Madigan is accused of force-feeding the child so harshly that her tongue was lacerated. He covered the child’s mouth and nose with his hands to prevent her from crying and consistently caused bruises to her arms and torso. On another occasion he is accused of cutting the girl’s chin while disciplining her after a potty-training accident. In November, Madigan repeatedly tried to stop the child from crying by picking her up and covering her mouth and nose, causing her to gasp for air. When she didn’t stop crying, he dropped her on the floor, causing her to hit her head and suffer extended dizziness. Madigan was charged with one count of second-degree child assault and one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment. He is being held on $250,000 bail.  The Big Pussy has a couple MySpace pages. On the first one, Big Puppy, he claims to be married and a proud-parent among other things and on the second one, Irish Puppy, he claims to be single.

He’d spent 26 days in the pokey before trial and probably would have ended up with probation except for one thing – the jackass braggart has a big mouth. While awaiting the final outcome of his case, Brandon place a call to 101 WRIF to brag about his conquest and whine about getting busted. “This girl is a total nut job,” he said over the airwaves. “She decided to tell the cops and say she didn’t know she was being recorded.” Brandon claims the woman went to police not because she was surreptitiously recorded and later blackmailed, but because he wouldn’t leave his woman for her. An official with the prosecutor’s office heard Brandon’s interview with the DJ’s and did a little recording of his/her own. After the judge heard the recording, he ordered Brandon to an additional 63 days in jail and three years probation. “He makes light of a lot of things,” said Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith.  “He essentially makes fun of the victim in this case, clearly showing a lack of remorse.” Remorse isn’t the only thing he’s lacking…

(no worries, if this gets removed by Youtube, we got a copy)

When Estrada was arraigned, Judge Kate Rosenthal noted he had a “terrible history of arrests.” Court papers show Estrada told authorities that they were not trying to hurt the cat and “it was a joke and the dryer was on cool.” They also indicate the 16-year-old Solvay High School student, who is facing permitting abuse charges, stated that he did not realize he could get into trouble for what they did. Wow, I am shocked…SHOCKED. An animal abuser with a history of arrests at 18 and another who did not realize it was wrong? They are breaking the stereotype of animal abusers being intelligent people. I’m not going to lie and say that me and my friends never did any dumb shit as teens…hell I am pretty sure some of it may even be on film. But not once did we ever sit around and decide to torture an animal or stick anything near an animal’s asshole. Well..one kid did…but he was a freak.

And Erik? Enjoy the publicity. In the immortal words of the REAL Erik Estrada:

Since the incident was primarily an altercation between Lopez and her brother, the infant girl was not removed at the time. Lopez posted $50,000 bail in the case and was scheduled to appear in court in April. Kamilah’s father,  Joseph Russell Jr., 22, had left the apartment shortly before Kamilah was killed. He called Kamilah’s death “a devastating moment in my life” and said Kamilah was “his love, his life.” He is also the father of the 7-month-old and the unborn child.

Kamilah Russell

Odd charge, I thought. I know that I am usually overwhelmed by all the emails and phone calls asking for my expert legal advice because, let’s face it, I’m as smart as I am pretty. But to be honest I wasn’t aware of “suspicion” charges because this is the first story that I can recollect where I have ever typed up a story regarding someone being charged with one. I guess I could Google it consult my library of law books, but anyone got any info on suspicion based charges? Is it basically the same as saying he was arrested on a charge of indecent exposure? I mean obviously police are suspicious as they brought him in so why add the descriptor?

Anyway, on top of that charge, Freeman was also charged with possession of a controlled substance after police found cocaine in his hotel room. Freeman is a certified public accountant and managing director at CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services in Los Angeles. Well, he may not be any longer. You can check out a library of video reports regarding the flasher, including some sketches that look an awful lot like Mr. Freeman.

After Calderone complained about his face being used as a punching bag, Krause pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and misconduct in public office. On the 5th, Krause learned his fate – a year and a half behind bars. Krause has no history of violence and tearfully apologized to Calderone, Calderone’s family and police officers in general, but the judge felt that the abuse of power was too great to ignore. Calderone did not speak with reporters after the verdict, but his attorney said that his client felt the sentence was a fair one.

The woman said Hunt was angry, and when she heard the baby made a strange noise she knew she was hurt and took the baby from him. The woman also said she witnessed Hunt on a prior occasion become angry and twist their daughter’s leg during a diaper change because the little girl was moving and jerked her leg. Hunt admitted to an officer that he grabbed his daughter around her chest area sometime in January. He also said he grabbed and jerked his daughter’s legs a few weeks ago and when they became swollen he applied ice to reduce the swelling, but it didn’t do any good. That was when they decided to take the child to the hospital. Hunt denied hitting his girlfriend, but he admitted to poking her in the chest a couple of times. Ryan Hunt was arrested and charged with battery and aggravated child abuse. Authorities also discovered Hunt had a federal warrant for being a deserter from the U.S. Navy. He was taken into custody. Hunt was supposed to leave on a ship in December, but instead went home to visit his baby and never returned. He remains in jail without bond. As of late Tuesday the baby was in foster care and expected to be fine medically. DCF has prior involvement with the woman. In the fall of 2009 while she was pregnant, DCF officials said the woman had children removed from her care and not returned. Whether these were her children or relatives is unknown.

Rodriquez wasn’t finished, however. He had also gathered a bunch of clothes, placed them against the house and set them on fire. Police believe it was a failed attempt to set the house on fire. When police arrived on the scene, they found Rodriguez sitting in the yard. After being arrested, he kicked out a window to a patrol car. As I type this, reports are that he has been charged with two counts of arson and one complaint of destroying police property. No doubt attempted murder charges are next.

People that do shit like this…I don’t know, man. I mean should we really waste time with them? Considering the circumstances and the victim, this is one of those cases where I think courtrooms should come equipped with a trap door in front of the judge. They would stand the accused on top of it and as the judge read through the complaint, the evidence, the confession, etc. He would just look up over his glasses and say “guilty” as he pressed a red button – dropping the accused into a pit of gasoline and rabid otters. After about 15 minutes or so, drop a match. Confetti and streamers would then fall from the ceiling as a band played “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, Goooood Bye!”

I know, my idea needs work…fire codes, smoke ventilation, animal handlers, getting a decent band…but it’s completely do-able.

The makeshift bed was the only thing inside the room that smelled heavy with urine. The boy, who weighed a mere 38 pounds, was dressed in a t-shirt, shorts, and a diaper. His body and face were covered with bruises. After the boy was taken to the hospital, it was determined that his body temperature was 92 degrees, which indicated he was in hypothermia due to malnutrition. It was learned that his stepmother, 27-year-old Jaime B. Day, deprived the boy of food and would not allow him to eat with the family but instead forced him to watch the family eat. It was also learned that the boy was so hungry at times he ate his own feces and drank his own urine just to survive.  As if that were not enough torture, a second-degree burn was found on the boy’s back that was caused by his stepmother placing a heated sock filled with rice on his back. Jaime Day was charged with 25 counts of cruelty to a juvenile and 2 counts of 2nd degree cruelty to a juvenile with her bond set at $5.5 million. The boy’s worthless father, 30-year old Murry Dalton Day, is being charged with 5 counts of cruelty to a juvenile and 1 counts of 2nd degree cruelty to a juvenile. A judge set his bond at $2 million, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.  He was expected to turn himself in yesterday.

Detectives were able to determine the boy had been being abused since late last year. The two other boys in the home, a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old, were both Jaime Day’s biological children, the eldest adopted by Murry. Neither child appeared to have been abused but were removed from the home as well. And where was the abused boy’s biological mother, you ask? Six years ago, Murry Day was given custody of the boy after his mother’s parental rights were terminated when it was determined that physical abuse had occurred. The investigation is continuing with more arrests possible. No child should ever have to suffer like this but until fathers like Murry grow some balls, as well as a heart, and more people like the anonymous caller step up and report something they suspect is wrong, I know this will not be the last horrific child abuse story we hear about. I am just glad this one came with a much better ending.

After a search with police dogs, her husband of eight months was found hiding behind a fence. Eric Shorts, 43, was charged with aggravated battery, obstructing an officer without violence, violation of pretrial release, and domestic battery.  He suffered dog bites to his left arm and right thigh and is in jail on $9,500 bail. Eric Shorts also had two warrants for his arrest for violation of pretrial release and failure to appear. I wish the dog had bitten his balls off as well.