Dad is identified as TAHJ ONEAL LOCKETT. Wonder if there was a mother in this home....
http://wkzo.com/news/articles/2012/nov/21/child-abuse-charges-issued-in-death-of-kalamazoo-infant/
Child abuse charges issued in death of Kalamazoo infant
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:30 a.m. EST
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- An investigation into the death of a Kalamazoo infant has resulted in charges against the child's father.
Four-month-old Tahj Oneal Lockett was found unresponsive in the 500-block of North Arlington Monday. After an investigation, the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's Office authorized a charge of first degree child abuse against the child's 22-year-old father, also named Tahj Oneal Lockett.
The Medical Examiners Office has yet to render an opinion on the exact cause of the infant's death. Kalamazoo Township Police ask that anyone with information on the case contact them either directly or Silent Observer.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Dad tries to give away 3-year-old son at bus station; mom's whereabouts "unknown" (Chicago, Illinois)
It seems to me that this article asks the wrong questions. We shouldn't be focusing so much on WHETHER this boy should go back to his father. (The answer is an easy "no" so far as I'm concerned.) We should be asking HOW and WHY this boy ended up with this drugged out sorry @$$ of a father to begin with. And why are the boy's mother's whereabouts "unknown"? What happened to her? Is she dead? Alive? What?
It's no secret that abusive/neglectful dads like JOSEPH CORTER are often very talented at taking children away from their mothers in order to "punish" them for whatever. These fathers typically have no real interest in raising the children themselves, they just don't want Mom to have that right. Tactics can involve the state (family courts, CPS) or just direct threats/violence against the mother that no authorities will respond to. Did something like that happen here? Unfortunately, nobody here seems all that interested to find out.
http://www.inquisitr.com/407102/dad-tries-to-give-3-year-old-son-away-at-bus-station-charged-with-misdemeanor/
Dad Tries To Give 3-Year-Old Son Away At Bus Station, Charged With Misdemeanor
Posted: November 21, 2012
Chicago, IL — An intoxicated father tried to give his preschool son away to strangers at a bus station, police say. Joseph Corter was believed to be under the influence when he asked several patrons if they would be willing to take his son. After several people declined to take the boy, Corter tried to leave the 3 year old at the station and flee the scene. Security officers stopped him.
He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child endangerment.
The 31-year-old father was arrested at the Chicago Greyhound station on Saturday. The boy was handed over to DCFS custody, and he was reported to be physically unharmed. Corter has been charged with misdemeanor child endangerment, a fairly low-level charge. DCFS says it will launch an investigation into possible child neglect.
The whereabouts of the child’s mother are unknown.
Some feel as though the punishment, in this case, does not fit the crime. The Stir writer Julie Ryan Evans admits that there is no report as to what will happen to the child after the incident, if it is a first offense, the boy will likely be returned to his father. “I imagine,” she writes, “if it’s a first offense there may be some classes or counseling required, but the boy will likely be back with his father before we can blink. Back with a man who tried to give him away. And I can’t help but thinking how wrong that might be.”
Do you think that this little boy should be returned to his father? Do you think the father’s misdemeanor sentencing was too lenient?
It's no secret that abusive/neglectful dads like JOSEPH CORTER are often very talented at taking children away from their mothers in order to "punish" them for whatever. These fathers typically have no real interest in raising the children themselves, they just don't want Mom to have that right. Tactics can involve the state (family courts, CPS) or just direct threats/violence against the mother that no authorities will respond to. Did something like that happen here? Unfortunately, nobody here seems all that interested to find out.
http://www.inquisitr.com/407102/dad-tries-to-give-3-year-old-son-away-at-bus-station-charged-with-misdemeanor/
Dad Tries To Give 3-Year-Old Son Away At Bus Station, Charged With Misdemeanor
Posted: November 21, 2012
Chicago, IL — An intoxicated father tried to give his preschool son away to strangers at a bus station, police say. Joseph Corter was believed to be under the influence when he asked several patrons if they would be willing to take his son. After several people declined to take the boy, Corter tried to leave the 3 year old at the station and flee the scene. Security officers stopped him.
He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child endangerment.
The 31-year-old father was arrested at the Chicago Greyhound station on Saturday. The boy was handed over to DCFS custody, and he was reported to be physically unharmed. Corter has been charged with misdemeanor child endangerment, a fairly low-level charge. DCFS says it will launch an investigation into possible child neglect.
The whereabouts of the child’s mother are unknown.
Some feel as though the punishment, in this case, does not fit the crime. The Stir writer Julie Ryan Evans admits that there is no report as to what will happen to the child after the incident, if it is a first offense, the boy will likely be returned to his father. “I imagine,” she writes, “if it’s a first offense there may be some classes or counseling required, but the boy will likely be back with his father before we can blink. Back with a man who tried to give him away. And I can’t help but thinking how wrong that might be.”
Do you think that this little boy should be returned to his father? Do you think the father’s misdemeanor sentencing was too lenient?
Dad charged with murdering 3 daughters during visitation hopes to profit from sale of family home (River Falls, Wisconsin)
We've posted on this case before.
Once again, we have a father who murdered three young girls to punish their mother. The fathers rights goons will tell you that Daddy was grieving and sad and all the bullsh**. Because the poor baby was "deprived" of his children or some lies like that.
Check this out. Despite the fact that Daddy had threatened to kill the mother before (HUGE RED FLAG IN LETHALITY ASSESSMENTS), Mom bent over backwards to allow this piece of crap to visit her daughters. No "gatekeeping" whatsoever. She did everything the FRs insist that mothers do, which is ignore or minimize their own instincts, experiences, and judgments, and cater to Daddy first.
And this is how he repaid her. Slaughtered his own daughters in cold blood, and he was just psycho enough to taunt the mother over the phone about it.
Once again, we see that the problem is not that abuser daddies are being denied access. The problem is that they are being GRANTED ACCESS which they use to further torment, abuse, rape, or even murder their victims.
Now this creep wants to profit from his crimes by selling the house WHERE HE SLAUGHTERED HIS OWN KIDS so he can use the profits to finance his court costs.
UTTERLY REVOLTING.
Thank goodness there are still some ethical companies in this world as once the realty company knew what was going on, the voluntarily withdrew the listing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236175/Mother-Jessica-Schaffhausen-pleads-house-daughters-killed-sold.html
Mother pleads for house her daughters were killed in to not be sold as it would only enrich her ex who 'stabbed them to death'
Girls were found each tucked up in her own bed, dried blood on her face
Their estranged father has been charged with their murder
If the house was sold, accused father would make thousands
Realtor agreed to drop the listing
By PHIL VINTER and MEGHAN KENEALLY
PUBLISHED: 02:00 EST, 21 November 2012 | UPDATED: 06:09 EST, 21 November 2012
A grieving mother is fighting to stop her ex from profiting from the sale of their house as he will put any cash he earns towards his defense funds after allegedly killing their three daughters.
Jessica Schaffhausen allowed her ex-husband Aaron to meet with their three daughters when he surprised them with a visit to their Wisconsin home in July.
She did not return to the home until after he had gone, only to find out that he had stabbed all three of the young girls before tucking their blood-stained bodies into their beds.
Now Aaron, who had legal rights to the Wisconsin home even though he lived in North Dakota, stands to profit from the sale of the house.
Jessica has been successful in stopping Aaron’s ploy, as the realtor has officially taken the house off the market.
The grieving mother publicly reached out to the realtor in an effort to thwart those plans because if the four-bedroom house sells for anywhere near the asking price of $229,900, Aaron will receive some of that cash which could have legal repercussions in the triple-murder case against him.
‘What you may not have thought through in accepting this job is that if you do succeed in selling it that you will allow their murderer to not only benefit financially but will also disqualify him for the public defender he is using which would mean that the entire criminal trial process would be set back drastically,’ Jessica wrote in an email to an Edina real estate agent.
‘I understand that a sale is a sale for you but I needed to let you know exactly what you are contributing to and if you can still sleep at night with that knowledge then by all means move forward as your conscience dictates,’ she wrote, and then posted on a Facebook page dedicated to her fight for justice for her three young girls.
The Star Tribune quotes a spokeswoman for Edina Realty said that after hearing from Jessica Schaffhausen, the company cancelled the listing on Friday and will no longer be handling any transactions to do with the River Falls property.
Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, will appear in court on Wednesday for the latest hearing in his case dealing with pre-trial motions.
He faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide after allegedly killing his daughters Amara, 11, Sophie, 8, and Cecilia, 5, in July.
He also faces one count of attempted arson as police found a container of spilled gasoline in the basement of the house when they arrived on the scene moments after he fled.
Court records show the mother, Jessica Schaffhausen and Aaron divorced this January.
He lived in Minot, North Dakota while the girls lived with their mother in River Falls, in a house rented from Aaron Schaffhausen, according to a criminal complaint.
Investigators wrote in the complaint that Jessica Schaffhausen thought her ex-husband was working a construction job in Minot when he texted her just before noon Tuesday and asked for an unplanned visit with the girls. He had recently been fired.
The mother agreed, despite him previously making threats on her life, but told him to be gone by mid-afternoon because she didn't want to see him.
The girls' baby sitter told detectives the girls were so excited to see him when he arrived they rushed to him and took him upstairs to show him their things. The baby sitter hugged the girls goodbye and left, the complaint said.
About two hours later, Aaron Schaffhausen called his ex-wife saying: 'You can [come] home now because I killed the kids.'
All three of her young daughters were found tucked in her own bed, dried blood on their faces.
Autopsy results showed that the girls died from 'sharp force injury' to the neck. The youngest child, Cecilia, had also been strangled, according to a criminal complaint.
Mrs Schaffhausen immediately called police, who discovered the grisly scene. The girls' faces were caked in blood, which also covered the carpet in their bedroom.
Officers detected an odor they thought at first was natural gas. They discovered a gasoline container had been tipped over in the basement, spilling its contents.
An hour after he contacted his ex-wife, Aaron Schaffhausen drove into the River Falls Police Station parking lot and surrendered. Officers noted his shorts were stained with what appeared to be blood. Detectives tried to interview him but he said nothing, according to the complaint.
Officials within the community were shocked by the news of the girls deaths.
The father's bail was set at $2 million and ordered him to have no contact with the girls' mother or her immediate family. Each count Schaffhausen is charged with carries a mandatory life sentence.
Once again, we have a father who murdered three young girls to punish their mother. The fathers rights goons will tell you that Daddy was grieving and sad and all the bullsh**. Because the poor baby was "deprived" of his children or some lies like that.
Check this out. Despite the fact that Daddy had threatened to kill the mother before (HUGE RED FLAG IN LETHALITY ASSESSMENTS), Mom bent over backwards to allow this piece of crap to visit her daughters. No "gatekeeping" whatsoever. She did everything the FRs insist that mothers do, which is ignore or minimize their own instincts, experiences, and judgments, and cater to Daddy first.
And this is how he repaid her. Slaughtered his own daughters in cold blood, and he was just psycho enough to taunt the mother over the phone about it.
Once again, we see that the problem is not that abuser daddies are being denied access. The problem is that they are being GRANTED ACCESS which they use to further torment, abuse, rape, or even murder their victims.
Now this creep wants to profit from his crimes by selling the house WHERE HE SLAUGHTERED HIS OWN KIDS so he can use the profits to finance his court costs.
UTTERLY REVOLTING.
Thank goodness there are still some ethical companies in this world as once the realty company knew what was going on, the voluntarily withdrew the listing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236175/Mother-Jessica-Schaffhausen-pleads-house-daughters-killed-sold.html
Mother pleads for house her daughters were killed in to not be sold as it would only enrich her ex who 'stabbed them to death'
Girls were found each tucked up in her own bed, dried blood on her face
Their estranged father has been charged with their murder
If the house was sold, accused father would make thousands
Realtor agreed to drop the listing
By PHIL VINTER and MEGHAN KENEALLY
PUBLISHED: 02:00 EST, 21 November 2012 | UPDATED: 06:09 EST, 21 November 2012
A grieving mother is fighting to stop her ex from profiting from the sale of their house as he will put any cash he earns towards his defense funds after allegedly killing their three daughters.
Jessica Schaffhausen allowed her ex-husband Aaron to meet with their three daughters when he surprised them with a visit to their Wisconsin home in July.
She did not return to the home until after he had gone, only to find out that he had stabbed all three of the young girls before tucking their blood-stained bodies into their beds.
Now Aaron, who had legal rights to the Wisconsin home even though he lived in North Dakota, stands to profit from the sale of the house.
Jessica has been successful in stopping Aaron’s ploy, as the realtor has officially taken the house off the market.
The grieving mother publicly reached out to the realtor in an effort to thwart those plans because if the four-bedroom house sells for anywhere near the asking price of $229,900, Aaron will receive some of that cash which could have legal repercussions in the triple-murder case against him.
‘What you may not have thought through in accepting this job is that if you do succeed in selling it that you will allow their murderer to not only benefit financially but will also disqualify him for the public defender he is using which would mean that the entire criminal trial process would be set back drastically,’ Jessica wrote in an email to an Edina real estate agent.
‘I understand that a sale is a sale for you but I needed to let you know exactly what you are contributing to and if you can still sleep at night with that knowledge then by all means move forward as your conscience dictates,’ she wrote, and then posted on a Facebook page dedicated to her fight for justice for her three young girls.
The Star Tribune quotes a spokeswoman for Edina Realty said that after hearing from Jessica Schaffhausen, the company cancelled the listing on Friday and will no longer be handling any transactions to do with the River Falls property.
Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, will appear in court on Wednesday for the latest hearing in his case dealing with pre-trial motions.
He faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide after allegedly killing his daughters Amara, 11, Sophie, 8, and Cecilia, 5, in July.
He also faces one count of attempted arson as police found a container of spilled gasoline in the basement of the house when they arrived on the scene moments after he fled.
Court records show the mother, Jessica Schaffhausen and Aaron divorced this January.
He lived in Minot, North Dakota while the girls lived with their mother in River Falls, in a house rented from Aaron Schaffhausen, according to a criminal complaint.
Investigators wrote in the complaint that Jessica Schaffhausen thought her ex-husband was working a construction job in Minot when he texted her just before noon Tuesday and asked for an unplanned visit with the girls. He had recently been fired.
The mother agreed, despite him previously making threats on her life, but told him to be gone by mid-afternoon because she didn't want to see him.
The girls' baby sitter told detectives the girls were so excited to see him when he arrived they rushed to him and took him upstairs to show him their things. The baby sitter hugged the girls goodbye and left, the complaint said.
About two hours later, Aaron Schaffhausen called his ex-wife saying: 'You can [come] home now because I killed the kids.'
All three of her young daughters were found tucked in her own bed, dried blood on their faces.
Autopsy results showed that the girls died from 'sharp force injury' to the neck. The youngest child, Cecilia, had also been strangled, according to a criminal complaint.
Mrs Schaffhausen immediately called police, who discovered the grisly scene. The girls' faces were caked in blood, which also covered the carpet in their bedroom.
Officers detected an odor they thought at first was natural gas. They discovered a gasoline container had been tipped over in the basement, spilling its contents.
An hour after he contacted his ex-wife, Aaron Schaffhausen drove into the River Falls Police Station parking lot and surrendered. Officers noted his shorts were stained with what appeared to be blood. Detectives tried to interview him but he said nothing, according to the complaint.
Officials within the community were shocked by the news of the girls deaths.
The father's bail was set at $2 million and ordered him to have no contact with the girls' mother or her immediate family. Each count Schaffhausen is charged with carries a mandatory life sentence.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dad sentenced for fracturing leg of 4-month-old son (Toledo, Ohio)
Notice that dad JESUS RIVERA wants to take do (useless) classes and counseling so he can "get custody of the child again." HUH?
What happened to the mother of this child? What does she think of Daddy's plans? Not one word here. It's as if she never existed...
Did Dad have full custody before???? Not clarified here.
http://www.wfmj.com/story/20144730/ohio-dad-sentenced-for-picking-up-baby-by-the-leg
Ohio dad sentenced for picking up baby by the leg
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 5:49 AM CST
Updated: Nov 20, 2012 5:49 AM CST
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A judge has sentenced a father in northwestern Ohio to 2 ½ years in prison for picking up his 4-month-old son by the leg, causing a fracture.
The Blade (http://bit.ly/QUTzgl ) reports that 18-year-old Jesus Rivera was sentenced Monday in Toledo. He had previously entered a plea to attempted child endangering.
Prosecutors said the child suffered a spiral fracture to his right leg when his father picked him up by the limb on June 10. Judge Ruth Ann Franks told Rivera he "ignored all responsibilities that he had" when he committed the abuse.
Rivera said in court that he was sorry for the pain he caused his son. He said he wanted to attend counseling and parental classes so that he could get custody of the child again.
What happened to the mother of this child? What does she think of Daddy's plans? Not one word here. It's as if she never existed...
Did Dad have full custody before???? Not clarified here.
http://www.wfmj.com/story/20144730/ohio-dad-sentenced-for-picking-up-baby-by-the-leg
Ohio dad sentenced for picking up baby by the leg
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 5:49 AM CST
Updated: Nov 20, 2012 5:49 AM CST
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A judge has sentenced a father in northwestern Ohio to 2 ½ years in prison for picking up his 4-month-old son by the leg, causing a fracture.
The Blade (http://bit.ly/QUTzgl ) reports that 18-year-old Jesus Rivera was sentenced Monday in Toledo. He had previously entered a plea to attempted child endangering.
Prosecutors said the child suffered a spiral fracture to his right leg when his father picked him up by the limb on June 10. Judge Ruth Ann Franks told Rivera he "ignored all responsibilities that he had" when he committed the abuse.
Rivera said in court that he was sorry for the pain he caused his son. He said he wanted to attend counseling and parental classes so that he could get custody of the child again.
Dad charged with severely burning infant daughter (Oxford, Pennsylvania)
Yet another father who got "frustrated." Now the baby has critical burn injuries.
Dad is identified as JORGE LOUIS COLON.
http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20121120/NEWS02/121129970/charges-held-for-oxford-father-accused-of-burning-infant
Charges held for Oxford father accused of burning infant
By Michael N. Price Posted: 11/20/12 10:06 am Updated: 11/20/12 10:07 am
OXFORD — A 20-year-old father accused of severely burning his infant daughter in October will face felony assault charges in county court, a magisterial district judge ruled Monday.
Jorge Louis Colon, of Oxford, is charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and related offenses for allegedly scalding his infant daughter, Kiara, while bathing her on Oct. 13 at the family’s home.
Magisterial District Judge Scott A. Massey ruled the prosecution, led by Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Pitts, presented enough evidence to hold all charges for the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.
Officials said Colon was bathing his daughter, who was suffering from a colic condition, in a kitchen sink when he became frustrated as she began to cry. In his frustration, police said, he turned the water to a scalding temperature and allowed it to contact his daughter’s body.
Chester County Detective Matthew Gordon, who arrested Colon, testified that he interviewed Kiara’s parents after officials at Jennersville Hospital issued a child abuse form to authorities. Gordon then met with the parents at the Crozer-Chester Medical Center’s burn unit, where the infant was receiving treatment for critical burn injuries.
Colon and his wife, Maria Ortiz, agreed to meet Gordon and other investigators at the Oxford Police Station for an interview the following morning.
Gordon said Colon told investigators that he turned the water from warm to hot after losing his temper. Then the baby screamed.
Dad is identified as JORGE LOUIS COLON.
http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20121120/NEWS02/121129970/charges-held-for-oxford-father-accused-of-burning-infant
Charges held for Oxford father accused of burning infant
By Michael N. Price Posted: 11/20/12 10:06 am Updated: 11/20/12 10:07 am
OXFORD — A 20-year-old father accused of severely burning his infant daughter in October will face felony assault charges in county court, a magisterial district judge ruled Monday.
Jorge Louis Colon, of Oxford, is charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and related offenses for allegedly scalding his infant daughter, Kiara, while bathing her on Oct. 13 at the family’s home.
Magisterial District Judge Scott A. Massey ruled the prosecution, led by Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Pitts, presented enough evidence to hold all charges for the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.
Officials said Colon was bathing his daughter, who was suffering from a colic condition, in a kitchen sink when he became frustrated as she began to cry. In his frustration, police said, he turned the water to a scalding temperature and allowed it to contact his daughter’s body.
Chester County Detective Matthew Gordon, who arrested Colon, testified that he interviewed Kiara’s parents after officials at Jennersville Hospital issued a child abuse form to authorities. Gordon then met with the parents at the Crozer-Chester Medical Center’s burn unit, where the infant was receiving treatment for critical burn injuries.
Colon and his wife, Maria Ortiz, agreed to meet Gordon and other investigators at the Oxford Police Station for an interview the following morning.
Gordon said Colon told investigators that he turned the water from warm to hot after losing his temper. Then the baby screamed.
Two dads, girlfriend, arrested for child abuse, neglect (Yavapai, County)
Got two stellar daddies here: SETH OVERSON and ROBERT STAFFORD.
Notice that the "caretaker" in the Stafford situation is identified as Daddy's girlfriend, but NOT as the mother of the child. Why do these filthy people have custody of a special-needs infant? No explanation given, of course. Nor are we told what judge or person(s) in authority gave Daddy custody.
http://www.kvoa.com/news/2-cases-of-child-abuse-and-neglect-lead-to-arrests-in-yavapai-county/
2 cases of child abuse & neglect lead to arrests in Yavapai County
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 10:34 AM
by Faye DeHoff
Updated: Nov 20, 2012 10:36 AM
DEWEY - Two recent cases of child abuse and neglect have led to arrests in Yavapai County.
On Monday, Nov. 19th, Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call for help in the 1600 block of Wait a Minute Way in Dewey. 34-year-old Seth Overson told deputies he had been arguing with his wife but couldn't understand why deputies were called.
When deputies went inside the home, they found Overson's five-year-old son in a bedroom bleeding from his nose and mouth.
Deputies also found bruising on his face and upper body. The boy told deputies at first the injuries were from a recent fall, but later admitted his dad was the cause. Deputies discovered Overson had choked the child and struck him with a plastic curtain rod.
Overson eventually admitted to deputies he had assaulted his son. Overson's wife and 11-month-old child were not injured. The injured boy was transported to Yavapai Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Overson was booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center on charges including Child Abuse, Assault on a Child and Assault Resulting in Serious Injury. He remains in custody on a $120,000 bond.
BAGDAD - Recently, in Bagdad, YCSO deputies have also been called several times to a home in the 300 block of Fletcher Drive over domestic violence and child/animal neglect issues. Children's Protective Services were also conducting an investigation into the welfare of two children in the home, ages nine months and two years.
The suspects are identified as the father, 26-year-old Robert Stafford, and his girlfriend, 21-year-old Zylvoria Walton. The 9-month-old baby requires nourishment via a feeding tube placed in its abdomen. Walton was an admitted caretaker for both children when Stafford was away. On prior contacts, deputies warned Stafford and Walton that conditions inside their home were becoming unfit for the children. Garbage, dirty laundry and dog feces were found throughout the home, including the children's rooms. A bag of food in a feeding bag, meant for the infant's special needs, was found spoiled in the kitchen. The infant was eventually seen by a doctor who found a serious infection, conceivably life-threatening, at the feeding tube site in the infant's abdomen.
Deputies noted that on several prior occasions, both Stafford and Walton were given ample opportunity to rectify living conditions in the home and had made no effort to do so. As the environment for the children continued to deteriorate, and in light of the infant's recent medical findings, deputies developed probable cause to arrest Stafford and Walton.
On November 12th, both were booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center on charges including two counts of felony Child Abuse. Each remains in-custody on a $150,000 bond. CPS has taken custody of both children. The dogs have been removed from the home and placed with a Prescott-area animal shelter.
Notice that the "caretaker" in the Stafford situation is identified as Daddy's girlfriend, but NOT as the mother of the child. Why do these filthy people have custody of a special-needs infant? No explanation given, of course. Nor are we told what judge or person(s) in authority gave Daddy custody.
http://www.kvoa.com/news/2-cases-of-child-abuse-and-neglect-lead-to-arrests-in-yavapai-county/
2 cases of child abuse & neglect lead to arrests in Yavapai County
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 10:34 AM
by Faye DeHoff
Updated: Nov 20, 2012 10:36 AM
DEWEY - Two recent cases of child abuse and neglect have led to arrests in Yavapai County.
On Monday, Nov. 19th, Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call for help in the 1600 block of Wait a Minute Way in Dewey. 34-year-old Seth Overson told deputies he had been arguing with his wife but couldn't understand why deputies were called.
When deputies went inside the home, they found Overson's five-year-old son in a bedroom bleeding from his nose and mouth.
Deputies also found bruising on his face and upper body. The boy told deputies at first the injuries were from a recent fall, but later admitted his dad was the cause. Deputies discovered Overson had choked the child and struck him with a plastic curtain rod.
Overson eventually admitted to deputies he had assaulted his son. Overson's wife and 11-month-old child were not injured. The injured boy was transported to Yavapai Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Overson was booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center on charges including Child Abuse, Assault on a Child and Assault Resulting in Serious Injury. He remains in custody on a $120,000 bond.
BAGDAD - Recently, in Bagdad, YCSO deputies have also been called several times to a home in the 300 block of Fletcher Drive over domestic violence and child/animal neglect issues. Children's Protective Services were also conducting an investigation into the welfare of two children in the home, ages nine months and two years.
The suspects are identified as the father, 26-year-old Robert Stafford, and his girlfriend, 21-year-old Zylvoria Walton. The 9-month-old baby requires nourishment via a feeding tube placed in its abdomen. Walton was an admitted caretaker for both children when Stafford was away. On prior contacts, deputies warned Stafford and Walton that conditions inside their home were becoming unfit for the children. Garbage, dirty laundry and dog feces were found throughout the home, including the children's rooms. A bag of food in a feeding bag, meant for the infant's special needs, was found spoiled in the kitchen. The infant was eventually seen by a doctor who found a serious infection, conceivably life-threatening, at the feeding tube site in the infant's abdomen.
Deputies noted that on several prior occasions, both Stafford and Walton were given ample opportunity to rectify living conditions in the home and had made no effort to do so. As the environment for the children continued to deteriorate, and in light of the infant's recent medical findings, deputies developed probable cause to arrest Stafford and Walton.
On November 12th, both were booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center on charges including two counts of felony Child Abuse. Each remains in-custody on a $150,000 bond. CPS has taken custody of both children. The dogs have been removed from the home and placed with a Prescott-area animal shelter.
Dad to be charged with murder of 2-month-old daughter; girl died of brain injuries during his visitation time (Vandergrift, Pennsylvania)
Dad MATTHEW MILISITS is to be charged with murder, after his infant daughter received fatal brain injuries during his visitation time.
This previous article clarifies that this was a custody/visitation situation.
http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/2994038-74/milisits-police-sophia-baby-vandergrift-autopsy-death-died-avenue-charges#axzz2Co9s7kgi
Shaken baby dies, Vandergrift man to face murder charge
By Jodi Weigand and Chuck Biedka
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 12:00 p.m. Updated 2 hours ago
A 2-month-old girl has died from injuries she suffered when police say a Vandergrift man shook her to get her to stop crying.
Sophia Ludwiczak died of lack of oxygen to the brain due to cranial injury, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office.
State police Trooper Joe Zandarski said the family took the baby off of life support at Children’s Hospital Monday evening.
State police say Matthew Milisits, 30, of Sherman Avenue, Vandergrift, admitted to shaking the baby Thursday morning because she wouldn’t stop crying, according to a criminal complaint filed to support charges.
Zandarski said he anticipates homicide charges to be filed against Milisits, who is jailed on charges of aggravated and simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of children.
Police identified Milisits as Sophia’s father, but Milisits later said he isn’t sure if he is the biological father.
Police say that on Thursday morning when Milisits returned the infant back to her mother, Samantha Ludwiczak, of Wysocki Avenue, North Apollo, the infant was unresponsive.
Milisits initially denied knowing how the baby girl was injured. But eventually admitted that after the child started crying, he shook her “violently” to get her to stop.
This previous article clarifies that this was a custody/visitation situation.
http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/2994038-74/milisits-police-sophia-baby-vandergrift-autopsy-death-died-avenue-charges#axzz2Co9s7kgi
Shaken baby dies, Vandergrift man to face murder charge
By Jodi Weigand and Chuck Biedka
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 12:00 p.m. Updated 2 hours ago
A 2-month-old girl has died from injuries she suffered when police say a Vandergrift man shook her to get her to stop crying.
Sophia Ludwiczak died of lack of oxygen to the brain due to cranial injury, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office.
State police Trooper Joe Zandarski said the family took the baby off of life support at Children’s Hospital Monday evening.
State police say Matthew Milisits, 30, of Sherman Avenue, Vandergrift, admitted to shaking the baby Thursday morning because she wouldn’t stop crying, according to a criminal complaint filed to support charges.
Zandarski said he anticipates homicide charges to be filed against Milisits, who is jailed on charges of aggravated and simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of children.
Police identified Milisits as Sophia’s father, but Milisits later said he isn’t sure if he is the biological father.
Police say that on Thursday morning when Milisits returned the infant back to her mother, Samantha Ludwiczak, of Wysocki Avenue, North Apollo, the infant was unresponsive.
Milisits initially denied knowing how the baby girl was injured. But eventually admitted that after the child started crying, he shook her “violently” to get her to stop.
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