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Melissa Henderson Facing Prison For Letting Daughter Babysit

Melissa Henderson is a single mother from Georgia who allowed her fourteen year old daughter to babysit while she went to work and now she is facing jail time. According to police reports Melissa Henderson was working and due to the Covid pandemic typical forms of child care such as a nursery were closed so she allowed her daughter to watch her four younger siblings. Well one of the younger children decided to take a wander while the fourteen year old girl was on her computer for a remote learning session from her school. The younger sibling was found at a friend’s home by his older sister but for whatever reason the friend’s mother decided to call the police and Melissa Henderson was charged. Melissa Henderson is now facing charges and possibly a year in prison and a $1000 fine. By the way the legal age to babysit in Georgia is 13. Below is a gofundme to help with legal costs

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Melissa Henderson, who is a single mother of five, is facing a year in prison and a $1,000 fine after she left her children under the care of her oldest child, 14, while she went to work amid the pandemic.

Some people are calling her decision “reckless” while others are defending the mother’s actions.

Henderson said despite facing prison time, she will not accept a plea deal.

“I’m just gonna take each day as it comes because you can’t let things weigh on you like that,” she told NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield. “But you know, I just don’t feel that was right. So I’m not going to take the plea. I don’t feel that I did anything wrong.”

Henderson’s attorney, David DeLugas, told NewsNation’s Joe Donlon on Wednesday that his client’s case should be dismissed due to Georgia’s own child protection guidelines, which states children 13 years and older can take on the responsibility of babysitting.

“The mother did nothing wrong. In fact, the distinguishing point here is that the mother made a reasonable decision to leave her children in the care of the 14-year-old daughter,” DeLugas said.

Melissa Henderson, from Blairsville, Georgia, was left with very few options for child care when her children’s nursery was shut down in May 2020 due to the pandemic. In order to go to work, she decided to leave her daughter Linley in charge of her other siblings.

Linley was participating in remote learning when her 4-year-old brother Thaddeus slipped out of the house and went to his friend’s house down the street. About 10 to 15 minutes later, Linley noticed that her brother was gone, but quickly found him at the friend’s house.

The mother of the friend called the police to report the incident and Henderson was arrested two weeks later. She has been charged with criminal reckless conduct.

DeLugas said the charges against his client are unconstitutional.

“In 1997, the Georgia Supreme Court said that this statute is unconstitutional because it is vague. And more importantly, sheriffs and other law enforcement have too much discretion to decide what’s reckless and what’s not,” DeLugas said.

In the case, DeLugas said, a mom left her 11-year-old babysitting her younger sibling, who died in a tragic accident.

“So even then, the Supreme Court of Georgia said tragic, though it may be, it’s still not a crime for a mom to entrust a teenager with the care of a younger child. So … the statute was declared unconstitutional, and the charges were removed from that mom back in ’97. So that’s what makes this thing so pleasantly puzzling now.”

DeLugas has filed a motion to dismiss the case. He said he remains optimistic that the judge will take it into consideration. If not, DeLugas said he plans to appeal.

“I am going to appeal his decision not to grant it to the Georgia Supreme Court and let them wrestle with, ‘What’s the difference in the facts here versus the facts in 1997?’”

The case, which has been ongoing for two years, is weighing heavily on the family, according to DeLugas.

“It’s hanging over this family and it wears on the mom and even more … Linley, because she knows she’s responsible for what happened. Although again, nothing should have happened to her mom.”

To pay for Henderson’s legal expenses, a GoFundMe has been set up for her. The account so far has raised over $35,000.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/single-mom-facing-prison-for-having-teen-daughter-babysit/

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Alex John Radulovic Charged With Infant’s Murder

Alex John Radulovic is a man from Michigan who has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend’s one year old son. According to court documents Alex John Radulovic became enraged at the one year child and would grab him by the chest and slammed him multiple times on the floor. Alex John Radulovic would then place the one year old in his crib and he went out for a walk. When Alex John Radulovic returned to the home with a friend the one year old was groaning and an ambulance was called. The one year old boy Alexander “Xan” Butler would die soon after arriving at the hospital. Alex John Radulovic would admit to authorities that he had injured the child.

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The Kent County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a 23-year-old man in the Saturday morning death of a 1-year-old Grand Rapids boy.

Alex John Radulovic, 23, has been charged with one count of felony murder and one count of first-degree child abuse in Alexander Butler’s death. The prosecutor’s office said both are punishable by life in prison.

“Child abuse in the first degree is knowingly and intentionally causing serious physical harm to a child and that’s got to be not just anybody but a caregiver. Usually it’s a parent or guardian,” said Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker. “It’s not accidental, it’s not reckless. You have to knowingly and intentionally do some action that causes that serious physical harm. Those are fairly rare, fortunately. It’s not something that we see on a regular basis but we do see it a few times a year.”

Becker says typically these kinds of charges come about from someone close to the child.

“We’ve unfortunately had quite a few child abuse charges/homicides over the last few years and the public is always extremely worried about them. They think that it’s strangers (doing it) or something along those lines and unfortunately it’s typically somebody really close to the child,” said Becker.

The prosecutor’s office says Radulovic is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday and is being held at the Kent County Correctional Facility.

On Saturday around 9 a.m., emergency crews were sent to Weston Street SW between Ionia Avenue SW and Division Avenue S on reports of an infant not breathing.

The Grand Rapids Police Department said the child was taken to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His death was later determined to be suspicious.

After an autopsy revealed that Alexander died of head trauma and his death was ruled a homicide. GRPD says Radulovic was responsible for the infant at the time of the incident. Authorities believe Radulovic was the boyfriend of the infant’s mother.

https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/man-charged-with-murder-child-abuse-in-infants-death/

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The Grand Rapids Police Department has announced charges against a man in connection to the death of a 1-year-old boy he was caring for.

Alex John Radulovic, 23, was responsible for the child’s care at the time of the incident. He’s since been charged with one count of felony murder and one count of child abuse of the first degree, the Kent County Prosecutor’s Office says. If convicted, both are punishable by life in prison.

According to court documents obtained by 13 ON YOUR SIDE, police and medical personnel were called to the apartments at 50 West St. SW to a report of a 1-year-old child not breathing on Saturday, Feb. 5.

Court documents say Radulovic carried the child out to the ambulance and told police he lived with the child’s mother but wasn’t related to the child.

Radulovic told detectives the child’s mother was at work at the time.

The child died at the hospital and appeared to have bruising/marks on his face, chest and back.

Police say GRPD detectives, Forensic Services Technicians and personnel from Child Protective Services were called in to investigate.

The Kent County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the child died from head trauma, and his death was ruled a homicide.

The victim has been identified as 1-year-old Alexander Butler.

During a police interview, detectives said Radulovic made multiple conflicting statements about what happened that morning, but eventually said “I got upset and accidentally did the wrong thing.”

He told investigators he was irritated at the child’s fussiness and slammed the boy onto the ground two or three times before the baby became unresponsive.

Radulovic was arraigned in court on Tuesday where he was denied bond.

Radulovic’s attorney says that he struggles with mental health issues and is requesting counseling and treatment for the mental health disorders.

He’s due in court later this month.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/grpd-baby-death-investigation/69-4bfb50b6-d69e-4bcb-bd90-9f3996ff88ca

Kelly Turner Sentenced To Prison For Faking Child’s Illness

Kelly Turner is another so called Mother whose abuse of her seven year old daughter led to her death. According to court documents Kelly Turner spent years faking her daughters illness and giving the little girl a ton of medications. On top of Kelly Turner making her daughter’s life a living hell the woman also scammed the community and raised a ton of money telling the community that her daughter was dying from a terminal illness. For whatever the reason Kelly Taylor would be able to plead guilty to child abuse causing death and not second degree murder like she was originally charged with and received a sixteen year prison sentence

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Kelly Turner was just sentenced and yet to enter the Colorado Department Of Corrections

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Five years after 7-year-old Olivia Gant died in a Denver hospice after being fed only popsicles and juice for 19 days, a judge on Wednesday sentenced her mother to 16 years in prison for causing the girl’s death.

Kelly Turner, 44, pleaded guilty in January to a felony charge of child abuse that negligently caused her daughter’s death. As part of the plea agreement, first-degree murder charges against Turner were dismissed and the prosecution and defense agreed to the 16-year prison term.

Turner also pleaded guilty to felony theft and fraud charges, for which she received a combined 13-year prison sentence to be served at the same time as the 16-year sentence.

Turner was accused of pretending for years that Olivia was sick when she was actually healthy, and was accused of manipulating doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado into putting Olivia through a series of unnecessary and at times life-threatening procedures. Turner ultimately convinced Olivia’s medical team that Olivia should be discharged to hospice, where she was heavily medicated and given no nutrition until she died.

At the time, some doctors and nurses at Children’s Hospital Colorado raised concerns that Turner might be medically abusing Olivia, but the hospital did not alert outside authorities before Olivia died, despite the state’s mandated reporting laws, a Denver Post investigation found. Instead, the hospital investigated with its own internal child protection team, which decided there was no need to alert outside authorities.

“If anybody spoke up and protected Olivia, she would be here today,” her grandfather, Lonnie Gautreau, said in a statement read in court Wednesday. He wept during the sentencing and called for changes to the state’s mandatory reporting laws to help protect other children.

Olivia was a high-profile patient at Children’s Hospital Colorado who was featured in the hospital’s marketing materials. Her mother fed on that attention and status, The Post found. Doctors and caregivers at Children’s Hospital Colorado missed or dismissed several warning signs that Olivia’s supposed illness might not be real, The Post found.

A spokeswoman for the hospital declined to comment on Wednesday’s sentencing. Ara Ohanian, Turner’s public defender, said during the sentencing that Olivia suffered legitimate medical problems and that Turner did not kill the girl.

“She is not guilty of murdering her child,” he said. “The plea we took in this case is negligent child abuse.”

He said the “case turned” when doctors and attorneys from Children’s Hospital Colorado sat down with the defense and talked the attorneys through their decision making. Ohanian then offered a lengthy defense of the doctors’ actions. The hospital in September resolved a $25 million civil claim by Olivia’s family.

Christopher Gallo, 18th Judicial District chief deputy district attorney, said during the sentencing that the plea agreement was “not complete justice, not perfect justice” but was “some level of justice.”

“It is an unfortunate and very frustrating thing that the most insidious crimes a person can commit are also the most difficult to prosecute and prove,” he said.

District Court Judge Patricia Herron imposed the agreed-on sentence and, in a surprise move, also ordered that Turner cannot financially benefit from Olivia’s death in the future.

“Whether that be because of a movie consultation, book consultation or book deals,” Herron said. “…The order is Ms. Turner shall not, and will not for the rest of her life, be allowed to benefit further financially from this case or the facts connected with this case.”

Should such deals generate any money for Kelly Turner, that money must be donated to the charities that she defrauded, Herron said.

Colorado mom who portrayed daughter as terminally ill sentenced to 16 years in prison for causing 7-year-old’s death

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Adarus Macio Black Teen Killer Arrested In Georgia

Adarus Macio Black an alleged teen killer was arrested in Georgia after nearly two years on the run for murder. Adarus Macio Black who was wanted by police in Ohio and the FBI was finally captured and soon will be brought back to Ohio to stand trial for the murder of Na’Kia Crawford in Akron. According to police reports Adarus Macio Black was in a vehicle when he pulled up to the vehicle Na’Kia Crawford was a passenger in and opened fire killing the eighteen year old woman. Later it was learned that Adarus Macio Black thought the vehicle belonged to a rival gang member.

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The man wanted for the murder of 18-year-old Na’Kia Crawford was found and arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Marshals say.

Adarus Macio Black,19, was identified as a suspect in the shooting death of Crawford in Akron. Police say she was shot several times in broad daylight at the corner of North Howard Street and North Street in June 2020.

Crawford was running errands with her grandmother at the time.

Jaion Bivins, 18, surrendered to police a few days after the crime.

Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force said they recently learned that Black was living in Atlanta under a fake name.

According to investigators, he was identified while leaving an apartment in the 100 block of Greyfield Lane and a Sandy Springs SWAT team arrested him during a traffic stop.

Investigators say Black had an AR type rifle in his possession at the time of the arrest.

U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott said, “Members of the task force and the Akron Police Department never gave up on this case. They knew that this suspect couldn’t hide forever and we knew we would have him in custody. This arrest will not bring Ms. Crawford back to her family but hopefully they find some peace knowing this suspect is behind bars.”

Black will stay in custody in Georgia until he’s extradited back to Ohio.

https://fox8.com/news/man-wanted-for-murder-of-nakia-crawford-arrested-in-georgia/

Angelica Quintana Murders Boyfriend With Car

Angelica Quintana has been charged with murder in Alabama for intentionally running over her boyfriend with her car on an interstate. According to police reports Angelica Quintana and her boyfriend Dennis Melton were involved in an argument and Dennis would get out of the vehicle. Angelica Quintana would proceed to run over her boyfriend. When police arrived at the scene they found Dennis Melton still underneath the vehicle and at first they thought it was an accident however witness reports would change that view and Quintana would be arrested for murder.

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A Demopolis woman has been arrested and charged with murder after authorities say she ran over her boyfriend with a car on Interstate 59/20 Tuesday morning.

Authorities in Tuscaloosa County received a 911 call at 11:14 a.m. Tuesday saying a pedestrian was struck by a car on I-59/20 southbound near mile marker 76.

When ALEA responded to the scene, they found a man trapped under a vehicle. The victim – identified as 27-year-old Dennis Melton of Demopolis – was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Police say he later died from his injuries.

Officers at the scene were told by witnesses that the incident may have been intentional. That’s when the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit was contacted and began investigating.

Authorities say their investigation led them to arrest 28-year-old Angelica Quintana of Demopolis. She has been charged with murder and was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

Officials say Quintana and Melton were involved in a relationship.

https://www.wbrc.com/2022/02/09/authorities-demopolis-woman-arrested-murder-after-running-over-her-boyfriend-interstate/