UNNAMED DAD
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10848992
Father in custody after tot slapped
By Mike Dinsdale of The Northern Advocate
11:29 AM Wednesday Nov 21, 2012
A Whangarei father has been arrested after police say he slapped his 2-year-old daughter several times because she wouldn't shut up and kept demanding her bottle.
Sergeant John Fagin, of Whangarei police, said the man was arrested on Monday and charged with two counts of assaulting the child on Sunday.
Mr Fagin said the 37-year-old man and his partner were at a Kamo address about 1pm on Sunday when they got into a dispute.
He said the incident stopped when the woman said she would call police, but the couple's 2-year-old daughter then asked for her bottle.
Mr Fagin said the man then turned his anger on the girl and started swearing at her and telling her to stop the demands.
"The girl said no and he slapped her across the face with an open hand. The child fell to the floor and when she got up she again asked for her bottle," Mr Fagin said.
He said the man then slapped the girl at least twice more while telling her in no uncertain terms to shut up.
The man left the room and the woman took her daughter to stay at another place on Sunday night before police were called on Monday.
The man was arrested and Child Youth and Family have been informed of the incident.
A Whangarei man was remanded in custody when he appeared in Whangarei District Court on the charges yesterday and will reappear today.
- NORTHERN ADVOCATE
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dad arrested on manslaughter complaint in death of 18-month-old daughter (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/fa3e3e731ba64c4c8612108f6e2ac5e3/OK--Tahlequah-Toddler-Death
Father arrested on manslaughter complaint after toddler daughter dies in Tahlequah
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 20, 2012 - 2:59 pm EST
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Police in Tahlequah arrested a 19-year-old man on a manslaughter complaint after his toddler daughter was found unresponsive in a car Monday night.
Police say emergency crews were sent to Norris Park around 9 p.m. Monday. Authorities say paramedics attempted to revive the 18-month-old girl but she later died at a hospital.
The Tahlequah Daily Press reports (http://is.gd/0zMUJC ) that police say the toddler had a very high core body temperature. Authorities say the car was running and the heater was on but the father had been outside of the vehicle.
The National Weather Service says it was about 50 degrees at 9 p.m. in Tahlequah on Monday.
The father, who hasn't been formally charged, was arrested on complaints of child neglect or endangerment and second-degree manslaughter.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/fa3e3e731ba64c4c8612108f6e2ac5e3/OK--Tahlequah-Toddler-Death
Father arrested on manslaughter complaint after toddler daughter dies in Tahlequah
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 20, 2012 - 2:59 pm EST
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Police in Tahlequah arrested a 19-year-old man on a manslaughter complaint after his toddler daughter was found unresponsive in a car Monday night.
Police say emergency crews were sent to Norris Park around 9 p.m. Monday. Authorities say paramedics attempted to revive the 18-month-old girl but she later died at a hospital.
The Tahlequah Daily Press reports (http://is.gd/0zMUJC ) that police say the toddler had a very high core body temperature. Authorities say the car was running and the heater was on but the father had been outside of the vehicle.
The National Weather Service says it was about 50 degrees at 9 p.m. in Tahlequah on Monday.
The father, who hasn't been formally charged, was arrested on complaints of child neglect or endangerment and second-degree manslaughter.
Dad charged in death of 2-month-old son (Coshocton, Ohio)
Dad COREY LAFFERTY was reportedly "caring" for the child at the time of his death.
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20121120/NEWS01/311200016/Father-charged-son-s-death?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7C%7Cp
Father charged with son's death
3:36 PM, Nov 20, 2012
COSHOCTON — The father of a 2-month-old child has been charged in connection with the infant’s death.
Corey Lafferty, 23, was indicted by the recent Coshocton Common Pleas Court Grand Jury on an unclassified felony count of murder.
The grand jury also handed up a second count of endangering children, a second-degree felony.
Lafferty was arrested Sept. 28, the day of his son’s death. Two days earlier, while he was caring for the child, Lafferty took the boy to a neighbor’s home when the child was unresponsive and she called 911. The child was transferred from Coshocton County Memorial Hospital to Akron Children’s Hospital, where he died.
Lafferty is being held at the Coshocton Justice Center on $750,000 bond.
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20121120/NEWS01/311200016/Father-charged-son-s-death?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7C%7Cp
Father charged with son's death
3:36 PM, Nov 20, 2012
COSHOCTON — The father of a 2-month-old child has been charged in connection with the infant’s death.
Corey Lafferty, 23, was indicted by the recent Coshocton Common Pleas Court Grand Jury on an unclassified felony count of murder.
The grand jury also handed up a second count of endangering children, a second-degree felony.
Lafferty was arrested Sept. 28, the day of his son’s death. Two days earlier, while he was caring for the child, Lafferty took the boy to a neighbor’s home when the child was unresponsive and she called 911. The child was transferred from Coshocton County Memorial Hospital to Akron Children’s Hospital, where he died.
Lafferty is being held at the Coshocton Justice Center on $750,000 bond.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Who is murdering the kids? (Arizona)
Excerpt from Arizona's recently released 2011 Child Fatality review:
http://www.havasunews.com/news/arizona-s-child-fatality-review-report-lists-deaths/article_de90399a-3210-11e2-9c6d-0019bb2963f4.html
There were 42 children who were victims of homicide in 2011, compared to 36 in 2010. Blunt force trauma (52 percent) was the leading cause of death, followed by firearm injuries (29 percent). The perpetrator was the child’s biological father in 36 percent of the 2011 incidents. Seventeen percent of cases were the perpetrators relationship to the child was undetermined. In descending order of percentage, other cases include the mother’s partners, a friend of the child’s, strangers, other relative, gang members, child’s boyfriend or girlfriend, biological mother, and step-parent.
http://www.havasunews.com/news/arizona-s-child-fatality-review-report-lists-deaths/article_de90399a-3210-11e2-9c6d-0019bb2963f4.html
There were 42 children who were victims of homicide in 2011, compared to 36 in 2010. Blunt force trauma (52 percent) was the leading cause of death, followed by firearm injuries (29 percent). The perpetrator was the child’s biological father in 36 percent of the 2011 incidents. Seventeen percent of cases were the perpetrators relationship to the child was undetermined. In descending order of percentage, other cases include the mother’s partners, a friend of the child’s, strangers, other relative, gang members, child’s boyfriend or girlfriend, biological mother, and step-parent.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Dad kills infant daughter while high on drugs (Kuantan, Borneo)
UNNAMED DAD slit the throat of his 11-month-old daughter while high on meth and speed.
http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/18/baby-killed-by-father-high-on-drugs/
Baby killed by father high on drugs
Posted on November 18, 2012, Sunday
KUANTAN: As a result of being ‘high’ on drugs, a man killed his own daughter here on Friday.
In the 9.30pm incident, the 11 months old child died after her throat was sliced with a six-inch knife by the father, aged 29.
Kuantan police chief ACP Mohd Jasmani Yusoff said the father went into to bedroom of their house in Felda Panching Selatan near here where the girl and her two-year-old brother were resting after his wife, aged 26, had left the room, before resorting to the cruel action.
“The man then told his wife and his mother, aged 48, that he took the action because “someone wanted to take him away”,” he told Bernama here on Friday.
The man’s mother, finding the girl bleeding profusely, rushed here to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) here but she was confirmed dead on arrival, he said.
“The suspect was later detained in a car at a traffic light junction near the Batu 10 military camp here. He was with his father and younger brother who were on their way to the police station to get him to surrender,” he said, adding that the suspect tested positive for metamphetamine and amphetamine.
Police recovered a six-inch bloodied knife at the house.
The case has been classified as murder. — Bernama
http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/18/baby-killed-by-father-high-on-drugs/
Baby killed by father high on drugs
Posted on November 18, 2012, Sunday
KUANTAN: As a result of being ‘high’ on drugs, a man killed his own daughter here on Friday.
In the 9.30pm incident, the 11 months old child died after her throat was sliced with a six-inch knife by the father, aged 29.
Kuantan police chief ACP Mohd Jasmani Yusoff said the father went into to bedroom of their house in Felda Panching Selatan near here where the girl and her two-year-old brother were resting after his wife, aged 26, had left the room, before resorting to the cruel action.
“The man then told his wife and his mother, aged 48, that he took the action because “someone wanted to take him away”,” he told Bernama here on Friday.
The man’s mother, finding the girl bleeding profusely, rushed here to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) here but she was confirmed dead on arrival, he said.
“The suspect was later detained in a car at a traffic light junction near the Batu 10 military camp here. He was with his father and younger brother who were on their way to the police station to get him to surrender,” he said, adding that the suspect tested positive for metamphetamine and amphetamine.
Police recovered a six-inch bloodied knife at the house.
The case has been classified as murder. — Bernama
Dad pleads guilty to regularly beating son with wooden boards, but may get charges dismissed anyway (Freeborn County, Minnesota)
More abuser daddy coddling at its finest. If this guy goes through the (useless) domestic violence classes and keeps his son from reporting any more abuse, he gets a gets a get-out-of-jail-free card. Note that this guy just didn't do a little "spanking." He BATTERED this boy WEEKLY with 1" X 2" pieces of lumber.
Dad is identified as MONTE JOE SANTEE.
http://www.albertleatribune.com/2012/11/17/judge-may-dismiss-child-beating-charge/
Schwab puts sentencing on hold, will wait 1 year to sentence in case
A Freeborn County District Court judge has put the sentencing on hold for an Albert Lea man charged with beating his son with boards.
Monte Joe Santee, 47, on Friday pleaded guilty to one count of malicious punishment of a child as part of a plea agreement between his lawyer and the Freeborn County Attorney’s Office. However, instead of issuing a sentence, Freeborn County Judge Steve Schwab ordered the case be held for a year with the notion that Santee’s charge can be dismissed at that time if he does not have any further violations.
The charge was a gross misdemeanor.
Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson said Santee went through a domestic violence intervention-type program on his own, and the relationship between the father and son has improved.
According to court files, Santee admitted to a Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office investigator that he hit the child on the buttocks on an almost weekly basis. Court files referred to 1-by-2-inch pieces of wood anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet long.
The case started when the man’s son approached local law enforcement about his father’s discipline in January. A Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office investigator states in court files he saw bruising on the boy’s buttocks and legs, which the child attributed to his dad.
Court files say the son told the investigator that, in the most recent punishment, the father ordered the son to the basement for neglecting to fold a pair of his mother’s pants while folding a basket of clothes. The basement is where the punishments were administered, against the wishes of the mother, the court files stated.
Dad is identified as MONTE JOE SANTEE.
http://www.albertleatribune.com/2012/11/17/judge-may-dismiss-child-beating-charge/
Schwab puts sentencing on hold, will wait 1 year to sentence in case
A Freeborn County District Court judge has put the sentencing on hold for an Albert Lea man charged with beating his son with boards.
Monte Joe Santee, 47, on Friday pleaded guilty to one count of malicious punishment of a child as part of a plea agreement between his lawyer and the Freeborn County Attorney’s Office. However, instead of issuing a sentence, Freeborn County Judge Steve Schwab ordered the case be held for a year with the notion that Santee’s charge can be dismissed at that time if he does not have any further violations.
The charge was a gross misdemeanor.
Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson said Santee went through a domestic violence intervention-type program on his own, and the relationship between the father and son has improved.
According to court files, Santee admitted to a Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office investigator that he hit the child on the buttocks on an almost weekly basis. Court files referred to 1-by-2-inch pieces of wood anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet long.
The case started when the man’s son approached local law enforcement about his father’s discipline in January. A Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office investigator states in court files he saw bruising on the boy’s buttocks and legs, which the child attributed to his dad.
Court files say the son told the investigator that, in the most recent punishment, the father ordered the son to the basement for neglecting to fold a pair of his mother’s pants while folding a basket of clothes. The basement is where the punishments were administered, against the wishes of the mother, the court files stated.
Custodial dad, step convicted in abuse of 12-year-old girl (Butler County, Ohio)
You couldn't treat a prisoner of war this way under the Geneva Convention, but if a custodial dad and his step lackey do it, well, hey! Guess it's okay! Just a misdemeanor!
STILL, not ONE WORD on how this piece-of-sh** of a deadbeat father got custody of this child or what happened to her mother. It certainly appears that the mother had no contact whatsoever. Why the consistent media black out?
Dad is identified as SHAWN BLACKSTON.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/article/2822816
Couple convicted in case of Ohio girl in basement
An Ohio judge on Friday convicted a father and stepmother of child endangering involving a gaunt 12-year-old girl who claimed she was kept locked in the basement as discipline.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAMILTON NOV 18, 2012
Butler County Judge Matthew Crehan said he wasn't convinced she had been confined to the basement for long periods, but pointed to other forms of mistreatment including the parents at least once forcing her to eat peanut butter until she vomited. Ruling after a three-day nonjury trial in juvenile court, he said the girl wasn't fed properly and was treated differently from other children in the home.
"There is no doubt that this was a dysfunctional household," Crehan said in his order.
Forty-year-old Shawn Blackston and Joanna Blackston, 37, of Middletown each face up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor count. Crehan said evidence showed that the girl was pale, thin and had sunken eyes when found in July by investigators acting on an anonymous complaint. She weighed 74 pounds then and has gained 32 pounds since while in foster care.
He said evidence showed that the girl had chosen to have her bedroom in the basement and he ruled that the corporal punishment the couple used wasn't illegally unreasonable. But he noted punishments such as restrictions on showering, amounts of toilet paper and on use of a toothbrush. She was excluded from eating with other family members and from family movie nights. He also said the couple subjected her to "vulgar and demoralizing language."
The couple had contended the girl often misbehaved, threatened the other children, and needed discipline. They said the basement door was locked to keep toddlers in the home from falling down the stairs.
They declined to comment after the ruling.
On Thursday, defense attorney Ched Peck said the state hadn't proved its case, but commented: "There is no doubt counseling was needed in this family. There were probably too many kids in this house."
The couple had a total eight children between them, six from prior marriages, court records show. Separate proceedings will determine what will happen with children who were removed to foster case, including the 12-year-old girl.
The woman is a nurse in a nursing home, while the man is unemployed, according to court records.
Sentencing on the child endangering convictions will be Dec. 18.
STILL, not ONE WORD on how this piece-of-sh** of a deadbeat father got custody of this child or what happened to her mother. It certainly appears that the mother had no contact whatsoever. Why the consistent media black out?
Dad is identified as SHAWN BLACKSTON.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/article/2822816
Couple convicted in case of Ohio girl in basement
An Ohio judge on Friday convicted a father and stepmother of child endangering involving a gaunt 12-year-old girl who claimed she was kept locked in the basement as discipline.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAMILTON NOV 18, 2012
Butler County Judge Matthew Crehan said he wasn't convinced she had been confined to the basement for long periods, but pointed to other forms of mistreatment including the parents at least once forcing her to eat peanut butter until she vomited. Ruling after a three-day nonjury trial in juvenile court, he said the girl wasn't fed properly and was treated differently from other children in the home.
"There is no doubt that this was a dysfunctional household," Crehan said in his order.
Forty-year-old Shawn Blackston and Joanna Blackston, 37, of Middletown each face up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor count. Crehan said evidence showed that the girl was pale, thin and had sunken eyes when found in July by investigators acting on an anonymous complaint. She weighed 74 pounds then and has gained 32 pounds since while in foster care.
He said evidence showed that the girl had chosen to have her bedroom in the basement and he ruled that the corporal punishment the couple used wasn't illegally unreasonable. But he noted punishments such as restrictions on showering, amounts of toilet paper and on use of a toothbrush. She was excluded from eating with other family members and from family movie nights. He also said the couple subjected her to "vulgar and demoralizing language."
The couple had contended the girl often misbehaved, threatened the other children, and needed discipline. They said the basement door was locked to keep toddlers in the home from falling down the stairs.
They declined to comment after the ruling.
On Thursday, defense attorney Ched Peck said the state hadn't proved its case, but commented: "There is no doubt counseling was needed in this family. There were probably too many kids in this house."
The couple had a total eight children between them, six from prior marriages, court records show. Separate proceedings will determine what will happen with children who were removed to foster case, including the 12-year-old girl.
The woman is a nurse in a nursing home, while the man is unemployed, according to court records.
Sentencing on the child endangering convictions will be Dec. 18.
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