Dare go da welfare check

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http://posttrib.suntimes.com/302330...e-without-parole-for-couple.html#.VC2-OhZWX8s

Parents charged in death of Gary toddler; prosecutor wants life without parole for couple
Updated: October 2, 2014 3:06PM

GARY--By his parents’ account, 22-month-old Brandon Dillon was beaten several times a day -- with belts, toys, even an iron.

Failing to potty train as quickly as his twin sister and “because he gets into things,” his mother, Selena Strong, admitted to police she liked her daughter more than Brandon, court records state.

Strong, 26, and the twins’ father, Bernard Dillon, 37, were both charged Thursday with murder, two counts of Level 1 neglect of a dependent and felony battery.

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter also filed an additional count seeking life in prison without parole for the couple.

Police arrested Strong and Dillon on Tuesday after seeing the toddler’s lifeless body on an air mattress with obvious signs of abuse and a foul-smelling V-shaped head wound. They are being held without bail. They both tested positive for cocaine and marijuana after their arrest, police said.

The autopsy completed on Wednesday revealed multiple internal injuries that Dr. Young Kim estimated had been inflicted “over a period of time that reasonably dated back at least 30 days,” the probable cause affidavit states.

Among the traumas were a broken neck and collar bone and bruised kidneys, liver and spleen, the affidavit states.

The boy’s parents both told Detective Cpl. Shauna Poirier-Peter they struck Brandon “because of his failure to successfully potty train,” the affidavit states.

Strong told the detective “she found Brandon to be more annoying than his twin sister” and said she used a nylon belt or her hand “four or five times a day over the past couple of months,” court records state.

The “U-shaped” marks were probably from a metal belt buckle, Strong told Poirier-Peter.

Dillon told police he had beaten Brandon with a belt and said his wife had used pieces of plastic race track from a Hot Wheels toy, the affidavit states. When shown photographs of the boy’s injuries, Dillon said some of them may have been caused when the boy was hit with a clothes iron. Dillon said he thought the child had been losing his hair because of the time he spent lying in urine, the affidavit states.

 

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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...of-Beating-Always-Had-Injuries-277998891.html

Witness: Toddler Who Died of Beating 'Always Had Injuries'
Friday, Oct 3, 2014 • Updated at 9:55 AM EDT

The former boyfriend of an eastern Pennsylvania woman charged in the beating death of her 15-month-old son last year has testified that the baby "always had injuries."

Thirty-five-year-old Essence James of Allentown is on trial in Lehigh County Court in the March 2013 death of Cordero James.

Michael James, who is no relation to Essence James, testified Thursday that he saw bite marks, a black eye and bruises on the child, and Essence James told him they happened at someone else's house.

The Express-Times reports that Michael James reported seeing the defendant "pop'' the boy several times but never saw her severely abuse the child.

Two earlier plea deals that called for a third-degree murder plea fell apart after Essence James denied responsibility for the child's death.

 

[The Bobster]

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Mother-Essence-James-Child-Death-279026741.html

Pennsylvania Mother, Acquitted of Murder, Still Gets 3½ to 7 Years in Child's Beating Death
Judges tells woman: "I hope that every night you hear him scream"
Monday, Oct 13, 2014 • Updated at 1:13 PM EDT

An eastern Pennsylvania woman acquitted of murder in the beating death of her toddler has been sentenced to 3½ to seven years on a conviction of endangering the welfare of a child.

The (Easton) Express-Times reports that a Lehigh County judge imposed the maximum sentence Monday on 35-year-old Essence James of Allentown.

A jury last week convicted James of the lesser charge but acquitted her of third-degree murder in the March 2013 death of Cordero James.

Judge Maria Dantos said several jurors had told her that they believed James had killed the child but that her guilt hadn't been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

She said she hoped the defendant would be haunted by the child's death, telling her "I hope that every night you hear him scream."

 

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http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story...-warrant-in-connection-with-1-year-olds-death

Police issue warrant in connection with 1-year-old's death
Posted: Oct 28, 2014 7:00 AM PST Updated: Oct 28, 2014 7:30 AM PST

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -

Memphis police are searching for a homicide suspect in connection with the death of a one-year-old.

On May 19, officers were called to LeBonheur Children's Hospital about a possible child neglect situation. When officers arrived, they found one-year-old Tremaine Black, who had injuries consistent with aggravated child abuse.

The baby was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle in critical condition, but later died. Tremaine's death was ruled a criminal homicide from severe child abuse.

Police say the baby was being watched by the mother's boyfriend, 36-year-old Markell Atkins, when the injuries happened.

 

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...h-murder-in-1yearold-daughters-death/29577640

Detroit woman charged with murder in 1-year-old daughter's death
Sierra Nichole Tankersley accused of abusing daughter
Published On: Nov 06 2014 09:58:28 AM EST

DETROIT -

A Detroit woman has been charged with murder in her 1-year-old daughter's death.

Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy said Sierra Nichole Tankersley called 911 from her home on Brace Street on Nov. 2 to report her daughter was unconscious. The baby was rushed to a hospital but died from blunt force trauma, Worthy said.

 

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http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/11/10/mother-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-3-year-old-son/

Mother Charged With Murder In Death Of 3-Year-Old Son
November 10, 2014 7:00 AM

CHICAGO (STMW) – A 22-year-old woman was charged Sunday in the death of her 3-year-old son Friday at their West Ridge home.

Tylesha G. Griffin faces one count of first-degree murder, a statement from Chicago Police said. A police source confirmed the boy was her son, Donnell Coakley.

His parents found him unresponsive in his bed about 8:40 p.m. Friday at their home in the 6500 block of North Seeley, authorities said at the time.

He was taken to Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead at 9:55 p.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy performed Saturday was inconclusive pending further studies.

Earlier in the day, Griffin and Donnell’s father left the boy in a relative’s care while they attended the father’s appointment with his parole officer, according to a police source.

When the parents returned home, the boy was found lying in bed in his own vomit, a police report said. The parents cleaned the toddler up and put him back to bed, but found him unresponsive some time later and called authorities.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found wounds on Donnell consistent with the boy’s wrists being bound, the police report said.

The boy also had wounds to his torso, which were in various stages of healing, the report said. When officers asked Griffin about the nature of the injuries, she allegedly said he was disciplined with a belt from time to time.

An investigation determined Griffin was responsible for Donnell’s fatal injuries, police said in the statement.

 

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http://fox6now.com/2014/11/19/kenos...child-that-occurred-prior-to-fire-at-triplex/

Kenosha police investigate homicide of infant, suspect described as a “monster”
Updated at 10:35pm, November 19, 2014

KENOSHA (WITI) —Kenosha police are investigating the homicide of 11-month-old Serenity Rose. It’s a crime Kenosha’s police chief says is the “most violent child death” he’s ever seen in his years of law enforcement. He said the child was brutally beaten — killed by her own father, 34-year-old Russell Rose.

Chief Morrissey said the citizen was able to lead the 27-year-old mother, who was bruised and had cuts to her face, to a home just a few doors down. That’s where an officer found her and 11-month-old Serenity. Morrissey said the child was “lifeless, badly bruised, bloody” and her face was partially disfigured. The mother and child were taken to Kenosha Hospital and Medical Center. The mother was treated for her injuries and Serenity was pronounced dead — having suffered multiple blunt force injuries.

Meanwhile, police received a 911 call from the suspect. He indicated he had a quarter stick of dynamite and he was by a water heater. He threatened to blow it all up if anyone would come near him. A short time later, officers observed the suspect setting fire to curtains in the apartment. Eventually, smoke and flames were showing from the building — and other tenants were being evacuated.

The suspect then exited the apartment and surrendered without incident.

 

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http://wishtv.com/2014/11/21/mom-boyfriend-charged-in-toddlers-murder/

Mom, boyfriend charged in toddler’s murder
Published: November 21, 2014, 12:44 pm

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A mother and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged after a 1-year-old child died and had signs of injuries.

Diamond Miller, 19, was charged with neglect resulting in death and neglect resulting in bodily injury. Her boyfriend, 26-year-old Frank Larkins III, was charged with murder, aggravated battery, battery resulting in death of a person less than 14 years old, neglect resulting in death and battery on a person less than 14 years old.

Court documents indicate the child’s biological father had confronted Larkins and Miller in the past about Larkins “putting his hands on my son.”

Elijah Polk was found dead in October at his home in the 2700 block of Barbary Lane. When emergency crews arrived, Elijah had been dead for some time, according to court documents. Doctors who evaluated him said he suffered a crushing blow to the abdomen, the type of which “would be clearly recognizable as dangerous.” If he’d been taken to the hospital at the time it happened, doctors said he could have survived.

Doctors also found evidence that Elijah had been injured before.

Investigators believe Larkins is the one who caused Elijah’s injuries, and that Miller didn’t get him the medical attention he needed.

 

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http://www.wistv.com/story/27487290/florence-father-faces-homicide-charges-after-1-year-old-dies

Florence father faces homicide charges after 1-year-old dies
Posted: Nov 26, 2014 6:21 AM PST

FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - A 26-year-old Florence man was booked at the Florence County Detention Center Tuesday on homicide by child abuse charges.

Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff's Office were called to a hospital on Sunday for a report of the death of a 1-year-old boy.

Following an investigation into the facts and circumstances of the death, FCSO Investigators charged Jerrod Lee Brown, the father of the child, with homicide by child abuse and unlawful neglect of a child or helpless person. According to Investigators, Brown is alleged to have inflicted physical injuries on the child resulting in death.

The boy was taken to the emergency room by his parents and later died of a ruptured bowel resulting in hemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma, according to Florence County Coroner Keith VonLutcken.

 

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http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/26425452/three-year-old-dies-after-alleged-abuse

UPDATE: Autopsy shows 3-year old was beaten and sexually assaulted
Posted: Sep 02, 2014 6:52 AM PDT Updated: Dec 04, 2014 9:16 AM PST

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -

UPDATE: The medical examiner’s autopsy report for the death of 3-year-old Tatiana Emerson reveals that the child had suffered sexual assault and had been beaten severely.

Tatiana died on August 27. Rhasean Lowry, 34, brought the girl to the hospital earlier, saying she fell down a flight of stairs at a hotel on Bonny Oaks Drive.

The bruises and scars on the child’s body indicate that she may have been injured over a length of time.

The cause of death was blunt force injuries of the head and trunk.

Nearly 50 bruises on Tatiana’s body were documented in the report by Hamilton County Medical Examiner James Metcalfe.

 

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http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Charges-filed-against-mother-in-infant-homicide-284972041.html

Charges filed against mother in infant homicide
Posted on December 6, 2014 at 11:54 AM

(KMOV.com) – The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed charges Saturday against 24-year-old Valisa Ebberson in the death of her 19-month-old son, Elijah Ebberson.

The Bel-Ridge Police Department responded to a call from a relative to Ebberson’s home on Friday morning, where they found the infant unresponsive. The child was transported to DePaul Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Ebberson allegedly stabbed her son Elijah multiple times. Detectives are still searching for a motive in the case.

 

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http://6abc.com/news/police-nj-man-fatally-punches-4-year-old-girl/424806/

Police: NJ man fatally punches 4-year-old girl

Saturday, December 06, 2014 06:16AM
PENNS GROVE, N.J. (WPVI) --
A Penns Grove, New Jersey man was charged in the beating death of a 4-year-old girl in his care.

43-year-old Michael Oliver faces manslaughter, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Police were called to the 200 block of South Broad Street in Salem County on Wednesday evening.

The victim, a 4-year-old girl, was found unresponsive.

Police say Oliver punched the child repeatedly in the stomach. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

 

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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/12/10/police-suspect-sought-in-assault-death-of-1-year-old-boy/

Police: Suspect Sought In Assault, Death Of 1-Year-Old Boy
December 10, 2014 1:05 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are looking for a 23-year-old man after a 1-year-old boy died of an apparent assault on Tuesday.

Brooklyn Park Police were called just before 8:30 p.m. to the 2100 block of 74th Ct. North on a report of a 1-year-old boy not breathing. When officers arrived, first responders and paramedics performed CPR on the boy at the scene. He was taken to North Memorial Medical Center, where he later died.

Witnesses at the scene told police the boy was the victim of an assault that caused him to stop breathing. The suspect, who is known to family members, fled the scene before emergency personnel arrived.

Police have identified the suspect as Reggie Delany Harper. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with blue or purple writing and red/black checkered pants.

 

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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/two-boys-die-in-dekalb-fire/njRnd/

DeKalb mother faces murder charges after fire deaths of children
12:23 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014

The mother of two children who died overnight in a DeKalb County house fire has been charged with two counts of felony murder, according to Channel 2 Action News.

Rockell Coleman, 28, also faces five counts of cruelty to children in the second degree. Her five children were in their Misty Valley Road home alone when the fire started, Channel 2 reported.

Three of them survived, though a 10-year-old boy is in critical condition and on life support. Authorities said the other two are in fair condition.


All five children were taken to the hospital, where two boys – age 3 and 4 – died. Officials said the children had been left unsupervised. Fire investigators are looking for the cause and are also investigating why the children were left alone, according to Channel 2.

 

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http://www.wkrg.com/story/27642057/breaking-father-arrested-for-death-of-hiawayi-robinson

BREAKING: Father Arrested for Death of Hiawayi Robinson
Posted: Dec 16, 2014 10:41 AM PST Updated: Dec 16, 2014 3:57 PM PST

Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich addressed the media this afternoon on the arrest of Hiawatha Robinson Jr. He is the father of 8-year-old Hiawayi Robinson, who was found dead on September 18. Hiawatha Robinson was booked into Mobile Metro Jail on 12:47 P.M. He is charged with felony murder and sodomy first degree.

"Sodomy is that he, being an adult, engaged in deviant sexual intercourse with a person less than 12-years-old. Deviant sexual intercourse is defined, in the law of the State of Alabama, as sexual gratification involving the sex organs of the mouth or anus of another person," according to Ashley Rich.

The district attorney also revealed disturbing details in the murder investigation. "The facts will show, that while engaging in sodomy in the first degree, Hiawatha Robinson Jr. caused the death of Hiawayi Robinson."

Hiawatha Robinson is in protective custody in Mobile's Metro Jail.

According to the arrest warrant, which was filed on Monday, December 15, Hiawayi's cause of death was suffocation. Former Prichard Police Chief Mike Rowland that investigators took more than 200 samples of DNA from family members, neighbors, and sex offenders in the area to prove Hiawatha Robinson was the one responsible for the crime. The processing of those DNA samples took 13 weeks.

 

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http://www.wncn.com/story/27706104/father-of-missing-toddler-tristan-blue-charged-with-his-murder

Father of missing toddler Tristan Blue charged with his murder
Posted: Dec 25, 2014 4:36 AM PST Updated: Dec 25, 2014 6:36 AM PST

RALEIGH, N.C. -

The search for missing Raleigh 2-year-old Tristan Blue has now turned into a homicide investigation after Raleigh police charged Tristan's father with murder.

Steven Daniel Blue, 31, has been charged with murder and has been transferred to the Wake County Detention Center. He is being held without bond.

Tristan's mother, Briana Dangerfield, 25, has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse in connection with the case. Dangerfield was also transferred to the Wake County Detention Center and is being held under a $100,000 bond.

An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday evening for the toddler after he went missing at approximately 1 p.m. in the 5400 block of Portree Place in Raleigh.

The body of Tristan Blue has not been recovered and the case remains under investigation, Raleigh police said.

 

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http://www.pjstar.com/article/20141226/News/141229488

Peoria man charged with murder in beating death of 19-month-old boy
Posted Dec. 26, 2014 @ 3:17 pm

PEORIA — A South Peoria man was ordered held on $1.5 million for allegedly slamming a 19-month-old boy’s head onto the floor several times, leading to the toddler’s death.

Deon D. Wells, 19, whose address is listed on both Eaton Street and Trewyn Avenue, leaned against a lectern as prosecutor Steve Pattelli described the events Monday evening that ended with Koffi Harris being declared brain dead the next evening. The little boy died hours later.

 

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http://wtkr.com/2014/12/29/man-arrested-in-norfolk-baby-death/

Man arrested in Norfolk baby death
Updated at 02:22pm, December 29, 2014

Norfolk, Va. – Police have arrested and charged a man following the death of an infant in Norfolk.

On December 27, 2014, Suffolk Police arrested Arthur L. Smith for Second Degree Murder.

The warrant originated in the City of Norfolk in relation to an incident that occurred on December 23, 2014 in the 6200 Block of Sewells Point Road.

Shortly after 11:30 a.m., police responded to the 6200 block of Sewells Point Road for an unresponsive infant.

The infant was transported to Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters where he was later pronounced deceased.

 

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http://www.news4jax.com/news/clay-county-man-accused-of-killing-14monthold/30443786

Clay Co. man accused of killing girlfriend's toddler
Medical examiner found head injuries, ruled child's death a homicide
Updated On: Dec 29 2014 11:26:48 PM EST

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -

Eddie Duggan III, 27, was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 14-month-old son, Anterious Miller, earlier this year.

Clay County Sheriff's Office investigators said Duggan had lived with the victim's mother in Middleburg for eight months and watched her two children while she worked. On April 28, Duggan called 911 and reported the toddler was not breathing.

Detectives said the child had bruising on his face and neck. Anterious was transported to Wolfson Children's Hospital, where he found to have no brain activity. He was declared dead the next day.

Dr. Bruce McIntosh, medical director of the First Coast Child Protective Team, reported the child suffered abusive head trauma that likely resulted from a combination of violent shaking and/or blunt force head trauma. The medical examiner ruled the boy's death a homicide.

 

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http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/officials-man-charged-murder-unborn-baby/njdRz/

Updated: 6:53 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 | Posted: 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014
McDowell Co. man charged with murder of unborn baby

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. —

A man is facing a murder charge accused of causing the death of an unborn baby.

It happened after police said Jackie Agnew strangled his live-in girlfriend at their home in Marion.

Channel 9 reporter Dave Faherty was in McDowell County where he spoke with police about the decision to charge him with murder.

Police began their investigation at McDowell Hospital after getting this 911 call from the pregnant mother.

"And you said he beat you?" the 911 operator said.

“Yes ma’am. He choked me and held a gun to my head,” Credle told the dispatcher.

“He held a gun to your head? Where’s he at now?” the dispatcher asked.

“I don’t know, he took off,” Credle said.

Police said Credle, who was 17-weeks pregnant, and Agnew were at their home in Marion when he tried to strangled her. They believe that action caused the unborn baby to later die.