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<title>Dayton area crime</title>
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<title>Multi-vehicle pileup closes soutbound I-75</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A seven-car pileup closed all southbound lane of Interstate 75 near Stanley Avenue Tuesday morning, Nov. 10. The accident happened about 10:15 a.m. and at least one person was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, Dayton police...</description>
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DAYTON - A seven-car pileup closed all southbound lane of Interstate 75 near Stanley Avenue Tuesday morning, Nov. 10. 

The accident happened about 10:15 a.m. and at least one person was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, Dayton police said. At least one lane has since been reopened.

It is unclear what caused the crash, but it is not believed to be weather-related, police said.

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<title>Children&apos;s hospital employee arrested for stealing Vicodin</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A 28-year-old Dayton Children&amp;#8217;s Medical Center pharmacy technician was arrested Monday, Nov. 9, on a felony theft charge after she confessed to stealing Vicodin pills. Jamie M. Norris, 28. Jamie M. Norris said she took the pills to...</description>
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DAYTON - A 28-year-old Dayton Children&amp;#8217;s Medical Center pharmacy technician was arrested Monday, Nov. 9, on a felony theft charge after she confessed to stealing Vicodin pills.

Jamie M. Norris, 28.

Jamie M. Norris said she took the pills to deal with the recent death of her father, but later said she was selling them to buy formula for her children, according to a police report.

Officials at the medical center said they launched an investigation after noticing a discrepancy in the amount of pills in their distribution center and questioned Norris about it, the report stated.

As a pharmacy technician Norris assisted pharmacists with the &amp;#8220;preparation of medication for dispensing,&amp;#8221; medical center spokeswoman Vicki Giambrone said. 

Norris said she has been taking a small amount of Vicodin for about four to six weeks, the report stated. She changed her story again and said she was taking the pills for personal use, the report stated. 

Officers arrived about 6:45 p.m. and found 13 Vicodin pills in her purse, the report stated. Norris said she had already taken two of the pills while at work. 

She was then taken to the Montgomery County Jail on the theft charge. Norris has since been fired from her job at the medical center, Giambrone said.

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<dc:subject>Bizarre crimes</dc:subject>
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<title>Man arrested after trying to set woman on fire over $10</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A 46-year-old who tried to stab and set a woman on fire Saturday, Nov. 7, has been arrested on felony assault and burglary charges. George E. Combs Jr., 46 Officers were called 4447 Foxton Court about 10:20 p.m....</description>
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DAYTON - A 46-year-old who tried to stab and set a woman on fire Saturday, Nov. 7, has been arrested on felony assault and burglary charges.

George E. Combs Jr., 46

Officers were called 4447 Foxton Court about 10:20 p.m. by witnesses who said &amp;#8220;male and female fighting about a crack pipe,&amp;#8221; according to a police report.

Mary Akers, 47, told police George E. Combs Jr. had a gas can and was trying to set a truck on fire while she was inside the vehicle, the report stated. Officers noticed Akers had a cut on her head and bruising under her left eye, the report stated.

Akers said she and Combs&amp;#8217; girlfriend, Andrea Fradl, were inside her apartment when he broke into her place, the report stated. 

Fradl said the incident started when Combs came in the home &amp;#8220;intoxicated&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;belligerent,&amp;#8221; while demanding $10, the report stated.

Combs hit Fradl in the face after she told him &amp;#8220;no,&amp;#8221; the report stated. Combs then went outside and flattened tires on Fradl&amp;#8217;s truck, the report stated. He returned with a lighter and gas can and tried to pour gas on Fradl, Akers told the officers.

Fradl said she then fled to her truck and locked the doors, the report stated. Combs, armed with a knife and gas can, followed and opened a window in the back of truck, she told police. Combs swung the knife wildly inside the truck, cutting Fradl and threatening &amp;#8220;to kill&amp;#8221; her, the report stated.

Combs ran from the scene right before police arrived, but was found by officers nearby sitting down near an access road, the report stated. He was arrested on felony burglary and assault charges and also faces two misdemeanor assault and criminal damaging charges, the report stated.

He is in the Montgomery County Jail.

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<title>Man raking leaves uncovers loaded gun in bushes</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A 42-year-old man raking his leaves in his front yard uncovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun in his bushes Saturday, Nov. 7. George Watson Jr. was trying to clean up his yard in the 500 block of Kenilworth Avenue...</description>
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DAYTON - A 42-year-old man raking his leaves in his front yard uncovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun in his bushes Saturday, Nov. 7.

George Watson Jr. was trying to clean up his yard in the 500 block of Kenilworth Avenue about 12:30 p.m. when he noticed a black, 9-millimeter Highpoint gun in his bushes, according to a police report.

Officers arrived and found a bullet in the chamber, but there was no magazine, the report stated. The serial number had been scratched off, making it impossible for officers to identify the original owner of the gun, the report stated.

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<title>City&apos;s 34th homicide victim was stabbed to death</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - The 36-year-old man stabbed to death somewhere near the 1900 block of Grand Avenue has been identified as John R. Morgan Jr., according to the Montgomery County Coroner&amp;#8217;s Office. John R. Morgan Jr., 36, was found dead Friday...</description>
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DAYTON - The 36-year-old man stabbed to death somewhere near the 1900 block of Grand Avenue has been identified as John R. Morgan Jr., according to the Montgomery County Coroner&amp;#8217;s Office.

John R. Morgan Jr., 36, was found dead Friday morning, Nov. 6.

Morgan collapsed and died outside on apartment complex about 4 a.m. today, Nov. 6, after he was stabbed in the neck, police said. A resident heard a knock on the door, a crash and then looked out to see the man down on the ground, police said.

Homicide detectives believe Morgan might have been stabbed at another location and walked to the area where he collapsed, based on evidence found near the scene. 

Lead homicide detective Sgt. Gary White said there are no suspects in the stabbing and no known motive at this time.

Morgan was a known drug dealer to police, according to police reports. He was arrested and booked into Montgomery County Jail on Sept. 29 for soliciting to sell illegal drugs at 600 N. Broadway Ave., according to a police report.

Scott Peters, 38, told an undercover drug unit detective then that Morgan was helping him $5 worth of crack cocaine, the report stated. Peters was arrested for loitering to buy illegal drugs and solicitation, the report stated.

Morgan is the city&amp;#8217;s 34th homicide victim this year. You can track the investigation of his death and all the others from this year and 2008 by clicking here.

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<dc:subject>Homicides</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-06T12:43:21-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Woman told not to leave kids in car does so twice in one day</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A 20-year-old woman was arrested on two felony child endangering charges Thursday, Nov. 5, after authorities warned her twice in the same day not to leave her children alone in the car. Angela N. Duncan, 20 Angela N....</description>
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DAYTON - A 20-year-old woman was arrested on two felony child endangering charges Thursday, Nov. 5, after authorities warned her twice in the same day not to leave her children alone in the car.

Angela N. Duncan, 20

Angela N. Duncan left a 12-month-old boy and 9-month-old girl outside the YWCA on West Third Street before 11 p.m., police said. A passerby noticed the children alone in a 1998 green Honda Civic and called police about 11 p.m., police said.

Duncan is the guardian of both children, police said.

Duncan had been warned by police and Montgomery County Children&amp;#8217;s Services earlier that day after she left the kids in the car for about 30 minutes, Children&amp;#8217;s Services spokeswoman Ann Stevens said.

A passerby also noticed the children alone in the car and called police in that instance, Stevens said. 

&amp;#8220;We talked to her (after the first incident) about not doing that,&amp;#8221; Stevens said. &amp;#8220;Then the same thing happened again. The children have been placed in foster care and are doing just fine.&amp;#8221;

Stevens said it&amp;#8217;s never OK to leave children unattended. 

&amp;#8220;It only takes a second for something to go wrong,&amp;#8221; Stevens said.

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<dc:subject>Child endangering</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-06T11:24:20-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>19-year-old shot in leg over $10</title>

    

    


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DAYTON - Police are looking for a gunman who robbed and shot a 19-year-old man in the 1900 block of Oakridge Drive Wednesday, Nov. 4. 

Witnesses reported shots being fired near Smith&amp;#8217;s Market in the 200 block of Lorenz Avenue about 7 p.m. and officers arrived to find Ibny Johnson on the ground a few blocks away.

Johnson said a young, light-skinned black male, age 18 to 21, about 6-feet tall and slender, approached wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and a mask over his face, according to a police report.

The gunman asked Johnson for whatever he had and then fired shots into the air, Johnson told police. The gunman then told Johnson to run after Johnson laid the $10 bill on the ground, the report stated.

As Johnson ran away the gunman fired at least two more shots, hitting Johnson once in the leg. Johnson was taken to Miami Valley Hospital for the non-life threatening gunshot wound, the report stated.

He is expected to be OK. 

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call 333-COPS.

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<dc:subject>Robbery</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-05T11:25:25-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Dayton cops with masks preparing for airborne emergency</title>

    

    


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DAYTON - All 395 Dayton Police officers are getting specialized breathing masks fitted this week as part of the department&amp;#8217;s U.S. Department of Homeland Security training.

Dayton Police Sgt. Maurice Speaks gets his mask fitted and tested at department headquarters in downtown Dayton Thursday, Nov. 5.

Dayton Sgt. Maurice Speaks does exercises to make sure his mask fits correctly while moving as Officer Aaron Fraley monitors his breathing on a computer.

Dayton Sgt. Maurice Speaks breaths through his mask while Officer Aaron Fraley monitors his breathing on a computer.

Each officer in the department must go through a breathing procedure while reading, exercising and at rest to make sure their masks do not allow in harmful airborne particles or let clean air escape, Det. Wes Hale said Thursday, Nov. 5.

Hale lights candles, which submit dirty particles in the air, and then hooks up an officer&amp;#8217;s mask up to a computer that notifies if the particles are entering or air is escaping.

The training is part of Homeland Security training implemented by the federal government. Each officer is issued a mask and, at various times, must be tested to make sure the mask fits, Hale said.

&amp;#8220;If an officer loses weight, gains weight, shaves a beard or mustache that can affect the seal (of the mask),&amp;#8221; Hale said. &amp;#8220;We have to make sure they fit correctly.&amp;#8221;

But Hale said the masks are not used for just terrorist attacks.

&amp;#8220;Train derailments&amp;#8221; would be an example, he said. A derailed train can release harmful gases that could kill or seriously compromise an officer&amp;#8217;s ability to help at the scene, Hale said.

The tests show that local police departments are always preparing for an airborne or terrorist attack, Hale said. 

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<title>State agency investigated suspended Dayton police officer</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A veteran Dayton Police Officer was asked to turn in his badge and weapon Tuesday, Nov. 3, after two separate criminal investigations found he might have broken the law. Officer Alan Parker has been suspended after an organized...</description>
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DAYTON - A veteran Dayton Police Officer was asked to turn in his badge and weapon Tuesday, Nov. 3, after two separate criminal investigations found he might have broken the law.

Officer Alan Parker has been suspended after an organized crime task force within state Attorney General Richard Cordray&amp;#8217;s office investigated for more than a year the officer&amp;#8217;s use of a statewide criminal database, police said.

Cordray&amp;#8217;s spokeswoman Holly Hollingsworth is checking to see if she can confirm his office was involved in the investigation.

Parker is also the focus of a DPD internal investigation, but details of that investigation are unknown.

Police Chief Richard Biehl said this afternoon Parker was suspended for misuse of a police computer and for job performance, but declined to elaborate. He said both investigations have been submitted to the Montgomery County Prosecutor&amp;#8217;s Office for consideration of criminal charges.

Parker has not been fired and is not facing any criminal charges at this time, police union president Randy Beane said. 

&amp;#8220;If the allegations are true then he does not deserve to wear the badge,&amp;#8221; Beane said. &amp;#8220;We are professionals and are held to a higher standard.&amp;#8221;

Parker is a patrol officer in the department&amp;#8217;s second-district which covers the southeastern portion of the city. He has been with the department 19 years, Biehl said.

Parker&amp;#8217;s personnel file contained three reprimands including: one written reprimand issued on Oct. 14 for &amp;#8220;submitting overlapping overtime entries resulting in being erroneously overpaid for the same hours worked.&amp;#8221;

He received an oral reprimand on August 27 for investigating a hit-and-run accident at 2921 Linden Ave. and not submitting a report until Sept. 16, according to documents in his file. The other oral reprimand was for not filing correct medical paperwork before returning to full duty.

Parker has also received six written commendations in his career including; for his investigation that led to arrest of drug dealers in 1993, recovering a stolen car in 2002 and involvement in numerous other arrests.

Parker is the second officer to be investigated for misuse of police computers. Officer Phillip Brooks Sr. in April was suspended indefinitely after an internal investigation found he allegedly used a department database to find impounded cars and sell them illegally.

Brooks, who has since left the department, was indicted by a grand jury on charges related to the investigation and his case is still pending.

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<title>U.S. Marshals arrest suspect in fatal bar beating</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - U.S. Marshals have arrested the man Trotwood police said pistol-whipped and beat Stephen Moody to death outside Higgins Station Bar in September. Richard Evans, 29 Richard Evans, 29, was arrested about 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in his...</description>
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DAYTON - U.S. Marshals have arrested the man Trotwood police said pistol-whipped and beat Stephen Moody to death outside Higgins Station Bar in September.

Richard Evans, 29

Richard Evans, 29, was arrested about 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in his girlfriend&amp;#8217;s apartment building at 3321 Valerie Arms Drive, U.S. Deputy Marshal Chad Simpson said.

Evans was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on felonious assault and having weapons while under disability charges. Simpson said those were the charges issued in the original arrest warrant.

It is unclear if the charges will be upgraded to manslaughter or murder, he said.

Trotwood police said at the time Evans pistol-whipped Moody about his head outside the bar on Sept. 26, sending Moody to Miami Valley Hospital. Moody lapsed into a coma and died on Oct. 4.

Investigators said witness statements led them to believe Moody was trying to break up a fight outside the bar and was beaten by Evans.

Simpson said Evans has been on the run since the attack, bouncing between Columbus and Dayton. Simpson said a tip led U.S. Marshals to believe Evans was at his girlfriend&amp;#8217;s apartment Monday.

Evans&amp;#8217; girlfriend was not arrested.

Trotwood police temporarily shut down Higgins Station last week after a judge approved a temporary restraining order in response to two homicides and numerous other instances of violence at the bar.

You can check the status of Moody&amp;#8217;s homicide investigation and all other homicides from this year and 2008 by clicking here.

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<title>Trotwood father indicted for abuse of 13-month-old child</title>

    

    


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<description>DAYTON - A Trotwood father indicted last week on two felony counts of child endangering turned himself in Monday, Nov. 1, to Dayton police. Brandon Beatty Sr., 23 Brandon Beatty Sr., 23, was arrested about 6:45 p.m. and is in...</description>
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DAYTON - A Trotwood father indicted last week on two felony counts of child endangering turned himself in Monday, Nov. 1, to Dayton police.

Brandon Beatty Sr., 23

Brandon Beatty Sr., 23, was arrested about 6:45 p.m. and is in the Montgomery County Jail. A grand jury on Oct. 28 indicted Beatty on a second-degree felony charge of child endangering, causing serious physical harm, and a third-degree felony charge of child endangering, parent causing serious harm, according to court records.

The charges are related to an Aug. 31 incident involving his 13-month-old son, said Greg Flannagan, spokesman for the county prosecutor&amp;#8217;s office. The child was taken to Dayton Children&amp;#8217;s Medical Center with bruising and other injuries all over his body suffered while in Beatty&amp;#8217;s care, Flannagan said. 

&amp;#8220;The injuries (to the child) were not consistent to what the father was saying,&amp;#8221; Flannagan said. 

Beatty is expected in court on Nov. 5 at 8:30 a.m. for an arraignment hearing, Flannagan said.

The child was placed in his mother&amp;#8217;s custody and Montgomery County Children&amp;#8217;s Services is still monitoring the situation, agency spokeswoman Ann Stevens said.

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<title>Police shoot aggressive pit bull after attack on its owner</title>

    

    


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DAYTON - A police officer had to shoot and kill an aggressive, bloody pit bull Monday, Nov. 2, after it refused orders to stop attacking its owner and another dog.

Fire crews were called to 5650 Woodbine Ave. about 2:30 p.m. on an animal attack and arrived to find the dog attacking Ronald Mustaine, 54, who already had significant wounds to his neck, arms and head, according to a police report. 

Mustaine tried to get his black and white licensed pit bull off his beagle, but was unsuccessful. The pit bull then turned on Mustaine, the report stated. 

Firefighters tried to get the 65-pound dog off Mustaine with a hook, but eventually had to use a fire extinguisher to get the pit bull to release its grip, the report stated.

Mustaine was taken to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries to his throat, arms and face, the report stated. He is expected to be OK.

The licensed beagle was bitten on its shoulders and heads, but was expected to be OK. An officer from the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center responded to take care of both dogs.

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<title>Couple overdoses on heroin at Family Dollar with infant in car</title>

    

    


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DAYTON - A 6-month-old infant has been placed in foster care by Montgomery County Children&amp;#8217;s Services after witnesses at a Family Dollar store found two adults slumped over in a car from apparent heroin overdoses, police said.

Bryan Watkins, 25

Officers responded to 1 E. Helena about 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, after a woman noticed the couple passed out with an infant in the back seat, according to a police report.

Bryan Watkins, 25, was pacing around a 2001 Chevy Malibu when officers arrived and told them he thought something was wrong with his girlfriend, Jamie Banks, the report stated. 

Watkins said Banks was blue and having trouble breathing, the report stated.

But witnesses said Watkins was in and out of consciousness as they removed Banks&amp;#8217; son from the backseat of the car, the report stated. The baby was placed in a witnesses car until police arrived, the report stated.

Watkins later said he got out of the car and disposed of syringes his girlfriend used to inject heroin into her system, the report stated.

Dayton Fire Department medics arrived and were able to stabilize Banks, who was transported to Grandview Medical Center where she told officers Watkins had also consumed two capsules of heroin, the report stated.

Watkins showed officers where he dumped the syringes and they were recovered in a dumpster near the Family Dollar, the report stated.

Banks was issued a summons to appear in court on a child endangering charge, the report stated. Watkins was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on felony charges of permitting drug abuse and tampering with evidence. 

He also faces a misdemeanor child-endangering charge, according to jail records.

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DAYTON - A 33-year-old man was arrested on arson charges Friday, Oct, 30, after his wife told officers he twice set a vacant house on fire within a week so city officials would tear it down.

Jason L. North, 33, is in Montgomery County on a felony arson charge.

Jason L. North is in Montgomery County Jail on a felony arson charge after police and fire investigators determined he again set the house at 341 E. Lincoln St. just before midnight Friday, according to a police report.

North&amp;#8217;s wife, Sheila, told a neighbor earlier in the week it was her husband who set the house on fire on Tuesday morning. That fire was ruled an arson as investigators found chemicals and trash were used to start the flames, the report stated.

Fire crews have extinguished flames at the home three times since August and all three incidents have been ruled arson, fire officials said.

Sheila North, 34, said her husband tried three times Friday to light cardboard boxes on fire before flames started to spread, the report stated. It was Sheila North who then called 911, the report stated.

The fire was quickly extinguished and caused minor damage, the report stated.

Sheila North said her husband wanted to cause enough damage to the house that the city would tear it down, the report stated. She said Jason North was &amp;#8220;tired&amp;#8221; of the &amp;#8220;smell, the raccoons and the bums that stay there,&amp;#8221; the report stated.

Jason North is expected to appear in court today, Nov. 2, at 1:30 p.m., according to jail records. The house has been the site of three arson fires since August.

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DAYTON - The mother of Malechi Wilson and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged with felony child endangering related to the toddler&amp;#8217;s June beating death.

Mark A. Newberry was arrested Friday, Oct. 30, by homicide detectives on charges related to the beating death of Malechi Wilson.

Malechi Wilson, 2, was &amp;#8220;tortured&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;suffered for hours&amp;#8221; before his death in June, Montgomery County Coroner Dr. James Davis said.

Denise Stinson, Malechi Wilson&amp;#8217;s mother, was also arrested on a child endangering charge. This was picture was taken to at a prayer vigil days after her son&amp;#8217;s death.

Mark A. Newberry and Denise Stinson were booked in the Montgomery County Jail about 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, according to jail records. Their arrests come after the Montgomery County Prosecutor&amp;#8217;s Office approved the charges Thursday and warrants were issued for their arrests, Sgt. Gary White said.


Malechi died at Children&amp;#8217;s Medical Center at 8:46 p.m. on June 9 after police responded to Newberry&amp;#8217;s home at 910 Crestmore Ave. on a report of a child in duress, police said. 

Both Stinson, 23, and Newberry, 45, were arrested immediately after Malechi&amp;#8217;s death but were released two days later when prosecutors did not approve charges and told detectives to do more investigating.

The couple has not cooperated with police during the nearly five-month investigation, said White, who called their arrests &amp;#8220;a major step&amp;#8221; for the police department.

&amp;#8220;We have suspected for some time they had knowledge or were involved in injuries that were inflicted on little Malechi Wilson,&amp;#8221; he said.

Montgomery County Coroner Dr. James Davis said at the time of the incident Malechi was &amp;#8220;tortured&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;suffered for hours,&amp;#8221; from significant blows to his body.

Davis, who ruled Malechi&amp;#8217;s cause of death blunt force trauma to the abdomen, said the child was beaten so badly some of his internal organs ruptured.

Newberry is not Malechi&amp;#8217;s biological father, police said. The couple does have another 10-month-old child together that has been placed into foster care, White said.

While murder charges have not been filed in the case, White said more charges could be filed in the case against Stinson or Newberry.

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