Parents Behaving Badly

Anger over alphabet ends in arrest:

27-year-old Joshua Ryan Tabor of Yelm, Washington has been arrested for holding his 4-year-old daughter’s head under water in their kitchen sink. Allegedly because the girl wouldn’t recite the alphabet.

Tabor spoke to a Yelm police officer and said that he and his girlfriend had “held her down on the counter and submerged her head into the water three or four times until the water came around her forehead and jawline.” He said that she was face-up when her head was in the water. He added that they gave this punishment for the 4-year-old “refusing to say her letters.”

Tabor told police that his daughter is afraid of water “and was squirming around trying to get away from the water. Joshua did not act as though he felt there was anything wrong with this form of punishment.”

Actually I doubt his girlfriend had anything to do with it since she’s the one who called police after Tabor allegedly…

“was irate, intoxicated and walking around the neighborhood with his Kevlar helmet threatening to break windows.”

Tabor is also accused of abusing the girl and…you know what? You have to read the article to see just how vicious this moron was to his own child. Drowning the girl for the alphabet is only just the beginning.

Thanks to Morrigan for the tip.

POLICE: Man watched child porn in front of his own kids:

59-year-old Phillip Charles Taylor of Lufkin, Texas was arrested for allegedly watching child porn in front of his kids.

He has multiple kids ages 12 and younger.

CPS was tipped off and Taylor was arrested at the hotel him and his children were living at.

Considering the type of ‘person’ that Taylor appears to be I’m guessing the motel wasn’t the Ritz. Hell, I doubt it was even Motel 6.

Tom Bodett would definitely not leave the light on for this creep.

I wonder if he watched it in front of his kids just because it was a motel or was this some kind of grooming technique.

Thanks to Bridget for the tip.

Police: Texas woman admitted killing 2 young sons:

22-year-old Elyse Marsyl Colon of San Antonio, Texas was arrested for stabbing her two children, 3-year-old Jose Luis Garcia and 1-year-old Guillermo Garcia, to death.

Reports say that when police arrived at the house that Colon calmly held out her wrists and said “I killed my babies.”

What she did not do calmly was swear at reporters as she was being led to arraignment. Hey, if you don’t want the press leering at you DON’T BUTCHER YOUR CHILDREN!

Not to mention this also took place a short distance from where Otty Sanchez decapitated her own son.

I’m sure we’ll hear about how much a ‘victim’ that Colon is. You would think that since4 his is Texas they would throw the book at her. all I have to say to that is Andrea Yates.

More details: CPS visited the day before the murders and had been since 2006 when Colon was accused of taking drugs while pregnant with Jose Luis.

Reports also say she may have been battered. I’m sure someione will try to use that as an excuse however I don’t see how that’s supposed to make it all right to kill your children.

Des Moines mom arrested on neglect charge:

I used to drink. As a matter if fact I used to drink a lot. I’m not an alcoholic or anything but it my 20s I drank to excess once or twice or a hundred times. So I get it. I remember how fun it was. I also remember each and every time I paid for it in one way or another. Luckily I grew up before I really harmed anyone. The Blob over there, not so much.

She’s 29-year-old Jennifer Cordova of Des Moines, Iowa. She went to a bar and left her 5-year-old daughter at home.

Officers found an unlocked door, opened it and announced themselves. The police report says the 5-year-old, Imelda Hernandez, came around a corner and ran to the officers.

“Imelda immediately wanted to be held and was unable to speak,” police said.

She told officers she was afraid of monsters in the basement. She appeared to be terrified and traumatized.

Imelda pointed to Officer Leanna Lawrence and repeatedly said she wanted to go home with her.

But it’s ok because Cordova supposedly called home from the bar at 1:30 AM.

Guess what. 5-year-olds aren’t supposed to be up at 1:30 AM. Then again their mothers are supposed to be home at that time too.

Thanks to Bridget for the tip.

Smyrna couple charged with murdering newborn:

It’s very rare to hear of a couple killing their newborn. I hate to say it ladies but it’s usually the mothers. There was famous case of couple infanticide in the pre-blog days I believe however the details escape me at the time.

Anyway, hipster douchebag and the woman potato over there are 27-year-old Dereke Moore and 28-year-old Jeanne Moore of Smyrna, Delaware.

They are accused of drowning their new born back in November and throwing the body in the trash. They claimed that the baby was born stillborn back in November. Forensics say that the baby was born alive and drowned in the toilet after Spudzilla gave birth in the bathroom. Police say that Mr. Moore threw the body into a trash bin at his place of work.

I wonder if she allowed the baby to drown first before telling her husband.

Thanks to Suzanne for the tip.

Pasco couple arrested on child neglect charges in filthy home:

You got to love it when a story starts out like this…

The 2-year-old boy on Saturday morning wandered outside his house alone, through a field with livestock roaming and climbed over a cattle gate, authorities said.

Guess where mom was. That’s right 29-year-old Tanya Faye Dykas was at home asleep. When police got the boy home they found what may be a record breaking filthy home.

A 7-year-old was found outside in only shoes. A 5-year-old in only underwear. The windows were covered in boards. There were trails of feces leading from the toilet to all over the house. The toilet had not been flushed in days. The prerequisite feces were all over the place. But here’s where the record gets broken…

Chicken feces were found inside a room where one of the children was allowed to keep his show chickens.

That’s right kids. Since I have taken over PBB this is the first time I can recall that chicken feces were found in a home.

And let’s go for another record. These Breeders actually admit that they’re lazy…

Tanya Faye Dykas, 29, told a deputy and a child protection investigator that she didn’t know the boy had wandered off because she had been sleeping.

Justin Dykas told investigators that he has asked the kids to pick up after themselves but they refuse and he’s tired and doesn’t feel like doing anything when he comes home from his job at Publix.

For those of you who may not know Publix is a supermarket chain in Florida.

Both Breeders are being held in the Land O’ Lakes Jail which as I’ve said before is made out of butter.

Thanks to Bridget for the tip.

Child Locked In Closet For Over A Year:

Is it me or is locking your kid in a closet the new ‘in’ thing among child abusers?

This time we go to Brownsville, Texas where Leticia and Alfredo Ines were arrested for locking their 12-year-old daughter in a closet with no light. She was ‘allowed’ to go to school but as soon as she got home it was back in the closet.

The closet also contained a bucket that the girl used as a toilet and she was forced to clean the bucket every day.

The birth organism claims that the girl was locked in the closet so she wouldn’t steal food. (Damn this sounds familiar.) However the girl was undernourished and was the size of an 8 or 9 year-old. Leticia doesn’t look like she’s refused a lot of meals in her time.

One of her brothers told the school about what goes on at home.

Granted both Breeders should be sent to prison with no light and no food but how did the school not notice this?

Thanks to JoAnna for the tip?

Mother admits to drowning baby:

In a Baldwin County, Alabama courtroom Marsha Colby admitted to killing her newborn baby back in 2005. She admitted to smoking cocaine (which probably means crack) then getting in the tub and delivering the baby under water. She let the baby drown and then buried the baby in the back yard.

Even on crack I just can’t imagine someone being that selfish to just let a newborn baby drown inches in front of them.

She claims that she did it because she couldn’t afford to raise the baby. But apparently she could afford the coke.

There are programs in place that assist financially with raising babies. That’s why they were put there in the first place.

She was sentenced to 15 years. A decent sentence but still not long enough if you ask me.

Thanks to April for the tip.

Cops: Boy Bound As Form Of Punishment:

35-year-old Jonathan Viera and his main squeeze, 25-year-old Jennifer Terrell, were both arrested by police in Deltona, Florida for tying up Viera’s teen son on a couch with zip ties securing his ankles and wrists.

Why did they tie him up you may ask? Why for running away of course. Doesn’t that make perfect sense? If by perfect you mean no sense then yes.

The teen had help from another boy who lived in the house who cut the zip ties for him.

I wonder what they did before to make him run away in the first place.

Thanks to Marcy for the tip.

Mom Arrested For Leaving Kids Home Alone:

Sarah Petty of Brevard County, Florida has a fitting name.

She was arrested for leaving her kids home alone for 14 hours. Her 18-month-old went out for a stroll and luckily was unharmed. The 3 year-old stayed home.

So where was mom? Police say she was at another house in the neighborhood after drinking the night before and according to police she was still drunk at noon when police talked to her.

Petty claims she thought the children were with their grandmother who lives next door.

Yeah, like the police have never heard that one before.

Again, your children are more important than getting your drink on. If they’re not then you don’t deserve to have them.

Thanks to LadyJade for the tip.

Man accused of fathering child with 11-year-old:

An unidentified scumbag from Alvin, Texas has been arrested for allegedly fathering a child with his 11-year-old stepdaughter. he allegedly has been molesting her since she was six years old sometimes two or three times a week.

Of course he denies it. It must have been another immaculate conception. The DNA allegedly says the baby is his even though the DNA had to be obtained through a court order.

What I would like to know is how did this go on for 5 years without anyone noticing until the girl was pregnant?

Thanks to Natalie for the tip.

Mother sentenced for webcasting sex acts with toddler:

Original post here.

A woman from Ontario, Canada who webcasted sex acts with herself, her 2-year-old son and her pit bull was only sentenced to 3 1/2 years behind bars.

The judge said…

“It must be made clear to the community that such behaviour will not be tolerated,”

But it will only not be tolerated for 3 1/2 years.

Thanks to Natalie for the tip.

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before but one of the most common questions I get is “How do you do this every day?” The truth is I’ve become almost numb to it since I’ve been writing about stuff like this for almost 10 years now.

However every once in a while a story comes along that’s so horrific that I can’t even bring myself to post the details.

The story of 23-month-old Cyrus Belt would be one of those stories.

He was killed two years ago in Hawaii by a meth smoking tweaker in a very bizarre and gruesome way. As the article states it seems that everyone around him smoked meth which eventually led to his death.

I personally found the article to be disturbing but if you want to read it it can be found here.

Thanks to Michelle for the tip.

Court records reveal more on man accused of murdering infant son:

44-year-old Robert W. Long Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky was arrested on January 27th in the death of his infant son, 7-1/2-week-old Lavion Gamble. When Long was arrested he had his son’s body in his SUV. Police are treating the death as a homicide.

This isn’t Long’s first run in with the law on these kind of charges. Long served 15 out of a 35 year sentence for the death of another son, 5 week old Robert Deon Long. In that instance Long the elder claimed he dropped the baby down a flight of stairs while reaching for a light switch and that the baby also fell off the bed four or five times.

The reason that Long was released in 2007 was because…

…the state law in effect in 1991 only required him to serve half his sentence, or 12 years in prison, whichever was less.

Because you know that especially back in the 90s criminals have more rights then the victims.

Thanks to Terri for the tip.

Woman accused of having sex with young son:

Dad of Neb. teen thought to be incest victim of mother says stepmom was 1st to suspect assault:

An unidentified 41-year-old woman from Fort Calhoun, Nebraska has been charged with having sex with her now 15-year-old son while he was in 7th and 8th grade.

The victim told police that his mother was addicted to prescription drugs when the abuse took place.

Last year the woman pleaded no contest to trying to illegally fill 468 different prescriptions of Ambien. I knew that shit made you do funky things but I didn’t know people became addicted to it. I bet that will be the defense they try to use to.

The boy is now living with his father and seems to be doing better however one of the articles states that his half brother, the woman’s other son, is trying to get him to change his story.

I wonder if he doth protest too much.