Day care provider found guilty after infant beaten with ‘extreme violence’
OLATHE, Kan. – An unlicensed home day care owner accused of severely injuring a 4-month-old boy was found guilty in a Kansas courtroom Friday.
Paige Hatfield was found guilty on charges of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, a felony, and operating an unlicensed daycare, a misdemeanor. Kingston Gilbert had been in Hatfield’s care for just 11 days in 2017 when he was severely beaten, leaving him blind and suffering from brain damage.
On January 31, 2017, Hatfield called 911 because Kingston was throwing up. According to court documents, doctors at Children’s Mercy Hospital said Kingston was “suffering from abusive head trauma,” which is, “only caused by violent non-accidental physical trauma.” They said Kingston’s injuries resulted from, “extreme violence.”
Prosecutors are asking for an enhanced sentence because Hatfield was a child care provider, that’s being debated on Friday night.
Kingston’s mother, Ashleigh Garcia, told WDAF that there are days that are “barely survivable.”
“We spent 18 days in the I.C.U. just praying that he got through,” Garcia said. “We were told by doctors he is never going to be the same boy. I mean, we pretty much had to grieve the loss of out child and accept that the baby that we were bringing home was not the baby that I dropped off at day care that day.”
Sentencing will be determined at a later date.
Delaware police charge 4 youths, ages 12 to 14, in rape of juvenile
Four males aged 12 to 14 were arrested in connection with the rape and kidnapping of a juvenile in December, according to statement from police in New Castle County, Delaware.
Police said the victim was raped December 11 after being forced into a residence by several males.
The suspects — a 12-year-old, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old — were arrested Wednesday and were being held Saturday under $65,000 to $104,000 cash bail, police said.
Police said a hearing would be held later to determine whether the suspects should be prosecuted as adults.
CNN does not generally identify minors who are arrested or charged with crimes.
The four are charged with various offenses including felony rape, kidnapping and unlawful sexual contact, police said.
Two of them also were charged with aggravated menacing because they allegedly threatened the victim with a weapon and warned her not to tell anybody what happened, police said.
Police didn’t say what kind of weapon was used or give information about the victim’s condition.
Police said they are worried there may be more victims and ask anybody with information to contact police.
New Castle County is the northernmost county in Delaware. Wilmington is the county seat.
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Man Charged With Murder in Fatal Assault of Girlfriend’s 2-Year-Old Son in Westchester
An Inglewood man accused of killing his girlfriend’s young son two days before his birthday last summer has been charged with murder, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Josafat Bonifacio, 27, also faces a count of assault on a child causing death, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The incident took place on July 3 at a home near the 8700 block of Croydon Avenue in Westchester. Bonifacio had been caring for 2-year-old Damien Ventura — his girlfriend’s son — and his 4-year-old daughter when someone called 911 during the evening, officials said.
The little boy was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood where he died. Damien had suffered from multiple injuries, the release stated.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the hospital to investigate the boy’s death.
Damien died two days before his third birthday, according to a GoFundMe page to raise money for his funeral.
Bonifacio was arrested on Tuesday and is being held on $3 million bail, inmate records show.
The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
He’s scheduled to be arraigned sometime on Thursday.
The case is being prosecuted by the office’s Family Violence Division, Complex Child Abuse Section.
Man’s attempt to treat back pain with semen injections goes horribly wrong
A nutty Irishman landed in the hospital after he took matters into his own hands to treat his back pain – by injecting himself with his own semen, according to a report.
After injecting himself monthly for a year and a half, the unidentified 33-year-old developed a subcutaneous abscess in his arm, as well as emphysema and edema – excess fluid – under his skin, the Irish Times reported.
The man said he had been injecting his own semen, without medical advice, as an “innovative” method to treat his lower back pain.
He revealed that he injected one monthly “dose” of semen for 18 consecutive months using a hypodermic needle he bought online.
The patient was treated with an intravenous antimicrobial drip, but he decided to discharge himself without allowing doctors to drain the “local collection,” the news outlet reported.
The case was revealed in a report published by the Irish Medical Journal titled, “Semenly Harmless Back Pain: An Unusual Presentation of a Subcutaneous Abscess.”
Dr. Lisa Dunne of Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Tallaght, who authored the case report, found that there were no other reported cases of intravenous semen injection to be found anywhere in medical literature.
Woman poses as non-existent autistic twin sister, tries to sexually assault caregiver
There’s crazy, and then there’s posing as your autistic twin sister who doesn’t exist crazy.
Cops say that’s exactly what Rachel Childs, of Pearland, Texas, did earlier this month in an attempt to sexually assault a private caregiver.
According to local police, the 29-year-old solicited the individual “under the pretense of caring Ms. Childs’ twin sister” who was described as having autism.
The unidentified worker was asked to arrive at the 29-year-old’s home “at a specific time” but told that she — Childs — would not be present.
Cops say the caregiver was given further instructions to “take the autistic twin sister to her home and then return her the next morning.” Childs allegedly claimed she would arrive a short time later.
“During the stay at the caregiver’s home, the ‘sister’ engaged in sexually oriented conduct toward the caregiver who became suspicious as her behavior did not reflect that of someone who was autistic,” said Pearland Police in a statement Thursday. “As a result, the caregiver investigated and determined that Ms. Childs was an only child and contacted the Pearland Police Department.”
Cops launched an investigation and quickly found out that Childs — who isn’t autistic — was trying to pull of an elaborate hoax “for sexual gratification” and was actually the “sister” that the caregiver was hired to take care of. She turned herself in after the Jan. 3 incident, but now cops are worried she may have tricked others.
“The Pearland Police Department believe there might be additional persons whom were similarly deceived by Ms. Childs,” officials said.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Pearland detectives.
Morgan Freeman blamed for granddaughter’s death at killer’s sentencing
In an emotional sentencing of the man who killed Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter, the defendant’s family screamed that it was all the famed “Shawshank Redemption” actor’s fault, alleging that he sexually abused the victim when she was younger.
“Morgan Freeman molested her and he caused this. He did this,” Lamar Davenport’s mother yelled to a reporter as she was ushered out of court for shouting to her son when Justice Ellen Biben handed down a 20-year sentence.
“He’s innocent! It was an accident!” she insisted.
The allegations of an affair between Freeman and his step-granddaughter E’Dena Hines were made by the defense during Davenport’s murder trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.Freeman has strongly denied the allegations.
Davenport was convicted of stabbing Hines, who was his girlfriend, more than 25 times Aug. 16, 2015, on West 162nd Street.
He was in the throes of a PCP-induced rage when he slaughtered Hines in full view of neighbors and pedestrians.
In a partial win for the defense, Davenport was found guilty of the lesser included charge of manslaughter. He waived a jury trial, leaving his fate entirely in the hands of Biben.
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New Jersey school bus aide fired for threatening to put 10-year-old boy ‘through the window’
LINDEN, N.J. — Officials have fired a New Jersey school bus aide who was captured on video using profanities and threatening a 10-year-old boy.
District spokesperson Gary Miller says the confrontation happened Monday as the bus was dropping off children from Linden Public School No. 2.
In the video filmed by another student on the bus, the female aide told the boy that she would put his head “through the window.” Police say there was also a brief physical altercation.
Superintendent Danny Robertozzi says the aide was immediately fired.
School officials say the aide was not a district employee but was hired through a bus company that the district contracts.
Police have identified the aide as a 58-year-old from Roselle. An investigation is ongoing.
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Rape suspect has unlikely story of how 11-year-old had his baby – girl became pregnant only after touching a piece of clothing on which he’d ejaculated
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — A 33-year-old man accused of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl claims it was all the work of a piece of cloth.
Robert Cronin of Niskayuna, N.Y., pleaded not guilty to predatory sexual assault against a child on Wednesday—the same day he told WTEN‘s Anya Tucker that the girl became pregnant only after touching a piece of clothing on which he’d ejaculated.
“Do you understand why it would be hard for people to understand the reasoning behind this conception that you’re offering?” Tucker asked, with Cronin responding “yes.”
Per WTEN, Cronin says “the Niskayuna Police who arrested him are just lacking in scientific knowledge.”
Fox News reports that Cronin, held without bail in Schenectady County jail, has five children with a fiance. He did not deny he is father to the child born recently to the 11-year-old, which a DNA test has confirmed, per WTEN.
A preliminary hearing is set for Friday, per the Albany Times Union.
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Man who used dog-walking app to lure teen, demand sex pleads guilty
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A man who used a popular dog-walking app to lure a teenager to his home to demand sex has pleaded guilty, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
Charles Johnson, of Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted sex abuse, a felony, in the May 3, 2018, incident, the DA said.
Johnson, who was 39 at the time, used Rover.com, a popular pet-care hiring app, to lure a victim, described by the DA as a teenage woman, to his Mount Vernon home on May 3 under the pretense that he needed a dog sitter, officials said.
He groped the teen as he trapped her behind a locked door, offered money for sex acts and exposed himself.
The teen freed herself and called police.
Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 22.
Prosecutors previously said they were investigating other incidents over the three years prior in which flyers were posted near schools and on Craigslist in Mount Vernon and Yonkers.
The ads were meant to lure teenagers and women to perform “jobs” for money, and included asking someone to videotape a workout and act as a “cheerleader,” and another seeking an “amateur painter” to paint the interior of a home, the DA said.
The DA did not address the Craigslist investigation on Thursday.
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Photo Credit: Charles Johnson, of Mount Vernon, used a dog-walking app to lure a girl to his home for sex on May 3, 2018, officials said. (Westchester County District Attorney’s Office)
Woman stabs 2-year-old son to death
COVINA, Calif. — A Covina woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her young son to death last week, prosecutors told PIX11 sister station KTLAon Tuesday.
In addition to the count of murder, Xa Dinh Ngo — also known as Michelle Ngo — faces a special circumstances allegation that she used a deadly and dangerous weapon in the child’s killing, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The weapon was identified as a knife.
The 2-year-old boy died after being stabbed multiple times in the family’s townhouse, located in the 100 block of Italia Street, last Friday, a news release from the DA’s office stated.
When officers first came into contact with the 39-year-old woman, she was partially-clothed and running down the middle of the 300 block of Second Avenue around 3:20 a.m. What appeared to be blood was spattered on her body, according to the Covina Police Department.
She was quickly detained after allegedly trying to flee from officers. Ngo initially was uncooperative with authorities, but she made statements that led officers to believe there was a possible victim, police officials said in the release.
Investigators were able to determine where she lived and went to the townhouse.
When police entered the residence, they found the toddler’s body. A small fire was also burning on the second floor.
Ngo was taken for a psychiatric evaluation and then arrested on suspicion of murder after being released from a local hospital.
She faces a possible sentence of 26 years to life in prison if convicted.
Ngo’s bail has been set at $2 million. Her arraignment is scheduled to take place Wednesday.
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Photo Credit: Xa Dinh Ngo — also known as Michelle Ngo — is seen in a booking photo released by the Covina Police Department.