- A mother charged with pepper spraying her children.
- A father of a five year old girl who has been missing since February charged with felony burglary.
- A mother charged with dragging her child through a verizon store on a leash.
- A couple manufacturing a meth lab in the same room they share with their six children.
- An 8 year od boy reported missing is found floating in a canal 14 miles from his home…
Maybe I pay more attention since Caylee Anthony caught my attention last year. Or perhaps there are more and more children being victimized. I have written many times about the crimes against children, as it is something that I still cannot understand. I still support the Childhelp Organization who aid in the awareness and prevention of child abuse, and yet every day there is another child hurt, murdered, or kidnapped. The scary thing is that for every one we see or hear about on the news, how many don’t we?
In Tempe, Arizona a woman named Michelle Antone has been arrested for pepper spraying her daughters while they were trying to stop her from driving. The reason: She was drunk! Her daughters hid the keys, and when she became belligerent with them they left the house. Two hours later they returned and when the oldest (15) told her she did not have access to the room with the keys, Antone began attacking them with pepper spray. She then left the house and the girls called (15) and (10), called the police. She was arrested and is being held on two charges of aggravated assault.
I hope these are just the first of two charges. This is abuse!
In Georgia, Mellissa Smith – Means was arrested after dragging her child through a verizon store on a leash. She claims that the child would not listen and due to health problems she was unable to pick him up. Now if you watch the video she is dragging him pretty easily showing no signs of being too weak. As a mother, are there times you want to drag them? Well,that has really never been one of my thoughts. I know that it is easy to get overwhelmed when they are testing you to no end but this is cruel. The child was injured from the rope being around his neck and she has been arrested on a child cruelty charge.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a88_1249007894
Earlier this week a couple was arrested on charges of running a meth lab out of the basement of a home they lived in. If thats not bad enough, the basement was the room they shared with their six children. The Meridian Idaho Police Department stated that there was also a gun found loaded under the sheets of one of the childrens beds!
Theresa and Carson Myler were only living in this home for almost two weeks. In a statement from LE it was said that they have known about this location for only a couple of days, but it appears the couple were being watched prior to this move. Five of the six children are in protective custody. The other child is seventeen and has not been mentioned. The chemicals that these children have been exposed to can have lifetime debilitating affects on their brain development. How on earth do you subject your own children to this?
8 year old Robert Manwill was reported missing from his home July 24, 2009. A little girl has come forward saying that she was playing with him at the park on that particular night around 7pm. She stated that he left around 8pm saying he was going to his moms.
Robert’s mother Melissa Jenkins is the only one in my opinion that needs to be looked at. While there are over one hundred sex offenders in his town, his own mother should not have even been allowed to see him as far as I am concerned. His younger brother Aidan is in protective custody since March of 2009 for injuries sustained by his own mother Melissa Jenkins. It appears that the system failed not only this little one but also Robert. Aidan had an injury to his skull which doctors determined had to be done by great force. Yet Judge Cathleen MacGregor Irby didn’t feel this was a problem. Melissa Jenkins was sentenced to two years probation and supervised visits. So at the time Robert was reported missing not only was she the last to see him. She never participated in any type of search or was involved in looking for this little boy at all. Roberts step mother Silke Fatma Manwill was convicted of stabbing her own daughter to death and served nine years. Daniel Ehrlick, Melissa Jenkins boyfriend is a convicted felon and not even allowed to be around Roberts half sister Rae Lynn.
Roberts dad Charles Manwill has had custody of him since January of 2008 and he was on an overnight stay with his mother at the time of his disappearance.
Everyone in this childs little life failed him. What he must have gone through in his eight short years brings tears to my eyes. Now with his death being confirmed as a homocide and LE stating that he was not abducted by a stranger, tonights press conference should be interesting. For this little boys sake I hope the judicial system finally realizes that they need to crack down harder on parents who do not take responsibility for their children.
Robert Cummings, the father of the still missing 5 year old Haleigh Cummings was arrested last night at his home. The charges are burglary and assault. It appears that Misty Croslin- Cummings family had come to the mobile home where the couple live with Ronalds grandmother and tried to get her to leave with them. This started a fight between Ronald and Misty’s brother and the charge of burglary was because he entered the van to hit the brother. Misty’s family say they came to get her when she told them she wanted to leave Ronald. He has been released on 12,000.00 bail and wants charges pressed on the family of Misty. Now…IS ANYONE LOOKING FOR HALEIGH???
As sad as these stories are, what is more sad is that there are hundreds if not thousands of these everyday that slip under the radar. How are these children supposed to learn the skills they need for life? Skills to raise their own? Is this just what happens now, you do this to your child and they do it to theirs? When is enough enough and when are they going to come down on these parents hard enough to make another one think twice before doing the same thing?
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