A 15 month old boy suffered severe burns that seared 20% of his body. Demetrius Collins received a felony charge of child abuse after somehow burning the boy’s buttocks and both legs. He had to undergo skin grafts before being released from the hospital. Thank goodness the boy is all right. The report did not say how the boy was burned or even the relationship of the boy to this man. His mother was the one who took him to the hospital and she is not under investigation. Mr. Collins had no previous criminal record prior to this incident. I’m not going to bash this guy too much because it could have been an accident but such a shame. Be more careful.

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Michael Andrew Dale received two years probation for an aggressive move that consequently broke a child’s arm. The child’s arm broke in two places along with the tibia. This was all over “fixing a blanket”. I guess the soldier had a short temper. If you ask me, I think he should of received more that just probation. I don’t care who you are, you should know better than to yank a one month old’s arm. This guy needs to sign up for anger management and he definitely should stay away from kids until he “cools” off.

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Phoenix, AZ- Mom pleads guilty to various child abuse charges for failing to protect her daughter from former boyfriend, Jonathan Ray Dudley. He essentially punched the child in the stomach causing her death while her mother did nothing to stop it. Dudley was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Mom is currently awaiting sentence.

Summary of charges for mother:

one count of child Abuse, a class two felony and dangerous crime against children, and one count of child abuse, a class three felony and dangerous crime against children.

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