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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Woman who shot daughter headed to court
DAYTON - The 44-year-old mother who police said accidentally shot her daughter is expected in court today, Sept. 17, on misdemeanor charges of negligent assault.
Nora Young, was handling a gun in her home in the 700 block of Westwood Avenue Tuesday night when she accidentally shot her 23-year-old daughter in the abdomen, police said.
Her daughter was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and has since been treated and released.
Young will appear in court about 1:30 p.m., according to Montgomery County Jail records.
TweetPregnant mother charged with burning infant in scalding water
DAYTON - A 20-year-old pregnant mother has been formally charged with one count of child endangering after police said she placed her 10-month-old infant daughter in 140-degree bath water.
Donnishia Peterson was questioned by officers about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, after the child was placed in a hot-water bath at 3709 E. Cornell Woods Drive, according to police.
The child suffered second-degree burns on her legs and feet from the water — skin peeling off her toes, police said. Officers responding to Dayton Children’s Medical Center said the child was in such bad shape they too became emotional.
Peterson told officers that a fan she was using to dry carpet fell on her infant and caused the burns, police said. But investigators said, according to doctors, that story is not true.
Police are not sure why Peterson did not check the water before placing the infant in it, Sgt. Judy Abshire said. It is also unclear why the water was so hot.
The infant is recovering from the burns at Dayton Children’s Medical Center and is expected to recover, police said.
Peterson, who is nearly nine months pregnant with her second child, was charged with a third-degree felony county of child endangering Thursday afternoon by county prosecutors.
Children’s Services is investigating the incident and has no prior cases involving Peterson or her daughter, spokeswoman Ann Stevens said. Upon release from the hospital, the infant will be place with a suitable relative or in foster care, Stevens said.
TweetSexual assault reported at restaurant near UD
DAYTON - Special Victims Unit detectives are investigating the report of a sexual assault of an employee at the Cold Stone Creamery near the University of Dayton campus.
A 20-year-old woman said a man came into the restaurant, at 135 Jasper St., about noon Wednesday, Sept. 16, and sexually assaulted her, according to police. Officers were dispatched at 12:06 p.m., according to a police report, which listed no witnesses to the assault.
The woman was not physically harmed during the altercation and a description of the suspect has not been released by police.
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