We've posted on dad RAMAZAN ACAR before. He thought 33 years in prison was "excessive" for the cold and calculated murder of his 2-year-old daughter. Fortunately, the judge disagreed.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/killer-dads-appeal-rejected/story-e6frea8c-1226261348065
Killer dad's appeal rejected by court
by: Paul Anderson From: Herald Sun February 03, 2012 12:00AM
THE mother of a toddler stabbed to death by the child's father has praised a court's rejection of his appeal.
Ramazan Acar boasted on Facebook about killing his daughter, Yazmina, before stabbing her, and dumping her body in scrub at the Greenvale Reservoir Reserve.
Acar had convinced Yazmina's mum, Rachelle D'Argent, to allow him to take their daughter to a milk bar for some chocolate.
She reluctantly agreed.
She never saw her two-year-old again.
Acar was dubbed "the Facebook killer" because he used the social media site to post chilling messages.
One of them read: "bout 2 kill ma kid."
Acar was jailed for life with a 33-year minimum after pleading guilty to murder, a punishment he argued was manifestly excessive.
But Court of Appeal judge Justice Mark Weinberg yesterday refused Acar leave to appeal against the penalty.
"This was a brutal and callous murder, which, in my view, should be characterised as one of the worst cases of its kind," the judge said.
"It was aggravated by the applicant's behaviour towards Ms D'Argent, which was both cruel and sadistic," he added.
Outside the Court of Appeal, a smiling Ms D'Argent said: "I'm very happy with the decision."
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Dad who abused kids over 45 years gets minimum 6-year-jail term (Leicester, England)
Guys like UNNAMED DAD never change. It's absolutely disgusting that so many children were victimized over 45 YEARS by this slimeball....
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Wicked-father-abused-girl/story-15107241-detail/story.html
'Wicked' father abused girl
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Leicester Mercury
A father who subjected his daughter to years of abuse had previously sexually assaulted children from a former marriage, a court heard.
The 66-year-old was jailed for a minimum of six years – and will not be released from prison until it has been decided he is no further risk to the public.
Judge Simon Hammond said: "It's likely he won't ever be released. This is the third time he's committed sex offences and the second time where he's sexually abused his family, this being his second family. He's a wicked predatory sex offender.
"It was a gross breach of his daughter's trust and love. She'll never forget what he did.
"The same thing happened with his other family when he sexually abused three children – his own blood.
"He remains a high risk of sexual harm to children, both male and female."
The man, who cannot be named to protect his daughter's identity, abused her when she was aged between 11 and 16.
He admitted two specimen counts of rape – by forcing her to perform a sex act – sexually assaulting her, inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual activity with a child.
The defendant, from the Syston area, was arrested last summer after his victim learned of his previous incestuous behaviour, by contacting a daughter from his first marriage (her half sister).
Leicester Crown Court was told the offences went back more than 45 years.
In 1965, the defendant was fined for two offences of indecent assault.
In 1976, he was convicted of three counts of sexual assault, involving two daughters, aged between six and 10, and one of indecently assaulting his seven-year-old son. He was given an 18-month suspended jail sentence, with supervision.
James House, prosecuting, said that the man married his second wife in the early 1990s and had more children.
One of those was the daughter he abused from the age of 11.
He would sexually assault her while her mother was out and sometimes indecently abused her in the marital bed, when her mother was downstairs.
Mr House said: "She felt absolutely violated and disgusted.
"He said not to tell her mother because it was break her heart and she'd leave them both. He told her she was sexy and that she'd 'made' him do it.
"The pre-sentence report states he's a high risk of re-offending and blames the complainant."
Judge Hammond said: "How outrageous a father should blame his daughter for his sexual abuse of her."
Andrew Easteal, in mitigation, said the defendant was now suffering from deteriorating ill health.
He said: "There's no prospect of him being able to resume any paternal role in future.
"He knows he must serve a significant and substantial custodial term."
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Wicked-father-abused-girl/story-15107241-detail/story.html
'Wicked' father abused girl
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Leicester Mercury
A father who subjected his daughter to years of abuse had previously sexually assaulted children from a former marriage, a court heard.
The 66-year-old was jailed for a minimum of six years – and will not be released from prison until it has been decided he is no further risk to the public.
Judge Simon Hammond said: "It's likely he won't ever be released. This is the third time he's committed sex offences and the second time where he's sexually abused his family, this being his second family. He's a wicked predatory sex offender.
"It was a gross breach of his daughter's trust and love. She'll never forget what he did.
"The same thing happened with his other family when he sexually abused three children – his own blood.
"He remains a high risk of sexual harm to children, both male and female."
The man, who cannot be named to protect his daughter's identity, abused her when she was aged between 11 and 16.
He admitted two specimen counts of rape – by forcing her to perform a sex act – sexually assaulting her, inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual activity with a child.
The defendant, from the Syston area, was arrested last summer after his victim learned of his previous incestuous behaviour, by contacting a daughter from his first marriage (her half sister).
Leicester Crown Court was told the offences went back more than 45 years.
In 1965, the defendant was fined for two offences of indecent assault.
In 1976, he was convicted of three counts of sexual assault, involving two daughters, aged between six and 10, and one of indecently assaulting his seven-year-old son. He was given an 18-month suspended jail sentence, with supervision.
James House, prosecuting, said that the man married his second wife in the early 1990s and had more children.
One of those was the daughter he abused from the age of 11.
He would sexually assault her while her mother was out and sometimes indecently abused her in the marital bed, when her mother was downstairs.
Mr House said: "She felt absolutely violated and disgusted.
"He said not to tell her mother because it was break her heart and she'd leave them both. He told her she was sexy and that she'd 'made' him do it.
"The pre-sentence report states he's a high risk of re-offending and blames the complainant."
Judge Hammond said: "How outrageous a father should blame his daughter for his sexual abuse of her."
Andrew Easteal, in mitigation, said the defendant was now suffering from deteriorating ill health.
He said: "There's no prospect of him being able to resume any paternal role in future.
"He knows he must serve a significant and substantial custodial term."
Dad charged with murder in death of 13-month-old son (Jonesboro, Georgia)
Now that the boy has been removed from life support, dad RYAN EDWARDS has been charged with murder.
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/georgia/article/165311/52/Newnan-Father-Charged-with-Murder-in-Boys-Death
Newnan Father Charged with Murder in Boy's Death
Written by Cody Rhodes
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say charges facing a Newnan father have been upgraded to murder in connection with the death of his 13-month-old boy.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 34-year-old Ryan Edwards was being held on the charge in the Clayton County Jail. The jail records do not indicate whether he has an attorney in the case.
The child's mother, Toni Brown, told WSB-TV that Mikkah Brown suffered a severe brain injury and a fractured skull.
Brown says she found Mikkah unresponsive on Friday. She said she took Mikkah to an urgent care facility near their Morrow home, and he was later transferred to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
Authorities say she made the difficult decision to have life support removed on Monday.
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/georgia/article/165311/52/Newnan-Father-Charged-with-Murder-in-Boys-Death
Newnan Father Charged with Murder in Boy's Death
Written by Cody Rhodes
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say charges facing a Newnan father have been upgraded to murder in connection with the death of his 13-month-old boy.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 34-year-old Ryan Edwards was being held on the charge in the Clayton County Jail. The jail records do not indicate whether he has an attorney in the case.
The child's mother, Toni Brown, told WSB-TV that Mikkah Brown suffered a severe brain injury and a fractured skull.
Brown says she found Mikkah unresponsive on Friday. She said she took Mikkah to an urgent care facility near their Morrow home, and he was later transferred to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
Authorities say she made the difficult decision to have life support removed on Monday.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Dad arraigned on charges of killing mom in front of 3 young children (Queens, New York)
Dad is identified as OSCAR NOVAKOVSKY.
http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/5/rhstabberarraigned_fh_2012_02_02_q.html
Boro dad faces up to 25 to life in wife’s murder
By Howard Koplowitz
Times Ledger Newspapers
A South Richmond Hill man charged with killing his wife in front of his children was ordered held without bail last week, District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Oscar Novakovsky, 37, of 103-24 121st St. in South Richmond Hill, allegedly stabbed his estranged wife, 32-year-old Diane Sharma, in the neck with a knife between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. Jan. 15 inside her 117th Street home, the DA said.
The killing occurred in the presence of the couple’s three children — ages 3, 5 and 9 — and Brown said Sharma also had multiple cuts to her arms and hands in addition to the fatal stab wound.
Novakovsky was arrested a short while after the murder by 102nd Precinct officers, who took him to a local hospital where he was treated for cuts to his arms and hands, the DA said.
Novakovsky allegedly told police “the kids were screaming. The kids were trying to pull me off and were crying” during the encounter.
“It is difficult to imagine a crime more heinous than that of a father viciously attacking his wife in front of their three small children,” Brown said in a statement. “The children will have to bear the emotional scars of what they witnessed for the rest of their lives. The charges against the defendant will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Novakovsky was arraigned Jan. 25 on charges of murder, aggravated criminal contempt, criminal contempt, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon before Queens Criminal Court Judge Suzanne Melendez, who remanded him without bail, the DA said.
The South Richmond Hill man, who faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the charges, is expected to appear in court Tuesday.
http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/5/rhstabberarraigned_fh_2012_02_02_q.html
Boro dad faces up to 25 to life in wife’s murder
By Howard Koplowitz
Times Ledger Newspapers
A South Richmond Hill man charged with killing his wife in front of his children was ordered held without bail last week, District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Oscar Novakovsky, 37, of 103-24 121st St. in South Richmond Hill, allegedly stabbed his estranged wife, 32-year-old Diane Sharma, in the neck with a knife between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. Jan. 15 inside her 117th Street home, the DA said.
The killing occurred in the presence of the couple’s three children — ages 3, 5 and 9 — and Brown said Sharma also had multiple cuts to her arms and hands in addition to the fatal stab wound.
Novakovsky was arrested a short while after the murder by 102nd Precinct officers, who took him to a local hospital where he was treated for cuts to his arms and hands, the DA said.
Novakovsky allegedly told police “the kids were screaming. The kids were trying to pull me off and were crying” during the encounter.
“It is difficult to imagine a crime more heinous than that of a father viciously attacking his wife in front of their three small children,” Brown said in a statement. “The children will have to bear the emotional scars of what they witnessed for the rest of their lives. The charges against the defendant will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Novakovsky was arraigned Jan. 25 on charges of murder, aggravated criminal contempt, criminal contempt, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon before Queens Criminal Court Judge Suzanne Melendez, who remanded him without bail, the DA said.
The South Richmond Hill man, who faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the charges, is expected to appear in court Tuesday.
Custodial dad on trial for death of 2-year-old daughter (Marietta, Georgia)
Read between the lines. JAMES E. "BUTCH JACKSON II is obviously a custodial father. He lives with a "girlfriend" who is apparently not the mother of any of the children in question. In fact, as is typical, there is NO MENTION of the children's mother. The media has erased her out of existence.
So how and why did this father with a long history of child neglect have custody of two young children? Who gave it to him?
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/556949/Witnesses-testify-in-Jackson-trial.html?nav=5061
Witnesses testify in Jackson trial
Could face 10 years in prison if convicted
February 1, 2012
By BRAD BAUER , The Marietta Times
MARIETTA - A jury could decide today if a Belpre father is responsible for the death of his 2-year-old daughter by failing to supervise her.
Prosecutors claim James E. "Butch" Jackson II, 51, left the girl and her 4-year-old brother unsupervised outside their Belpre home on Oct. 18, 2010. The 2-year-old, Bianca Jackson, was killed in a fire that started in a vacant neighboring residence.
Jackson faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering.
The defense is expected to continue presenting its case this morning and closing arguments and deliberations could begin this afternoon. It remains to be seen if Jackson will take the stand in his own defense. The trial began Monday.
Eight witnesses testified Tuesday, including a past neighbor of Jackson who said the man and his girlfriend routinely failed to supervise their children.
Leonard Wilfong, who lived across the street from Jackson at the time of the fire, testified the children often played in the street and wandered as much as 50 yards from the home without supervision.
"At least once a week they would play unsupervised," Wilfong said.
Washington County Children Services caseworker Karen Seagraves said she also had concerns about the safety of the children prior to the fire. She testified Jackson and his live-in girlfriend, Chrystal Dillon, 25, had been getting monthly visits from her since June 2009 after she witnessed Bianca Jackson, then 1, wandering along a Belpre street.
Dillon faced identical charges to Jackson and was convicted in September of child endangering and sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to complete a six-month rehabilitation program. The jury in her case could not reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge.
"I had clearly made my concerns known to them," Seagraves said, adding that she requested gates be installed on a deck and that she insisted the parents keep a watchful eye on the children as they play.
"I said that term many times...'Keep your eyes on the children,'" Seagraves said.
Jackson's attorney, Jack Blakeslee of Caldwell, noted that Seagraves did not note anything of concern during a visit with the family a week or so before the fire. He said the visits from Seagraves were part of a voluntary plan drafted by the caseworker and that the couple were taking direction, including the installation of a gate on their deck.
"You wrote in your report there were no safety hazards noted (in the last visit)," he said.
Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings asked Seagraves to better explain the report.
"Does indicating there were no safety hazards noted mean that you had no other concerns?" he asked.
"No," Seagraves said, adding that supervision was always a concern with the family.
Another witness on Tuesday was Belpre Police Chief Ernie Clevenger, who said he helped organize searches for the missing girl when the fire was first reported. He said instructions were given to look for the child under cars, in dog houses, trash cans and under bushes.
"I told (officers and firefighters) you will look anywhere a 2-year-old may hide... and I'll worry about the legal ramifications of if we have the right to look in (someone's) garage later," he said. "The neighbors were 100 percent cooperative in helping to find this girl."
Clevenger said two canvasses were conducted in the area of the burning Belpre home. The child was found hours later in the rubble of the burnt home.
Clevenger said he had asked Jackson and Dillon about where the child may be.
"At that time did the defendant or Chrystal Dillon know where their child was?" Rings asked.
"No, they did not," Clevenger said.
So how and why did this father with a long history of child neglect have custody of two young children? Who gave it to him?
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/556949/Witnesses-testify-in-Jackson-trial.html?nav=5061
Witnesses testify in Jackson trial
Could face 10 years in prison if convicted
February 1, 2012
By BRAD BAUER , The Marietta Times
MARIETTA - A jury could decide today if a Belpre father is responsible for the death of his 2-year-old daughter by failing to supervise her.
Prosecutors claim James E. "Butch" Jackson II, 51, left the girl and her 4-year-old brother unsupervised outside their Belpre home on Oct. 18, 2010. The 2-year-old, Bianca Jackson, was killed in a fire that started in a vacant neighboring residence.
Jackson faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering.
The defense is expected to continue presenting its case this morning and closing arguments and deliberations could begin this afternoon. It remains to be seen if Jackson will take the stand in his own defense. The trial began Monday.
Eight witnesses testified Tuesday, including a past neighbor of Jackson who said the man and his girlfriend routinely failed to supervise their children.
Leonard Wilfong, who lived across the street from Jackson at the time of the fire, testified the children often played in the street and wandered as much as 50 yards from the home without supervision.
"At least once a week they would play unsupervised," Wilfong said.
Washington County Children Services caseworker Karen Seagraves said she also had concerns about the safety of the children prior to the fire. She testified Jackson and his live-in girlfriend, Chrystal Dillon, 25, had been getting monthly visits from her since June 2009 after she witnessed Bianca Jackson, then 1, wandering along a Belpre street.
Dillon faced identical charges to Jackson and was convicted in September of child endangering and sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to complete a six-month rehabilitation program. The jury in her case could not reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge.
"I had clearly made my concerns known to them," Seagraves said, adding that she requested gates be installed on a deck and that she insisted the parents keep a watchful eye on the children as they play.
"I said that term many times...'Keep your eyes on the children,'" Seagraves said.
Jackson's attorney, Jack Blakeslee of Caldwell, noted that Seagraves did not note anything of concern during a visit with the family a week or so before the fire. He said the visits from Seagraves were part of a voluntary plan drafted by the caseworker and that the couple were taking direction, including the installation of a gate on their deck.
"You wrote in your report there were no safety hazards noted (in the last visit)," he said.
Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings asked Seagraves to better explain the report.
"Does indicating there were no safety hazards noted mean that you had no other concerns?" he asked.
"No," Seagraves said, adding that supervision was always a concern with the family.
Another witness on Tuesday was Belpre Police Chief Ernie Clevenger, who said he helped organize searches for the missing girl when the fire was first reported. He said instructions were given to look for the child under cars, in dog houses, trash cans and under bushes.
"I told (officers and firefighters) you will look anywhere a 2-year-old may hide... and I'll worry about the legal ramifications of if we have the right to look in (someone's) garage later," he said. "The neighbors were 100 percent cooperative in helping to find this girl."
Clevenger said two canvasses were conducted in the area of the burning Belpre home. The child was found hours later in the rubble of the burnt home.
Clevenger said he had asked Jackson and Dillon about where the child may be.
"At that time did the defendant or Chrystal Dillon know where their child was?" Rings asked.
"No, they did not," Clevenger said.
Dad in "custody battle" shoots mom in head; pleads guilty to wanton endangerment and gets 5 years (Charleston, West Virginia)
Outrageous. Still more proof of how abusive fathers are coddled by the authorities. Once again, we have a violent dad, CHADWICK EMMANUEL TAYLOR, who repeatedly terrorized his 2-year-old child and his ex, the child's mother. True to form, his abuse extended into a "custody battle" over the child, which of course is just another way to terrorize the mother (through the courts). And then Daddy finally shoots Mom in the head while she's sitting in a car, like some sort of bloody executioner. Miraculously, the mother lives. But for some reason, the authorities dropped the attempted murder charges and let Daddy plead guilty to wanton endangerment. For that, he gets FIVE FREAKING YEARS in jail. AND WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT'S A MILE LONG. And of course, he gets all kinds of BS excuses."Upset" over his son? My @$$.
http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201201310220
Wednesday February 1, 2012
Young father gets 5 years for domestic shooting
by Cheryl Caswell
Daily Mail staff
Charleston Daily Mail
A Charleston man who shot a woman in the head in a domestic dispute pleaded for mercy in court Tuesday but will spend five years in jail for what the judge termed "an intentional, violent crime."
Chadwick Emmanuel Taylor, 23, of Charleston turned and looked pointedly at his victim and then bowed his head and said, "Oh man, oh man."
After the hearing, Lydia Spencer, who suffered a bullet wound to the head while sitting in a car, said she wished Taylor could have been put behind bars for longer.
Taylor was arrested after the June 11 shooting and indicted on charges of attempted murder, malicious wounding and five counts of wanton endangerment. He pleaded guilty to one count of wanton endangerment, which carries a maximum five-year penalty, and the other charges were dropped.
Spencer and Dianah Thompson, the mother of Taylor's 2-year-old child, said Taylor repeatedly terrorized them.
Thompson, who is in a relationship with Spencer, said, "He has no remorse that he shot her, only that he got caught and he got time.
"I never was involved in any gun activity of any kind, I never even saw a gun except on TV," said Spencer, who suffered some nerve damage from the incident. "I can't believe I got put in that predicament. But I was lucky."
Thompson said she has been embroiled in a custody battle with Taylor. Spencer said he came to her home earlier in the day prior to the shooting, angry and brandishing a gun. He left, and police were not called.
But in the early morning hours of June 11, she said she was in a vehicle with her cousin, Kareem Hunter, that pulled over near the intersection of Virginia and Elm Streets. Spencer saw Taylor pull over behind them, jump out and start shooting.
Taylor's attorney, Duane Rosenlieb, told the judge the man didn't act rationally because he was upset about his son.
"This had been a running dispute over Mr. Taylor's child," he said. "And it built, and built and built to the point where these events transpired."
Rosenlieb said Taylor was an abused child in a family that included several felons and wanted to devote himself to raising his son properly.
Taylor said, "I have a bad juvenile history, it could be a movie. But my original intent was never to bring harm to anyone. My back was up against the wall."
Taylor said he didn't want to be seen as a "stereotypical young black man who wreaks havoc in the community."
But Judge Jennifer Bailey said Taylor has a long criminal record that included charges of obstructing an officer, driving without insurance or license, drag racing, domestic battery, brandishing a weapon, domestic assault, wanton endangerment, first-degree robbery, destruction of property, disorderly conduct and possession of counterfeit.
She said his juvenile criminal record is also lengthy.
"Your conduct has kind of caught up with you," Bailey said. "If you cared about your child and what you hope will happen to him, your adult record would be crystal clear.
"I will not condone a person shooting a gun at another person," she said. "At some point in life it's time to accept responsibility and be a law-abiding citizen or you don't belong in our neighborhoods."
http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201201310220
Wednesday February 1, 2012
Young father gets 5 years for domestic shooting
by Cheryl Caswell
Daily Mail staff
Charleston Daily Mail
A Charleston man who shot a woman in the head in a domestic dispute pleaded for mercy in court Tuesday but will spend five years in jail for what the judge termed "an intentional, violent crime."
Chadwick Emmanuel Taylor, 23, of Charleston turned and looked pointedly at his victim and then bowed his head and said, "Oh man, oh man."
After the hearing, Lydia Spencer, who suffered a bullet wound to the head while sitting in a car, said she wished Taylor could have been put behind bars for longer.
Taylor was arrested after the June 11 shooting and indicted on charges of attempted murder, malicious wounding and five counts of wanton endangerment. He pleaded guilty to one count of wanton endangerment, which carries a maximum five-year penalty, and the other charges were dropped.
Spencer and Dianah Thompson, the mother of Taylor's 2-year-old child, said Taylor repeatedly terrorized them.
Thompson, who is in a relationship with Spencer, said, "He has no remorse that he shot her, only that he got caught and he got time.
"I never was involved in any gun activity of any kind, I never even saw a gun except on TV," said Spencer, who suffered some nerve damage from the incident. "I can't believe I got put in that predicament. But I was lucky."
Thompson said she has been embroiled in a custody battle with Taylor. Spencer said he came to her home earlier in the day prior to the shooting, angry and brandishing a gun. He left, and police were not called.
But in the early morning hours of June 11, she said she was in a vehicle with her cousin, Kareem Hunter, that pulled over near the intersection of Virginia and Elm Streets. Spencer saw Taylor pull over behind them, jump out and start shooting.
Taylor's attorney, Duane Rosenlieb, told the judge the man didn't act rationally because he was upset about his son.
"This had been a running dispute over Mr. Taylor's child," he said. "And it built, and built and built to the point where these events transpired."
Rosenlieb said Taylor was an abused child in a family that included several felons and wanted to devote himself to raising his son properly.
Taylor said, "I have a bad juvenile history, it could be a movie. But my original intent was never to bring harm to anyone. My back was up against the wall."
Taylor said he didn't want to be seen as a "stereotypical young black man who wreaks havoc in the community."
But Judge Jennifer Bailey said Taylor has a long criminal record that included charges of obstructing an officer, driving without insurance or license, drag racing, domestic battery, brandishing a weapon, domestic assault, wanton endangerment, first-degree robbery, destruction of property, disorderly conduct and possession of counterfeit.
She said his juvenile criminal record is also lengthy.
"Your conduct has kind of caught up with you," Bailey said. "If you cared about your child and what you hope will happen to him, your adult record would be crystal clear.
"I will not condone a person shooting a gun at another person," she said. "At some point in life it's time to accept responsibility and be a law-abiding citizen or you don't belong in our neighborhoods."
Dad pleads guilty to injuring 2-month-old daughter; baby had fractured ribs, punctured lung (Burley, Idaho)
Dad SKYLER WADE GARNER basically gets probation and useless anger management/parenting classes for beating up on a newborn. (My gut feeling is that anybody who assaults babies is already lacking a few screws, and isn't going to really get how such actions are morally wrong in a classroom. It's a little bit late for that.) Notice that Daddy is getting the kid-glove treatment even though there is evidence that this wasn't the first time Daddy had abused the baby (evidence of older fractures). Though Mom is not accused of any wrongdoing (at least none that is reported here), she has lost the baby to foster care. Notice that the violent perpetrator (Dad) and the non-perpetrator (Mom) are treated virtually the same. This is typical of the double standard in these cases. We expect more from mothers, but then layer up the family courts with fathers rights/joint custody dogma so moms can't exercise any real authority over their children and their safety.
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/burley-father-pleads-guilty-to-child-injury-charge/article_fda5b163-9a71-5c76-9014-a975699891f7.html
Burley Father Pleads Guilty to Child Injury Charge
BY LAURIE WELCH Magicvalley.com
Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 1:15 am
BURLEY • A Burley man pleaded guilty to an amended misdemeanor charge of injury to a child Tuesday after his infant daughter was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung in November.
Skyler Wade Garner, 27, also pleaded guilty to violating his probation for misdemeanor driving under the influence in 2011.
Cassia County 5th District Magistrate Judge Rick Bollar sentenced Garner to 365 days in jail on the child injury charge, with credit for three days that he already served in jail and the remaining 362 days suspended. Garner was placed on probation for two years, with another year of probation running concurrently for his probation violation.
“I’m not a child abuser,” Garner said when Bollar asked if he wanted to speak. “No, there’s nothing I’d like to say.”
Garner was also ordered to pay fines and court costs.
Bollar said he understands that the cause of the injuries Garner’s daughter suffered is still under investigation.
According to court records, the 2-month-old girl was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung. Further investigation revealed that the infant also had multiple older fractures including a fractured vertebra.
The baby’s mother allegedly told detectives they believed their 14-month-old son may have caused the infant’s injuries. The mother said the boy often jumped from couch to couch and sometimes landed in the infant’s bassinette, which sat on one of the couches. Garner also allegedly told investigators that the couple’s dog may have caused the child’s injuries.
The child has been placed in foster care, while Garner is currently enrolled in parenting and anger management classes.
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/burley-father-pleads-guilty-to-child-injury-charge/article_fda5b163-9a71-5c76-9014-a975699891f7.html
Burley Father Pleads Guilty to Child Injury Charge
BY LAURIE WELCH Magicvalley.com
Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 1:15 am
BURLEY • A Burley man pleaded guilty to an amended misdemeanor charge of injury to a child Tuesday after his infant daughter was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung in November.
Skyler Wade Garner, 27, also pleaded guilty to violating his probation for misdemeanor driving under the influence in 2011.
Cassia County 5th District Magistrate Judge Rick Bollar sentenced Garner to 365 days in jail on the child injury charge, with credit for three days that he already served in jail and the remaining 362 days suspended. Garner was placed on probation for two years, with another year of probation running concurrently for his probation violation.
“I’m not a child abuser,” Garner said when Bollar asked if he wanted to speak. “No, there’s nothing I’d like to say.”
Garner was also ordered to pay fines and court costs.
Bollar said he understands that the cause of the injuries Garner’s daughter suffered is still under investigation.
According to court records, the 2-month-old girl was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung. Further investigation revealed that the infant also had multiple older fractures including a fractured vertebra.
The baby’s mother allegedly told detectives they believed their 14-month-old son may have caused the infant’s injuries. The mother said the boy often jumped from couch to couch and sometimes landed in the infant’s bassinette, which sat on one of the couches. Garner also allegedly told investigators that the couple’s dog may have caused the child’s injuries.
The child has been placed in foster care, while Garner is currently enrolled in parenting and anger management classes.
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