Dad SCOTT PERREAULT has been sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his four-month-old daughter. The baby died of a skull fracture--a very common and fatal injury among infants assaulted by male caretakers.
http://www.wnem.com/news/19924065/detail.html
Dad Sentenced In Death Of 4-Month-Old Girl
Man Says He Plans To Appeal Life Conviction
POSTED: 5:30 am EDT July 2, 2009
UPDATED: 8:23 am EDT July 2, 2009
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A Saginaw Township man was sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his 4-month-old daughter.
Last month a jury convicted Scott Perreault, 29, of felony murder and first-degree child abuse of Jenna Perreault.
The case stems from a September 2008 incident when police responded to a call South Colony Apartments that the baby was having difficulty breathing.
Medical personnel said internal injuries to the child led to the breathing troubles. The 4-month-old died a day afterwards in a Saginaw hospital.
Authorities would later announce that Perreault died of a skull fracture.
Prosecutors said Perreault told three different versions of how his daughter suffered the fatal injuries at the home she shared with her mother.
Perreault maintained his innocence and, according to published reports, will appeal his conviction.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Dad punches son in mouth for "doing the laundry on the wrong day" (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
Dad JERRY O'GRADY is charged with child abuse after his son's orthodontist notices that the boy has a bleeding lip and damaged braces. It seems dad came home drunk, found something utterly stupid to get mad about (doing the laundry on the "wrong day"???), and then punched his kid in the mouth. [I'd be thrilled if my kids did the laundry on ANY day, but maybe that's just me.]
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10625149
Orthodontist Reports Man for Child Abuse, Punched Son in Mouth
Posted: Jul 01, 2009 9:17 AM CDT
Eau Claire (WQOW) - An Eau Claire man is charged with child abuse after an orthodontist calls him in. The criminal complaint says police were recently called after a teenager went to an orthodontist with a bleeding lip and damaged braces. The teen told police his dad, Jerry O'Grady, came home smelling like beer and started yelling at him for doing the laundry on the wrong day. A scuffle followed and the teen says his dad punched him in the mouth. When police talked to O'Grady he had cuts on his hand and police say he told them he accidentally hit the boy.
O'Grady will be back in court next month.
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10625149
Orthodontist Reports Man for Child Abuse, Punched Son in Mouth
Posted: Jul 01, 2009 9:17 AM CDT
Eau Claire (WQOW) - An Eau Claire man is charged with child abuse after an orthodontist calls him in. The criminal complaint says police were recently called after a teenager went to an orthodontist with a bleeding lip and damaged braces. The teen told police his dad, Jerry O'Grady, came home smelling like beer and started yelling at him for doing the laundry on the wrong day. A scuffle followed and the teen says his dad punched him in the mouth. When police talked to O'Grady he had cuts on his hand and police say he told them he accidentally hit the boy.
O'Grady will be back in court next month.
Teen son trying to protect mother is assaulted by father (Florence, Alabama)
Father DANIEL FRANCES BRINK was abusing his wife when their teenaged son stepped in to protect her. Dad apparently didn't care for that, so he beat the boy on the face and head with his fist. The son sustained two black eyes, cuts and abrasions, and bruising to the face, head, neck, and arm. Dad has been charged with torture of a minor, but was released from jail on a $1000 bond.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090702/ARTICLES/907025025/1011/NEWS?Title=Father-arrested-in-beating
Father arrested in beating
By Tom Smith
Senior Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 9:54 p.m.
FLORENCE - A Lauderdale County man who authorities said assaulted his son when the teen tried to protect his mother has been charged with torture of a minor.
Daniel Frances Brink, 43, 2835 Lauderdale 259, Florence, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with torture, willful abuse of a child under 18 years old by a responsible person, Sheriff Ronnie Willis said.
Willis said Brink was arrested after sheriff's deputies and the Lauderdale County Department of Human Resources investigated allegations of physical abuse involving Brink's 17-year-old son.
The reported abuse occurred at Brink's residence Saturday morning, deputies said.
"There was an argument between Brink and his wife, and (the teen) was trying to protect his mother from being abused, and when that happened, he was slapped and then assaulted by his father," said investigator Thomas McCluskey.
Officials said an individual who saw the teen and heard that the father may have inflicted the abuse contacted the Department of Human Resources.
"According to statements, (the teen) was beaten with a fist several times in the face and head," McCluskey said.
He said the boy sustained two blackened eyes, cuts and abrasions and bruising to his head, face, neck and arm.
Authorities said the boy did not receive medical attention until days after the attack.
Deputies said Brink admitted to hitting the boy and injuring his face, but said he slapped the boy and then defended himself by repeatedly hitting the teenager in the face and head.
Brink was released from jail on bail of $1,000.
The charge is a Class C felony and is punishable by one to 10 years in prison if convicted.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090702/ARTICLES/907025025/1011/NEWS?Title=Father-arrested-in-beating
Father arrested in beating
By Tom Smith
Senior Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 9:54 p.m.
FLORENCE - A Lauderdale County man who authorities said assaulted his son when the teen tried to protect his mother has been charged with torture of a minor.
Daniel Frances Brink, 43, 2835 Lauderdale 259, Florence, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with torture, willful abuse of a child under 18 years old by a responsible person, Sheriff Ronnie Willis said.
Willis said Brink was arrested after sheriff's deputies and the Lauderdale County Department of Human Resources investigated allegations of physical abuse involving Brink's 17-year-old son.
The reported abuse occurred at Brink's residence Saturday morning, deputies said.
"There was an argument between Brink and his wife, and (the teen) was trying to protect his mother from being abused, and when that happened, he was slapped and then assaulted by his father," said investigator Thomas McCluskey.
Officials said an individual who saw the teen and heard that the father may have inflicted the abuse contacted the Department of Human Resources.
"According to statements, (the teen) was beaten with a fist several times in the face and head," McCluskey said.
He said the boy sustained two blackened eyes, cuts and abrasions and bruising to his head, face, neck and arm.
Authorities said the boy did not receive medical attention until days after the attack.
Deputies said Brink admitted to hitting the boy and injuring his face, but said he slapped the boy and then defended himself by repeatedly hitting the teenager in the face and head.
Brink was released from jail on bail of $1,000.
The charge is a Class C felony and is punishable by one to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Dad hits 1-month-old son, causing skull fracture (Rexburg, Idaho)
Father KURT DANIEL GUM has admitted to ramming the head of his newborn son into a door jam, and on another day slamming the baby's head onto the wooden arm of a couch, causing a skull fracture. His wife pleaded for mercy (some moms are MUCH too nice, but then maybe she's just afraid), but the judge didn't buy it, given that Dad has never apologized for his actions. Gum is sentenced to serve 2 - 7 years in prison, and is supposed to take "parenting" and "anger management" classes while he is there (classes that are largely regarded by experts in family violence as a total waste of time and resources when it comes to violent offenders).
http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10629292
Father Sentenced to Prison for Hurting Infant Son
Posted: July 1, 2009 05:51 PM CDT
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Father Sentenced to Prison for Hurting Infant Son
By Suzanne Hobbs
A father charged with an unthinkable crime against his newborn baby is sentenced Wednesday morning for what he did.
Twenty-six year old Kurt Daniel Gum of Rexburg was arrested in April on two felony counts of injury to a child. He's admitted to hitting his one month old baby's head on two separate days and causing a skull fracture.
Since then, he pleaded guilty to one on those charges and now he knows his fate.
Despite the injuries Kurt Gum inflicted on his little boy, his wife is standing behind him saying he's not a bad man and the family needs to heal. His wife Jessica asked the judge to keep her husband out of prison but the judge didn't agree.
Kurt Gum was hopeful that he would be placed on probation and never see the inside of a prison cell. But that's not what Judge Darren Simpson ordered.
Several months ago, Gum hurt his one month old son by ramming is head into a door jam. On another day, he admits to slamming the child's head onto the mostly wooden arm of a couch, causing a skull fracture.
Gum's public defender, Jim Archibald, said his client has no prior criminal record, and since his arrest, spent 46 days in the Madison County Jail.
Kurt pleaded guilty using the Alford Plea, which means that he maintains his innocence but knows that if the case went to trial, he's likely be convicted based on the evidence.
This judge said he didn't think Gum has fully accepted responsibility by using the Alford Plea, and noted that Gum never apologized in court to his wife and the child her hurt.
Jim Archibald: "I think that's part of his Alford Plea as well. It's difficult for him to acknowledge that he did this to his son and he wanted to plead guilty, he wanted to accept responsibility, but it's difficult for him to admit that he intentionally hurt a child."
Madison County Prosecutor Sid Brown asked for a prison sentence of two to eight years. Serious punishment for a serious crime against an innocent child.
Sid Brown: "We're just lucky the child was not injured sufficiently to kill the child. We've seen that happen so many times and with either death or permanent brain injuries and hopefully in this case there won't be any lasting injuries to this child."
Judge Simpson ordered Gum to serve at least two and up to seven years in prison. He will first go on the rider program in northern Idaho for up to six months.
Kurt Gum told the judge that he made a terrible mistake in hurting his baby and he wants to make it right.
Kurt Gum: "I did something wrong. I wish to make it right, no matter the cost. It was never my intention to hurt anyone.... Prison won't help, it will just prolong it. I know justice needs to be served. I am willing if it comes to that, but I plead to get a second chance to prove my self worth. I'm scared, I've never been so scared in my life... I promise you that it's never going to happen again."
After his Cottonwood rider is over in 120 to 180 days, the judge will hold another hearing to determine if he's eligible for probation, or should serve more time in prison. The judge said while in prison Gum needs to take parenting as well as anger management classes.
http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10629292
Father Sentenced to Prison for Hurting Infant Son
Posted: July 1, 2009 05:51 PM CDT
Featured Video
Father Sentenced to Prison for Hurting Infant Son
By Suzanne Hobbs
A father charged with an unthinkable crime against his newborn baby is sentenced Wednesday morning for what he did.
Twenty-six year old Kurt Daniel Gum of Rexburg was arrested in April on two felony counts of injury to a child. He's admitted to hitting his one month old baby's head on two separate days and causing a skull fracture.
Since then, he pleaded guilty to one on those charges and now he knows his fate.
Despite the injuries Kurt Gum inflicted on his little boy, his wife is standing behind him saying he's not a bad man and the family needs to heal. His wife Jessica asked the judge to keep her husband out of prison but the judge didn't agree.
Kurt Gum was hopeful that he would be placed on probation and never see the inside of a prison cell. But that's not what Judge Darren Simpson ordered.
Several months ago, Gum hurt his one month old son by ramming is head into a door jam. On another day, he admits to slamming the child's head onto the mostly wooden arm of a couch, causing a skull fracture.
Gum's public defender, Jim Archibald, said his client has no prior criminal record, and since his arrest, spent 46 days in the Madison County Jail.
Kurt pleaded guilty using the Alford Plea, which means that he maintains his innocence but knows that if the case went to trial, he's likely be convicted based on the evidence.
This judge said he didn't think Gum has fully accepted responsibility by using the Alford Plea, and noted that Gum never apologized in court to his wife and the child her hurt.
Jim Archibald: "I think that's part of his Alford Plea as well. It's difficult for him to acknowledge that he did this to his son and he wanted to plead guilty, he wanted to accept responsibility, but it's difficult for him to admit that he intentionally hurt a child."
Madison County Prosecutor Sid Brown asked for a prison sentence of two to eight years. Serious punishment for a serious crime against an innocent child.
Sid Brown: "We're just lucky the child was not injured sufficiently to kill the child. We've seen that happen so many times and with either death or permanent brain injuries and hopefully in this case there won't be any lasting injuries to this child."
Judge Simpson ordered Gum to serve at least two and up to seven years in prison. He will first go on the rider program in northern Idaho for up to six months.
Kurt Gum told the judge that he made a terrible mistake in hurting his baby and he wants to make it right.
Kurt Gum: "I did something wrong. I wish to make it right, no matter the cost. It was never my intention to hurt anyone.... Prison won't help, it will just prolong it. I know justice needs to be served. I am willing if it comes to that, but I plead to get a second chance to prove my self worth. I'm scared, I've never been so scared in my life... I promise you that it's never going to happen again."
After his Cottonwood rider is over in 120 to 180 days, the judge will hold another hearing to determine if he's eligible for probation, or should serve more time in prison. The judge said while in prison Gum needs to take parenting as well as anger management classes.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Dad arrested for killing wife's friend, setting fire to house (Pleasant Hill, California)
Father ROBERT HOSELTON has been arrested for killing his estranged wife's friend, then barricading himself in his house and setting it on fire. His wife had taken out a restraining order on Hoselton back in April, after he had choked her and threatened to kill her. The wife has said that the husband has physically assaulted her in the past and kept her from talking to friends or leaving the house. In fact, Hoselton had previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge, for which he served all of five days in jail.
Hoselton and his wife had two young children, and they were due to appear in court for a child custody hearing. At the time, the dad had limited visitation rights with supervision (thank goodness for that, or maybe there would be dead children in this case as well).
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12628554
Suspect in Pleasant Hill murder-arson had past paranoia about wife, records show
By Robert Salonga and Malaika Fraley Contra Costa Times
Posted: 06/19/2009 07:10:06 AM PDT
Updated: 06/19/2009 05:58:07 PM PDT
PLEASANT HILL — A Walnut Creek man suspected of killing his estranged wife's friend and then lighting their family home ablaze has exhibited paranoia in the past over her male friends, including secretly recording conversations, court records show.
Robert Hoselton, 39, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing 42-year-old Manuel Gwin of Pleasant Hill, barricading himself from police in the house that he until recently shared with his wife and kids and then setting the house on fire.
Gwin was a friend of Hoselton's wife, who had a restraining order against her husband after he was arrested April 26 on suspicion of choking and threatening to kill her, according to police and court records. Hoselton pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge, served five days in jail and was given three years probation.
When she filed for the restraining order, Veronica Hoselton outlined a pattern of abusive and controlling behavior, including instances where he physically assaulted her and kept her from talking to friends and leaving the house. She also wrote that her husband was "irrationally jealous" and convinced she was having an affair.
Court records state that while cleaning their Mary Drive home, Veronica Hoselton discovered a recording device, and that her husband admitted to placing it. He explained that he wanted to monitor her conversations with a male friend.
"I often felt very isolated and alone," she said in court documents.
Robert Hoselton, a pipe fitter from Walnut Creek, has no other criminal history in the county aside from the battery conviction. He and his wife married in 2006 after dating off and on since 1995. They have two children, ages 4 and 2.
On May 8, he was ordered by the court to move out of their house, and the couple was due back in court Tuesday for a child custody hearing. He most recently had limited visitation rights with supervision.
Investigators on Friday formally linked the homicide and arson. It marked the first homicide in nearly two years in a city that seldom experiences such violent crime.
Police responded to the 2900 block of Dorothy Drive about 7:40 p.m. Thursday after a friend of Gwin's told police she saw what looked like blood on his front porch. Officers arrived and found find Gwin dead inside the home. The coroner's office said Gwin died from stab wounds.
Dorothy Drive is about three miles from 1600 Mary Drive, where Pleasant Hill police responded earlier in the day when Robert Hoselton barricaded himself inside his family house and set it on fire. Hoselton was arrested and treated at a hospital for a self-inflicted knife wound.
A few hours after the arrest, police found Gwin. Investigators soon determined that Hoselton was a suspect in both crimes, said Chief Pete Dunbar.
Dunbar said Gwin and Veronica Hoselton were friends, but declined to elaborate further on their relationship. He also said it does not appear that Hoselton and Gwin knew each other.
Mary Rae Fouts, a neighbor, described Gwin as a single man with a girlfriend who visited occasionally.
"He would walk his dog, a little black Lab, around the neighborhood," said Fouts, who said she had talked with Gwin earlier in the week.
Thursday was an unusually violent day for Pleasant Hill, which averages about one homicide every two years, and did not investigate one in 2008.
In November 2007, Peter Evangelos Magganas killed his father, Jerry Magganas, before deliberately causing a car crash that injured an Antioch family. Peter Magganas was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sentenced to life in a state mental hospital.
Hoselton and his wife had two young children, and they were due to appear in court for a child custody hearing. At the time, the dad had limited visitation rights with supervision (thank goodness for that, or maybe there would be dead children in this case as well).
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12628554
Suspect in Pleasant Hill murder-arson had past paranoia about wife, records show
By Robert Salonga and Malaika Fraley Contra Costa Times
Posted: 06/19/2009 07:10:06 AM PDT
Updated: 06/19/2009 05:58:07 PM PDT
PLEASANT HILL — A Walnut Creek man suspected of killing his estranged wife's friend and then lighting their family home ablaze has exhibited paranoia in the past over her male friends, including secretly recording conversations, court records show.
Robert Hoselton, 39, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing 42-year-old Manuel Gwin of Pleasant Hill, barricading himself from police in the house that he until recently shared with his wife and kids and then setting the house on fire.
Gwin was a friend of Hoselton's wife, who had a restraining order against her husband after he was arrested April 26 on suspicion of choking and threatening to kill her, according to police and court records. Hoselton pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge, served five days in jail and was given three years probation.
When she filed for the restraining order, Veronica Hoselton outlined a pattern of abusive and controlling behavior, including instances where he physically assaulted her and kept her from talking to friends and leaving the house. She also wrote that her husband was "irrationally jealous" and convinced she was having an affair.
Court records state that while cleaning their Mary Drive home, Veronica Hoselton discovered a recording device, and that her husband admitted to placing it. He explained that he wanted to monitor her conversations with a male friend.
"I often felt very isolated and alone," she said in court documents.
Robert Hoselton, a pipe fitter from Walnut Creek, has no other criminal history in the county aside from the battery conviction. He and his wife married in 2006 after dating off and on since 1995. They have two children, ages 4 and 2.
On May 8, he was ordered by the court to move out of their house, and the couple was due back in court Tuesday for a child custody hearing. He most recently had limited visitation rights with supervision.
Investigators on Friday formally linked the homicide and arson. It marked the first homicide in nearly two years in a city that seldom experiences such violent crime.
Police responded to the 2900 block of Dorothy Drive about 7:40 p.m. Thursday after a friend of Gwin's told police she saw what looked like blood on his front porch. Officers arrived and found find Gwin dead inside the home. The coroner's office said Gwin died from stab wounds.
Dorothy Drive is about three miles from 1600 Mary Drive, where Pleasant Hill police responded earlier in the day when Robert Hoselton barricaded himself inside his family house and set it on fire. Hoselton was arrested and treated at a hospital for a self-inflicted knife wound.
A few hours after the arrest, police found Gwin. Investigators soon determined that Hoselton was a suspect in both crimes, said Chief Pete Dunbar.
Dunbar said Gwin and Veronica Hoselton were friends, but declined to elaborate further on their relationship. He also said it does not appear that Hoselton and Gwin knew each other.
Mary Rae Fouts, a neighbor, described Gwin as a single man with a girlfriend who visited occasionally.
"He would walk his dog, a little black Lab, around the neighborhood," said Fouts, who said she had talked with Gwin earlier in the week.
Thursday was an unusually violent day for Pleasant Hill, which averages about one homicide every two years, and did not investigate one in 2008.
In November 2007, Peter Evangelos Magganas killed his father, Jerry Magganas, before deliberately causing a car crash that injured an Antioch family. Peter Magganas was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sentenced to life in a state mental hospital.
Teen son pleads not guilty to murder of father (Caldwell, Idaho)
A teenage son has pleaded not guilty in the murder of his father, JASON NEAGLE. The case has inspired lots of controversy and community support for the son, who was apparently sexually abused by the father.
http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10601551
Caldwell Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Father's Murder
Posted:
June 26, 2009 11:42 AM CDT
Updated: June 26, 2009 06:14 PM CDT
A Canyon County teen accused of murdering his father pleads not guilty. 14-year-old Zachary Neagle's attorney entered his plea this morning at the Canyon County Courthouse.
"Your honor Mr. Neagle would enter a plea of not guilty and set the matter for trial", says Peterson.
Before Friday morning's arraignment protestors rallied in his support.
"We are out here because we are concerned about zachary and his plight we don't believe that a child should be put into an adult system", says Kelly Christensen.
Prosecutors say Neagle shot and killed his father, Jason, who was asleep on a couch in their Caldwell home in May. Following the murder, one investigator said in a recorded testimony that a family member told him Zachary had been abused by his father.
"There's certainly information that if this case here goes to trial we definitely have a solid explanation for what they say he did", says Charles Crafts.
A trial date is expected to be set at a hearing next month.
http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10601551
Caldwell Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Father's Murder
Posted:
June 26, 2009 11:42 AM CDT
Updated: June 26, 2009 06:14 PM CDT
A Canyon County teen accused of murdering his father pleads not guilty. 14-year-old Zachary Neagle's attorney entered his plea this morning at the Canyon County Courthouse.
"Your honor Mr. Neagle would enter a plea of not guilty and set the matter for trial", says Peterson.
Before Friday morning's arraignment protestors rallied in his support.
"We are out here because we are concerned about zachary and his plight we don't believe that a child should be put into an adult system", says Kelly Christensen.
Prosecutors say Neagle shot and killed his father, Jason, who was asleep on a couch in their Caldwell home in May. Following the murder, one investigator said in a recorded testimony that a family member told him Zachary had been abused by his father.
"There's certainly information that if this case here goes to trial we definitely have a solid explanation for what they say he did", says Charles Crafts.
A trial date is expected to be set at a hearing next month.
Caretaking dad convicted of reckless homicide in death of 4-month-old son (Beech Grove, Indiana)
Caretaking dad WILLIAM K. FOSTER has been sentenced to 20 years for neglect and reckless homicide in the death of his four-month-old son. It appears that the baby was shaken and suffered severe brain damage as a result. Dad was the only adult at home at the time, but has said little as to what happened--only that he "found" the baby unconscious. The baby was later removed from life support in May 2008, and subsequently died.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090701/NEWS02/90701044/Father+gets+20+years+in+infant+s+death
Father gets 20 years in infant's death
By Jon Murray
Posted: July 1, 2009
A judge today gave a Beech Grove man convicted of fatally injuring his infant son a 20-year sentence, with the time split between prison and community corrections.
William K. Foster, 31, was convicted of neglect and reckless homicide by a Marion Superior Court jury in April but was acquitted on murder and battery charges. Today Judge Carol Orbison gave him 16 years in prison and another four in community corrections programs. The total sentence was 30 years, with 10 years suspended.
It's still unclear what caused the injuries to his 4-month-old son, William D. Foster, in July 2007. Foster shed little light today.The elder Foster was the only adult home for about four hours before he reported finding the infant facedown in his crib, unconscious. The child survived 10 months in a hospital until a judge ordered life support removed in May 2008.
Prosecution witnesses testified that shaking could have caused the boy's brain injuries.
"Something broke, something snapped, something happened," Orbison said. "And I don't know whether that is in the realm of anybody but Mr. Foster to understand."
Deputy Prosecutor Cynthia Oetjen had requested 40 years in prison. Foster and his attorney, Michael Day, asked for leniency.
"Family means everything to me, your honor," Foster said before he learned his sentence. He said he would like to use his teaching and counseling skills to help others after his release.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090701/NEWS02/90701044/Father+gets+20+years+in+infant+s+death
Father gets 20 years in infant's death
By Jon Murray
Posted: July 1, 2009
A judge today gave a Beech Grove man convicted of fatally injuring his infant son a 20-year sentence, with the time split between prison and community corrections.
William K. Foster, 31, was convicted of neglect and reckless homicide by a Marion Superior Court jury in April but was acquitted on murder and battery charges. Today Judge Carol Orbison gave him 16 years in prison and another four in community corrections programs. The total sentence was 30 years, with 10 years suspended.
It's still unclear what caused the injuries to his 4-month-old son, William D. Foster, in July 2007. Foster shed little light today.The elder Foster was the only adult home for about four hours before he reported finding the infant facedown in his crib, unconscious. The child survived 10 months in a hospital until a judge ordered life support removed in May 2008.
Prosecution witnesses testified that shaking could have caused the boy's brain injuries.
"Something broke, something snapped, something happened," Orbison said. "And I don't know whether that is in the realm of anybody but Mr. Foster to understand."
Deputy Prosecutor Cynthia Oetjen had requested 40 years in prison. Foster and his attorney, Michael Day, asked for leniency.
"Family means everything to me, your honor," Foster said before he learned his sentence. He said he would like to use his teaching and counseling skills to help others after his release.
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