver Police Department several times to seek assistance.
An order of the court was issued in October of that year, restraining the father from any contact with the mother or the children.
However, in December 2009, Justice Paul Walker — the same judge who ruled in the couple's later custody dispute — varied this order to allow the father supervised access to the children for specific hours.
Throughout this period, the father, along with his family and friends, made calls to Ministry workers and eventually the police, registering concerns about the mother's mental capacity.
In his custody dispute judgment three years later, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Walker deemed the behaviour "a baseless attempt to discredit her."
However, at the time, the authorities decided the frantic mother was unreliable, and also likely in need of a mental assessment.
The Ministry took the kids away from their apparently unstable mom, and placed them in foster care, with an aunt and uncle, in December 2009.
After a series of interviews with the parents and children that December and January 2010, the senior investigating VPD officer, along with officers from the RCMP Behavioural Sciences unit, determined that the allegations against the father were unfounded, and closed the investigation.
Later that year, a social worker began allowing the father unsupervised access, contrary to the original 2009 court order, which their mom says allowed the abuse to continue.
'The more she protested, the more she was labelled as being crazy.' - Jack Hittrich, lawyer for the mother
"It was, it was like, one professional described it: 'Kafkaesque' is the best term that comes to mind. It's as if the people involved were just twisting everything," the mother said.
Jack Hittrich, the mother's lawyer, says the Ministry of Children and Family Development was negligent, reckless, and acted in bad faith.
"When mom was frantically trying to convince the ministry that the sexual abuse allegations were real, they basically labelled her as crazy. And the more she protested, the more she was labelled as being crazy," he said. "It's a horrific nightmare." Hittrich doesn't think the mother could have accomplished more by protesting more, and that institutional failures must be corrected.
"Until the child sex abuse lens is refined and there's more sensitive processes in place, children are at risk," he said.
VPD officer 'smitten' with father
A former RCMP superintendent who reviewed the police interrogation videos, testified in court that the VPD investigation was deeply flawed.
"I think the police formed the opinion that the mother had no credibility, therefore they didn't react and follow the investigation the way it should have been followed," said Glenn Woods, who worked for the RCMP for 35 years.
Woods, who spent 11 career years as a criminal profiler, said after watching the footage, he believes the senior officer involved in the case developed negative attitudes early on about the mother — and positive feelings about the dad.
"I used the word 'smitten.' I just got a sense that the interaction between the officer and the father was almost at times kind of a social interaction, as opposed to a police interview or interrogation."
Woods told the CBC that Vancouver Police should have fresh eyes look at the file, saying "I think an effort has to be made to take another look at this case."
In his judgment on the custody dispute last year, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Walker agreed with Woods' critique of the police interrogation, writing "I was struck by how quickly and easily [the father] took control of the interview. It appeared to me that the officer was enamoured of (the father) in some way."
In his conclusion after reviewing footage of what he characterized as several flawed interviews, Walker wrote "I have determined that I can place no weight on the conclusions reached by the VPD… that there was no merit in the sexual abuse allegations."
Walker also determined, from the evidence presented, that the father sexually abused three of his children, exposed them to inappropriate sexualized knowledge, and physically assaulted them and their mother.
He gave full custody to the exonerated mother, and said a restraining order would be required against the father.
Father maintains innocence
CBC News spoke with the father, who maintains that his ex-wife fabricated the sex abuse claims in order to gain sole custody of their children.
"By itself, that allegation is nuclear. You light off that allegation and there's radioactivity forever. It never, ever goes away," he said.
The senior Vancouver Police officer who cleared the father refused comment, referring CBC News to the department.
Sgt. Randy Fincham, media relations officer for the department, wrote to the CBC in an email, "The judge is more than entitled to have an opinion about the quality of the police investigation" and "in the event that new evidence is brought forward in any investigation, the police retain the ability to reopen, continue or advance their investigation."
Beyond that, he stated the department "is not at liberty to discuss an ongoing court process, as it may impact the final outcome of the proceedings."
Mr. Justice Walker's decision was rendered last year. The Vancouver police are not party to the current negligence lawsuit against the province.
Sgt. Fincham did not answer questions about whether the case merits a review, or what should be done about the father in the community, given the judge's finding that he sexually abused his three children.
The Minister of Children and Family Services, Stephanie Cadieux, wrote in an email it would be inappropriate for her to comment on the case, as it is before the courts, stating "the safety and well-being of children is always the Ministry's first priority."
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Dad accused of abusing young son, hitting off-duty officer with car (Peoria, Arizona)
Dad is identified as BRYAN GREENE.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Man-accused-of-abusing-son-at-a-Peoria-church-281397921.html
Father accused of abusing son, hitting off-duty officer with car
by Tami Hoey
Posted on November 3, 2014 at 8:46 PM
PEORIA, Ariz. -- A Phoenix father is accused of abusing his son at a Peoria church.
This happened Saturday at Christ's Church of the Valley at 70th Avenue and Happy Valley Road.
Witnesses say 37-year-old Bryan Greene hit his son with a soccer ball, and shook the young child violently. The boy is believed to be around four or five years old.
According to the police report, witnesses say Greene "lifted and carried the child by one arm... He dropped the child on the sidewalk and proceeded to shake the child by his shoulders again."
An off-duty police officer working at the church tried to stop Greene from leaving the area, and followed him into the parking lot.
According to the police reports, Greene ignored the officer and got in his vehicle.
Police say the officer stood in front of Greene's car to stop him from driving away. That's when Greene reportedly put the car in reverse, crashing into a security guard's golf cart.
Greene then drove forward, hitting the officer in the legs, according to the police report.
Police say the officer drew his firearm and hit it on the hood of the car as it drove toward him, because he feared for his own safety.
Greene was arrested a short time later. He faces several charges, including aggravated assault, child abuse, disorderly conduct and leaving the scene of an accident.
The off-duty officer and the security guard in the golf cart were not hurt. Police say the little boy also appeared to be unharmed.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Man-accused-of-abusing-son-at-a-Peoria-church-281397921.html
Father accused of abusing son, hitting off-duty officer with car
by Tami Hoey
Posted on November 3, 2014 at 8:46 PM
PEORIA, Ariz. -- A Phoenix father is accused of abusing his son at a Peoria church.
This happened Saturday at Christ's Church of the Valley at 70th Avenue and Happy Valley Road.
Witnesses say 37-year-old Bryan Greene hit his son with a soccer ball, and shook the young child violently. The boy is believed to be around four or five years old.
According to the police report, witnesses say Greene "lifted and carried the child by one arm... He dropped the child on the sidewalk and proceeded to shake the child by his shoulders again."
An off-duty police officer working at the church tried to stop Greene from leaving the area, and followed him into the parking lot.
According to the police reports, Greene ignored the officer and got in his vehicle.
Police say the officer stood in front of Greene's car to stop him from driving away. That's when Greene reportedly put the car in reverse, crashing into a security guard's golf cart.
Greene then drove forward, hitting the officer in the legs, according to the police report.
Police say the officer drew his firearm and hit it on the hood of the car as it drove toward him, because he feared for his own safety.
Greene was arrested a short time later. He faces several charges, including aggravated assault, child abuse, disorderly conduct and leaving the scene of an accident.
The off-duty officer and the security guard in the golf cart were not hurt. Police say the little boy also appeared to be unharmed.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Court gives custody to dad who abused ex-wife and alienated the kids against her (Massachusetts)
Still think poor little daddies are discriminated against?
The ignorance here is breathtaking. This has NOTHING to do with what is "best for the children" and everything to do with rewarding and reinforcing the abusive control exercised by an UNNAMED DAD who has battered the mother in the past.
When the father's rights people accuse mothers of "alienation," it's treated as a capital crime and as child abuse. When fathers do it, it gets a nod and dismissed--just as we see here. Even though the alienation is part of a larger pattern of abuse and control.
As for this idiotic "guardian" who found the father "supportive" of the mother's relationship with the children? That never happens. Pure lip service if even that. Batterers undermine the mother's authority and well being by physical abuse alone, which by definition, is also mental abuse. Batterers are also expert manipulators, and it is sickening to see the authorities sell out to them as we see here.
The fact that the father is also a police officer is also very troubling, and suggests a lot of backscratching and collusion.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/31/appeals-court-rules-that-father-who-physically-abused-former-wife-should-get-custody-children/NlQtLdBvV4sThqKTTRCTmK/story.html#skip-target1
Court rules in favor of father who abused ex-wife in custody case
By John R. Ellement
Globe Staff
October 31, 2014
A police officer who abused his former wife during their marriage should be given custody of the couple’s two children because they have become so estranged from her that one might attack her, while the other is at risk of suicide, the Massachusetts Appeals court ruled Friday.
The court said the case was not about punishing past bad deeds, but about doing what was best for the children.
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the court supported the decision by Probate and Family Court Judge John D. Casey, who rejected testimony from the mother’s expert that the father had “brainwashed’’ the children into saying he was the only parent they could live with.
Writing for the court, Appeals Judge Ariane D. Vuono said a searching examination of the troubled family by a guardian ad litem concluded that the father was the only safe haven for the children.
The conclusion by the guardian — who interviewed all four family members, as well as therapists and teachers — was properly given more weight by Casey than the mother’s expert, who only interviewed the mother and then listened to trial testimony, Vuono wrote.
“Cases concerning the custody of children are often difficult and emotionally charged, and may be rendered even more complex when domestic violence is involved,’’ Vuono wrote. “The judge properly recognized that the present case was not about punishing a party for past bad behavior, but was about deciding what was best for the children going forward.’’
The court identified the parties only by the fictitious initials K.A. and T.R.
The court said the couple’s turbulent marriage, which began in 1997, was marred by violence between the two, especially when they argued about what became a chronic issue for them, their struggling finances. The father filed for divorce in April 2010.
When the children were young, the mother was the primary caretaker because the husband worked the overnight shift at a police department while also working paid details. The mother worked at a school cafeteria, the court said.
When the couple argued, the father would leave the house for a few days or a week at a time, having no contact with the children, both of whom are now teenagers, according to the court.
But the relationship between the mother and the children changed dramatically, and the children became fearful of her to the point where they would wake up their father and seek his intervention, the court said.
During the divorce proceedings, the mother’s expert testified that the behaviorial change was a “red flag’’ signaling that the father had “brainwashed’’ the children into turning on their mother. But Casey, citing the guardian, found the father had repeatedly been supportive of the mother with the children.
After a trial, Casey ruled for the father, citing the guardian’s conclusion that the one of the children might assault her mother and the second was in such an emotionally vulnerable state that he might commit suicide if ordered to live with their mother.
The Appeals Court concluded that Casey’s rulings “reflect consideration of relevant circumstances ... and the potential risks to the children should the father not have primary physical custody.’’
The court said in its ruling that the mother will, all the same, have substantial parenting time.
The ignorance here is breathtaking. This has NOTHING to do with what is "best for the children" and everything to do with rewarding and reinforcing the abusive control exercised by an UNNAMED DAD who has battered the mother in the past.
When the father's rights people accuse mothers of "alienation," it's treated as a capital crime and as child abuse. When fathers do it, it gets a nod and dismissed--just as we see here. Even though the alienation is part of a larger pattern of abuse and control.
As for this idiotic "guardian" who found the father "supportive" of the mother's relationship with the children? That never happens. Pure lip service if even that. Batterers undermine the mother's authority and well being by physical abuse alone, which by definition, is also mental abuse. Batterers are also expert manipulators, and it is sickening to see the authorities sell out to them as we see here.
The fact that the father is also a police officer is also very troubling, and suggests a lot of backscratching and collusion.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/31/appeals-court-rules-that-father-who-physically-abused-former-wife-should-get-custody-children/NlQtLdBvV4sThqKTTRCTmK/story.html#skip-target1
Court rules in favor of father who abused ex-wife in custody case
By John R. Ellement
Globe Staff
October 31, 2014
A police officer who abused his former wife during their marriage should be given custody of the couple’s two children because they have become so estranged from her that one might attack her, while the other is at risk of suicide, the Massachusetts Appeals court ruled Friday.
The court said the case was not about punishing past bad deeds, but about doing what was best for the children.
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the court supported the decision by Probate and Family Court Judge John D. Casey, who rejected testimony from the mother’s expert that the father had “brainwashed’’ the children into saying he was the only parent they could live with.
Writing for the court, Appeals Judge Ariane D. Vuono said a searching examination of the troubled family by a guardian ad litem concluded that the father was the only safe haven for the children.
The conclusion by the guardian — who interviewed all four family members, as well as therapists and teachers — was properly given more weight by Casey than the mother’s expert, who only interviewed the mother and then listened to trial testimony, Vuono wrote.
“Cases concerning the custody of children are often difficult and emotionally charged, and may be rendered even more complex when domestic violence is involved,’’ Vuono wrote. “The judge properly recognized that the present case was not about punishing a party for past bad behavior, but was about deciding what was best for the children going forward.’’
The court identified the parties only by the fictitious initials K.A. and T.R.
The court said the couple’s turbulent marriage, which began in 1997, was marred by violence between the two, especially when they argued about what became a chronic issue for them, their struggling finances. The father filed for divorce in April 2010.
When the children were young, the mother was the primary caretaker because the husband worked the overnight shift at a police department while also working paid details. The mother worked at a school cafeteria, the court said.
When the couple argued, the father would leave the house for a few days or a week at a time, having no contact with the children, both of whom are now teenagers, according to the court.
But the relationship between the mother and the children changed dramatically, and the children became fearful of her to the point where they would wake up their father and seek his intervention, the court said.
During the divorce proceedings, the mother’s expert testified that the behaviorial change was a “red flag’’ signaling that the father had “brainwashed’’ the children into turning on their mother. But Casey, citing the guardian, found the father had repeatedly been supportive of the mother with the children.
After a trial, Casey ruled for the father, citing the guardian’s conclusion that the one of the children might assault her mother and the second was in such an emotionally vulnerable state that he might commit suicide if ordered to live with their mother.
The Appeals Court concluded that Casey’s rulings “reflect consideration of relevant circumstances ... and the potential risks to the children should the father not have primary physical custody.’’
The court said in its ruling that the mother will, all the same, have substantial parenting time.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Dad wins custody battle after being "falsely" accused of sexually abusing 9-year-old daughter (United Kingdom)
If this is typical of most of these so-called "investigations," the authorities in question just assumed that the mother was a crazy vindictive liar ("delusional") and any evidence that contradicted that was minimized, ignored, or conveniently lost. Even if the charges were not true, but were made in good faith, the message is still clear: Don't you dare accuse the father of your kids of sexually abusing them because you will be punished with loss of custody.
Notice that it's not simply asserted that the accusations are "false." The mother must be smeared as having a "disturbed emotional history" so anything she says is automatically dismissed. Even her efforts to act as an advocate for her daughter bring down nothing but condemnation.
That's why I suspect that UNNAMED DAD IS a molester. If he wasn't, you wouldn't see the same tar-and-feather effort to destroy the mother's credibility in every way. So now Daddy has 24/7 access to his victim. I'm sure he's very happy now.
So much for daddies being discriminated against....
Notice that this cold, unfeeling judge also dismisses the mother's grief at losing her daughter by just telling her to "move on." Sickening.
JUDGE JANE MILLER IS A TOTAL JOKE AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BENCH.
And once again I am further convinced that no mother should be subjected to mandatory shared custody of child, especially from infancy. If mothers had full decision making power about who is allowed to do caretaking of their child and under what circumstances, this "custody battle" would never have had a chance.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11166564/Father-wins-custody-battle-after-being-falsely-accused-of-sexually-abusing-his-daughter.html
Father wins custody battle after being falsely accused of sexually abusing his daughter
Judge rules that the nine-year-old girl, from Hampshire, should live with her father after concluding the woman's allegations were untrue
Judge Miller has not identified the family
By Agency 10:51AM BST 16 Oct 2014
A father has won custody of his daughter after his former partner falsely accused him of sexually abusing their child.
The man was investigated by police and social workers after the woman said her daughter had made "disclosures of sexual abuse".
But Judge Jane Miller has ruled that the girl, now nine, should live with her father after concluding the woman's allegations were untrue.
Detail emerged in a written ruling by the judge - published on a legal website - following a family court hearing in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Judge Miller did not identify the family involved, but she said the man and woman were both in their 40s and the local authority with responsibility for the welfare of the girl was Hampshire County Council.
She said the pair separated when the girl was a baby. A shared residence order was made under which the youngster lived with her mother five days a week and her father for two.
Nearly three years ago the mother told social workers and police that the girl had spoken of "inappropriate sexual behaviour" by her father.
The judge said she had concluded that the allegations were untrue at a hearing in December and ruled that the youngster should move in with her father on a temporary basis.
But she said the woman had gone on to repeat the allegations, and at one stage a vicar got up a petition calling for the girl to be returned to her mother.
Judge Miller said woman had a "disturbed emotional history", was "delusional", had suffered from depression and had been treated for alcoholism several years ago..
She added that the girl's move to her father's home had been an "unqualified success".
The judge said everything was in favour of the girl being placed with her father, who struck her as "sensitive and child focused", and she added that the youngster was doing "remarkably well" in his care.
Judge Miller said the woman's family had been unable to accept her judgment and help the woman "move on".
The man said some of the evidence he had heard from maternal relatives made him "feel nauseated".
Judge Miller added: "He said that while the injustice of the allegations still rankles with him, he has come a long way, and, 'it's joyous to have (my daughter) with me'."
Notice that it's not simply asserted that the accusations are "false." The mother must be smeared as having a "disturbed emotional history" so anything she says is automatically dismissed. Even her efforts to act as an advocate for her daughter bring down nothing but condemnation.
That's why I suspect that UNNAMED DAD IS a molester. If he wasn't, you wouldn't see the same tar-and-feather effort to destroy the mother's credibility in every way. So now Daddy has 24/7 access to his victim. I'm sure he's very happy now.
So much for daddies being discriminated against....
Notice that this cold, unfeeling judge also dismisses the mother's grief at losing her daughter by just telling her to "move on." Sickening.
JUDGE JANE MILLER IS A TOTAL JOKE AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BENCH.
And once again I am further convinced that no mother should be subjected to mandatory shared custody of child, especially from infancy. If mothers had full decision making power about who is allowed to do caretaking of their child and under what circumstances, this "custody battle" would never have had a chance.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11166564/Father-wins-custody-battle-after-being-falsely-accused-of-sexually-abusing-his-daughter.html
Father wins custody battle after being falsely accused of sexually abusing his daughter
Judge rules that the nine-year-old girl, from Hampshire, should live with her father after concluding the woman's allegations were untrue
Judge Miller has not identified the family
By Agency 10:51AM BST 16 Oct 2014
A father has won custody of his daughter after his former partner falsely accused him of sexually abusing their child.
The man was investigated by police and social workers after the woman said her daughter had made "disclosures of sexual abuse".
But Judge Jane Miller has ruled that the girl, now nine, should live with her father after concluding the woman's allegations were untrue.
Detail emerged in a written ruling by the judge - published on a legal website - following a family court hearing in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Judge Miller did not identify the family involved, but she said the man and woman were both in their 40s and the local authority with responsibility for the welfare of the girl was Hampshire County Council.
She said the pair separated when the girl was a baby. A shared residence order was made under which the youngster lived with her mother five days a week and her father for two.
Nearly three years ago the mother told social workers and police that the girl had spoken of "inappropriate sexual behaviour" by her father.
The judge said she had concluded that the allegations were untrue at a hearing in December and ruled that the youngster should move in with her father on a temporary basis.
But she said the woman had gone on to repeat the allegations, and at one stage a vicar got up a petition calling for the girl to be returned to her mother.
Judge Miller said woman had a "disturbed emotional history", was "delusional", had suffered from depression and had been treated for alcoholism several years ago..
She added that the girl's move to her father's home had been an "unqualified success".
The judge said everything was in favour of the girl being placed with her father, who struck her as "sensitive and child focused", and she added that the youngster was doing "remarkably well" in his care.
Judge Miller said the woman's family had been unable to accept her judgment and help the woman "move on".
The man said some of the evidence he had heard from maternal relatives made him "feel nauseated".
Judge Miller added: "He said that while the injustice of the allegations still rankles with him, he has come a long way, and, 'it's joyous to have (my daughter) with me'."
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